Appointments

May 2011 News

Voith Turbo South Africa has appointed Paul Barkway as field service manager.

Voith Turbo South Africa has appointed Bill Muller as divisional manager parts and service.

Magnet has appointed Marc Naidoo as sales engineer.

Magnet has appointed Hirsheda Jeram as energy process engineer.

Endress+Hauser has promoted Alwin Lutchman to projects technical support.

Mintek has appointed Khulekani Ngcobo as manager of its Engineering Support Division.

CHI Control Components has announced Charmaine Nish as its sales person of the year.

Beyond Wireless has appointed Ronald-Sean du Plooy as operations and project manager.

SEW-Eurodrive has appointed Francois Sieberhagen as electronics support engineer for Johannesburg..

SEW-Eurodrive has appointed Kenneth Dougan as electronics support engineer for Pinetown.

SEW-Eurodrive has appointed AJ Coetsee as technical trainer in Johannesburg.

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