By Larry Claasen Belville-based Galvatech’s new galvanising facility enables it to take on bigger projects. In a significant move, Galvatech, a Belville-based corrosion protection service provider, launched its new hot dip galvanising facility in Cape Town, South Africa early 2024. The new advanced facility, which replaces the old one that has been around for about […]
THE South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) which represents companies engaged in the catching, processing and marketing of Cape hake, marks its 50th anniversary in March. The anniversary comes just six months after the conclusion of a lengthy and demanding rights allocation process. This process saw the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
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PENINSULA Drums, a 31-year-old company, came from humble beginnings. In May 1992, Brothers Chocky and Subbiah Moodley, opened the doors to a great new venture – the reconditioning of metal and plastic drums. With its creation, Peninsula Drums made history by becoming the first black-owned drum manufacturing company in South Africa. Once the brothers had
POLYCO, a producer-responsibility organisation (PRO) for the plastic industry, in collaboration with Border Kei Chamber of Business officially handed over a new static Packa-Ching buy-back recycling centre in Amalinda to Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, and will be operated by DNF Waste Management & Environmental Services. The facility is the first of three new Packa-Ching buy-back
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The decision to sell your business could well be the most important decision a business owner will make. While there is plenty of information available on starting a business venture, there is little advice and guidance on when and how to exit a business. “The sale of a business can be a very complex and
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Even with a component as small as a nut or a bolt, the Bolt and Engineering Distributors (B.E.D.) Group’s Cape Town branch plays an important role in major projects throughout the Western Cape. Each year, the branch supplies over 25-million fasteners to a wide variety of key industry sectors, including construction, agriculture and maritime, to
Lube tip: identifying commercial oil brands QUESTION: Why can’t my condition monitoring lab specify which brand of oil is in use? ANSWER: Specific tracers can be found in many commercial products – they are included in order to help oil companies to make their own products identifiable. However, when conducting oil analysis, the properties that
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Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, one-stop electrical products supplier and distributor WACO has become a byword as the go to company for everything electrical from wire to household connections, tools and more sophisticated control systems. Part of the BidvestGroup, Waco positions itself as being both a bulk importer of products as well as key
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The thermal imager Optris PI 640i is the smallest measuring VGA infrared camera, with a body-sized 45x56x90 mm and weighing only 269 – 340 g (depending on the lens), the Optris PI 640i counts among the most compact thermal imaging cameras on the world market. Optris PI 640i is a specifically designed product package for outdoor condition monitoring
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Sustainability in paper plants optimising with spray nozzles is a crucial aspect of the industry’s efforts to minimise environmental impact and promote responsible resource management, notes Monitor Engineering. BY implementing sustainable practices and utilising efficient spray nozzle systems, paper plants can achieve significant improvements in their sustainability performance, says Monitor Engineering. One key area of
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