Vaal branch January 2011, SAIMC The Vaal branch’s final technology evening for 2010 was held on 4 November and the turnout was an indication of the leaps in reach and attendance that the branch has experienced over the past year.
The ...
Durban branch January 2011, SAIMC
The Durban branch of the SAIMC recently held its first golf day and consensus was that it was a great success. Seen enjoying the day are (L to R): Jason Naicker (maintenance manager, Veolia Water); ...
From the president's desk December 2010, SAIMC I would like to wish you all a happy and prosperous 2011!
2010 has been yet another successful year for the institute. There have been meetings, working committees, conferences, presentations, technical ...
SAIMC Annual Banquet December 2010, SAIMC Hosted at the Rand Club in Johannesburg, the SAIMC’s annual gala evening was a well attended event ushered in as usual by the Scottish pipers. Filled with entertainment and good food the event was a great ...
Durban branch December 2010, SAIMC Chairman’s address to the year-end function
2010 has been another very successful year for the Durban branch.
Membership has been growing steadily over the year with an average of five applications ...
Vaal branch December 2010, SAIMC The tenth monthly SAIMC Vaal branch meeting was held on 7 October. The branch secretary, Eben Grobbelaar introduced the speaker Mel Wilmans. The subject for the evening was the legal compliance of hazardous ...
Johannesburg branch December 2010, SAIMC The Johannesburg branch of the SAIMC visited the privately-owned Gilroy’s Brewery as the final Technology Evening for 2010. Very little technology was described by the owner ‘Gil’ Gilroy, however, the ...
From the president's desk November 2010, SAIMC The new website has been a topic of discussion for the last few months. It has been in a state of change and adaptation to suit our daily requirements. I am now pleased to be able to announce that the ...
Durban branch November 2010, SAIMC The Durban technology evening was held on 6 October at the Westville Country Club. It was clear from the excellent attendance that the topic was one that attracted wide interest. Gary Friend, sales director ...
Johannesburg branch November 2010, SAIMC Latest technology evening: Energy monitoring for increased efficiency
With dwindling resources and rising fuel prices, improved efficiency is something we should all be aiming for. However, for this ...
Cape Town branch November 2010, SAIMC The Cape Town Branch hosted a very well attended technology evening with Conrad Muller and Cuan Robertson of Phoenix Contact on 30 September. The branch initiatives to increase visibility and awareness ...
Cape Town branch October 2010, SAIMC The Cape Town branch hosted a very well attended technology evening together with Rob Oliaro of Yokogawa SA on 26 August. The technology evening for July was also well attended and these serve as a promising ...
Johannesburg branch October 2010, SAIMC Latest technology evening – manufacturing execution systems (MES)
Becher Raffoul, divisional manager for MES at Siemens, gave us a presentation on how increased competition, globalisation and shorter ...
Durban branch October 2010, SAIMC Forthcoming attractions
In the spirit of Oktober Fest join the SAIMC Durban branch on a tour of Shongweni Brewery on Thursday 14 October at 14h30 at the brewery.
Cost: R60 per person, max 30 persons ...
From the president's desk September 2010, SAIMC I have some important news to share this issue. After a number of months of paper work and travel to Pretoria and back, we have managed to register as a Section 21 company.
Also, we have managed to ...
Vaal branch September 2010, SAIMC Dr André Joubert from Sasol Technology R&D captivated the August Technology Evening of the SAIMC Vaal branch with an innovative presentation titled ‘Virtualisation in control systems using VMware’. The ...
Johannesburg branch September 2010, SAIMC For most of us in the process and automation industries, building automation probably conveys the idea of lighting and temperature control and very little else. At our last technology evening, Nico van ...
Durban branch September 2010, SAIMC At the last Technology Evening, members of the Durban branch and visitors attended a thought-provoking presentation entitled ‘Roadmap to industrial Ethernet’ at the Westville offices of Dimension Data, ...
Cape Town branch September 2010, SAIMC The Cape Town branch hosted a very well attended technology evening together with Stephen David of Control Valve Technology (CVT) on 29 July. (The technology evening for June was postponed due to the ...
From the president's desk August 2010, SAIMC National studies indicate that South Africa does not produce sufficient registered engineers, technologists, technicians or artisans to address the needs of the country. Although this is a global phenomenon, ...
