Wiese shifts back to financial services

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Wiese shifts back to financial services
R
etail tycoon, Christo Wiese, is one of
the Cape’s wealthiest business personalities and has made a quiet (and rather unexpected) return to the financial services
sector last month.
Wiese, via his controlling stake in low-key
property investment company Tradehold, has
bought out financial services business Mettle
for an undisclosed sum. Mettle has strong
roots in the Western Cape, having started
out as Boland Financial Services (BFS) in
the late nineties.
Wiese, of course, is best known for his investments in retail icons Pepkor and Shoprite,
as well as lucrative sideline ventures in specialist investment company Brait and industrial supplies conglomerate Invicta. Wiese’s
move back into financial services is most intriguing, especially considering his ambitious
– but ill-fated – tilt at building a financial services and banking empire in the late nineties,
as well as a past relationship with Mettle.
Back in the late nineties, Wiese became
enamoured with an idea of owning a banking and financial services constellation. He
charged into Paarl-based Boland Bank when
the feisty little banking operation looked
likely to be swallowed up by Absa. He then
added to Boland Bank, and at one point was
associated with well-known brands like Norwich Life, Board of Executors (BoE) and
KwaZulu-Natal-based NBS.
Unfortunately Wiese’s banking ambitions
coincided with the well-documented A2
banking crisis in SA (which saw smaller banks
like Saambou, TBB, Regal Treasury and New
Republic Bank falter, capitulate or selling
out.) In the end, the debt-laden centre at what
was then an enlarged BoE simply could not
hold, and Wiese retreated from the world of
banking with banking giant Nedbank rushing
to the rescue of a straining BoE.
Interestingly, Wiese’s link to Mettle dates
back to the business’ original guise as a niche
finance house BFS. Wiese’s Boland Bank
and later BoE held a major stake in BFS,
which changed its name to Mettle in 1998,
ahead of a short-lived listing on the JSE. Wiese even served a stint as chairman of BFS,
relinquishing that position when Cape-based
empowerment group Hosken Consolidated
Investments (HCI) emerged as the dominant
shareholder in the specialist business.
In mid-2008, a subsidiary of Bellville-based
Metropolitan Holdings helped facilitate a
management buyout of Mettle from HCI.
There has not been a surfeit of news on Mettle in recent years, but a press release issued
by Tradehold last month noted that Mettle
still offered a wide range of services from
corporate finance advice to credit assessment
and debt management.
The financial status of Mettle is difficult to
ascertain, as Tradehold indicated the transaction was clinched for an undisclosed sum.
However, in a prepared statement, Wiese
said the investment in Mettle would represent
less than 5% of the company’s current market value (which stood at around R1,85bn
at the time of writing.) Wiese said Tradehold – which holds an array of properties in
the UK as its main assets – acquired Mettle
for the “entrepreneurial flair of its management and the new growth opportunities
it offered Tradehold.”
Wiese said Mettle would continue as a
separate business within Tradehold and was
expected to increase Tradehold’s earnings.
Mettle CEO Friedrich Esterhuyse said the
Mettle team was excited to be part of a listed
Retail tycoon, Christo Wiese.
company with access to potential new business opportunities.
Wiese contended there were considerable
synergies between Mettle’s operations and
two newer Tradehold subsidiaries, Reward
Capital (which provides asset-backed loans to
small to medium-sized businesses in the UK)
and Reward Commercial Finance (which offers invoice-discounting facilities to the same
target market.)
Although both these businesses are still in
an early stage of development, Wiese noted
the two Reward subsidiaries had grown rapidly in a market in which businesses struggle to
obtain loans from banks and other financial
institutions. Tradehold indirectly owns 71%
of the two entities.
Interestingly Wiese – as a major investor in
investment company Brait – has also taken an
interest in newly listed micro-financing specialist Southern View Finance.
Southern View recently took over the unsecured lending business of Capfin, a subsidiary of Wiese’s highly profitable Pepkor
retail conglomerate. Pepkor gets an origination fee from Southern View Finance in
return.
Whether Mettle signals an intention by
Wiese to move strongly into financial services
again remains to be seen. History will show,
though, that Wiese is not someone who does
things in half-measures…
Cape property gets consolidated
T
he Cape Town property
sector looks set for some
rapid consolidation with
two JSE-listed companies involved in corporate action with
larger Johannesburg rivals.
The biggest headline grabber
involves well-known Cape Town
empowerment personality Shaun
Rai, the founder of Cape Empowerment Trust, who appears
to have pulled off an intriguing
merger arrangement. Rai – always
an adventurous businessman –
has somehow managed to woo,
not one, but two rival property
counters to JSE-listed property
group Ascension.
Rai and Cape Empowerment
are major shareholders in Ascension, which specialises in renting out commercial properties,
mainly to government bodies and
parastatal organisations. Last
month Ascension joined up with
Delta and Rebosis to announce
a co-operation agreement to
explore in the “utmost good
faith” a tripartite merger of the
three companies.
In a joint statement the companies said one of the main
reasons for considering the
merger was that capital available to smaller market capitalisation property companies was
increasingly constrained.
The companies also said
that driving consolidation and
corporate activity would best
serve the interests of the companies’ respective shareholders
as well as tenants.
The collective value of the
property portfolio – which in-
cludes a number of landmark
buildings in Cape Town – of the
merged entity is estimated to be
in the region of R16.5bn. The
market value of the envisaged
merged entity will be close to
R10bn, making it one of the bigger property listings on the JSE,
and effectively form the largest
listed black economic empowerment property fund on the JSE.
The deal appears to be facilitated by Rai, probably on the
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If the KAP fits…
S tellenbosch based industrial conglomerate, KAP Industrial, has seen a
16% increase in net
profits to R375m from
a 9% hike in turnover
to R7,8bn in the half
year to end December.
KAP – which has
its roots in assets formerly owned by Western Cape-based German magnate, Class
Daun – is now powered by the transport
and logistics assets
of Unitrans, timber
products as well as the
industrial assets that
incorporate specialised bottling products,
automotive parts, textiles and footwear.
KAP
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strong cash flow generation and African
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Brenner Mills, both
of which generated
low returns. New initiatives included investing in new manufacturing capacity at
wood timber specialist PG Bison, and
continued to allocate
capital to existing logistics
partnerships
with customers.
Grove said high return investments remained core to the
company, and that
directors
continued
to investigate a number of options for
organic growth. He
added that KAP remained confident that
its investment in technology and the focus
on core competitive
advantages
would
continue to increase
market share and
enhance returns.
A divisional breakdown showed the transport and logistics assets
generated R392m of
KAP’s total operat-
ing profit of R710m.
This division is likely to
drive profit growth for
the foreseeable future.
KAP’s integrated Timber division improved
its operating profit to
R172m (R154m previously,) while KAP’s
manufacturing
division managed to push
up operating profit
to R146m (previously
R142m.) These digits are mainly due to
Hosaf’s polyethylene
terephthalate
(PET)
operations, offsetting
the impact of lower
vehicle build in the
automotive division.
Grove
said
the
transport
divisions
Supply Chain Solutions and Passenger
division would main-
tain ongoing focus on
growth in developing
African markets. He
said in the Integrated
Timber division the
new Medium Density
Fibreboard plant and
restructured cost base
was expected to further improve results in
the second half of the
financial year.
In the industrial
manufacturing
division, Grove said Hosaf
was expected to continue to benefit from
growth in the PET
industry. He also believed Feltex, which
specialises in trim for
the automotive industry, was expected to
recover lost vehicle
build by the end of the
financial year.
Cape property gets consolidated
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realisation that the
growth aspirations of
each of the companies
will be fast tracked if the
respective strategic platforms are consolidated.
A bigger property company is also likely to attract more attention from
influential institutional
shareholders. So maybe
Rai is being prudent in
facilitating the merger.
Another Cape Town
property company set for
incorporation into a bigger competitor is Vividend, headed by former
Master Currency boss
Ari Jacobsohn. Johannesburg-based property
counter Arrowhead has
targeted Vividend as
a takeover target. Arrowhead already holds a
31,7% stake in Vividend.
It looks almost certain
Arrowhead will take full
control of Vividend in
the months ahead.
Last month Arrowhead clinched an agreement to acquire all the
shares in Vividend Management Group (the
Vividend management
company) for R89m.
This change in control
saw Vividend directors Michael Jacobson,
Gavin Rabinowitz, Mark
Sandak-Lewin and Alan
Witt resigning. CEO Ari
Jacobson as well as financial director Robert
Amoils and Bruce Rubenstein will remain on
for a three month period.
To top it all, Arrowhead
also concluded an agreement with institutional
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LOOKING at the
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Committee. Set up
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likely to recommend
ways to make taxation more efficient.
have a responsibility to pay taxes and
where
government
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Any tax system is a
contract between the
state and its citizens.
exceedingly complex.
Taxpayers, tax practitioners and SARS
all need to consolidate and internalise
these changes.
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situation where taxpayers are unwilling
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new taxes without
first considering the
consequences.
A
good example of this
is the e-tolling system
in Gauteng, which
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last year.
Tax systems evolve;
they don’t remain
static. What waits
for us over the horizon are the findings of the Davis Tax
The committee has
already made some
recommendations
regarding small and
medium enterprises.
Proposed new tax
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could
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– for example, taxing a percentage of
wealthy individuals’
assets per year.
In essence, any tax
system is a contract
between the state
and its citizens. Tax
is an inevitability, like
death, as Benjamin
Franklin so famously
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will pay tax if they
think the system is
fair. There should be
a greater culture of
tax morality in South
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Ultimately,
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The economy needs
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or more, per year in
order to address the
legacy of poverty and
inequality. However, for the past five
years GDP has increased on average
by less than 2% per
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Crown operates at Merlog’s
state-of-the-art facility
MERLOG Foods, one
of the largest wholesalers and distributors of
frozen foods in South
Africa, has developed
an advanced cold storage facility that uses
Goscor’s Crown warehousing equipment as
part of the process.
Merlog
operations
manager Malcolm Fuller says that Crown was
chosen because of the
superior quality of the
machines,
combined
with outstanding service
from the Goscor Lift
Truck Company (GLTC)
team. “Over the years we
have learnt that we can
trust Crown equipment
and that, in the event of
something going wrong,
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The most robust and durable forklifts to handle the
toughest tasks in the most demanding applications with
speed, power and efficiency.
Goscor’s service team
will attend to the problem quickly and efficiently,” Fuller says.
The brand new state
of the art freezer facility
is an 11,300-pallet, fully automated bulk cold
store with an ASRS
(automatic
storage
and retrieval system)
and WMS (warehouse
management system.)
“This is the only one
of its kind in South
Africa,” says Fuller.
“In essence it’s a ‘dark
store’, meaning there is
no staff or equipment
besides the one crane
operating at -25° C in
the bulk store.”
He adds that Merlog
is very proud of this
achievement. “Many of
our colleagues in this
industry said it would
never work, but it has,
in a big way. It has improved stock accuracy,
eliminated stock and
racking damages, reduced working hours
and, of course, significantly improved efficiencies,” Fuller says.
He adds that this was
accomplished through
vision, a clear market
understanding and setting goals and sticking
to them. “We listen
carefully to our clients
and to what they need
in order to provide
them with the products
and logistic solutions
suitable for the market
leaders that they are.
And this facility enables us to do this as well
as anyone in the word,”
Fuller says.
The Crown machines, which include
an ESR 5000 cold store
reach truck, 5 x crown
GPC low-level order
pickers with platform
lift, 2 x WT3040-2.0
electric pallet trucks
and 2 x Electric 1.8 ton
counter balanced forklifts are used for shunting stock in receiving
and dispatch and picking and replenishing in
the picking store.
The ESR 5000 reach
truck series, is a winner of multiple international awards for design
and performance, while
the WT3000 series
was recently awarded
the prestigious British
Industrial Truck Association (BITA) organised Design for Safety
Award in the Industrial
Vehicles category at the
IMHX 2013 trade show.
Fuller says that the
Crown machines fit
well into the operation, which is high-tech
and an exceptional
technological achievement. “Crown’s design
and performance are
unsurpassed and they
certainly complement
this state-of-the-art facility,” he says.
GLTC MD Darryl
Shafto says that these
Crown machines are
popular both here and
globally due to a combination of first-class design
with superior operator
comfort and exceptionally practical features.
“Merlog has achieved
something unique in the
warehousing
industry
in South Africa and it’s
an important endorsement for our company
that they chose Crown
to work in their operation. We are proud to be
a part of Merlog’s successes,” he concluded.
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Barloworld Power opens
West Coast facility
BARLOWORLD
Power, the +Southern African dealer for
Cat power systems, has
opened a new facility
at Vredenburg in the
Western Cape to provide customised power
solutions and support
to the West Coast marine and petroleum industries.
The opening of the
Vredenburg facility on
7 February was the third
by Barloworld Power in
three months, following
new start-ups in Angola
and Mozambique in
late 2013.
Vredenburg, 12km inland from Saldanha Bay
and about 140km north
of Cape Town, is considered the transportation
and commercial hub of
the West Coast, and is
the administrative centre of the Saldanha Bay
Local Municipality.
ics are based at the
new facility.
“Barloworld Power
has always tried to base
itself as close to its customers as possible and
our Durban facility located in the harbour has
proved highly successful,” says van Zyl. “We
have had a small presence on the West Coast
for about 10 years now,
with technical support
based in Cape Town.
Our investment in Vredenburg is a response
to customer demand
for quick and effective
solutions and we are
looking at Mossel Bay
as another hub that may
require strategic support in the future.”
Barloworld Power’s
growing international
customer base in Southern African in support of the offshore oil
and gas industry also
led to the opening of
new facilities in Soyo
in Angola and Pemba
in Mozambique on
6 and 15 November
2013 respectively.
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Barloworld
Power has
always tried
to base itself
as close to its
customers as
possible
Located on the main
Vredenburg-Saldanha
road, the new facility
will provide on-the-spot
service and support for
Barloworld
Power’s
many long-term customers in the fishing
industry, and is also
well placed to serve
the new Saldanha Industrial Development
Zone (IDZ.) The IDZ,
officially launched last
year, is attracting strong
interest from global oil
and gas companies and
local suppliers to the
petroleum sector.
Barloworld
Power
represents MaK, Cat
and Perkins engines
and the Vredenburg
facility, developed at
a cost of about R1m,
includes offices and a
workshop with lifting
equipment to handle
components up to 2,5
tons. Wynand van Zyl,
Barloworld
Power
manager for the Cape
region, says the MaK
power systems business
is expected to grow significantly with the foreign vessel activity that
accompanies development in the petroleum
sector. “This facility will
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‘The Odyssey’ management contract awarded to
Pam Golding Property Management Services
HAVING recently acquired the management
contract for ‘The Odyssey’, a trendy new 58unit apartment building
in Cape Town’s vibrant
Green Point area, Pam
Golding Property Management Services now
manages property assets on behalf of owners to a total value of
over R15bn. These
comprise in excess of
160 properties, including 5,700 residential
and commercial units.
The Odyssey is a prestigious building in a
modern, sophisticated
design - ideally situated
on Main Road, directly
opposite the Green
Point Urban Park. It is
well positioned within
easy walking distance
of Cape Town CBD and
the V&A Waterfront,
as well as numerous leisure and entertainment
facilities.
Comments
Mike
Morey, MD of Pam
Golding Property Management Services, a financial accountant who
has been in the real
estate industry for over
20 years: “A further significant contract concluded recently is for
the management of the
home owners association of Croydon Vine-
yard Estate in Somerset
West in the heart of the
Cape Winelands. Set
against the scenic backdrop of the Hottentot’s
Holland
Mountains
and with views of Table
Mountain, the estate
comprises in excess
of 200 units.
Other recent contracts
include
the
management of eight
upmarket homes in
Warblers Grove in
Constantia, and the
residential component
in The Square, a mixeduse development in
Plettenberg Bay.
“This year (2014) also
sees us take on the man-
agement of the body corporate of Royal Troon,
a complex comprising
24 residential units in
Atlantic Beach on the
Cape West Coast,”
says Morey.
He says among the
more prestigious management
contracts
awarded in recent
years is that of the centrally situated Mandela
Rhodes Place, comprising
residential,
commercial and retail
components, in Cape
Town’s central city.
“Based in the building itself, we are able
to closely manage the
smooth running of this
iconic property, which
is home to acclaimed
restaurants,
coffee
shops, a hotel, spa and
a number of upmarket
shops fronting wellknown St George’s
Mall on the ground
level.”
“The property also
provides ample parking for residents, commercial tenants and
casual parkers in the
city’s bustling CBD,”
says Morey.
With some 25 portfolio managers and
staff, Pam Golding
Property Management
Services administers
over 250 employees on site at various
properties under management in the Western Cape, providing
the infrastructure and
resources to provide
a professional and expert service to clients.
Services include secretarial, financial, insurance and maintenance
management functions.
Adds Morey: “Our
focus is on making a
contribution
towards
‘The Odyssey’, a trendy new 58-unit apartment
building in Cape Town’s vibrant Green Point area.
the preservation and
enhancement of the
value of clients’ assets by maximising
investment
growth
and income generation through sustained,
results-driven service.”
Astrosec goes live
ASTROSEC’s state of
the art, off-site CCTV
monitoring
control
room status has changed
from testing phase to
live. This will provide
the crime battered businesses and estates with
an effective additional
tool to combat crime.
The
event-based
monitoring
enables
business and estates to
utilize their guarding
compliment on site or
armed response with
greater
effectiveness
without a sweat, as Astrosec’s highly trained
operators guide the response to the area that
is triggered.
Armed with additional information that was
not previously available
with passive CCTV
(only recording events,)
the armed response or
guards on site can react more effectively or
call for reinforcements,
without being exposed
to a lethal threat. Reaction time to incidents
can also be reduced
greatly as Astrosec’s
controllers will notify
the armed response
company
contracted
to the premises as
well as the SAPS if the
situation warrants it.
The entry level monitoring system is a basic
CCTV panic system
that allows the person
that is threatened to
alert the control room
of the event. This automatically provides a
audible visual of the incident, with voice communication back to the
person in distress. The
client’s reaction service
and the SAPS are then
notified immediately.
This is especially suited
to office receptions
and premises where
cash is handled.
Astrosec also envisage utilizing the control room to monitor
critical procedures to
be followed in manufacturing, retail and
lifestyle estates.
Off site CCTV event
based monitoring has
proven to be vital to
reduce acts of crime.
March 2014
9
Source to sea by riverboard
ON 10 December
2013, 33-year-old Capetonian, Ray Chaplin became the first
person to riverboard
the entire 2,400km
length of the Orange
River, South Africa’s
longest river, from
source to sea, all in
the name of raising
awareness of South
Africa’s’ water quality and the volume of
litter along the river.
This is the second
longest river boarding expedition in the
world to date, and
the longest on a production
riverboard
in Africa.
Plastics|SA
Sustainability
Council met at the Two
Oceans
Aquarium
in Cape Town in
February 2014. The
main sponsors of the
Plastics|SA and Nampak Rigid Plastics Orange River Project,
Anton Hanekom of
Plastics|SA and Johan de Smidt of Nampak Rigid Plastics
congratulated Chaplin on his tremendous
feat, and spoke of
their respective companies and how they
got involved with and
supported this record
setting achievement.
Representing the
various sectors of
the plastics industry,
Plastics|SA
plays
an active role in the
growth and development of the South
African plastics industry. They provide
training and expertise
to the industry, and
look after the image
of plastic in South Africa driving the industry’s environmental
initiatives. Nampak
Rigid Plastics is one
of the largest converters of plastic in
South Africa.
Plastics|SA
runs
several
campaigns,
competitions
and
clean-ups every year
to promote the responsible
disposal,
collection and recycling of plastic. In
2013 their theme
was “Plastics: An
Adventure…let’s explore!!!” They were
looking for a suitable
adventure to align to
the 2013 campaign
when Chaplin’s proposal arrived. Chaplin wanted to riverboard the length of
the Orange River,
alone, becoming the
first man in South
Africa to do so.
Plastics|SA
approached
Nampak
Rigid Plastics to cosponsor the attempt,
and on Tuesday 9
April 2013, high in
the mountains of Lesotho, Chaplin began
his riverboarding attempt and, unfortunately, encountered
large volumes of litter, almost from the
source of the river.
Chaplin also undertook to do school
talks;
community
cleanups and generate as much exposure
in each town as he
progressed. He presented to over 9,500
learners along the
river, with over 5,500
bags of litter collected through cleanups,
with many more follow-up cleanup days
already being coordinated by schools
and communities.
“Right from the
start I wanted to use
my knowledge and
background to try and
share how important
the sustainability of
life and the environment is, but especially
with the younger
generation. I want to
let them know that
a sustainable future
is possible, and that
they have a huge part
to play in it. I want to
try and educate actively, through experience. Kids are tired
of classroom teaching, they want to see
someone go out and
do what they teach,”
says eco-adventurer
Chaplin.
He spent 57 days
out of the water after
one too many falls resulted in two broken
ribs and severe spinal
injury, making it too
painful and risky for
Chaplin to continue.
“I got out the water
on Tuesday 25 June,
and got back in on
Wednesday 21 August, even though the
doctor suggested six
to nine months,” explains Chaplin.
246 days after departing from the
source Chaplin arrived in Alexander
Bay on the Atlantic
coast, having not only
successfully
completed 2,460km of
riverboarding,
but
also 21 school presentations, two community meetings, one
recycling Indaba, one
International Marine
Debris Summit, two
Expos and 11 Radio
interviews to spread
the word that Plastics are too good to
throw away. Chaplin
promoted the collection of all litter in
South Africa’s rivers
and in particular plastic packaging such
as HDPE bottles,
PET bottles, HDPE
Closures,
Crates
and Drums that can
be recycled.
“As South Africa’s
longest river, it almost traverses the
entire width of our
country, the state of
the Orange River
represents all the waterways in South Africa. What goes down
our gutters lands in
our streams, rivers,
dams and ultimately
oceans. So we should
be more careful what
we do with our plastic,” says Terry van
der Walt of Nampak
Rigid Plastics.
“There is actually a shortage of
recycled plastic material in South Africa. The packaging
industry cannot get
enough. Plastic can
be recycled and reused, ” says Johan
de Smidt of Nampak
Rigid Plastics.
Over the past year
Plastics|SA saw a
growth of 5.4% in
virgin material consumption and an increase of 10.9% in
recycling
tonnages.
Employing
over
60,000 people, the
industry’s combined
turnover is some
R50bn per annum,
contributing 1.6% to
the national GDP.
Consumption is approximately 1.642 million tons per annum
- 1.370 million tons of
which is virgin material and 272,691 tons
recycled material.
‘We, who work in
the plastics industry,
are therefore acutely
aware of the benefits
of plastics – we simply
couldn’t live as we do
without them, and they
are found in almost every sector and in almost
everything we own, including our clothes.
But we are also very
aware of the damage
that plastics can do and
of their inherent value
even as waste products. Many forms of
plastics are recyclable,
and have value in and
of themselves, even as
waste products. This is
what the Plastics|SA
Sustainability Council
and its members, such
as PETCO and Tuffy,
co-sponsors of the Orange River Project,
are educating school
children, communities
and the public in general about,’ says Douw
Steyn of Plastics|SA.
“From measly diets, to waking up to
the sound of lions,
to cracking ribs and
finding scorpions in
your wetsuit, yours
has been a dramatic
adventure to follow.
Ray Chaplin became the first person to riverboard the entire 2,400km length of
the Orange River, South Africa’s longest river.
It’s been a privilege
to align our environmental goals and
consumer education
on recycling with
your project,” said
Terry van der Walt,
Cluster
Marketing
Manager for Nampak Rigid Plastics in
his
congratulatory
letter to Chaplin.
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CBN March 2014
SKF Maintenance Strategy Review optimises efficiency
“IT is important that
a company has the
necessary culture and
process in place before
adopting a technology,” advises SKF Segments / Key Accounts
Manager,
Southern
Africa, Giscard Lailvaux. Technology then
becomes an important
tool to help facilitate
a process. When these
elements work together, a company will
achieve success.”
“Any
manufacturing or processing plant
aspires to upping operational
effectiveness and production,
while running down
total cost of ownership
to ensure sustainable
operation and maximum
productivity,”
according to Lailvaux.
“The SKF Maintenance Strategy Review
achieves exactly that,”
states Lailvaux. “The
successful implementation of this turnkey
project will substantially
improve ‘Mean Time
Between Failures’ and
increase overall equipment effectiveness and
is the ideal solution
wherever maintenance
is required.”
“We undertake a
Maintenance Strategy
Review journey with
our customer. The first
objective is for us to
gain an understanding of the customer’s
maintenance maturity,
and the end goal is improved
maintenance
practices, so that our
customer can achieve
optimum efficiency in
process and production,” explains Lailvaux.
The process consists
of four main steps and
kicks off with a ‘Client
Needs Analysis.’
“This site survey enables us to benchmark
a client’s current status
and populate information gleaned from the
‘Client Needs Analysis’, which we fit into
the maintenance maturity arrow. The ultimate goal,” says Van
der Hulst, “is to move
along this arrow to ultimately achieve world
class asset efficiency
optimisation.”
“In step two, we measure the plant’s maturity relative to their industry,” continues Van
der Hulst. “Here we
look at all the information assembled by SKF
globally in the relevant
industry. By plotting the
results from the ‘Client
Needs Analysis’, we can
Maintenance Maturity Arrow
benchmark the plant
against the global industry average. We now
know where and how
the plant performs in
terms of their maintenance practices, which
we narrow down to
strategy, identification,
control and execution.”
The
Customers’
Computerised Maintenance Management
System (CMMS,) SAP,
provides maintenance
instructions to the technicians. “The CMMS
must make sense to the
technician, so it is important that we identify
plant practices impacting on performance. We
look at the works execution and delve into
the SAP system to see
what assets are on site.
We make use of drawings to identify assets.
Each asset has to have
a maintenance plan
to ensure its optimal
functioning. We identify with these strategies
in the plant and list all
assets with a functional
location. We identify
not only which parts
are in stock for equipment such as pumps i.e.
bearings, seals, bolts,
casing, impeller, etc.,
but the exact location of
each part. Even the individual parts have their
own maintenance requirements i.e. bearings
grease, etc. This gives
a clear understanding of currently execution versus what is on
the database.”
“Now that we have
gained an understanding of the plant’s maintenance practices, we
know exactly where
improvements are essential, as well as the
cost implication of
these
improvements.
This is a mixed bag of
easy and difficult fixes,”
remarks Lailvaux.
“In the fourth and
final step, we assist our
customer by updating or populating their
CMMS. We also populate all information into
the SKF Asset Management Services Tool
(AMST.) An efficient
synergy is created between the equipment,
the maintenance they
require and the parts
necessary to do the
maintenance. All safety
requirements, OHS and
SHEQ, are also incorporated in the AMST.”
The
customer’s
maintenance strategy
is subsequently aligned
to the business goals,
and by executing the
right maintenance they
can improve their practices to become world
class. “It is about doing the right thing at
right time with right
equipment for the right
reason,” says Lailvaux.
“Alignment and efficiency of the CMMS
has a positive impact
on the company culture. Where there was
a disconnection before,
after the process there
is now a connection
between engineering,
production, operators
and management who
are now all talking to
one another.”
The SKF maintenance strategy results
are fully integrated
with the customer’s
continuous improvement program. Maintenance Strategy Review closes the loop i.e.
whatever was done on
site and all information
on strategies, system
changes and new equipment is stored on the
AMST database.
As a maintenancecentric approach, this
programme can be
implemented across a
variety of industries i.e.
Food & beverage, pulp
and paper, packaging,
consulting companies,
mining, etc.
Training plays an
important role in the
successful implementation of the Maintenance Strategy Review
project, and Van der
Hulst confirms that
SKF, as part of a complete turnkey solution,
also offers customer
training. “The added
benefit of this process
is the up-skilling of the
entire workforce, from
machine operator to
senior management.”
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the rigid and compact
design, demonstrates
how much emphasis
is put on ergonomics.
Emphasis is placed on
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Continued on P11
SKF South Africa - Celebrating 100 Years of
Innovative Solutions
SKF Training Solutions
SKF offers a comprehensive programme that covers every
aspect of machine reliability. Like any difficult skill, training is
key to ensure you perform effectively. SKF’s Training Solutions
courses are offered locally, regionally and alternatively a
programme can be arranged at the
customer’s site.
Various SKF South Africa’s courses are now BINDT and
merSETA accredited.
SKF South Africa is celebrating 100 years of innovative solutions during 2014.
Drawing on five areas of competence and application-specific expertise (bearings
and units, seals, lubrication systems, mechatronics and a wide range of services),
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March 2014
11
Right product, right price and right on time
Throughout its
23 years in the offshore oil & gas supplies business, HSE
Supplies has diversified its business
model into industrial
and commercial electrical supplies and
specialised contracting of key personnel
to the offshore oil &
gas industry.
“The foundation of
our offshore business,
which relies on supplying anything needed on a rig – from a
nut and bolt to heavy
duty electrical components – in a short
turnaround time at
a competitive price,
created a service ethic
that has found favour
with industrial and
commercial customers,” explains HSE’s
Managing Director,
Andy Pedersen.
“We pride ourselves
on sourcing and supplying a whole gambit of equipment and
spare parts to the offshore industry. This
includes
electrical
equipment, hardware,
firefighting, lifesaving
and safety equipment,
as well as rigging and
lifting equipment.
“We are agents for
and represent quality
suppliers
and
well-known names in
the offshore industry
including
Protecta,
DBI Sala, Jallatte and
Auda, so even the most
demanding customers
not only get unrivalled
service, but top quality
equipment to boot,”
enthuses Pedersen.
HSE’s offshore business supplies clients
throughout the African seaboard, as well
as in locations as far
afield as Korea and
Australia, having established itself as a
global supplier in the
cut-throat business of
marine procurement.
Their headquarters
and vast stores stock
holding are centrallylocated in Paarden
Eiland, a stones throw
from Cape Town harbour, and in close
proximity to road, rail
and air transport for
customers in locations
further afield.
“On-shore our
territory is encompasses the Western
and Eastern Cape,
where customers include food producers,
manufacturers, heavy
industry such as refineries, metros & municipalities and even
academic
establishments such as colleges
and universities.”
“Our reputation for
right first time, at the
right price and equipment supply within 48
hours, has led to substantial growth in this
sector,” says Pedersen.
HSE Supplies are
not only known for
their equipment procurement
expertise
– since 1996 when
they established a Personnel Management
Team, the firm have
been recruiting, selecting, placing and managing specialised personnel for the offshore
oil & gas environment.
“We are committed to employ only
fully-indentured and
skilled artisans, where
each individual is fully
screened and their
experience
checked
prior to being placed
in a client’s location,” says Pedersen.
The HSE team, led by (top right) CEO, Georges Correvon and
(bottom right) MD, Andy Pedersen.
“Each placement is
fully-guaranteed, and
as an example, we
have over 115 contract
personnel working on
offshore installations
right now.”
The firm undertakes all aspects of
specialised personnel
placement including
sourcing and recruitment, transportation
and accommodation,
planning and project management, and
employee training.
HSE Supplies is
Level 2 B-BBEE accredited and has offices in Saldanha and
Pemba, Mozambique.
This allows the company to service Mozambique’s and East
Africa’s burgeoning oil
and gas industry.
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The machines offer
unique precision, even
under heavy machining conditions, thanks
to the stable construction and high thermo
stability. The FEM-optimised cast iron bed,
large dimensional ball
screws (40 x 10mm for
the CTX 450, and 50
x 10mm for the CTX
650) and wide linear
guides ensure the best
rigidity values and positioning precision of
0,02mm, with the direct
distance measurement
system even 0,008mm
is achieved.
Both models feature a turret for 12
tools with VDI 40 / 50
holder and rapid tra-
verses of 30m / min in
all axes. Furthermore,
the use of six block
tools is made possible.
The
comprehensive
equipment of the new
models promises maximum efficiency. An
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to turn and mill full
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New vertical slurry pumps
LCV Pump benefits
at a glance
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(900 mm to 2100 mm)
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 Large sphere passage
 V-Belt arrangement
 Large shaft diameters
THE introduction of
new vertical slurry
pumps for mining
and industrial applications is set to significantly improve the
reliability of operations, while minimising
stock-holdings
of spares.
KSB Pumps and
Valves South Africa’s
new LCV-range of
vertical slurry pumps
are specially manufactured to withstand
harsh
environments
and are designed to
operate in even the
most abrasive and
corrosive conditions.
The pumps allow for
interchangeability of
wet-end components
with the common LCC
range of horizontal
slurry pumps for routine maintenance requirements.
According to Mohamed Trabelsi, KSB
product manager for
solids handling pumps,
the new offering completes the range of
mining and related
pumps supplied by the
company and gives
customers the ability
to deal with a singlesource supplier to design, specify and supply complete pumping
solutions for a broad
range of applications.
Filling a niche
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resulting LCV is a vertical cantilever sump
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He adds that another benefit for operators is the V-belt drive,
which can accommodate a wide range of
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Woolies still looking smart
In the South African
retail sector, consumers are under pressure
and more picky shoppers avoid shops putting through marked
price increases. Still,
Cape
Town-based
retailer Woolworths
– with a foot in the
grocery segment and
a foot in the fashion
arena – looks anything
but flustered.
Last month, the
company showed sales
(for six months to end
December) up 16%
to R19,4bn with the
clothing and general
merchandise outstripping the South African apparel market;
and the food business
also trading ahead of
the market.
Profit before tax
increased by 21% to
R2,16bn. The company also disclosed 2,8
million
Woolworths
card holders, which
tracked 69% of sales.
building bigger stores,
as well as expanding the convenience
store format
“Woolies
SKUs
(stock keeping units)
had grown from 6,400
to 10,000
in four
years.” He indicated
there were plans to
Woolies is also committed
to growing its business.
Woolies is also committed to growing its
business. In an investor presentation,
CEO Ian Moir said
the company was determined to continue
grow SKUs to 12,000
in the short-term.
Expansion is unlikely to come at a cost
to bottom line. Moir
said, “By 2016, Woolies wants the trading
margin in its clothing business to top
19%, while the food
business aims for a
sumptuous margin of
7% [which is almost
2 percentage points
higher than grocery
sector market leader
Shoprite Holdings.]”
Moir said economic
conditions remained
constrained in the
lower and middle income segments of
the market, where
consumer debt levels
remain under pressure. But he believed
the upper income
segment - in which
Woolworths operates
– would continue to
show resilience.
“Trading for the
first six weeks of the
second half of the
financial year has
been positive. We
expect sales growth
to be broadly in line
with the first half,”
Moir concludes.
Xylem Water Solutions South Africa
opens new office in Cape Town
ON their quest to deliver world-class solutions to the South African market, Xylem
Water Solutions South
Africa officially celebrated the opening of
its brand new location
in Cape Town, with an
intimate breakfast soiree on 13 February.
The team at Xylem
Water Solutions South
Africa decided to open
the branch as an ongoing drive to improve efficiencies and increase
customer convenience,
by merging two sales
branches into one
‘super-site’ in the areas where their clients
operate. Xylem says
its new Cape Town office now offers all water pumping and other
fluid management solutions under one roof,
contributing to better
customer service. The
new Cape Town branch
will cover all of Xylem’s
service offerings, which
include pump sales,
testing, repairs and
rental divisions.
“Our new Cape
Town branch is yet another way for Xylem
to get closer to our
customers and provide
them with only the best
service possible,” explains Heinrich Louw,
Marketing Manager of
Xylem Water Solutions
South Africa. “Our new
branch is conveniently
positioned to address
client’s needs in their
area of operation. It is
important for us to be
accessible to our clients
and to provide quick
and easy access to our
superior range of products and services.”
Montague Park in
Cape Town was the
ideal site for the new
branch, because it puts
clients in the region
in direct contact with
Xylem’s range of water solutions and applications. The team
are on hand to provide
tailor-made solutions
to clients, utilising
state-of-the-art equipment, such as the test
tank and a ‘production line’ type layout,
which contributes to
expediting pump service and repairs.
“Xylem Water Solutions South Africa’s
Cape
Town-branch
has been streamlined
to better focus on the
needs of customers
in the region. Each
branch throughout the
country is organised so
that it aligns with whatever specific services
Xylem Water Solution’s new Cape Town branch.
our local customers
require, and Xylem’s
goal is to offer flexible solutions and to
respond to customers’
needs as rapidly as possible,” says Bennie Thiart, Sales Director at
Xylem Water Solutions
South Africa.
The new site is one
of four sales office and
rental depots in South
Africa, with established
branches also operating
in Steelpoort, Rustenburg
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MOTORING
Toyota step up the fun factor for its all-new city car
THE new Aygo, revealed
at the Geneva motor
show, is another example
of Toyota’s commitment
to build ever-better cars
that catch the eye and are
genuinely fun to drive. A
distinctive and characterful design – dubbed “JPlayful” in reference to
Japan’s hip youth culture
– and a wealth of customisation options show how
Toyota has made fun a
key element in crafting
its new city car.
At the same time
new Aygo builds on the
qualities that made the
original such a success
throughout its lifetime,
keeping the car compact,
nimble and reliable, with
genuinely low running
costs. The latter are supported by revision to its
award-winning
threecylinder 1.0-litre VVT-i
petrol engine to secure
class-leading fuel economy and CO2 emissions.
Full details of the
South African model
range and prices will
be announced nearer
the on-sale date later
this year.
Exterior design
Compact
packaging was fundamental
to the design of the
new Aygo to maintain its town-friendly
handling. The overall length has increased by just 25mm
to 3,455mm, which
means it keeps the
class-leading compactness of the previous
model, and although
front headroom has
been increased by
7mm, vehicle height
has actually been reduced by 5mm to
1,460mm, supporting
the car’s aerodynamic
efficiency. Both front
and rear tracks have
been widened by 8mm.
New Aygo may be
compact and characterful in appearance, but
it’s robust and has real
street presence too.
Its solidity comes from
a strong form, which
gives the design its core
volume. But, to introduce a playful element,
the designers used the
concept of a soft object breaking through
the hard shell of the
design, creating break
lines and giving Aygo
its distinctive frontal Xgraphic. This spreads
outwards across the
surface of the bodywork, and takes in all
the vehicle’s main external features, including upper and lower
grilles, headlamps, foglamps, and even mirrors and side glazing.
In profile, the roof
has been lowered and
the front header moved
forwards. As a result,
the cabin’s centre of
gravity also shifts to the
front, creating a more
balanced and forward
customisation. For the
South African market,
customisation options
will be kept to a minimum in order to keep
the sticker price as affordable as possible.
Multimedia x-touch
system
leaning posture. This is
further emphasised by a
sloping beltline, which
terminates in the forward leaning rear light
clusters. The roof itself
has a new pagoda-style
profile and an integral
rear spoiler. The shape
of the side-glazing differs between the three
and five-door models,
the latter extending its
window graphic into
the rear light clusters,
giving an impression of
extra length.
The rear end displays
a similar design theme
to the front, with the
tailgate and lower bumper forming break lines
in the vehicle’s solid surface. The lamp clusters
are set within the hexagonal tailgate, and the
upper bumper section
widens into pronounced
wheel arches which
give the car a broad
and stable stance.
Interior design
The shape of the centre console – trapezoidal
– sets the theme for new
Aygo’s interior and is
reflected in details such
as the air vents, door
trims and gear shift surround. The console supports a wide dashboard
with a matt, anti-glare
finish, set between slim
A-pillars. The new instrumentation features
a meter made of up
concentric rings which
are permanently lit. It
incorporates an easyto-read central multiinformation display.
Although the wheelbase is unchanged at
2,340mm, the cabin is
longer by 9mm. Wider
armrests also improve
comfort. There’s more
room for luggage as well
– an extra 29 litres – and
loading is easier thanks
to the space between the
sill and rear seatback being made 5mm wider.
Customisation
New Aygo will be
launched in Europe with
a wealth of customisation options that will allow customers to create
a car that’s truly individual. On the outside the
X-shaped front grille,
rear bumper insert, enhanced front bumper
and alloy wheels can
all be specified to suit,
while in the cabin the
instrument panel, centre console, air vents,
shift knob and gear lever surround can easily
be changed, even after
years of ownership.
To make life simpler,
however,
customers
can also choose from
a range of exterior and
interior styling packs if
they prefer, rather than
selecting piece-by-piece
New Aygo will be available with Toyota’s new
x-touch
multimedia
system, operated using
a fully integrated seveninch touchscreen. It’s
the first system in its segment to come with a rear
view camera as standard.
(Please note that equipment for the SA-specced
Aygo will be confirmed
closer to launch).
Powertrain
New Aygo features a
comprehensively
revised version of Toyota’s
award-winning threecylinder 1.0-litre engine.
The unit has been reengineered to run with a
higher, 11.5:1 compression ratio, and has an
improved combustion
chamber design for better efficiency. Friction
losses have also been
reduced, notably by using a new low-friction
timing chain. And although it’s still one of
the lightest engines on
the market, more weight
has been saved by introducing a cylinder head
with a built-in exhaust
manifold.
There’s more power
and torque: 51kW at
6,000rpm and 95Nm
at 4,300rpm; 85Nm of
torque is available from
as low as 2,000rpm. The
newcomer will be offered with a five-speed
manual transmission as
standard. Some international markets will also
get the optional new
x-shift, an automated
manual
transmission
that can be used in fully
automatic mode, or with
manual gear selection
using paddle shifts or
the shift lever itself.
In making all these
improvements, Toyota
has been careful not to
sacrifice the engine’s
famous sprightly character. It will still rev
happily to high speeds
and although sound
insulation has been
improved, its sporty
note is still there when
pushed hard.
Extensive work has
been done to improve
aerodynamics, resulting in an improved drag
coefficient – down from
Cd 0.30 to 0.29.
Together
these
changes reduce combined cycle fuel consumption from 4,4
litres/100km to just 4.1
litres/100km and bring
CO2 emissions down
to 95g/km, below the
100g/km
threshold
for annual road tax
(VED) exemption.
Volvo Concept XC Coupé wins “Best Concept
Car” award at 2014 Detroit Motor Show
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THE Volvo Concept XC
Coupé won two prestigious design awards,
further raising the excitement around Volvo
Car Group’s (Volvo
Cars) new design language. The Concept XC
Coupé was awarded the
title “Best Concept Car”
at the 2014 EyesON Design Awards at the 2014
Detroit Motor Show,
while Volvo’s latest concept vehicle also won
the award for “Best use
of Colour, Graphics and
Materials.”
The 2014 North
American International
Auto Show in Detroit
hosted the world premiere of Volvo Cars’
new Concept XC Coupé
– the second of three
concept cars that showcase the company’s future design direction.
Like the similarly
highly-acclaimed
and
award-winning
Volvo
Concept Coupé, the
Concept XC Coupé
demonstrates the design possibilities of Volvo Cars’ new Scalable
Product
Architecture
(SPA) that will underpin
all cars from Volvo Cars
in the future, starting
with the all-new Volvo
XC90 that premieres
later this year.
“I’m honoured and
very happy of course.
This is very encouraging, and it shows that
Volvo’s new design di-
rection is appreciated
not only by the general
public and the press,
but also by the leading people in the car
design business. And
Volvo Cars has only just
started its exciting new
journey with a brand
new design language,”
says Thomas Ingenlath,
Senior Vice President
Design at Volvo Cars.
The EyesOn Design
Award ceremony is an
annual event that takes
place in conjunction
with the Detroit Motor Show. The EyesOn
Design Award jury
contains of a prominent group of designers from auto makers
and academia.
March 2014
15
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Waboomsrivier Winery’s two
huge decanters a must
GEA Westfalia recently installed not one,
but two of the largest decanters in their
range at the Waboomsrivier (Wabooms) Winery, situated between
Worchester and Ceres.
This is the first installation of its kind for
GEA in South Africa.
Speaking to CBN, Jaco
Coetzee, Market Development
Engineer
at GEA Westfalia said
“Wabooms is continuously looking to use
the latest technology when it comes to
winemaking.” In fact
the estates own website proudly mentions
its “ultra modern red
wine cellar” and “the
white wine cellar which
[is at the] forefront
of technology.”
Coetzee explains that
Wabooms installed a
GEA 150 Separator “used for wine purification and with a capacity
of up to 30,000 litres
per hour and 15,000 litres of juice per hour”
– in 2008. But in an
industry where time is
money, and can make
or break a harvest,
Wabooms approached
GEA Westfalia for
ideas on how to handle
their grapes more efficiently. Enter the giant
CF 7000 decanters that
are used to de-juice
the grapes.
“The process of the
CF 7000 is fairly easy,”
explains Coetzee, “The
wine farmer will bring
the grapes to be offloaded at the winery, these
grapes go through a
stemmer to pick out all
the sticks and so forth.
The grapes are then
pumped into a holding
tank; and the decanter
is fed from this holding tank. By using the
CF 7000 decanter, the
wine farmer can continuously supply grapes
to Wabooms, rather
than the conventional
process using a press,
which is a clumsier
batch process”
“The CF 7000 decanters ensure optimum yield of ‘must’
[freshly pressed juice]
and wine, and a continuous discharge of solids, ready for disposal.” But these decanters
offer additional savings in the manufacturing process, “It’s an
automatic operation,
thereby reducing the
cost of labour. The decanter is also a versatile
machine that means
you can recover your
lees, providing savings
in filter aids.” The CF
7000 has a dejuicing capacity for white grapes
of 18 tons of grapes per
hour, with a solids level
of less than 2% in the
must out.
Wabooms Manager
and Winemaker, Bennie Wannenburg says
that since installation,
the decanters have
been producing A-
grade juice with a must
out of around 0.2%.
“We are very impressed
with these machines.
We are getting a much
higher quality yield,
and the processing procedure is very simple.”
“When we were
looking at the upgrades
needed to accommodate the growth in our
business, these decanters were the cheapest option for us. This
machine saved us from
having to install new
drainers, a new press,
vacuum drum and centrifuge. On top of that,
we went from producing around 500 litres
per ton of A-quality
juice and 250 litres
per ton of B-quality
juice to a full 750 litres
per ton of A-quality
juice. This means we
make more money
from our crop.”
“This is the first
de-juicing
decanter
for GEA Westfalia in
South Africa, and that
will pave the way forward for future projects,”
says Coetzee.
On aftersales service,
Coetzee states “We
have six service engineers based in Southern Africa - with two
based in Cape Town
- focusing on service
and maintenance for
all of our equipment.
We also provide our
clients with a service
level agreement, which
is a contract between
GEA Westfalia and the
client, tailored to their
needs. And using that,
we can keep spares on
the shelf as/when the
client needs it.”
This is a fact that
Wannenburg
also
pointed to. “GEA
Westfalia was the only
company we spoke
to that did not use an
agent. We ordered directly from the company, it was installed
by that company and
our service agreement
is held by the company.
There is no middleman, no unnecessary
delays and no agent
fees.”
As such, Wannenburg says that they always felt that they were
getting the best service,
“You aren’t just a number; our contact with
the company in both
South Africa and Germany was personal. We
had to have the equipment installed no later
than the end of January, and the company
went out of its way to
ensure this happened.
A technician came
through from Germany
to oversee the installation and spent over a
week onsite.”
With a glowing reference from the Waboomsrivier Wine Estate, and two CF 7000
decanters
installed
on time, GEA Westfalia can call this a
job well done.
Pioneer in for a lean time
Installation of the two giant CF 7000 decanters at Waboomsrivier Winery.
Efficiency at its Best!
ecoforce decanters from GEA Westfalia Separator
make continuous juicing of grapes possible gaining
yields far above the average.
GEA Westfalia Separator ecoforce guarantee a
uniform juice quality. In mash-fermented red wine
processing, ecoforce decanters remove virtually all
the yeast. After thermo flash processing trub
particles are reliably removed from red and white
grapes. The closed system reduces unwanted
oxidation and is easy to clean.
Paarl-based product
distributor,
Pioneer
Food Group, is bracing itself for a stretch in
the ‘lean streets’ after
a tough start to its new
financial year.
Pioneer Food Group
owns
well-known
household brands like
Sasko, Bokomo, Wellington and Liquifruit.
Last month the company issued a rather
tepid trading update
for the four months to
end January. Group
revenue for the four
months
increased
only 8.1% if the contribution of struggling poultry opera-
tion Quantum Foods
(set to be unbundled
from Pioneer later this
year) is excluded. But
if the Quantum numbers are worked back
then Pioneer’s four
month turnover was
only up 6.9%.
These
increases
are barely above the
latest inflation rate
and speaks volumes
around how strained
consumers currently
are in South Africa.
Pioneer CEO, Phil
Roux, noted overall
domestic
volumes
were flat given muted
consumer
spending
and significant com-
petition in certain
categories. If there
was any relief, it came
with Roux’s admission that export volumes – fruit in particular – maintained
good momentum.
“Significant
and
continued
focus
on cost reduction
and efficiencies has
had a positive effect on performance
to date. The value
enhancement
initiatives
embarked
upon in the prior
year are beginning to
gain momentum.”
Roux said that Pioneer’s earnings at the
half year were likely to
benefit from these value
enhancement initiatives.
The company is also
coming off a low comparative base in terms of
profit performance.
But Roux warned
the outlook for the
remainder of the current financial year was
particularly challenging given the inflationary pressures facing
consumers at present.
“This could potentially translate to volume pressure for the
Group, compounded
by rising input costs
and rand weakness,”
Roux concluded.
ecoforce decanters from GEA Westfalia Separator
provide an excellent performance for liquids containing a high proportion of solids including must
clarification, concentration of lees, clarification of
yeast sediment from the fermenters and concentration of fining trub.
Efficiency at its Best.
GEA Westfalia Separator SA (Pty) Ltd
19 Chain Ave, Montague Gardens, Cape Town
PO Box 26815, Chempet, 7442
Phone 021-555-9000
[email protected], www.gea.com
engineering for a better world
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FOOD & BEVERAGE
Apple now at the core of Distell
Both the wine and
brandy markets have
been unpleasantly tough
in recent years, which
then beg the question
of how Stellenboschbased liquor conglomerate, Distell, has managed to pour in such
consistent profits.
Distell was originally
rooted in the vineyards
with traditional brands
like Fleur du Cap, Nederburg, Zonnebloem,
Klipdrift and Richelieu.
Cream-based
liqueur
Amarula has been a
wonderful export earner, and the company’s
recent acquisition of
international
whisky
maker Burn Stewart is
another significant shift
in strategy. But Distell’s real transformation from the ‘grape’
brands to a diversified
liquor offering has been
driven by its hugely successful cider brands,
which were launched
in the late eighties
and early nineties.
Distell has found
huge volume and profit
growth in the apple orchards with the continued success of its cider
brands like Savanna
and Hunters. Liquor
industry observers be-
lieve Distell – currently
the second largest cider
player in the world – can
become a major global
player in this niche.
Recent management
changes could be significant in this regard.
Late last year a former
SABMiller
executive
Richard Rushton – who
has extensive offshore
expertise – took over as
MD of Distell following the retirement of
long-serving MD Jan
Scannel. Most market
watchers are expecting
Rushton to boost Distell’s offshore presence
by extending existing
operations into fastgrowing African markets and possibly also
by the acquisition of
international assets.
There’s no doubt that
cider – which by now
probably accounts for
more than 30% of Distell’s total revenue – will
play a key role in the
company’s strategy to
flow into new markets.
Rushton said, “Distell’s ongoing investment to enhance its
product range, improve
distribution networks
and strengthen operations in Africa in particular, was crucial in priming the company for
focused global growth.”
He said this after
Distell’s interim results to end December
2013 showed revenue
up 15% to R9,9bn despite muted global
consumer spending.
“The cider portfolio
of Hunter’s and Savanna had continued to
deliver strong growth in
South Africa.”
Savanna
recently
added to its offering
with a Savanna Dark
range. The cider and
ready-to-drink (RTD)
brands have largely
been responsible for
Distell managing an acceptable performance
in SA where brandy
sales have been under
pressure and the wine
segment
increasingly
competitive due to a
plethoraofbrandsavailable
to the consumer.
Interestingly, Rushton also admits that
Distell’s ciders and
RTDs had continued
to perform strongly in
international markets.
CBN would imagine
this would include subSaharan African markets, which accounted
for some 55% of foreign
revenue in the latest interim period.
Not
surprisingly,
Distell’s capital expenditure for the six
months
amounted
of R387m - included
R243m spent on expanding the capacity of
mainly cider and whisky
manufacturing facilities.
Next generation
of whitefish
processing lines
Flexicut concept.
Whitefish processing is about to take a
giant leap forward, with
the launch of Marel’s
FleXicut, a trimming
robot for high precision
bone detection and removal. The bones in
whitefish are notoriously difficult to locate
and remove, and the
process traditionally requires a lot of skilled labor. The automation of
this process with FleXicut is therefore set to
reshape the whitefish
industry, as it not only
reduces the need for
skilled labor, but also
greatly improves product handling and yields.
Automation set to
improve yield and
product quality
LETABA Industrial Pumps
A division of Set Point Technology (Pty) Ltd.
PO Box 3534, Edenvale, 1610
Phone: 011 452 1351
Fax:
011 452 1431
FleXicut
incorporates two critical processing steps in one
machine; locating the
pinbones precisely, and
cutting/trimming to remove the bones. The
equipment consists of
high resolution X-ray
detection, image control, and a water-jet
cutting mechanism for
removing pinbones.
“Determining
the
orientation of the
bones is critical to improving the yield,”
Marel’s Director of
Product Development,
Kristjan Hallvardsson,
explains. Cutting out
less flesh on the Vcut will leave more on
the loin. “At present,
6-10% of the fillet is
removed manually by
the V-cut to take out
the pinbones. The goal
is to achieve as much as
2-4% improvement in
yield, which represents
significant added value
for our customers.”
Marel has more than
30 years’ experience in
the fish processing industry and has built on
its extensive expertise
in portioning, X-ray,
and robot technology
to develop the FleXicut. This innovative
trimming robot uses the
latest X-ray technology
to locate the pinbones
with high accuracy, and
then remove them.
By using water-jets
for the bone removal
process, which is more
flexible than blade cutting, the FleXicut can
perform a variety of
cutting patterns, and
the angle cutting option allows it to follow
the curved lines of the
bone frame very closely,
thereby further reducing pinbone material.
This means significant
yield gains in the loin –
the most valuable part
(Automatic
Pinbone
Removal In COd and
whiTefish) – a collaboration
between
Marel, Sintef, Norway Seafoods, and
Faroe Origin. It is
based on detailed research on the raw material and processing
techniques, using the
very latest of Marel’s
technological solutions.
Since Marel introduced its first flowline
in 1992, the company
has set out to deliver
constant
improvements to fish process-
The automation of
the process enables
processors to produce
bone-free products
with virtually no
manual handling
of the fish.
The automation of
the process enables
processors to produce
bone-free
products
with virtually no manual handling and introduce new products
such as skin-on loins
and baby fillets.
An important feature
of Marel’s FleXicut is
that the X-ray scanning
and water-jet cutting is
performed on the same
belt. This unique feature means that there
is no risk of movement
between the bonedetection and cutting
processes, which ensures a superb level of
cutting accuracy based
on the bone location.
An additional feature
is the built-in blade cutter, to optionally cut
the tail piece.
Transforming the fish
industry time and
time again
The FleXicut is the
first tangible output
of an ongoing project called APRICOT
ing performance. With
the FleXicut, Marel
has
achieved
this
goal once more.
“We regard FleXicut
as the first step towards
a new generation of
whitefish
processing
concepts,” says Hallvardsson. “The automatic bone removal
will clearly reduce processing time and have
an impact on the overall design of the processing hall, including
improvements in the
packing process.”
“In the near future, the FleXicut will
clearly become a main
element in many of our
customers’ processing
lines. The concept responds to the industry’s
need to deliver higher
quality, higher value,
bone-free
products
with higher levels of
precision, automation,
and flexibility. These
priorities are also chosen because they will
ultimately provide the
fastest return on in-
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PACKAGING
FOOD & BEVERAGE
February 2014
March 2014
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Perfect packaging for the
Perfect packaging for the
Cape’s
produce
Cape’sperfect
perfect produce
PACKAGING
NAMPAK Rigid Plastics, Africa’s largest and
most diversified rigid plastics packaging company, provides the agricultural sector with a diverse range of packaging options. Nampak Rigid Plastics’ divisions are focused on innovation
and offer a full suite of packaging design and
testing services. They supply and support stateof-the-art filling equipment and technology.
Under the umbrella of Nampak Rigid Plastics, are Nampak Closures, Nampak Liquid and
Nampak Megapak. These divisions are all supported by Nampak Research & Development in
Cape Town, which is widely regarded as one of
the most advanced packaging science and technology facilities in the southern hemisphere.
Nampak Liquid
With numerous branches strategically located
around the Cape, the rest of South Africa and
sub-Saharan Africa, Nampak Liquid is one of
the largest suppliers of liquid packaging solutions. They supply PET bottles, HDPE bottles,
HDPE jars, and filling and handling systems
for fresh and long life dairy, fresh fruit juice,
carbonated soft drinks(CSD), wine, water and
beer.
Nampak Liquid manufactures generic or custom-designed HDPE and PET bottles in sizes
ranging from 100ml to 5l with 35mm or 38mm
necks compatible with both foil and screw-cap
closures. The bottles are available in clear or
pigmented colours. Jars are available in 250g
and 500g, with 63mm and 76mm necks.
Nampak Liquid’s in house tool room assists
with bottle design, prototyping, pilot mould
manufacture and full mould manufacture. They
also offer computer simulations and Finite Element Analysis, light weighting, source reduction and hygiene evaluations.
The Nampak Liquid plastics inplant in Vreedendal offers sophisticated logistical and economically beneficial solutions, by providing
on-site bottle manufacture for the packing of
wine in plastic bottles.
Nampak Liquid Cartons
Nampak Liquid Cartons manufactures the
unique Conipak carton as well as a wide range
of Pure-Pak cartons under license from Elopak.
These Pure-Pak cartons are resealable and
come in different formats and sizes from 200ml
to 2l. The range includes Pure-Pak cartons for
milk, fruit juice and drinking yoghurt products.
Nampak Liquid Cartons also offers cartons
with the Elocurve®, which provide an extra fifth
panel for branding and shelf appeal.
Nampak Liquid Cartons has launched a new
330ml Pure-Pak carton with screw-cap. Designed to meet consumer demand for a smaller
container the 330ml mini diamond curve carton
allows the consumer to easily sip and re-close
the carton. The diamond feature on the opening
side sits comfortably around the consumer’s
lip. The polyethylene coated aluminum foil
lined board prevents oxygen permeation for a
longer shelf life.
Nampak Liquid Cartons has recently added cider to the range of alcoholic beverages
packed in cartons. This is in additon to the existing wine, sangria and sorghum beer brands.
Another recent trend is the packaging of dry
goods in Pure-Pak cartons with an oversized
cap. Currently they have rice, sugar, cereal,
maize meal, bird seed and pet food products in
cartons.
Nampak Liquid Cartons offers 24/7 technical services, spares and support. For optimal
performance they offer filling machine audits,
maintenance budgets and contracts, as well as
training of customer staff such as operators and
technicians.
Wherever possible Nampak Liquid Cartons
use Forestry Stewardship Council’s (FSC)-certified board suppliers which provides traceability and ensures their board comes from responsibly managed forests. The advantage of using
paper for packaging is that it is a renewable
resource.
Nampak Megapak
Nampak Megapak is Africa’s leading manufacturer of plastic trays, crates, drums and 1
000 litre Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC).
They produce a wide range of injection moulded HDPE crates for agricultural products, available in numerous configurations, colours and
sizes.
When it comes to reusable plastic drums and
crates, Megapak is a manufacturer and supplier
of choice to the wine industry. Megapak’s plastic crates are used to store and carry grapes as
they are picked straight off the vines.
Their dairy sachet crates can support a 20 kg
load while being 4% lighter than the closest
competitor. The crates are moulded from 100%
recycled HDPE and are designed to be as light
and strong as possible. They are also interstackable with other crates in the market.
Nampak Megapak recently developed an improved version of the Live Bird Crate for the
transportation of poultry. This crate is lighter
to handle, requires less space, reduces transport and storage space costs and provides better
ventilation to poultry during transit, giving better survival rates. The easy unclipping of these
crates makes cleaning easier, reducing the risk
of disease and makes the removal of poultry
much easier, reducing stress during de-crating.
In addition to crates, Nampak Megapak’s
world class drums are UN compliant and used
for a wide range of product applications. Available in a variety of shapes and sizes ranging
from 20l to 250l, they can be tailored to suit
individual customers’ requirements.
The 1 000 litre IBC is designed for bulk transportation of all liquids and can save space by
replacing five drums with a footprint of only
four. The IBCs fulfill all international packaging regulations and are UN-approved. They
are fitted with interchangeable and replaceable
valves and taps.
cap and DBJ-N range of plastic closures are
suitable for both PET and HDPE bottles in the
dairy and fruit juice sectors.
Their range includes specialised plastic closures for CSD beverages and sports caps for
water, energy drinks and other beverages.
Nampak Closures’ award winning DBJ-N
closure provides superior leak resistance and
tamper proofing. The DBJ-N has a drop down
band that once opened is forced down and away
from the rest of the closure which visibly reveals any tampering or faults.
Their metal closures range of twist off and
press twist closures is produced at the Cape
plant. These are used for sealing foods and
sauces that go into glass jars, such as baby food,
jams, chutney, tomato sauce, beetroot and mayonnaise.
With the move away from cork to screw caps
for sealing wine, Nampak Closures created a
screw top closure to fit the iconic Graça bottle.
The 30 x 50mm length recyclable aluminum
screw cap with the 30 x 60mm wine finish (top
and side seal), was a first for Nampak Closures
and is unique to Graça.
The new tamper-evident pack provided Distell with an impermeable screw cap eliminating
the high risk of cork taint. The ability to reseal
the wine has enabled more choice in portion
control, as well as trust in the re-seal for later
transportation.
NAMPAK Rigid Plastics’ divisions
hold various food safety and quality accreditations, specifically HACCP and
ISO 9001. They have strategic alliances
with technology partners around the
world, as well as access to experts and
leaders in specialty fields, like packaging design and printing.
They’re actively involved in industry
bodies, such as PETCO and Plastics
SA. They support the Enviromark campaign, tree planting via Food & Trees
for Africa, and the responsible sourcing of raw materials made possible by
globally-benchmarked initiatives, like
the FSC Chain of Custody Certification
programme.
Nampak Rigid Plastics and Plastics|SA
have undertaken various CSI projects
including the sponsorship of the Orange
River project (the first ever attempt to
riverboard 2 460km from source to sea
of South Africa’s longest river). The
project succeded in raising awareness of
water pollution and the need for proper
disposal of litter for recycling.
During the Old Mutual Two Oceans
Marathon in Cape Town, Nampak
promotes and facilitates the collection
of plastic bottles for recycling. Nampak Rigid Platics also takes part in the
cleanup of the Chapman’s Peak leg, a
marine conservation area.
UNIQUE BRANDS DEMAND CUSTOMER SERVICES THAT
SUIT TAILOR-MADE PACKAGING.
Through advanced, intricate design, Nampak Rigid Plastics specialist divisions produce individualised
solutions to enhance your brand.
As Africa’s largest rigid plastics packaging manufacturer, we produce the full range of PET bottles,
HDPE bottles, performs, closures, tubes, jars, drums, crates, trays, IBCs, as well as the Pure-Pak range of
liquid cartons. Coupled with a world class packaging research and development facility, we have the
expertise, award-winning innovation, technology and service to make sure your brand’s packaging
has both the right form and function.
Nampak Megapak has technical support from
partners National Container Group and Mauser
who have global footprints that allow for recycling, reconditioning and repairs of IBCs anywhere in the world.
Nampak Closures
Nampak Closures supplies the most diverse
range of closures in the country. Their Snap-
packaging excellence
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FOOD & BEVERAGE
No “best before” date on Pyrotec PackMark’s coding solutions
SUPPLIERS in the beverage industry are constantly looking for ways
to improve the coding of
“Best Before” dates and
batch numbers on their
products. With Pyrotec
PackMark’s wide range
of coding solutions, the
market can rest assured
that the demand for
high speed printing and
robustness of promotional codes can be met,
making it easier to print
on anything from rigid
plastic to metal, glass
and liquid cartons. According to Brandon Pearce, General
Manager at Pyrotec
PackMark,
Pyrotec
provides factory-level
printing
equipment
to a range of South
African
companies. “As the sole South
African
distributor
of
Markem-Imaje’s
range of machinery
and printing solutions,
we provide complete
coding solutions to clients at the best value,”
says Pearce. Pyrotec
PackMark
has built its market
knowledge and consultative approach by
implementing a wide
array of well-targeted
coding and labelling
solutions for numerous
industries and with its
Markem-Imaje range
the company is capable
to adapt its offer to a client’s specific needs. Pyrotec PackMark delivers
the right insights, technologies and support to
help a client’s packaging
operations
overcome
increasing competitive
pressure, more complex operations and
demanding retailer and
regulatory mandates.
Specifically for the
beverage industry, Py-
rotec PackMark offers
small character inkjet
and laser printers. The
9000 Series of inkjets are full-featured
printers designed for
demanding manufacturing environments,
general purpose as well
as very specific applications like high contrast
and high performance
marking in a wide variety of colours. The
7000 Series coders are
well suited for highspeed printing in large
coding areas and tough
production
environments, especially those
requiring multi-head
scribing. They offer impeccable high contrast
code and are capable
of covering coding and
scoring
applications
simultaneously. Pyrotec will be showcasing some of its Primary and Secondary
coding
applications
from its PackMark
brand at stand 106
during the 2014 Food
& Drink Technology
Africa trade fair and
conference. It is the
Botswana accepts South Africa’s
bottled water standard
BOTSWANA, an important trading partner
for local companies,
has through the Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) agreed
to partner with the
South African National
Bottled Water Association (SANBWA) to
minimise duplication
pertaining to the importation of local bottled water brands into
that country.
This is a huge vote
of confidence in SANBWA’s Bottled Water
Standard and operation. In addition, by
eliminating additional
testing and certification costs of those bottlers looking to export
to Botswana, it should
have a marked impact
on their profitability
and help their efforts
to grow their market
share in that country.
In terms of a service
level agreement concluded by SANBWA
and BOBS, SANBWA
members
in
good
standing will not need
to undergo any additional audits or comply
with any other requirements in order to export their products to
Botswana.
The agreement came
about late last year after SANBWA shared
its Bottled Water Standard with the BOBS,
and a BOBS principle
scientist for compulsory standards visited
South Africa to witness
a SANBWA audit and
benchmark it against
Botswana’s own procedures.
It was drafted in
line with the compulsory standards defined
in BOS 143:2011 and
BOS 262:2011, and developed following the
process outlined in the
Standards Act of 1995.
The agreement also
requires that it be read
in conjunction with Botswana’s existing legislation and standards
defining the quality of
the bottled water intended for human consumption.
Commenting
on
the agreement, SANBWA CEO Charlotte
Metcalf, welcomed it,
saying that it not only
confirmed the high
global standard set by
SANBWA for the local
bottled water industry,
but that it would assist
SANBWA members do
business in Botswana
and other countries on
the continent.
“This arrangement
is offered as an alternative to Botswana’s
requirements for import. This means that
bottlers who are not
SANBWA
members
still have access to that
market,” she said.
She said that, in
terms of the agreement, SANBWA will
evaluate bottled water
produced in South Africa by its members,
communicate incidents
of non-compliance to
producers on behalf
of BOBS, and share
this information with
BOBS as well as industry and technical devel-
opments.
To be allowed to take
South African bottled
waters into Botswana,
SANBWA
members
need to present to
BOBS a membership
certificate, a SANBWA
audit report and the
results of the monthly
microbiological
surveillance conducted by
SANBWA. BOBS will
then issue the producer
a Note of Recognition,
which will give them access to the market.
BOBS will also from
time-to-time
accompany the SANBWA
appointed auditors on
SANBWA audits. It
will also be required
to inform SANBWA
of any revisions to the
Botswana Standards on
bottled water.
Membership
of
SANBWA is voluntary
but strictly controlled,
and comprises bottlers
of all classes of bottled
water (natural, defined
by origin and prepared). Their primary
concern is the health,
safety and pleasure of
their consumers and
therefore they willingly
conform to the extremely stringent safety
and quality measures
contained in the SANBWA Bottled Water
Standard.
The third version of
this now 92-page document was published in
May 2010 by SANBWA
in consultation with
NSF International, a
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first time that the conference is held in South
Africa and gives Pyrotec the opportunity to
showcase some of its
products to the beverage market and at
the same time providing the opportunity to
meet new suppliers.
The conference will
be held at the Gallagher Convention Centre
in Johannesburg on 18
and 19 March. As an
exhibitor, Pyrotec will
be showcasing the 9232
Small Character Inkjet,
Laser SmartLase C350
and the Print & Apply
Labelling 2200 Series.
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FOOD & BEVERAGE
Food and beverage buyers from Africa
target Africa’s Big Seven Expo
FOR more than a decade, Africa’s Big Seven (AB7,) a food and
beverage trade show
in Africa, has provided
the best networking
platform and product
showcase for producers, manufacturers and
suppliers to penetrate
lucrative African markets. AB7 2014 takes
place from 22 – 24
June at the Gallagher
Convention
Centre,
Johannesburg.
Vibrant economies
in Africa are spawning
a rapidly expanding,
younger middle class
population with more
disposable income and
a taste for new products. There is a growing demand for a wider
variety of foods and flavours, which overseas
and local suppliers are
eager to oblige.
Record African
Participation
“The past three years
has seen a rapidly increasing number of
exhibitors and visitors
from African countries
taking part in AB7,”
says John Thomson,
Managing Director of
Exhibition
Management Services (EMS,)
organisers of this world
renowned event.
“Last year we had
over 16,000 visitors
to AB7 and the colocated SAITEX, with
27 African countries
represented.”
African visitors arrived from Angola,
Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire,
Democratic Republic
of Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho,
Libya, Malawi, Mali,
Mauritius, Morocco,
Mozambique,
Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,
Senegal, South Africa,
Swaziland, Tanzania,
Togo, Uganda, Zambia
and Zimbabwe.
High Quality Visitors
“Visitors are decisionmakers; last year’s
show statistics indicate
almost 60% of visitors
were owners, managing directors or directors of companies with
purchasing authority,”
adds John Thomson.
“AB7 is a multi-sector
food and beverage
expo comprising seven focused segments,
and many African
visitors and exhibitors are able to do all
their business at AB7.
AB7 and SAITEX offer an online Business
Matchmaking service
enabling show visitors and exhibitors to
profile, pre-select and
pre-schedule business
meetings with potential partners before the
event. It’s easier and
more
cost-effective
to spend three days
at the event meeting
close to 1,000 companies from 51 countries
than to travel to those
different countries to
do your business,” says
Thomson.
AB7 enables visitors
to check out the latest
products, services and
technologies, interact
with potential suppliers, agents and distributors and keep an eye
on their competition.
Success for Exhibitors
Carlos
Goncalves,
Business Manager for
Gallo Oils, says his
stand generated over
10 leads per day at
AB7 2013.
“AB7 is very positive for us. It’s a wellorganised show with
great quality visitors,
and we established
contacts with South
African companies and
others from Namibia
and Botswana.”
Lawrence
Contey
of Ghanaian lime oil
manufacturer Madisa
thoroughly enjoyed his
first time at AB7, gaining about 15 solid business leads from companies in Botswana, China and South Africa,
all eager to distribute
his products.
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Thousands of food and beverage products in over 400 categories
were on show at AB7.
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Nampak establishes Nampak Bevcan Nigeria
the recently completed
plant, which will initially
operate under the name
Alucan Packaging Limited, trading as Nampak
Bevcan Nigeria.
André de Ruyter, incoming CEO of Nampak says: “We are very
proud of this acquisition, which plays a pivotal part in our African
growth strategy. Working with our multinational customers, we
are excited about participating in the high
economic growth rates
experienced in Nigeria
to satisfy increasing
consumer demand for
high-quality packaging products across the
African continent.”
Nampak
currently
has operations in 12
African countries, outside of South Africa.
These operations have
been generating revenue of almost R3bn
each year.
Alucan operates an
eight colour, two-piece
single aluminium beverage can-making line
in Agbara, Lagos, Nigeria that serves the
carbonated soft drinks,
malt and beer industries in Nigeria.
The plant has the
capacity to accommodate a second line,
doubling its capacity to
two billion cans per annum, once demand has
grown as is expected.
Nampak offers the
most comprehensive
product range, across
multiple
industries
throughout
Africa,
manufacturing to the
highest
commercial
and
environmental
standards in metal, glass, paper and
plastic.
A positive customer
experience is made
possible by Nampak’s
large geographic footprint, extensive valueadded services, large
infrastructure, significant capacity to deliver,
one of the world’s leading packaging research
and development facilities and a proven innovation process.
Taste tries its (c)luck
Franchising specialist Taste Holdings
– in which Cape Town
empowerment group
Brimstone Investment
Corporation is a major shareholder – is
winging its way into
the chicken segment.
The company last
month announced the
R17m acquisition of
Zebro’s, which has a
mainstay market in the
Western Cape.
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AS part of Nampak’s
continuing strategy of
expanding its African
footprint, the company
announced that it had
acquired ownership of
the Alucan beverage
can plant in Agbara,
Nigeria.
The plant has the capacity to manufacture
one billion cans per annum, and boasts the latest technology to supply
Nigerian
consumers
with beverage cans for
beer and carbonated
soft drinks.
Nampak is the sole
owner and operator of
Zebro’s Chicken is a
15-year old brand with
40 outlets, mainly in
the Western and Eastern Cape. By CBN’s
count, more than half
the current 40 stores
are based in the Western Cape – stretching from Cape Town’s
northern suburbs as
far afield as Knysna,
Mossel Bay, Beaufort
West and Ceres.
Taste CEO, Carlos
Gonzaga, said the Zebro’s ‘pitch’ is that it
prepares its products
over an open fire similar to a South African
‘braai’ – which offers
flavour differentiator
in the competitive local chicken market.
“It is arguably the
only chain of its size
using this preparation
method and flavour
profile.
Honestly,
when I first heard of
a chain that actually
braai’d its product
I didn’t think it was
possible. Yet, after
15 years and over
40 stores, these guys
have built a unique
system and preparation method that is
unbelievably tasty.”
He said Zebro’s
targeted mainly the
lower income consumers through low prices
and large portions,
and its core menu consists of chicken on the
bone, chicken burgers,
Russian-style sausages, fresh-cut chips and
assorted salads.
Gonzaga said the
limited menu and
simple
preparation
method at Zebro’s
meant
the
lowest
set-up costs for new
stores in its category
as well as simplified
in-store operations.
“This makes the
brand accessible to
a
wider
audience
of franchisees and
promotes
multiple
store ownership.”
The acquisition of
Zebro’s complements
Taste’s recent acquisition of the Fish & Chip
Co, which also appeals
to lower income consumers with an affordable menu offering.
Gonzaga said Zebro’s
would offer potential and existing Taste
franchisees another investment opportunity
with low start-up costs
aimed at the lower
income segment.
“There is a significant overlap to Taste’s
existing vertical integration capacity in
manufacturing
and
distribution and is
complementary to the
existing Fish & Chip
Co brand.”
Taste also owns
Scooters Pizza, St Elmo’s Woodfired Pizza
and Maxi’s. Gonzaga
reckoned there was significant opportunity for
expansion of the brand
within South Africa.
“The current foot-
print does not include
any meaningful penetration outside of
the Western and Eastern Cape. We envisage accelerated store
growth due to Zebro’s
similarity to our existing The Fish & Chip
Co business, which
now comprises over
300 stores.”
He
added
that
Zebro’ operated in
a chicken segment
that did not compete
head on with the current market leaders
in terms of product
or preparation.
“Although
the
deal
is
effective
from 1 March, 2014
we are already answering calls from
potential franchisees.”
Like The Fish &
Chip Co deal, the big
long-term gains for
Taste won’t only come
from expanding the
Zebro’s footprint.
The quality sustainable profits will be generated by Taste’s food
services division, which
manufactures all pizza
sauces, bastings and
table sauces.
This manufacturing,
as CBN has reported
previously, is done
from a SABS HACCP2 accredited facility located in Cape
Town. A fast growing
Zebro’s will certainly
ensure this facility is a
lot busier in the years
ahead.
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target Africa’s Big Seven Expo
Continued from P19
“The show was very
encouraging and offered a fantastic chance
to showcase our products,” said Contey. “I
definitely want to come
back next year.”
Justin
Machila,
Managing Director of
Zambia-based Lihulo
Enterprises, was delighted at the results
of participating at AB7
2013. The company
produces
Chalimbana groundnuts and
sugar beans.
“Our expectations
were more than met,”
said Machila. “We
had a lot of visitor
interest in our products and some bought
products from us at
the show. We also got
to see the many exhibitors from all over the
world showing a wide
range of products, especially in value adding equipment. We
also learnt a lot from
our competitors.”
Africa’s Big Seven
takes place from 22 to
24 June at Gallagher
Convention
Centre,
Midrand. Thousands
of food and beverage
products in over 400
categories were on
show at AB7.
March 2014
21
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Afrox cryogenic
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AFROX’s Cryoline CW
multi-purpose
cryogenic freezing technology combines flexibility
and versatility to freeze
a large variety of meat
and seafood products
in IQF (individually
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During mechanical
freezing, food products
tend to freeze slowly
as a result of operating
temperature
limitations. Slow freezing can
damage these products,
as the process could destroy cells in the food
portion. By comparison,
cryogenic freezing is up
to four times faster than
mechanical
freezing
and results in smaller
ice crystallisation. Because the water inside
and outside the cells
freezes at the same rate,
the cells remain intact
and the food keeps its
freshness, flavour and
texture.
“This freezer is the
newest and most advanced tool worldwide
for boosting productivity and yield in freezing
lines,” says Hendrik
Pretorius of Afrox.
“Cryogenic freezing
technology represents
a hi-tech departure
from the traditional approach of mechanically
freezing food products
on a conveyor belt, or
immersing them directly into a pool of liquid nitrogen. Instead,
this technology freezes
free-flowing IQF products by completely surrounding them with a
stream of high-velocity
cold vapour.”
Afrox’s value proposition in this arena
comprises equipment
rental and gas supply
associated with cryogenic freezing technology being developed
by its parent company,
The Linde Group.
“Being a part of The
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companies the broadest range and diversity
of cryogenic freezers in
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“This diversity is
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meet the actual and
future needs of each
customer. Our offering includes operator
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Two South African
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La Pasta in Gauteng
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processor
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have already commissioned Cryoline CW
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The Cryoline CW
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of product clumping,
low yields, fines generation and high costs.
The freezer uses product vibration within the
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yields, enhanced product quality and shorter
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vibratory
Continued on P22
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FOOD & BEVERAGE
Botswana accepts South Africa’s
bottled water standard
Next generation of whitefish
processing lines
Continued from P16
vestment, while additional payback will also
result from increased
quality and greater
product variety.”
Although it’s expected that the most
interest in the FleXicut
will initially come from
plants with higher production volume, Hallvardsson stresses that
the development will
open new possibilities
for operations of all
sizes, including smaller
and more specialized
processing companies.
“Flexibility is a key
component of our new
processing
concepts,
and some elements of
the line can also be useful as standalone solutions in both fresh and
frozen fish processing.”
The FleXicut may
provide the breakthrough that will enable
whitefish processors to
keep their processing
close to source, while
remaining competitive;
instead of shipping fish
to countries with cheaper labor costs. It will be
exciting to see how the
FleXicut begins changing the nature of whitefish processing, and
what implications this
will have for the whitefish industry as a whole.
Marel also welcomes
visitors to Seafood
Processing Global in
Brussles, Stand 6227,
Hall 4, May 6 - 8, where
it will showcase the
FleXicut alongside a
wide range of industry
leading equipment, designed to meet today’s
processing challenges in
any modern processing
plant, whether for whitefish or salmon.
Ivan Procter from
South Africa will be at
the show to attend to
the South
African delegation.
Continued from P18
global testing and certification company, and
its affiliate on the African continent.
The technical advisory committee contributing to the development of the Standard
included representatives from South Africa’s Department of
Health, industry players and both local and
international
SANBWA experts.
The Standard reflects the current best
practices and legislation for bottling water
of all types in South
Africa. It was always
intended to be a pragmatic and useful document, and comparable
to the main food and
beverage standards in
major markets around
the world. Indeed, it
has been benchmarked
identify the areas
where they still need
to improve
· assists retailers
and consumers to select suppliers of safe
bottled water
Every year, SANBWA’s third party auditors audits members
to ensure that their
source, bottling facility,
final product and every aspect of their bottling process adheres
to SANBWA’s stringent
standards. SANBWA
also randomly samples
member
products
from the shelves on
a monthly basis and
has them tested for
harmful agents.
In addition to quality, SANBWA and its
members are staunchly
committed to environmental
stewardship.
Members are required
favourably against the
Global Food Safety
Initiative (GFSI) as including all the relevant
control points of global standards such as
BRC, IFS, ISO22000,
SANS 10330, SANS
1049 and the NSF
Beverage standards’.
A single standard
covering legal, hygiene, food safety and
quality, and environmental requirements,
the SANBWA Bottled
Water Standard:
·
ensures legal
compliance
· is fully auditable
so that a single audit
can ensure that all legal and food safety requirements have been
met thereby protecting the bottler and enabling it to prove due
diligence
·
helps
bottlers
Continued from P21
to the belt. The Cryoline CW also delivers a
crust freeze to the outer portion of IQF products, locking in moisture, reducing dehydration losses, minimising
evaporation losses and
maximising yield.
The system is highly
efficient in its use of
cryogen. High speed
fans distribute cryogen vapour throughout
the freezer to break
down thermal barriers
that exist around the
product. This results
in the highest quality
IQF product from the
lowest cost of operation.
By turning the vibratory mechanism off, the
Cryoline CW can be
utilised as a highly efficient straight line belt
freezer that can process
flat product in trays or
directly on the belt. The
freezer design incorporates stringent hygienic
and sanitary standards,
offering easy and complete access to all food
contact surfaces. During manual cleaning
and while using the
automated Clean In
Place belt cleaner, the
Cryoline CW freezer’s
sloped surfaces inhibit the pooling of
water that encourages
bacteria growth.
Paarl-based product
distributor,
Pioneer
Food Group, is bracing itself for a stretch in
the ‘lean streets’ after
a tough start to its new
financial year.
Pioneer Food Group
owns
well
known
household brands like
Sasko, Bokomo, Wellington and Liquifruit.
Last month the company issued a rather
tepid trading update
for the four months to
end January. Group
revenue for the four
months increased only
8.1% if the contribution of struggling
poultry
operation
Quantum Foods (set
to be unbundled from
Pioneer later this year)
is excluded, but if the
Quantum numbers are
worked back then Pioneer’s four month turnover was only up 6.9%.
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of 20.7%. However, between 2010 and 2011,
the rate of growth
slowed to 2.2%. The
industry also employs
about 1 800 people. Its
turnover plus employee
base make it a fairly
significant contributor
to the economy.
Bottled water doesn’t
compete against tap
water. Instead, it is a
natural and healthy
alternative to other
bottled beverages including hot (teas, coffees, chocolates and
chais) and cold (cold
drinks, fruit juices,
energy drinks and
alcoholic beverages).
BMi research puts
the industry’s size at
only 1.4% of the total
beverage industry, thus
it is a very small player
in terms of the beverage industry as a whole.
Pioneer in for
a lean time
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wave action produces
quality IQF products
regardless of whether
the product is wet,
small, sticky, or tends
to clump when loaded
into the freezer. Even
when products are
piled onto the belt, the
vibratory wave action
gently tosses them, distributing them evenly
on the belt and preventing them from sticking
to other products or
to comply with the association’s
environmental vision, which
includes many measures to ensure source
sustainability and protection, water usage
minimisation, energy
efficiency, solid waste
minimisation, and supporting post consumer
recycling initiatives.
Less than 15% of
bottled water in South
Africa starts as tap
water; over 85% is
from renewable underground
sources
and
sources
that
would otherwise go
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85% is either natural
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by origin.
According to BMi,
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These
increases
are barely above the
latest inflation rate
and speaks volumes
around how strained
consumers currently
are in South Africa.
Pioneer CEO, Phil
Roux, noted overall
domestic
volumes
were flat given muted
consumer
spending
and significant competition in certain
categories. If there
was any relief, it came
with Roux’s admission that export volumes – fruit in particular – maintained
good momentum.
“Significant
and
continued focus on
cost reduction and efficiencies has had a
positive effect on performance to date. The
value
enhancement
initiatives
embarked
upon in the prior
year are beginning to
gain momentum.”
Roux said that Pioneer’s earnings at the
half year were likely
to benefit from these
value
enhancement
initiatives. The company is also coming
off a low comparative base in terms of
profit performance.
But Roux warned
the outlook for the
remainder of the current financial year was
particularly challenging given the inflationary pressures facing
consumers at present.
“This could potentially translate to volume pressure for the
Group, compounded
by rising input costs
and rand weakness,”
Roux concluded.
March 2014
23
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Sine pumps integrated into béchamel sauce packaging machine
THE
Thimonnier
Company,
designer
and manufacturer of
flexible pouch packaging machines, has
integrated
MasoSine EC25 pumps
from Watson-Marlow
Pumps Group into
a new machine designed for packaging
béchamel sauce.
The pumps successfully convey the sauce
to dosing nozzles,
without mixing or
shearing the product.
“The main priority,” explains Frédéric
Roumanet, design office manager at Thimonnier, based near
Lyon, France “was to
meet
requirements
for hygiene and gentle
product handling.”
MasoSine pumps do
not have any valves,
and their four chambers are sealed. This
makes them ideal
for fluids containing
fragile pieces or particles, such as sauces
and soups.
The
Thimonnier
Company had already
contacted
WatsonMarlow in the past
about an application
for the transfer of
soup containing pieces and the EcoSine
EC25 is now very successful in this type of
application. In fact,
this machine was supplied to a customer
The EcoSine EC25 pump.
in Finland where it
has been operating
successfully for over
a year.
No product shearing
In light of this positive experience, Mr
Roumanet decided to
choose a MasoSine
pump again, this time
for the transfer of
béchamel sauce.
“The EcoSine EC25
pump maintains product integrity thanks to
its sinusoidal rotor,
which does not shear
the product,” he says.
In fact, the rotor
in the form of a sine
wave creates four
moving chambers that
gently transport the
fluid from the suction
side to the discharge
side for transfer without any variations
in volume.
The gate prevents
any fluid from passing back from the
discharge side of
the pump to the suction side. Furthermore, the EcoSine
pump is compact and
takes up little space,
making it ideal for
OEM applications
“Two EC25 pump
heads have therefore been integrated
into
our
packaging machine,” says
Mr Roumanet.
“The pump heads
gently convey the béchamel sauce to the
buses for dosage into
the pouches.”
Hygiene assured
“Cleaning-In-Place
[CIP] is a priority
for this type of packaging machine,” he
continues. “However,
the various ways of
positioning the EC25
pumpheads
made
it possible for us to
eliminate any bacteria
retention zones.”
Maintenance
is
also straightforward.
In fact, it takes less
than 10 minutes to
dismantle an EcoSine
pump to inspect it or
replace a part, thus
minimising downtime.
The pump can be
dismantled
in-situ
and does not require
any special training or skills; a few
simple
instructions
are sufficient.
South African retailer Pick n Pay striving for lower salt content
South Africa has
amongst the highest rates
of cardiovascular disease
in the world. While this
in itself may be an alarming statistic, what’s worse
is that according to Cindy
Jenks, General Manager
of Technical Division at
Pick n Pay, we may actually be bringing this burden upon ourselves. The
good news is that making
simple changes to the way
we eat could have a dramatic effect on overall
health.
Jenks says that due to
advancements in refrigeration and canning, the
need to add salt to food
as a preservative has been
greatly reduced. “The
problem is that high levels are still being added
in processed food and
in food consumed out of
the home – and South
Africans are amongst the
worst culprits,” she says.
According to Jenks, in
most Westernised coun-
tries discretionary salt use
is low – only about 15%.
But in South Africa, up
to 40% of salt is added by
individuals to their food.
Although educating
people on the benefits
of reducing their daily
salt intake is pertinent,
Jenks says it is not only
up to the individual.
“About 60% of the
salt consumed by South
Africans comes from
processed food, leaving
people with only moder-
ate scope to reduce their
daily sodium consumption themselves. Therefore, we strongly believe
that a holistic approach
involving both government and the food industry is necessary to
effectively address the
incidence of hypertension in South Africa,”
she says.
In March 2013, the
Department of Health
published regulations
relating to the need for
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“We agree that high
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are focused on implementing strategies such
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Jenks says small
changes to certain prod-
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salt intake of consumers. Pick n Pay has 159
has products within its
Private Label category.
Of these, 40 processed
meat products, 8 bread
recipes and 11 bakery
products will be reformulated to meet these
sodium content targets.
“Once a basic product such as our PnP
stock cubes have their
sodium content reduced, it should have
a significant impact on
our customers’ sodium
intake. The Butchery
Team is also currently
involved with changing
the recipe for 33 of our
products, and they have
already successfully significantly reduced the sodium in 9 different types
of sausages.”
Conventional wisdom
has it that salt adds to
flavour, but in flavour
testing conducted so far
by Pick n Pay food technologists, feedback reveals that the reduced salt
products have a stronger
spice flavour and actually taste better than their
salty counterparts.
Pick n Pay is also working hard to reduce sodium content in ordinary
breakfast cereals such as
corn flakes and Jenks says
the retailer plans to introduce a lower sodium cereal into the market soon.
“Although the restriction of sodium in foods
is an important step towards managing hypertension and other lifestyle
disease in South Africa,
consumers must also
make an effort to take
responsibility for their
health by making healthy
food
decisions
and
changing bad habits,”
says Jenks.
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bulk materials handling
applications on the mines.
For example, enclosure
systems with the option
of extraction equipment
are used for handling
dusty materials.
BLT SA supports the
Samson range with a
technical advisory, parts
and maintenance service.
The company also distributes a range of container
handling
equipment
throughout Africa.
March 2014
HEAVY LIFTING
Spliced cranes
LOCAL overhead crane
manufacturers shipping
within Africa face an obstacle in terms of product size. Cranes are by
definition big machines,
and many ports of entry remain ill equipped
to manage products
of outsize dimensions.
Overland
transportation additionally requires special trucks and
handling equipment.
One technique providing a solution to
these difficulties is that
of splicing and containerisation. Crane girders
can be designed so that
they can be spliced on
site. After manufacturing and testing, they can
then be disassembled
into sections of 12 metres or less for containerisation with accompanying hoists, end carriages
and other components,
ready for shipping.
Germiston-based
Condra Cranes makes
extensive use of splicing, described by managing director Marc
Kleiner as being “as
simple as constructing a
Meccano kit.”
Theoretically,
the
technique allows a
crane of any span to be
shipped. In practice,
economic
constraints
limit the assembled girder spans to a maximum
of 32 metres.
“There are alternative solutions that
function nearly as well,”
Kleiner points out.
“However, splicing remains a very practical
shipping technique for
the manufacturer, and
provides a particularly easy and convenient
means of on-site reassembly. It is also more
effective than cutting
and re-welding, which
requires qualified welders and proper certification and where the
risk of the failure of a
sub-standard weld has
to be avoided, because
it is the manufacturer
who carries ultimate responsibility for the quality of the final product,”
Kleiner said.
In contrast to the
risks of on-site welding
using local contractors,
Kleiner points out that
bolting is more reliable, the only possibilities for error being
the loss of bolts during
transit (rare) and the
application of incorrect torque to the bolts
during assembly.
“There is also the
added complication of
two girder members
being in shear. However, when executed
correctly there is a
great deal more certainty with this method
than there is with onsite welding, especially
bearing in mind that
Condra staff oversee
the installation of the
connecting bolts.”
Kleiner
explained
that splicing increases
girder volume, because
the boxes need to be
larger than their welded equivalents in order
to reduce the forces
created by splicing. On
the rare occasions that
the volume exceeds the
dimensions of a single
container, the overflow is accommodated
by a second.
“Theoretically, this
technique allows the
shipping of cranes of
unlimited size, but
again there is a tradeoff between the costs
of splicing and containerisation, and the
alternative costs of
shipping raw material
to site, establishing a
temporary workshop
and undertaking onsite manufacture.
“In general, splicing
and
containerisation
works well for cranes of
up to 32 metres in span
and 50 tons in capacity.
Such cranes can generally be accommodated
in a single container,”
Kleiner concluded.
Splices in the girders of a newly manufactured overhead crane.
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WIRE, ROPE & SLING
Lifting the bar
Tina Davies and Rashied Adams, the Cape Town Toco Lifting team.
CAPE Business News
met up with Jonty
Walls, owner of Toco
Lifting, to discuss what
the company has to offer the Cape Business
Community. The century old company imports, supplies, assembles and repairs a wide
range of lifting, rigging
and lashing equipment.
Underlining the company’s success is its
strong emphasis on
service. Walls says that
in this well established
industry, people know
the products that are
available to them, but
choosing the wrong
solution for the job can
have catastrophic consequences. The Cape
Toco team – based in
Montague
Gardens
– boasts a hefty 35+
years combined industry experience. The
team is able to tailor
a solution for your requirements.
This expert advice
and quick, bespoke
service has allowed the
team to build lasting
Specialists in Lifting, Rigging
& Lashing Equipment
Toco Lifting supplies products to all industries, such as shipping,
construction, manufacturing, mining, agricultural, marine and
fishing sectors. Our workshop has testing facilities and carries
a large stock of high quality lifting equipment.
Whether your company has a large project, or a one-day job,
our dedicated staff will help you with technical information, so
that you choose the right equipment at the right price.
Steel wire rope, rope fittings and rope assemblies
■ Chain, chain fittings and chain assemblies
■ Chain blocks and lever hoists
■ Rigging hardware
■ Lashing chain and components
■ Nylon webbing slings and assemblies
■
The head office and principle distribution centre of the
company is situated in Germiston, Gauteng, which is
considered the industrial heart of Africa. This strategic
location allows TOCO LIFTING to distribute its products
throughout Africa and to provide a world class experience
to its customers.
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relationships
across
industries in the Cape
Business community.
“Repeat business is
a fair measure of any
business,” says Walls.
The company’s clients span many industries, including the
maritime, logistics and
manufacturing industries, but Walls states
that the Cape Town
branch has seen a
sharp rise clients in the
building and construction industry in the
region. A sure sign of
healthy growth.
Toco Lifting understand that when lifting
and pulling loads, safety is everything. “This
is not an area that
one can cut corners.
Cheaper is not safer!”
Walls says. That is not
to say that the right
solution should not
be competitive. Toco
is fully certified and
prides itself in selling
the right, quality product every time.
Testing and certification of lifting equipment is a legal requirement. Qualified staff
that has access to calibrated testing equipment must carry it out.
“Over the years
Toco Lifting has invested extensively in
the training of staff
and in sophisticated testing equipment.
It has also kept up with
the legislation, making
the company your safe
choice in the field of
testing and certifying
lifting
equipment,”
Walls explains
Toco Lifting issues
certificates for all new
equipment it sells, but it
also inspects, tests and
certifies equipment that
is already in operation.
“It doesn’t matter the
type or brand, as long
as it’s lifting or rigging
hardware, we can test
and certify it. If it needs
maintenance or repairs, we send it to our
service department,”
assures Walls
“We have a number
of test rigs, including
a 200 TON capacity
test bench in our Cape
Town branch.”
The company supplies blocks and pulleys; carabine hooks;
chains; chain slings;
chain blocks; lever
hoists; crawls; electric
hoists; eye bolts; eye
nuts; ferrules; grabs/
clamps and grips; lashing equipment; load
skates; rigging screws;
safety
equipment;
shackles; sockets and
fittings; steel wire rope;
swivel; synthetic rope;
thimbles; turnbuckles;
webbing slings; winches; wire rope clamps
and spares.
The service offering
does not end at the
point of sale though.
Continued on P27
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WIRE, ROPE & SLING
SA’s rope access industry on the up and up
SINCE its establishment in 1999, Skyriders
has developed a reputation for being a market
leader in the provision
of work-at-height solutions, rope access aided
inspection and non-destructive testing (NDT).
Skyriders
marketing
manager Mike Zinn
points out that he is
confident that the company’s successes will
continue into the future
as a result of forecasted
growth in South Africa’s
rope access industry.
Zinn points out that
the market is showing
positive growth in that
there is currently a high
demand for jobs that
require cost-effective
means of doing workat-height. “The two
main sectors showing
growth are industrial
rope access, which ser-
vices oil and gas, heavy
inland industries and
the construction industries; and the commercial rope access
sector, which services
the painting, general
maintenance, window
washing and outdoor
advertising industries.”
Despite the current
demand for jobs that
require cost-effective
means of doing work
at heights, Zinn points
out that the barriers to
entry in the rope access
industry is relatively
low. “This is becoming
a major challenge in our
industry. Anyone with a
bit of capital and a level
1 rope access qualification can start a rope
access company. However, what they don’t
realise is that they fall
short on the required
additional skills, site
experience and supporting structures to
successfully deliver and
meet an industrial clients’ needs.”
Zinn adds that all
rope access specialists
should be accredited
and recognised by The
Institute for Work At
Height (IWH)an organisation that governs
all height-related industries, including scaffolding, mobile elevated
work platforms, cherry
pickers, rope access and
suspended platforms;
with an aim of creating
safety awareness and
in turn professionalism
in the overall work-atheights industry.
Zinn states that the
institute is becoming
strict, with standards
and governance improving rapidly. “Skyriders has always tried
101 brands – and counting
NOT many people are
aware that global crane
giant, Konecranes –
which has six branches
in South Africa – owns
over 100 well-known
crane and hoist brands
worldwide.
Among
them are Morris Material Handling, Shepard Niles, Cleveland
Cranes, Euclid and Kaverit Cranes & Service.
In addition the company currently has over
430,000 cranes under
service contract in its
636 branches in over 50
countries. 25% of these
are Konecranes with
the remaining 75%
competitive
brands
that are not owned by
Konecranes.
Service, Sales and
Marketing Director of
Konecranes Southern
Africa, John MacDonald says, “As the biggest
crane and hoist service
company in the world,
Konecranes has huge
buying power, resulting
in competitive prices
and the ability to supply parts for all makes
of cranes and hoists.”
Konecranes has 14
Parts Distribution Centres worldwide, including one in Johannesburg. “We strive for a
24 hour turnaround for
parts as well as offer a
24 hour service to our
customers,” MacDonald adds.
Konecranes Southern Africa has its head
office in Johannesburg
with branches in Witbank, Durban, Port
Elisabeth, Cape Town,
Alrode and Klerksdorp. More branches
are planned to open
later this year. Konecranes owns over 100 well-known crane and hoist brands.
Lifting the bar
Continued from P26
“Lifting equipment,
by its very nature, is under constant stress and
therefore requires regular maintenance. This
maintenance
should
only be carried out by
experienced staff that
have the necessary
knowledge and skills.”
Toco Lifting strip,
quote and repair all
types of lifting and
rigging equipment, including manual hoists,
electric hoists, pneumatic hoists, winches, chain slings, etc. It
then tests the equipment on its test benches and supplies a certificate for each repair.
“We carry a wide
range of spares, but
we also know where to
source original branded
parts. When you purchase lifting or rigging
equipment from Toco
Lifting, you should know
that it will be repaired
in-house whenever necessary, but we also repair products that are
sold by other suppliers,”
Walls concludes.
to set the standard
with regards to safety
and quality; we have
acquired
our
ISO
9001:2008 and the
OHSAS18001:2007 accreditations.”
Looking to new developments within Skyriders, Zinn says that
the company is in the
process of refurbishing
its Midrand premises
in order to offer a basic
rigging course to inter-
nal and external rope
access technicians. This
will complement the
Continued on P30
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Leading supplier of Cranes, Chains, Hoisting,
Lashing, Lifting and Rigging equipment.
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National Sales Tel: 086 132 7854 I National Sales Fax: 086 603 8200
Email: [email protected] I Mobile: 082 549 2388
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BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION
Compact multi-purpose Wacker Neuson wheel loaders
WACKER Neuson compact wheel loaders have
enjoyed
tremendous
success in a wide range
of local industries, with
a proven track record in
construction, mining, agriculture and landscaping, says Managing Director, Eugene Brown.
He attributes this to the
fact that “these machines
deliver everything that a
customer expects from
high balanced handling
to achieve profitability.”
“Extreme versatility,
superior
operational
efficiency and a high
degree of reliability are
the mainstay features
of our multi-featured
wheel loaders,” continues Brown. “But the real
value of these features
is measured by the benefits they transfer to the
customer. This is why
we have invested ingenious technology, design
and engineering in our
wheel loaders, to ensure
that the machines deliver
WACKER Neuson compact wheel loader.
high performance, efficient and reliable operation, extreme versatility,
easy maintenance, and
operator comfort and
safety. Low operational
costs, maximised up time,
improved
productivity
and low cost of ownership
are the ultimate customer
benefits.”
“Not only do customers want to get the job
done, they want it done
efficiently and safely.
The optimised power-to-
weight ratio, low transport weight and constantly high payload delivered
by our wheel loaders add
up to an impressive efficiency calculation, meeting customer requirements on every turn,”
remarks Brown.
The wheel loader’s
one-piece chassis design
provides
outstanding
stability as the centre of
gravity is not altered by
Continued on P42
NMC scores ISO hat-trick
NMC (Pty) Ltd.,
a member of the
NMC
Construction Group achieves
ISO
accreditation
in quality; safety
and environmental
management
systems.
The NMC Construction
Group,
a
privately-owned
construction group
offering clients integrated building and
civils services in all
sectors of the economy, is proud to announce that NMC
(Pty) Ltd. is now
an accredited ISO
compliant
company in the following
three management
systems; ISO 9001
: 2008, ISO 14001 :
2004 and BS OHSAS
18001 : 2007.
The above accreditations,
certified
by Dekra Certification GmbH, confirm
NMC (Pty) Ltd’s adherence to ISO approved Management
Systems in quality,
environmental, health
and safety.
“The ISO mark is
a formal stamp of
approval that our
policies, systems and
procedures
ensure
a consistent quality
in the product and
services we provide
to our clients. It endorses our positioning statements of
“setting the construction standard” and
“building trust.”
Our
exponential
growth and rapidly
expanding geographic
footprint over the past
five years made a compelling case for ISO,
and the decision to
become ISO accredited was a proactive
approach to ensuring
consistency and continuous improvement
of the quality and delivery of our products
and services across all
our operations.
This achievement
is an important milestone - bringing us
closer to our strategic
goals. During the implementation process
we scrutinised every
aspect of our business
– we’ve learnt valuable lessons and as we
move forward we will
be able to build on
the five objectives of
our vision; “to build a
professional and profitable service resulting
in clients knocking
at our door.” Mike
Burger, Executive Director NMC Inland –
tasked with ISO and
Records and Inventory Management for
the group.
Shaun
Webber,
NMC
Construction
Group CEO, comments: “The success
of our ISO journey
would not have been
possible without the
support of our top
management and individual commitment
of each employee to
our core values of
trust, discipline, people growth and pride.
Achieving a hat-trick
on our first attempt to
ISO accreditation is a
reflection of our values culminating into
a performance driven
company culture.”
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Murray & Roberts WC: A positive outlook on its future order book
aluminium façades to
both tower blocks and
refurbishing
certain
areas of the internals.
This is the first major
project the company
has carried out for Redefine Properties in recent times.
A new build and
alteration project at
Kingsbury Hospital in
Claremont is scheduled for completion
in June 2014. This
contract was awarded
last year by the Life
Healthcare group and
involves an extension
to the existing hospital by the construction
of a new four-storey
building, as well as
alternations and additions to the additional
facilities to improve
areas such as operating theatres, private
doctor suites and the
canteen. Heron com-
ments that the main
challenge on this
project has been ongoing co-ordination
of activities with hospital personnel, since
the facility has had to
remain operational at
all times.
Murray & Roberts
Western Cape successfully completed a contract for improvements
to the Vincent Pallotti
hospital in Pinelands
some time ago for the
same client.
Also
proceeding
within budget and on
schedule for handover by year end is the
construction of the
new eTV headquarters building in Roeland Park for Sabido
Properties, comprising
6 levels of offices &
studios and 4 levels of
basement parking.
At Century City,
Murray & Roberts
Western Cape has
been contracted to
build a new office
development
and
car park for the Rabie Property Group,
which is in a joint venture with Growthpoint
Properties for this
project. Construction
began in December
2013 and is on track
for completion in early 2015.
Dave Heron, managing
director at Murray &
Roberts Western Cape.
Historically, Cape Town is a city of great
Murray & Roberts Western Cape is well
Its broad range of services is implemented
significance to the Murray & Roberts Group
positioned through its expertise and
by skilled professionals who have proved
and with a history that goes back to 1902,
localised knowledge to continue to
their competence time and again. Services
the group has been responsible for the
contribute to the Cape Town construction
are underpinned by attention to detail,
construction of by far the greatest number
industry.
passion for each project and a willingness
of city blocks in and around the CBD.
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WITH several prominent
construction
projects in progress,
notably the landmark
Portside building in
Cape Town’s city centre, Murray & Roberts Western Cape has
clearly demonstrated
to the market that it
is capable of offering the major project
management and implementation
skills
critical to the local
building sector.
“We’re keen to ensure that we have continuity of work to safeguard these skills into
the future” Dave Heron, managing director
at Murray & Roberts
Western Cape, says.
“Our company is in a
good position, having
entered 2014 with a
positive outlook on
our future order book.
Our mood is definitely more positive than
in previous years,
despite the fact that
there has been a lull
in the recent tender
market. We remain
optimistic that there
will be new opportunities to be engaged
going forward."
“Our primary focus
in this market is on
the longer term projects,
underpinned
by the relationships
being forged with
key customers in the
market place through
the provision of consistently world class
services. This key customer focus is aligned
with the Murray &
Roberts Group initiatives. Currently these
customers tend to
have opportunities in
three business hubs –
Century City and the
Waterfront, which are
development
hubs
for commercial, retail and residential
construction, and the
general Cape Town
CBD that offers predominantly commercial
development
opportunities.”
March will see the
final handover of the
prestigious Portside
building constructed
by Murray & Roberts Western Cape for
joint venture Employers Old Mutual and
the FirstRand Group.
The process of client
occupation has begun
prior to final handover, with the project
completed in line with
revised schedules.
Another
sizeable
contract being executed in the Cape
Town CBD is the refurbishment of existing tower blocks and
the establishment of a
new car park between
the towers at Merriman Square, formerly
the Standard Bank
buildings.
Here Murray &
Roberts
Western
Cape is adding completely new glass and
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to listen to its customers.
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BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION
Sustainable infrastructure: retaining walls in the urban environment
its premises, creating a
steep, exposed fill. Pieter Swart form Osiris
Civils presented the client with different earth
retaining options, who
then settled on the Terraforce L13 Standard
block. Terracrete pavers
were also installed in
the customer parking
area as an alternative to
an impervious surface.
Swart says, “The client needed more space
for a service road and
a second car park, so
we needed to go up
pretty straight with the
wall. The Terraforce
system can provide
this in a cost-effective
manner and above all,
is plantable and flexible enough to deal
with any other existing
site requirements.”
WHEN the City of
Cape Town planned a
new head office for the
Western Cape Electricity Department, the
plans included an underground and large
above-ground parking
lot, requiring cut and fill
slopes that needed stabilisation. To conserve
space, as well as a green
and aesthetically pleasing solution, Terraforce
blocks were specified by
NWE Consulting Engineers. Haw & Inglis
Civil Engineering were
awarded the tender,
and Greymo Construction installed the walls,
which were completed
in November 2013.
In Worcester, Mountain Mill Drive, a Nissan dealership was
planning extensions to
technology eventually
caught on, ushering in
a new age of geosynthetic stabilised slopes
faced with segmental
retaining walls (SRWs.)
Terraforce
Terraforce approved
installers, Dassenberg
Retaining, and installed
the wall early November 2013, with 15MPa
Concrete as anchors
to every second block
and 20/19MPa concrete foundations. The
client is still planning
to landscape the wall,
to create a greener,
more natural look.
History
The concept of fibre-reinforced soil and stackable blocks is not a new
one, and can be traced
back to the ancient
Megalitian
cultures
that lived in Europe,
the Middle East, Central America and Asia.
Initially, about 12,000
years ago, large, stacked
boulders were used,
until willow or bamboo
baskets filled with rocks
were discovered to
achieve the same result.
Another method was
the use of clay, mixed
with straw that was used
to build amazing structures, some of which
survive today. And yet
for decades, modern
engineers
relegated
gravity block walls to
residential
backyard
landscaping in favour
of cantilevered, or
steel-anchored,
concrete retaining walls.
This knowledge was
re-discovered in 1969
by Henri Vidal while
building
sandcastles
on a Mediterranean
beach. Having interlaced dry sand with pine
needles to build small,
vertical sand walls, not
only was he surprised
that the castle kept its
shape under loading,
its high strength captured his imagination.
This ignited a renewed
interest in the composite earth retaining
wall industry and although there were few
early supporters, the
Terraforce, one of the
very early adopters
of this technology in
South Africa, has been
involved in the industry
for more than 30 years,
and now has suppliers
of its SRW products
all over the world. The
blocks have become
very popular for sustainable development
of urban infrastructure, where the goal
is to protect undeveloped land and preserve habitats by channelling
development
to urban areas with
existing infrastructure.
The use of SRW
units facilitates this,
as they are modular
and relatively small, so
are well-suited for use
on small and irregularly-shaped lots. This
reduces large material
and equipment staging
areas and fewer requirements of large pieces of
equipment when developing cut and fill lots in
urban areas.
SA’s rope
access
industry on
the up and up
Continued from P27
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The blocks can also
be used to conserve
existing natural areas
on the project site by
maximising the amount
of open space relative
to the development
footprint. They also
maximise site usage
and thereby reduce
the total percentage
of land area needed
for development. Last
but not least, SRWs
support
vegetative
growth, which provides
improved storm water quality and better
erosion control.
Terraforce also developed an interlocking,
permeable hard lawn
paver that limits storm
water runoff and minimises impervious surfaces. The stone filled
gaps and joints in the
pavement provide superb surface permeability allowing storm water
to be absorbed into the
base materials gradually
recharging the underlying groundwater.
It is easy to see the
advantages SRWs and
permeable pavers over
solid concrete walls and
impervious pavements,
in terms of sustainability, but also on the level
of overall site aesthetics
and ecology.
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other courses on offer
(fall arrest, rope access
Level I to III).
“We have utilised instructors from M&M
– a Cape Town-based
rigging training company. M&M is well
known in the industry for administrating
thorough and professional rigging training,”
explains Zinn.
Since July, this year,
Skyriders has offered
and completed two
courses in conjunction
with M&M and Height
Wise – a solely owned
subsidiary of Skyriders.
“The intense fiveday course includes
theory, safety, maintenance, inspection and
practical training. Zinn
points out that the
course is tough: “Only
around 80% of the students who have been
through the training
have passed to date.
Students do, however,
have the opportunity to be re-evaluated
twice.
Skyriders has on-going contracts at Medupi and Kusile coalfired power stations.
Where they carry out a
wide variety of tasks including bolting, torque
verification, painting,
NDT and safety nets in
the Limpopo Province.
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BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION
Cement: the new African commodity
CEMENT is used in
65% to 75% of all construction projects in
Africa and demand for
the commodity is on
the rise in the sub-Saharan region. In Nigeria the cement industry
has grown by 95.6%
since 2005 and in Kenya cement consumption per capita has increased 60% over the
past five years.
The scale of this burgeoning industry is reflected at the Totally
Concrete Expo, where
cement and construction industry magnates
are convening this
May for access to government stakeholders
and investors who can
facilitate commercial
access into Africa’s
high growth markets.
During round table
discussions held at Totally Concrete Expo,
In Nigeria
the cement
industry has
grown by
95.6% since
2005
personalities such as
HE Vincent Karega,
High Commissioner of
the Embassy of Rwanda, Eng. Daniel Manduku, CEO of Kenya’s
National Construction
Authority and Rockson
Dogbegah, Vice President of Africa at the
Chartered
Institute
of Building (CIOB) in
Ghana provide invaluable insight into doing
construction business
in their respective
national marketplaces.
In East Africa, demand for cement has
increased competition
in the marketplace.
Local producers such
as ARM Cement are
building
additional
clinker plants while international companies
such as Savannah Cement, a consortium of
Chinese and Kenyan
investors, are planning
to invest in new cement manufacturing
infrastructure to meet
the growing demand
fuelled by an upsurge
in private sector housing
developments,
foreign funded commercial projects and
mega
infrastructure
projects ranging from
ports to rail to roads financed by government
and donors.
In Southern Africa,
African companies still
dominate the market.
PPC has established
cement plants in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique and plans
to expand well beyond
this including the establishment of a $260
million cement factory
in the DRC. Dangote
Cement has already established operations in
South Africa and Zambia with sights also set
on Tanzania, Republic
of Congo, and Gabon.
As both local and international companies
vie for their share in the
African cement market,
cement plants are being
built across the continent at a rapid rate.
News of Africa’s growing cement demand
is already worldwide,
attracting international and multinational
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to pump millions of dollars into new projects in
the sub-Saharan region.
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Designed to match
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many common parts
and control system components, which can substantially reduce total
cost of ownership.
The bucket and the
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together with the proven
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muck pile penetration,
faster acceleration and
faster dumping. The
result is a better load
factor on the truck and,
in the end, a higher
tonnage per month.”
chine and an overall faster and more productive
loading cycle.
The operator sits
in a spacious FOPS/
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extra leg room thanks to
the unique Atlas Copco footbox. The layout
of the controls is ergonomically
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and visibility is best in
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Beyond this, the new
loader offers many sustainable solutions that
contribute to maximized
uptime and a long service life. For example,
automatic ride control
and automatic declutch
to increase the lifespan
of the equipment and to
reduce spillage from the
bucket. Automatic traction control reduces tire
wear and fuel consumption and the addition of
soft stops on the boom,
bucket and steering
which reduce wear and
tear on the machine.
The ST18 comes
with a number of Atlas
Copco Service products that contribute
to trouble-free operations. One example
is the RigScan, an advanced audit service
product that offers a
real-time, non-intrusive look at the equipment’s running condition and performance.
Another example is
the Remote Monitoring system, making
production and maintenance data available
through a user-friendly web interface.
In addition, Atlas
Copco offers a training
program consisting of
classroom, simulator,
and on-site training.
By using the sophisticated
Scooptram
ST18 training simulator, new operators
are given plenty of opportunity to practice
on machines and systems before entering
the mine.
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CONSULTING ENGINEERING
Eskom confirm support for POWER-GEN Africa and DistribuTECH Africa
POWER-GEN Africa and DistribuTECH
Africa have confirmed
the full support of Eskom for the upcoming
Conference & Exhibition, taking place at
the Cape Town International Convention
Centre in Cape Town,
South Africa on the
17-19 March 2014.
The support from
Eskom includes becoming the Networking Reception sponsor,
as well as confirming
their attendance with
the largest exhibition
booth on the POWER-GEN Africa and
DistribuTECH Africa
exhibition show floor.
This
announcement
follows on from similar
support received from
Eskom for the inaugural POWER-GEN
Africa that took place
in Johannesburg in
November 2012.
POWER-GEN Africa will once again
provide comprehensive
coverage of the power
needs, resources, and
issues facing the electricity generation industries across sub-Saharan Africa, with the
inaugural
DistribuTECH Africa focusing
on all aspects of transmission and distribution within this area of
the globe.
POWER-GEN Africa and DistribuTECH
Africa targets those
who work in the utility
and private power sectors, engineering and
commercial personnel
from the equipment
manufacturing
and
consulting fields. The
event will address professionals from energy
intensive
industries
with responsibility for
ensuring power supply,
and officials and ministers from the national
and regional political
spheres who are tasked
with energy policy.
The 2014 conferences
will run concurrently,
alongside the power
sector’s premier expo,
from 17 - 19 March at
the Cape Town International Convention Centre. They will attract
African dignitaries and
international energy experts from sub-Saharan
Africa, the USA, UK,
Germany, Italy, Russia
and further afield, who
will deliver their insights in a programme
designed by an Advisory Board of African and
international
power
industry experts. In a comprehensive
programme spanning
five tracks across the
co-located
events,
speakers will include
South African Energy
Minister Ben Martins,
Eskom Group Executive Dr Steve Lennon,
and Nampower Namibia Managing Director
Paulinus
Shilamba.
Senior executives from
key local players such
as SASOL, Shell and
Alstom will deliver talks
or participate in indepth panel discussions
alongside high-ranking
executives from top
energy
organisations
from across the continent and the globe,
including the Nigerian
Presidential Task Force
on Power, EDM Mozambique, the Ethiopian Power Corporation,
Electricite de France,
the Lesotho Highlands
Water Commission and
the African Development Bank, as well as
respected
academics
and industry leaders.
Global event organisers PennWell report
that more than 2100
attendees from 63
countries and six continents attended the inaugural POWER-GEN
Africa 2012, and they
expect the 2014 event
to attract even larger
numbers of high-level
decision-makers
and
address key technology
and development issues
for the sub-Saharan
Africa energy marketplace through a comprehensive educational
programme and threeday exhibition.
The events will in-
clude two technical
tours – to Eskom’s new
Centre for Substation
Automation and Energy Management Systems (CSAEMS), Cape
Town Peninsula University of Technology;
and to Eskom’s Ankerlig Power Station (previously known as the
Atlantis OCGT power
station), one of five gas
turbine power plants in
South Africa.
A series of Technical
Training
Workshops
will also give delegates
the unique opportunity
to receive training in
various categories of
the generation, transmission and distribution fields.
In
addition
to
the conference pro-
gramme,
POWER-GEN Africa and
DistribuTECH Africa
offer a substantial and
world-class exhibition
floor, playing host to a
number of world-class
suppliers and service
providers, from home
and abroad. Those attending POWER-GEN
Africa and DistribuTECH Africa will also
be able to take part in
free training workshops
provided by leading
suppliers and thereby
enhance skill levels,
plus the new addition
of a WADE Africa
Decentralized Energy
Workshop. There are
also two fascinating
technical tours available to those who book
in advance.
A new African
Consulting Engineering
Powerhouse is born
ILISO Consulting has
announced that it has
entered into a longterm partnership with
Lategan Bouwer Engineers (LBE) and Triocon Consulting Engineers to form the Nako
Group, the first African-owned, multi-disciplinary consulting engineering powerhouse.
Each of the consulting
engineering companies
brings with it a unique
strength in one particular area of operation
and with this in mind,
the Nako Group will
actively be pursuing
contracts across Africa to deliver a range of
specialised world-class
engineering services.
According to Felix
Fongoqa, currently the
Executive Chairman of
ILISO Consulting and
the newly appointed Executive Chairman of the
Nako Group, engineering is key to the opportunities for extensive infrastructure development
across the African continent. “We believe the
time has come for us to
demonstrate that we can
do things for ourselves as
Africans, and take on the
challenge to build a global giant out of Africa,”
says Fongoqa.
With a strong presence across Africa and
a formidable team of
experts, the Nako Group
is comprised of a diverse
and impressive engineering portfolio. Specialising in a number of
different
engineering
disciplines, Nako Group
has collaborated with
strategic partners from
various countries, including: Botswana, Le-
sotho, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Swaziland,
Uganda and Zambia - to
deliver sustainable engineering solutions that
are tailor-made for the
African landscape.
“Our large team of
innovative engineers is
committed to providing technical excellence
through the use of engineering solutions that are
custom-built to the needs
of each of our individual
clients,” says Fongoqa.
Some of the more notable client projects that
the members of the Nako
Group have worked on
include: the award-winning Nelson Mandela
Bay Stadium; the First
National Bank & Wesbank Fairland Office
Park, the Medupi Power Station; the Eskom
Koeberg Nuclear Power
Station; the Botshabelo Health Laboratories
Complex for the Lesotho
Department of Health in
Maseru; the Natal Portland Cement’s (NPC)
R800-million expansion
of its Simuma Factory
in the Oribi Gorge area
near Port Shepstone;
the development of a
Second Propylene Plant
at Sasol in Secunda;
and the 500km Chobe/
Zambezi Pipeline for
Botswana’s Department
of Water Affairs.
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PIPES, TUBES & HOSES
SABS to ensure PVC pipes are heavy metal free by 2015
THE South African
Plastic Pipe Manufacturers
Association (SAPPMA) has
welcomed the South
African Bureau of
Standards’ (SABS) announcement that all
PVC pipes manufactured in South Africa
have to be free of heavy
metals by July 2015.
General
Manager
at the SABS Certification, Gauteng, Sibongile Dhlamini, confirmed earlier that the
technical
committee
of the SABS Standard
Division has amended
series of standards to
ensure that all heavy
metal stabilisers are removed in the manufacturing of PVC Pipes.
“Local manufactur-
ers of PVC pipes who
are SABS certified
have been granted a
window period of 24
months as of 30 October 2013 to get their
house in order and to
comply with the new
relevant standard requirements,”
Pipes
bearing the SABS
mark of quality would
have to be resubmitted
for testing, after which
new permits will be issued.Commenting on
this
announcement,
SAPPMA Chairman
Jan Venter said that
the association welcomes the decision
by the SABS. “Representing a socially
responsible industry,
SAPPMA already embarked on a voluntary
removal of heavy metal
stabilizers from PVC
pipes back in 2006 because it added value to
SAPPMA’s life cycle
thinking and took into
account
end-of-life
issues and waste management options. The
reason for the initiative
was based on health
and
environmental
considerations and was
done at considerable
cost to our members,”
Venter explained.
The policy was fully
implemented by SAP-
PMA in July 2009 and
applied to drinking
water systems as well
as sewer, drainage and
mine pipes. “Although
lead does not leach
from the plastic pipes
and does not pose any
danger to people once
installed, we felt compelled to create a safer
environment for the
manufacturers where
lead poisoning does
pose a risk for their
workers. As a result,
all PVC pipe manufactured by SAPPMA
members are leadfree and are stabilised
with environmentally
friendly materials such
as Calcium Zinc or
organics based stabilisers instead. Adherence to the policy has
been a requirement
for SAPPMA Membership over the past 8
years, and as such has
formed part of the regular SAPPMA factory
audits”, Venter said.
Concludes Dhlamini: “In the interest
of the consumer and
good business practice, the SABS strongly
promotes the highest
possible product quality standards as well
as
environmentally
friendly manufacturing
processes and materials. We therefore urge
companies to ensure
they comply and begin
the process of removing heavy metals from
their
manufacturing
process, if they have
not yet done so”.
ILISO takes on massive water transfer scheme in Botswana
ILISO Consulting has
proven itself an integral
part of a water solution
for neighbouring Botswana. An ambitious
water project, acknowledged as one of the
largest in the engineering world, will ensure
the country has enough
water to sustain indus-
trial and mining development in the future.
For the last five
years, ILISO Consulting’s
Environmental
Management business
unit, together with Botswana-based
Water
Resource Consultants,
has been involved in the
massive Chobe/Zam-
bezi Water Transfer
Scheme. The scheme
was commissioned by
the Botswana government as part of its national water management strategy.
To date, ILISO Consulting has successfully completed both the
pre-feasibility and fea-
sibility studies; it is now
working on the preliminary design of the R12
bn (BWP10 billion)
project.
Once established, the
scheme will be used to
meet the ever increasing agricultural, industrial and urban demand
for water, creating
sustainability in water supply—it will also
contribute to Botswana’s GDP and create
further employment.
Sourcing potential
“Botswana has two major river systems, the
Okavango and Zambezi,” explains Martin
van Veelen, Director
of
Environmental
Management, ILISO
Consulting.
“From
preserving
tourism
to maintaining sound
political ties with its
neighbours, the Botswana
government
are naturally reluctant
to touch any part of
the Okavango Delta
to ease water supply,
especially with its delicate eco system.”
The other viable
Seizing opportunities
“Botswana has the opportunity to make the
most of their coal production and to use their
carbon credits more effectively with this project,” says Van Veelen.
“In Francistown and
the
Selebi-Phikwe
mines, we’re seeing
massive coalfield developments. The country
can either export the
coal or, more astutely,
use it to generate and
sell power to other
countries. However, in
order to commoditise
their resources, they
need water.”
At present, the country has only groundwater in these areas,
but no river water as
a resource. In terms
of the Chobe/Zam-
for the scheme. Subsequently ILISO was also
made responsible for
the first 80km of 3.5m
diameter pipeline, two
12MW pump stations
and two major reservoirs that constitute
Phase 1 of the scheme
that was previously
designed by others.
Meeting logistical
challenges
The logistics of the
project present a daunting engineering challenge, he points out.
To mitigate the risk of
pipes deforming during
transportation,
steel
sheets will be taken to
site. Spiral welding will
be used to manufacture the pipes, which
will then be placed in
the trenches—trenches
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option, he points out,
was identified as the
Zambezi River. Botswana owns only
200m of riverfront riparian to the Zambezi,
but has some rights to
water from the Zambezi as the catchment
of the Chobe River, a tributary of the
Zambezi, is partially
situated in Botswana.
“The Chobe is an
unreliable source of
water, but it does
make a contribution
to the average flow
in
the
Zambezi,”
Van Veelen says.
The Zambezi Commission (ZAMCOM)
has approved the use
of 495m m3 per year
of raw water from
the Zambezi/Chobe
scheme.
“Botswana
needs this water delivered for irrigation
use at Pandamatenga
and for industrial and
domestic use in the
southern parts of the
country,” he says.
bezi Transfer Scheme,
150m m3 of water
will be carried south
of the country, and
345m m3 of water will
be used for irrigation
in Pandamatenga.
ILISO expertise on
pipeline
To carry this influx of
raw water requires a
pipeline of significant
proportions; it also
demands
innovative
engineering expertise.
Initially, ILISO was
appointed by the Botswana Department of
Water Affairs to put
together an environmental impact study on
the proposed pipeline,
which would run 550km
south, starting at Pandamateng and ending
at Selebi Phikwe. ILISO was subsequently
appointed to conduct
an engineering feasibility study, and was
then tasked to draw up
the preliminary design
deeper and wider than
an average conference
room—and then backfilled.
“For ILISO Consulting, it has been highly
gratifying to take this
contract into the design
stage,” comments Van
Veelen. In effect, this
means that ILISO will
play a critical role in
the construction of the
Chobe/Zambezi Transfer Scheme for the next
three to four years. “We
will have to pre-select
contractors and suppliers with care, as this is
a highly specialised process,” he adds. However
long the process, there
is no mistaking that this
is one of the most prestigious and ambitious
contracts ILISO Consulting has taken on.
“It’s an engineer’s
dream come true,”
says Van Veelen. “If
you’re lucky, a project
like this comes along
once in a lifetime,”
he concluded.
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consumer, and clients
they supply to. The end
result will be more safe
and compliant products.
The SABELCO seminars include Standards
Training that covers
SANS 1973-1/3/8, IEC
60439 and IEC 61439.
In an interview with
Cape Business News,
SABELCO’s
Sales
Manager, Ludi Erasmus commented, “Everybody in the electrical
industry must know
what the legal requirements in South Africa
are. By law, any panel
or assembly that gets
supplied into the South
African market must
comply with the South
African regulations.”
This is easier than
it sounds, with regulations being updated and
changed often enough
to make compliance a
moving target. Erasmus
points to the fact that
training in other parts of
South Africa, especially
Gauteng, is widespread,
but SABELCO has noticed that there is little
to none of the same opportunities available in
the Western Cape. The
C
company played
host
to 18 attendeesM for its
last Standards Training
course, whichY lasted
a week. The course
CM
starts with the
OHS
(Occupational MY Health
and Safety) Act and
brings it downCY to the
legal requirements in
CMY
South Africa; it covers
SANS 1973-1/3/8,
IEC
K
60439 and IEC 61439,
as well as the SANS
10142, which is the
electrical wiring code
in South Africa.
SABELCO’s training
offerings do not end
there; they also offer
one-day seminars to
consultants, end-users,
and customers.
“We’re here to help
the role players in the
Cape Town electrical
market,” states Erasmus. “We are bringing
technical experts down
to Cape Town for oneday presentations.”
The market response
has been astounding,
with 60 people attending
a one-day seminar at the
end of February.
SABELCO
has
earned its stripes in the
electrical industry. As
the importers and suppliers of the CUBIC
modular system, based
on standardised modules for the construction of electrical assemblies. Using relatively
few standard parts, it is
possible to construct an
electrical assembly en-
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40 years of high SHEQ standards from Rand-Air
THE South African
engineering and manufacturing industries are
well-established, with a
global reputation for being among the most cutting-edge in the world.
This has been driven by an industry-wide
pursuit of excellence
and a dedicated focus
by industry players to
improve on their manufacturing health and
safety standards.
Rand-Air’s
Safety,
Health, Environment
and Quality (SHEQ)
manager,
Bongani
Thobela says that the
company has achieved
many milestones in its
quest to comply with
industry
standards
and requirements.
“One of the most important specifications
we adhere to are the
internationally-established ISO standards.
In so doing, customers
can be assured that
Rand-Air will provide
them with a worldclass service, with an
equally high level of
service excellence."
According to Bongani, some of the ISO
certifications that the
company has achieved
over the years include
ISO 9001, 2008, 2001
and 2004.
“Achieving these involved a lot of work;
however, we are reaping
the
rewards,”
says Bongani.
Being part of the At-
Rand-Air’s Safety, Health, Environment and
Quality (SHEQ) manager Bongani Thobela
las Copco group since
1999, when Rand-Air
was purchased by the
parent company, has
also increased their focus on achieving best-of-
breed industry standards
and certifications.
While the company
places a strong emphasis
on international standards, it also conforms
to local industry standards, as well as those
required by customers.
“Rand-Air has a number of key contracts
with important industry
role players which have
their own standards,
particularly when it
comes to health and
safety. These customers
include major power
generation, petrochemical and transport providers in South Africa.
There are also a
number of mining
companies which we
supply equipment to,
and our equipment
undergoes
rigorous
inspections accordingly.
These
inspections
are also carried out on
our systems and pro-
cesses so that our customers can be assured
they are receiving the
best quality possible,”
Bongani explains.
He adds that conforming to these standards also benefits
smaller customers who
are also important to
the company and expect the same dedicated high standards and
dedicated focus.
While
the
company has achieved
much in the last 40
years, Thobela warns
that there is no place
for complacency.
“We must make sure
we retain our certifications and work towards
achieving more. There
is always room for im-
provement. We get independently
audited
annually, and we must
always be prepared for
this,” he continues.
“Going forward, I
think there will be a
greater focus in South
Africa on Occupational Health and Safety
in general; as well as
the new environmental
standards which are
aimed at preserving the
integrity and well-being
of our environment.
These are hugely important, as compliance
to these standards ensures that companies
engage in responsible
and sustainable business practices for the
ultimate benefit of all,”
concludes Bongani.
This is the only way to save electricity
UNLESS an invention
is introduced to supply
all the electricity needs
of society, to date tariff
hikes and other methods have not been
enough to encourage
sufficient energy con-
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servation. However, a
new technology — one
that has been improved
for accuracy and efficacy — has now been
introduced to the market, which is a product
that seems to be the
only viable way to save
energy, realistically.
“With
businesses,
such as call centres
now operating at 24
hours, our department
saw the desperate need
to develop and find a
product that will dramatically reduce this
overwhelming energy
usage,” says Marc Rudman, General Manager
of Voltex Lighting.
This new technology
is a front-of-the-wave
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“With the new Hubbel Occupancy Sensors, customers can
expect to save as much
as 40% on lighting
waste,” explains Rudman, who also illustrat-
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Harvesting system can
significantly
reduce
the need for artificial
lighting —savings of
up to an estimated
70% on wasted lighting
energy
consumption
can be achieved in
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Every business is
different — that’s
why Voltex Lighting
offers a wide range of
technologies to suit
the needs of every
business or residence.
For example, cubicle
businesses may find
the Ultrasonic technology more efficient,
whereas a parking
lot may benefit from
Infrared technology.
“With the aim to
save our customers on unnecessary
lighting costs,” says
Rudman, “and also
to reduce CO2 emissions, we feel this
technology is the answer — the only answer that will make an
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POWER SOLUTIONS & energy efficiency
LED – lighting leaders
fit common household
light fixtures, LEDs are
the next generation in
home lighting.
LEDs provide more
value since the life span
of bulb is longer than
the normal CFL’s. One
of the problems associated with early LED
lamps was glare, this
has been overcome by
a intelligent lens design. The KL range of
Lamps available from
AC/DC Dynamics and
all their distribution
points, uses a specially designed lens that
eliminates glare and
provides very even light
distribution. A truly
innovative technology
that reduces glare and
eye strain.
The innovative design of the lenses also
makes it possible to
project light all around
the lamp, providing
the same effect as old
incandescent lamps.
For example a Chandelier can now be retrofitted with LED candle
lamps that will provide
the required lighting
effect without spoiling
the aesthetic appeal
of the installation. As
mentioned, there are
many different models and styles of LED
lamps emerging in today’s marketplace.
Some handy tips
to
consider
when
choosing a bulb:
Estimate the desired
brightness (lumens) –
lamp brightness will be
stated on the packaging in lumen. Choose a
lamp that is equivalent
for task lighting, and
‘warm’ light commonly
used for accent or small
area lighting.
Choose the required
lamp type – select the
type of lamp required
(eg. downlight, candle,
etc) and the base type
(eg. screw-in, bayonet,
2-pin, etc.)
Choose
between
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standard and dimmable bulbs - some
LED
bulbs,
are
now
available
as
dimmable bulbs.
ACDC prides itself
in being able to provide
an extensive range of
LED lighting solutions,
which are all available
to you now. The company has just extended
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lamp itself.
Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps have
revolutionized
energy-efficient
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LEDs are small, efficient, solid state lamps.
LED technology is advancing rapidly, with
many new lamp styles
available. All of these
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TEMPERATURE CONTROL
Refrigeration and air conditioning booming for Africa
GLOBAL demand for
commercial refrigeration equipment will
increase by 4.4% a
year to $32bn by the
year 2016.
“This market is the
key focus of the RAC
(Refrigeration
and
Air conditioning) Africa 2014 exhibition,
which will provide an
effective networking
platform for manufacturers and suppliers to
explore new African
markets, and connect
with potential customers and partners,”
says John Thomson
of Exhibition Management
Services
(EMS,) organisers of
the Refrigeration and
Air conditioning 2014
exhibition. The event
takes place at the Cape
Town
International
Convention
Centre
from 2 to 4 July 2014.
“With rising temperatures and global
warming in the headlines, there is little
doubt that efficient refrigeration systems and
reliable cold chains are
going to play a massive
role in maintaining the
integrity of perishable
foods and products in
Africa, creating signif-
icant business opportunities in the sector,”
Thomson continues.
The Food and Agricultural Organisation
(FAO) estimates that
up to a quarter of annual global food production is lost – over
400 million tons in
developing countries
alone – due to incomplete, inefficient, or
completely
absent
cold chains.
“We’re
expecting
a large contingent of
international
manufacturers from the
refrigeration industry
to participate in the
RAC Africa event,
and thousands of buyers and trade visitors
from expanding markets on the continent,
looking for equipment,
products and services,”
says Thomson.
Mutual Growth for
Cold Chains and
Aircon
Beyond refrigeration,
the global cold chain
market is expected to
grow at a compound
annual rate of over
15% by 2018. Thomson adds that the
worldwide
demand
This trend is attracting
huge interest from international refrigeration and air conditioning manufacturers and
suppliers, eager to exploit fresh opportunities through the RAC
exhibition portal.
Africa’s air
conditioning
industry
for air conditioning
systems will grow by
an even higher margin - over 5% per year
for the same period.
The RAC exhibition
aims to leverage much
of this demand towards growing markets
in Africa.
Enthusiastic exhibitors
First time RAC exhibitor company, Nurdil
Teknik Sogutma from
Turkey, has almost tripled its covered factory
space to 45,000m2 and
is focusing attention
on growing its export
markets,
particularly in Africa. Another
new exhibitor, German air-cooling specialist Thermofin, will
also be at RAC 2014
aiming
to
expand
into East and North
African countries. plan
to
“We
strengthen our market
position and customer base by promoting
our range of standard
products, as well as the
newly-developed hybrid dry cooler, which
we can manufacture to
customers’ individual
and specific requirements,” says Thermofin representative,
Willy Löffler.
Africa’s fast growing middle class population is driving increased demand for
new shopping malls,
complete with the requisite air conditioning
systems installed, and
new products, particularly foods and beverages, requiring extensive cold chains and
refrigeration systems.
According to Chinese
customs statistics, the
number of air conditioner units exported
into Africa reached
2.3m units in 2011 after
year-on-year growth of
21%. In the first half
of 2012, unit exports to
Africa increased by a
massive 70%, and this
trend is set to continue
as African consumer
markets expand.
“Some refrigeration
and air conditioning
suppliers have started identifying business
opportunities
springing up in existing African markets,”
says Thomson.
“We intend to bring
the world’s leading
manufacturers
and
suppliers of refrigeration equipment, cold
chain technology and
air conditioning systems to Cape Town for
the RAC Africa 2014
Expo, as the foundation of a networking
platform for doing
business with rising
African markets.”
Cape Town is the
main access point for
sub-Saharan Africa’s
cold chain industry,
and the seaport handles almost 5m tons
of frozen and chilled
perishable
food
every year.
The Western Cape
Province
is
home
to the largest concentration of cold
rooms and refrigeration facilities on the
African continent.
RAC is a component
show of the four-part
Cape Industries Showcase (CIS) 2014 Expo,
which also hosts The
Marine, Offshore &
Maritime Africa Expo,
The Oil & Gas Africa Expo and the Empowertec Cape Small
Business Expo.
The Refrigeration
and Air Conditioning
Africa Exhibition 2014
takes place at the Cape
Town
International
Convention
Centre
from 2 to 4 July 2014.
Perspectives on training for South Africa’s construction sector
AN allocation of about
R1tn has been for the
Strategic Infrastructure
Projects (SIPs) in South
Africa - which includes
the building of roads,
schools,
universities,
harbours, power stations
and other key infrastructure projects. The lack
of skills and adequate
training in the building
and construction industry, however, is going to
hinder development of
these ambitious infrastructure projects and
will certainly increase
implementation costs.
South Africa has experienced a shortage of
about 50,000 artisans in
the past few years. At the
same time, the construction of mega projects
has made the challenges for the industry even
more demanding and
complex.
One of the building
and construction industry’s greatest battles is the
development and production of professionals
that have the necessary
skills. So far, South Africa’s construction sector
has been largely trying
to close this gap through
importing skills.
Decade of the Artisan to promote the
construction sector to
South Africa’s youth
The importing of skills
is hardly sustainable in
the long-term; therefore,
Government is trying to
find an “in house” solution to closing the skills
gap. Earlier this year, the
Department of Higher
Education and Training
has, therefore, launched
the “Decade of the Artisan” programme; a
campaign that promotes
artisanship as career of
choice to young South
Africans. The National
Development Plan requires 30 000 new artisans per year in order
to meet its objectives for
the country’s infrastructure development. The
fact that South Africa
currently produces less
than half of this required
number shows how ambitious this project is.
Continuous professional development
is key
Building a solid foundation of young artisans
is, without doubt, very
important for South
Africa’s long-term success. However, equally
crucial is the professional development of
existing construction
professionals. In the
age of mega projects
and a rapidly changing
environment, ongoing
skills development is
more important than
ever. Moreover, the
aspect of maintenance
of existing and future
infrastructure must not
be neglected. Especially the renewable energy
sector is challenged in
this respect, as there
are hardly enough skills
available locally to adequately maintain these
facilities. With increasing regional and global
integration in mind,
South Africa needs to
focus urgently on providing its currently active professionals with
a competitive edge.
Comprehensive
training and skills
development for (aspiring) construction
professionals coming
up in Johannesburg
With South Africa
being a leader in skills
development for the
construction industry
on the continent, the
market has demanded
a platform that caters
for both aspiring artisans and active professionals. The African
Construction Expo and
Conference,
taking
place 26 – 28 May 2014
at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johan-
nesburg, offers such a
platform to the industry. Over three days,
the event brings together 5000 construction
experts from across the
continent – architects,
contractors, designers,
engineering firms, investors, property developers, project owners,
quantity surveyors and
specifiers - to facilitate
an interactive exchange
of knowledge and to
advance
professional development. The
African Construction
Expo, together with
the co-located Totally
Concrete Expo, covers
issues around strategic
business management
and the production
and use of concrete
and cement products;
registered engineers,
architects and quantity surveyors earn
CPD points.
An interactive exhibition floor with 40
free-to-attend training
workshops over two
days completes the educational programme.
For more information visit
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Legrand launches range of digital time switches for heating and cooling
Legrand has extended its
range of time switches,
with the launch of a new
generation of digital time
switches for industrial,
commercial and domestic
environments.
LEGRAND, specialists in electrical
products and systems, has extended
its range of time
switches, with the
launch of a new
generation of digital time switches for
industrial, commercial and domestic
environments.
“This new generation of digital time
switches is designed
for precise automation in various applications, including
heating and cooling
control,” notes Luk
Ivens, general manager of Legrand
Southern
Africa.
“For example, digital time switches are
ideal for controlling
air conditioning systems and are also
designed to work
with
thermostats,
pressure switches or
humidity sensors."
“These energy efficient time switches
are
user-friendly,
reliable and easy
to programme and
read - even for a
non-technical person. The functional
programming facility ensures optimum
safety, performance
and reliability, as
well as enhanced
aesthetics.”
These programmable time switches, with a digital
display, switch an
electric circuit – for
lighting or heating
– on or off at selected times during
a pre-programmed
time period.
Important features
of these new environmentally friendly
time switches are a
changeable battery
and special adaptation for energy
saving lamps. Once
the date and time
have been sent, no
adjustment is necessary. The new design
and graphics on the
display of these units
offers improved visibility. A terminal
block with high
torque
enhances
safety of the system.
Legrand’s digital
DIN rail mounting
time switches with
multiple functions
and programmes for
precise control and
optimum flexibility
have a unique double display, showing at a glance, the
on and off actions,
as well as the corresponding
days.
Additional features
include a manual or
automatic override
ON/OFF facility, as
well as a running reserve of six years.
This flexible range
encompasses time
switches, with a
daily or weekly programme for standard or multiple
functions, as well
as special function
time switches with
expanded offset programming for astronomical functions.
There are also time
switches with an annual programme for
multiple functions.
Standard
units,
with a daily or
weekly programme,
have a clock with
a six year working
reserve and a precision of 1 second
a day. These time
switches have an
automatic summer/
winter changeover
and are compatible
with alternative energy systems, including solar panels.
Time
switches
for multiple functions have a daily or
weekly programme
facility, in 15 languages. This programme consists of
an on and off time
facility, with assignment to certain days.
There is also the option to suspend the
programme for a
specific period, with
the instruction to
start up again on a
certain date.
The
minimum
programme setting
for this series is one
second, with a high
precision clock of
approximately 0,1
second per day.
This range is particularly well suited
to irregular cycles in
security and industrial installations.
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TEMPERATURE CONTROL
The next generation of luxury in air conditioning
FOR elegance and efficiency in climate control, design is everything.
Smart technology within
a sleek, curved silhouette
promises the next generation of air conditioning
for your home. Superior
style and comfort are
guaranteed. So get ready
to fall in love…
Years of product innovation and research
into sophisticated solutions for contemporary
interiors have resulted in
the first ever Europeandesigned air conditioner, to satisfy a uniquely
European architectural
aesthetic. Blending elegant design with stateof-the-art technology,
the new Daikin Emura
series perfectly combines form and functionality, to create an
icon of contemporary
climate control.
The first ever Daikin
Emura was released in
2010, redefining the notion of climate control
in European interior
design. The next generation coming in Autumn
2014 offers aerodynamically enhanced looks
and performance, making it ever more attractive to today’s interior
designers, architects and
home-owners.
Daikin Emura’s stylishly curved silhouette,
quality materials and
exceptional finish complement modern interiors beautifully. Its whisper-quiet performance
down to 19dB(A) adds
further to your sense of
harmony and with energy performances up to
A+++, efficiency and
luxury can now go hand
in hand.
Available in silver
and anthracite, or in
pure matt white, Daikin
Emura is designed to
create an incredibly
thin profile that makes
a modern design statement on any wall. Inside
the understated exterior is a highly intelligent
system, with innovative
features that reduce
power
consumption
dramatically, compared
with typical air conditioning units.
Built-in
intelligence supports Daikin
Emura’s low energy consumption. A
two-area intelligent eye
sensor monitors room
occupancy and if the
room is empty for 20
minutes, the setpoint is
changed to save energy.
As soon as someone enters the room, the unit
immediately
returns
to its original setting.
The two area intelligent eye also directs air
flow away from people
in the room, to avoid
cold draughts.
To ensure a harmonised temperature
throughout the room,
the Daikin Emura’s
3D air flow system
combines vertical and
horizontal auto-swing
louvres,
distributing
air evenly throughout
the room to the corners
of even large spaces.
When cooling, the flap
positions
horizontally
to prevent cold airflow
from being blown directly onto the body. When
heating, the flap turns
vertically downwards to
drive warm air towards
the floor.
Daikin Emura also
prevents overheating or
overcooling during the
night by setting the tem-
perature automatically
to 0.5°C warmer when
cooling and to 2°C cooler
when warming. The easyto-use remote unit gives
you absolute control of
the room temperature
from wherever you are.
So you can simply sit
back, check the large
display with user-friendly buttons and put all of
Daikin Emura’s built-in
intelligence to work.
Daikin Emura can be
controlled from a dis-
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Android platforms. This
‘plug and play’ extra WiFi device has an intuitive
interface, making it very
easy to control the unit
both inside and outside
the home.
For an even healthier home environment,
Daikin Emura’s photo-catalytic air purifier
filter traps microscopic
airborne dust particles,
absorbs organic contam-
inants such as bacteria
and viruses and breaks
down odours.
The next generation
Daikin Emura once
again proves that intelligent design can be both
aesthetically appealing
and deliver superior energy efficiency in climate
control – both of which
enhance indoor environments and provide the
ideal solution for architects, interior designers
and home owners alike.
The stylish Daikin Emura.
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TRANSPORT, trucking & fleet management
Power Rig – not just a pretty face
100 years of combined
experience puts machine moving and rigging company back on
the map.
To those in the Western Cape machine
moving and rigging
business, the name of
Lydia Janse van Rensburg will be familiar,
and so will the name
of the company Power
Rig – but didn’t that
company disappear?
Yes, but its back with
Janse van Rensburg at
the helm, and with the
backing of the Kempston Group it’s a new
tour de force with the
same values and customer service and an
increased reach and
bouquet of services.
Another
name
partnering Janse van
Rensburg is that of
Vic Cursons whose 40
years’ experience in
the game makes him
a well-known entity in
the machine moving
and rigging business.
“Virtually all of
our Power Rig crew
members have tens
of years’ experience
amounting to well over
100 years of collective
skills in this exacting,
yet highly competitive,
business” says Janse
van Rensburg.
Power Rig specialises in turnkey machine moving – disconnecting, dismantling,
rigging, moving, replacing and re-com-
company in Johannesburg where it was repositioned without incident.
More run-of-the mill
loads include boats
(often located in inaccessible places,) shipping containers, tanks,
printing machines and
all types of general machinery found in a typical
engineering shop.
A passion for health
and safety
Power Rigs dynamic team of management and staff with
over 100 years experience.
missioning or re-locating in the same or
different sites. Also,
stuffing and de-stuffing of containers and
general transportation.
“Being
part
of
Kempston
Logistics
(division of the Kempston Group) means
that we can integrate
machine moving and
rigging with their full
range of transportation
offerings, providing the
customer with a one
stop service, whether
it’s local, national or international, with a single point of responsibility,” explained Janse
van Rensburg.
New vehicle and
equipment fleet
Their fleet of new crane
mounted trucks feature
the new generation of
Bonfiglioni cranes, allowing lifts up to 22 ton
in a tandem arrangement
for really heavy loads.
This does not limit us as
we can accommodate
heavier lifts if required.
With business expanding after just one year of
operation, a new Superlink horse and trailer,
with a 30 ton capacity,
has been purchased and
awaits another Bonfiglioni cab mounted
crane. This rig will have
a reach of up to 20m for
difficult to access sites
and its trailer unit is capable of handling full
12m containers.
No move too difficult
Since inception, Power
Rig have been called
upon to perform some
exacting moves, such as
handling huge 18 ton
generators and delivering them to a mine in
Kwatu, near Kuruman.
A 26 ton woodworking
board press was recently
lifted from its 1.4m deep
foundations, skated to
the factory door, uplifted and delivered to a
“We are passionate
about health and safety
at Power Rig. All our
equipment is new yet
undergoes
stringent
testing and inspection in
accordance with the Department of Manpower
regulations, and all personnel are fully certified
and compliant to operate
our cranes and machinery such as forklifts,” says
Janse van Rensburg.
So what’s it like being
a woman in the usual
man’s rough and tumble
world of trucks, cranes
and machine moving?
“Sometimes it raises some eyebrows with
our customers, but
when they realise the
passion,
experience
and competence of our
staff, see our state of
the art equipment and
feel the commitment
to good old fashioned
service, they are more
than relaxed and our repeat business confirms
that” concluded Janse
van Rensburg.
Powerstar spurs on WNR
At a time when business
conditions were particularly difficult for WNR
Plant Hire’s Francois
du Randt, the introduction of Powerstar trucks
in 2006 into his fleet
made all the difference.
“During this period we
were running the very
top of the range truck
brands, which were expensive to buy and very
expensive to operate.
With shrinking demand,
increasing competition
and a general pressure
on rates, it was vital that
we ran an even more
efficient business,” says
du Randt.
One of the most important contributors to
his success in bringing
costs down was changing to Powerstar trucks.
“The difference was
enormous. In Powerstar
we bought trucks that
were just as powerful
and reliable as the more
expensive brands but
almost half the price.
Also, cost of spares
and service was simply
incomparable. In many
ways Powerstar enabled
us to survive the very
tough times and then
continue to become the
successful business we
have become today,”
says du Randt.
He adds that of-
ten, with the top-range
brands, if you have a
technical issue, significant downtime is inevitable as you must
usually wait for spares,
and it is often impossible to repair the problem yourself because of
the complicated electronics. “This, as everyone knows, can cost
you a contract, as your
client will simply get
someone else to do it,”
Francois says.
Of course all these
advantages would be
of little consequence if
the performance of the
Powerstar trucks didn’t
match up. “It certainly
does,” says Francois. “I
have always been able
to accomplish everything with my Powerstar trucks that I have
with my other brands
and, more importantly,
the backup service and
support form Powerstar
has been the best I have
ever received.”
As with many other South African Plant
Hire companies, WNR
Plant Hire’s main Powerstar choice is the 2628
VX 6x4. This trusted
workhorse is one of
Powerstar’s most popular sellers and, like the
entire VX range, it is
a superior design that
WNR Plant Hire and sister company Intombazane have more than 70 trucks in
their combined fleet, of which about 65% are Powerstar.
Powerstar’s
research
and design engineers
fast-tracked in order
to capture more of the
‘off-road’ market.
The Powerstar 2628
features an improved
cab design including,
air-conditioning,
external sun-visor and
driver-seat suspension –
“this makes our drivers
more comfortable and
therefore more productive" says Beukes – and,
using the renowned,
powerful and compact
Weichai engine, the
truck’s torque output
and workhorse capabilities are unquestionable.
This is also coupled to
fuel consumption that
is on a par, if not better,
than more electronically
advanced engines utilized by our opposition
manufacturers.
WNR and sister company Intombazane have
more than 70 trucks in
their combined fleet of
which about 65% are
Powerstar. "Business is
strong at the moment,”
Francois says. “We managed to curtail our costs
and my entire team is
dedicated to giving our
customers a world class
service at reasonable
rates. It’s all about service. Just as Powerstar
Brits’ Deon van Rooy-
en has given us a great
service, we continually
strive to give our customers the same kind of
service,” Francois says.
WNR has been in
business for 50 years
and offers its customers
a wide range of plant for
hire including tippers,
diesel tankers, water
carriers, front-end loaders, TLB’s and many
more. Its client list reads
like the Who’s Who of
S.A. construction and
includes companies like
WBHO, Basil Read,
Stefanutti, Joburg Municipality,
Roadcrete
and many others.
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TRANSPORT, trucking & fleet management
Engen and Gleco bring convenience to public transport operators
LUSAKA taxi operators could soon find
themselves bargaining
with vendor cart salesmen selling Engen lubricants at city ranks,
as the Africa-based
oil company and its
in-country distributor,
Gleco Oil Company, bring convenience
to public transport
operators,
selling
a range of Engen’s
automotive lubricants.
Vital audience
As part of its marketing
drive, Engen Petroleum
Zambia has supplied
four bicycles and vending carts to Gleco, to
boost the marketing
and selling of Engen lubricants to taxi and bus
operators – a vital component of Zambia’s public transport. It is also a
great way to provide
jobs for unemployed
youth and create capacity with basic lubricant
training for bike vendors
says Andre de Wet, GM
of Engen Petroleum
Zambia Limited.
First for Zambia
“It is a first for Zambia,” says Collins Si-
mushi, Gleco MD,
adding that the unorthodox distribution
channel is expected
to smooth the distributor’s ride towards
achieving our sales
goals in 2014."
“We want to make it
easier for taxi and bus
drivers to access our
range of quality lubricants,” he explains.
“Moreover, cyclists are
not restricted to the
routes between our depot and specific ranks –
they can move around
the city as the market
requires and engage
with customers, thus
helping us personalise
our service.”
Quality and standards
Kamil de Villiers, business manager, Engen
Lubricants, says “Engen has unique expertise in designing oils
that can withstand
Africa’s high ambient temperatures and
dusty conditions.”
“We hope to serve
Zambians for many
more years to come with
quality products and
differentiated customer
solutions to meet the local market needs.”
Engen vendor cart salesmen at Lusakan taxi rank.
“Best Parts & Sales performance” award goes to Babcock
BABCOCK, responsible for the marketing,
sales and servicing of
DAF trucks throughout Southern Africa,
received a prestigious
international
DAF
award for “Best Parts
& Sales Performance”
in the “International
Countries”
category at the annual DAF
sales conference held
in Holland in January
2014. Babcock also
represents PACCAR
parts to guarantee first
class parts availability
and supply for DAF
vehicles
throughout
the region.
“We’re thrilled to receive this prestigious
recognition of our
performance as a team
from our international peers,” says Deon
Fourie, DAF Logistics
Manager. “It proves
that the effort we’ve
put into establishing
DAF as a reputable
local brand, as well as
a competitively priced
parts supplier with
high service levels, has
been worthwhile. This
international recognition also confirms
to our team that what
we’re doing at the
moment is producing
results with benefits
for both company
and customers.
“We know that DAF
is a great brand because it’s rated the
number one heavy
truck tractor in Europe.
Independent
European surveys on
trucks between six and
24 months old have
shown that truck defects experienced on
DAF trucks are far
lower than that for
any other truck brand.
When Babcock took
over the DAF brand
in 2010 it ranked in the
bottom quartile, but in
the latest independent
customer service index,
the brand has been elevated to the top quartile, in the number two
position in regard to
parts and service in the
trucking industry."
“From a parts point
of view, our customers
can have complete confidence in our ability to
support them and we
will continue to supply
them with the correct
parts at the correct
price, ensuring that
they benefit from the
very low cost of ownership — a major factor
all transporters consider when purchasing
new trucks in the local
transport industry.”
Fourie says the local
market is starting to
recognise that DAF has
immense potential to
boost the profitability
of transport businesses, offering the lowest
vehicle tare weight in
southern Africa, as well
as low fuel consumption and a variety of
warranties, all of which
make it a very cost
effective choice.
“There’s a DAF truck
for every application
and every new vehicle is unique and custom-built to order, specifically designed and
tested to perform optimally in harsh South
African road conditions,” he concludes.
Babcock team receiving "Best Parts & Sales award.
Factory relocations
Repositioning of machinery
Stuff and de-stuffing of containers
General transport and crainage
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Small, light industrial units in demand in
Cape Town’s Northern Suburbs
The entrance to Riverside Industrial Park in Paarl, where three units are
currently available to purchase or rent through JHI Properties.
cause good stock in these
areas is scarce, landlords
can also charge a premium for the space.”
Van Wyk recently sold
three units, each 141m²
in size, in a 17-unit complex called Goudeblom,
in Brackenfell, at a total
combined value of R1m.
The units offer very good
exposure and easy access; and are ideally suited as accommodation for
starter businesses.
The units were all
acquired as investment
properties. Two of them
were purchased by an investor who already owns
a couple of units in the
THE industrial property
market in Cape Town’s
Northern Suburbs is experiencing an increased
demand for smaller, light
industrial space, reports
Nicol van Wyk, leasing
and sales broker for JHI
properties in the Western Cape.
Van Wyk says, “There
is definitely a good demand, particularly for
smaller units from 150m²
to 300m² in the more
sought-after areas such
as Stikland, Brackenfell
and the Saxenburg area
in Blackheath. We are
receiving more enquiries
for such space, and be-
complex, while the third
was purchased by an investor who lives in the
area.
Other lease transactions, recently concluded by van Wyk, include
142m² and 239m² of
industrial space let in
Saxenburg and a 653m²
warehouse in Stikland,
which was leased by an
international tow bar
company. Van Wyk
says the smaller space
is mostly being taken
up by small business
owners and the larger industrial space
for companies either
expanding or relocating.
In Paarl, Van Wyk has
sold a modern 1,203m²
factory for just over
R3m to Eco-Green, suppliers and distributors of
eco-friendly agricultural
products seeking larger
premises for expansion.
Van Wyk says, “EcoGreen is a well-established, family business,
which is flourishing. As
their existing business is
in Paarl, it made sense
to buy in the same area,
as the whole family lives
in the vicinity. They also
preferred to invest in
their own premises than
pay rent.”
“The factory is located in a light industrial
security complex called
Riverside
Industrial
Park. The new owner
liked the look and feel
of the complex, which
is very well maintained
and has 24 hour security,” he says.
JHI Properties is also
marketing three other
units in Riverside Industrial Park, available
to purchase or rent. The
uni sizes are 1,441m²,
1,769m² and 2,477m²
at a purchase price of
R3,000 per square meter
or R30 per square meter
rental rate.
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includes value adds
Continued from P5
4.75 mm. These products feature unique
wedge-shaped wires that
provide large open areas
that allow materials to
flow through the screen,
substantially reducing
pegging and blinding.
FLSmidth is the only
company to locally manufacture wire conveyor
belts used in automated
applications in temperatures ranging from -90
°C to 1 200 °C.
Included in the product offering is perforated/punched plate using
industry
recognised
presses and ancillary
machines operated and
maintained by a team of
well trained technicians.
This machinery can perforate materials with an
ultimate tensile strength
of up to 750 MPa, and in
sheet/plate thicknesses
from 0.2 mm to 20 mm.
An extensive range of
aperture sizes is available from 0.5 mm to 90
mm diameter, subject
to material type and
thickness. Slots, square,
and oval apertures are
within this capability,
including raised face
apertures for safety
tread plates.
Complementing the
screen media range is a
new standard range of
specialist ceramic pipes
and bends for abrasive
slurries, based on the
success of recent installations harnessing SiSiC
(Siliconised Silica Carbide) supplied in monolithic pieces.
“We’re the only company in Africa to offer
this product,” says Sibley. “Basalt was originally used for these
applications, demonstrating a comparative
wear rate of 1. This was
followed by the use of
Alumina Carbide, with
a comparative wear
rate of 4. SiSiC delivers a comparative wear
rate of 25; eight times
better than anything
in the market. It’s also
possible to use thinner
sections, which has cost
saving implications. We
have various installations across Africa that
continue to perform
beyond
expectation,
prompting the development of a standard
range of SiSiC pipes
and bends. For example, a gold mine in a remote area of Africa was
replacing bends with
steel and basalt units
every four weeks. We
installed the SiSiC piping 16 months ago and it
is still running well, with
no sign of failure.”
Compact multi-purpose Wacker
Neuson wheel loaders
Continued from P28
the steering movements,
and the all-wheel steering ensures excellent manoeuverability.
The machine is thus
capable of easily handling high payloads over
rough, uneven terrain
and around tight bends
without material spillage.
The wide variety of
attachments
including
pallet forks, specialised
buckets, sweepers, mowers, ploughs, etc. makes
the wheel loader ideal
as a multi-purpose tool.
Attachments can be
changed in a matter of
seconds with the hydraulic quick-hitch system, as
Brown explains, “No time
is wasted as the operator
simply drives up to the
attachment, picks it up
hydraulically and locks
the lever in place, without
having to leave the cab.”
Turning to lower operating costs, Brown
says that the important
roles of engine efficiency and consumption as
well as service and maintenance have all been
taken into account in
the development of the
wheel loaders. “The re-
quirement-based engine
design and practical, efficient and powerful axial
piston high-pressure drive
deliver high performance
without compromising
on efficient consumption,
giving our customers the
best of both worlds.”
Another advantage of
the compact design and
dimensions of the wheel
loaders is fast and easy
inspection, maintenance
and service. All components requiring regular
checks (air filter, hydraulic fluid level, etc.) are installed under the engine
bonnet which features a
wide opening angle for
easy access.
Operator comfort and
safety have been integrated into the ergonomic
design and functionality
of the cab. A wide entrance offers easy access
to a spacious cab interior
with generous height and
width. The 360 degree
panoramic view from
the cab, the intuitive
two-pedal system, the
multi-functional joystick
with an integrated arm
rest, not to mention the
ergonomically configured
controls, make operation
easy and safe; even occasional drivers will have
no problem keeping the
user-friendly
machine
under control at all times.
A powerful heating
and ventilation system,
air conditioning, and low
noise levels inside the
cab keep the operator
comfortable and reduce
fatigue, creating a safe
working
environment
that is conducive to productive operation.
“In a trying economic
climate where escalating
costs and a depreciating
Rand place companies
under enormous pressure
to cut costs, purchasing
capital equipment can
be a difficult decision.
However, the numerous
cost saving benefits of our
versatile wheel loaders
offer a compact solution
that delivers increased
productivity, low cost of
ownership and ultimately
customer peace of mind.
The decision now becomes easy!” concludes
Brown.
CBN March 2014
Medispeak made easy
Continued from P1
at home – no matter
how simple it looks on
the internet. The female
equivalent – a tubal ligation – in which the
fallopian tube (in which
the egg is carried to the
womb or uterus) is tied
off is a much more complicated procedure. It
thus makes sense to give
men the ‘snip’ rather
than their partners. This
idea is not generally well
received by many of my
male patients, probably
because of false ideas of
losing their masculinity,
growing ‘man boobs’
or loss of libido – all of
which is, of course, not
true.
The impossible dream
– trying to recover your
bad debts.
Ingrown toenails –
something you wish on
all your bad debt patients.
Compassion – an emotion you feel for all your
paying patients
CPR, Stat, ICU, DOA,
IV, CPL, RA, OA, SLE
– all abbreviations
(amongst many thousands other) which you
can glibly trot out in
conversation to sound
medical. One common
one often used by my
patients is IOU.
Intern – a young doctor with loads of knowledge, little experience,
minimal income and
virtually no sleep. (How
did we ever manage?)
Somehow, though, they
have the biggest stethoscopes and the most
expensive cars (or motor-cycles) in the hospital parking lot!
Neurologist – a specialist who deals with
disorders of the brain
and the nervous system.
Urologist – a specialist who deals with prostates, bladders and kidneys.
A new receptionist – a
young lady who does not
know the difference between the above two specialists and thus causes
untold embarrassment
and problems. This has
happened on two occasions in my practice
– with a brain specialist wondering why I’ve
referred him someone
who is widdling on his
shoes and having to get
up six times at night for
prolonged vigils in front
of the porcelain.
A good receptionist – an
accomplished, friendly-sounding liar.
Condom – something
other people have to
use.
Cardiac shock – as
seen in TV medical dramas. Patients in cardiac
arrest are given an electric shock to restart the
heart. Definitely not to
be tried at home. Also
often seen when patients
receive their hospital bill
on discharge.
Water on the lung –
sounds rather like an
English country town,
Burton on Slaughter or
Simpleton on Twyne, but
actually describes a rather ominous condition
where the heart pumps
poorly and the back
pressure causes a fluid
build up in the lungs –
effectively drowning the
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victim slowly. Correctly termed Pulmonary
Oedema.
Phlebitis
–
pronounced ‘flea-bitis’, this
means inflammation of
a blood vessel – usually a vein. This painful
condition is often seen
in varicose veins of the
lower leg or around intravenous drip sites.
Phlebotomist – someone who is trained to
draw blood such as nursing staff at the pathologist or blood transfusion
services. Bank managers
and the staff at the Receiver of Revenue (why
aren’t they called ‘Takers
of Revenue’?) obviously
also receive training in
this art – some of them
can take blood from a
stone!
Scalpel – a sharp,
money making instrument.
Stethoscope – what the
badge is to FBI or other
federal agents. A mere
glimpse of this simple
bit of rubber tubing
means instant recognition of your medical
status – more dependable than your Porsche
or the faded certificate
on your consulting room
wall. It is actually quite
simple to pass yourself
off as a doctor – white
coat, subtle glimpse of
some black tubing in
your pocket, a hospital file in your hand, a
rushed, worried look, a
few snappy, incoherent
abbreviations and Bob’s
your uncle. Just stay
clear of operating theatres – although there
are cases where bogus
doctors have actually
successfully performed
surgery. Scary thought.
Scrubbing up – the act
of thoroughly washing
your hands with bactericidal soap before
surgery.
Traditionally
this is quite a lengthy
process because it is a
good time for surgeons
to discuss topical sporting and share market
events. Golfing stories
are common. As a young
doctor, the act of backing through the theatre
swing-doors (to avoid
contaminating your sterile hands) and having a
sweet scrub nurse slip
your theatre gown over
your outstretched arms
was the high point of
your day – it made you
feel like nobility! And oh
so important.
Erectile Dysfunction –
not a hard one, really.
Also referred to as ED,
it describes, well, simply
the failure of achieving
or maintaining an erection. Sort of hard to keep
up, if that makes sense.
Well, there you are –
at least it’s a start. But
since reading recently
that doctors over the age
of 55 are six times more
likely to make mistakes
than their younger colleagues, I would urge
you to check my facts
before taking it as gospel.
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means of a free and fair election. This is what
defines democracy, right?
On the contrary. Elections are also held
with loud fanfare in dictatorships like Cuba
and kakistocracies like Zimbabwe. Where
does South Africa fit in? Of course we would
like to think that we are the poster model for
democracy after that great example we set the
world in 1994.
The story is a heroic one, we tell it often
and we believe it. When the odd contradiction
creeps in – such as our democratic
government’s non-reaction to Robert
Mugabe’s serial election theft right on our
border – we prefer to ignore it. South Africa is
a miracle democracy under the leadership of
the ANC, finish and klaar.
Okay, so what did really happen in 1994?
Let’s take a look at the facts as chronicled by
Dr Anthea Jeffery in her book People’s War
– new light on the struggle for South Africa
(2009: Jonathan Ball.)
The Independent Electoral Commission
(IEC) had only four months to prepare for
the country’s first inclusive election, but
countered that with the message, “We are
ready, are you?” As one of its multitude of
jobs, 180,000 electoral officials had to be
appointed and trained. Ten days before the
election IEC chairman Judge Johann Kriegler
admitted that until then only 20,000 had been
appointed. Yet he remained upbeat about
sorting out the other 160,000 in the remaining
week or so.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) was
included six days before the election. The
ballot papers were already printed and 80
million IFP stickers now had to be distributed
to 10,600 polling stations. The party’s entry
rested on an agreement that outstanding
issues would be addressed after the election
by means of international mediation. (Once it
won the election, the ANC simply ignored this
agreement.)
On April 26, the first polling day, millions
of voters formed those long queues, which
became a symbol of our nation’s love of
democracy. Many voting stations did not open
at all. Others had severe shortages of ballot
papers, or the special ink to mark voters’
hands, or the ultraviolet light to detect the
ink, or the IFP stickers. Chaos reigned and
continued to do so on April 27. The IEC
convinced government to declare April 28 a
public holiday too, and in many areas voting
continued on April 29. By then some polling
stations still had not opened, but the IEC said
enough was enough.
There was no voter’s roll, at the ANC’s
insistence. It also insisted that people could
vote where they wanted, not necessarily where
they lived. As a result, it was completely legal
to bus voters to marginal areas. In Southern
Natal, for instance, the number of votes cast
was more than double the estimated number
FANG/ASTROSEC
of the local population.
The ANC also insisted that all kinds of
obsolete ID documents could be used and
that people without even those should get
temporary voter IDs. The NP government
objected at first, saying proper documents
could easily be issued in time, but later it
folded. As a result, it was easy to vote more
than once and to vote even if you didn’t
qualify. More than 3.5 million temporary IDs
were issued, many to “voters” as young as 14.
A computer that could produce a
temporary ID every three minutes was stolen
from the Department of Home Affairs. A
police investigation found that almost 40%
of all SA passports issued in the 16 months to
March 1994 had been obtained by fraud. It
concluded that “millions of foreign nationals
had fraudulently obtained South African
identity documents and had also received
voter cards for the general election – and this
would affect the election result.”
The safeguard of special ink and ultraviolet
light broke down widely and, in addition,
people who had evidently placed their
hands in bleach and admitted doing so, were
allowed to vote.
Election officials were by and large recruited
from ANC supporters and activists, to the
extent that supporters of other parties were
scared away. Many cases of intimidation by
IEC officials were documented.
At numerous polling stations, particularly in
Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) and the Witwatersrand
– where the IFP had strong support – the IFP
stickers simply did not arrive and ballot papers
were issued without them. After the election
millions of unused IFP stickers were found in
IEC warehouses. Voters were told they could
write “IFP” at the bottom of the form and add
a cross next to it, which was no solution for
the 60% of voters in KZN who were illiterate.
Also, the IEC indicated that such papers
would be regarded as spoilt.
Then came the counting.
On day one, April 30, a vital safeguard
against fraud was scrapped: the number
of ballot papers issued to a polling station
would no longer be reconciled with the
number of votes cast there. Not possible,
said the IEC: presiding officers had not kept
proper records and, anyway, some 10 million
additional ballot papers were printed without
serial numbers.
Many ballot boxes arrived at counting
stations open or loosely closed. Other votes
did not arrive in the boxes at all, but in bags
or sacks. At the Nasrec counting station in
Johannesburg a bag with thousands of used
ballot papers was found uncounted on May
5, as was a vehicle loaded with similarly
uncounted papers.
The result of some 1.1 million votes cast
in Pretoria was lost in transmission to IEC
headquarters, so the count had to be redone
– and the Freedom Front lost 147,000 votes
in the recount.
When boxes from Mdantsane in the Ciskei
were opened, the ballots inside were carefully
bundled together.
Soon all the major parties, including
the ANC, were warning that the massive
irregularities could cast doubt on the election.
ANC leader Nelson Mandela blamed
racism as, according to him, problems were
experienced only at stations where blacks
were voting. NP leader FW de Klerk said the
real problem was that the IEC was “loaded in
favour of the ANC at certain levels.”
Counting was supposed to be over by May
2, but on May 3 the IEC announced that
everything had come to a standstill, because
its computer system had been hacked.
Nonsense, said the IFP, the real reason was
that some IEC officials could no longer
tolerate the “massive rigging of votes ... in
favour of the ANC.”
As counting and controversy dragged on,
the leaders of the then government and of
the future government began to realise they
were facing the unthinkable: a failed election.
Instead of the great democratic miracle,
South Africa was facing humiliation on an
international scale and, at home, worsening
conflict and death.
That is when they decided to resume
negotiations, this time about the outcome of
the election. Earlier the NP had demanded
of Kriegler that irregularities be rectified
Medispeak
made easy
U
NDERSTANDING one's doctor can
be difficult at best, especially when
they lapse into medical jargon. As a
service to the lay public, here are at least a few
simple definitions to help translating the medical mumbo-jumbo.
Suppository – an end to a means. I have often
wondered who came up with the out of the
box into the anus idea of taking medication
from the wrong end. Possibly an Irish idea?
Although the French have been in the forefront of this rear entry dosing; I remember
them having cough suppressants and medication for fever decades ago. No doubt research
will show that the Egyptians were there first
– although I wouldn’t like to see the detailed,
relevant hieroglyphics.
Laparotomy – any surgical incision which
opens the abdominal cavity. For example, in
order to remove the gall bladder or womb
or to repair abdominal organs injured in a
gun shot wound, a laparotomy has to be performed to gain access to the damaged organ.
Laparotomies are becoming increasingly rare
as more and more surgery is being performed
through tiny access holes – just large enough
to admit a fibre-optic camera and specially
ON THE CONTRARY
Pieter Schoombee
before a result is announced, and he urged
them to reach an accommodation with the
ANC instead. Now De Klerk, Mandela and
Kriegler met to find a solution. According to
a government source, they “decided that free
and fair elections had to be declared, come
hell or high water.”
Publicly, they began to calm the waters.
Now both the NP and the ANC said they
were convinced the elections were free and
fair. And so they settled on the result as it
was announced by the IEC. Judge Kriegler
declared it “beyond review or appeal”.
He resigned as IEC chairman in the run-up
to the next election.
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Peter Reinders
adapted instruments. This is referred to as
laparoscopic surgery. The entire operation is
performed with surgeon, assistant and scrub
nurse staring at the TV monitor somewhere
above the patient. The only one left looking at
the patient, hopefully, is the anaesthetist.
Pulling the plug - telling the patient or the
family that the medical aid funds have dried
up.
Vasectomy - a devilishly cunning way of making males to ‘fire blanks’. A simple cut (with a
few tightly tied ligatures) prevents your sperm
cell from joining their transport medium – the
ejaculate or semen. The poor wriggling fellows are left knocking at the door, incapable
of reaching the outside world and their one
little moment of glory. The relevant tube is
reached by a shallow incision in the scrotum,
a procedure that can be done under local or
general anaesthetic. Do not, however, try this
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