WEG VSDs drive cost saving in pumping systems
WEG Variable Speed Drives (VSD) offer the agricultural sector the ability to reduce the operating cost on automated water collection systems with a reduction in motor energy consumption when the motor...
Plastic brick invention to launch in Cape Town
A new invention created by Donald Thompson, the CEO of The Center of Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC) can turn any plastic (clean or dirty) into sustainable building materials and is...
SA electric vehicle sales ‘to grow significantly by 2025’
South Africa could have an electric vehicle (EV) car parc of 145000 with annual sales of new EVs of 43000 units within the next six years.
This forecast by Jaguar Land Rover...
Electric forklifts for fast-growing drinks producer
Multi-national beverage manufacturer, Kingsley Beverages, has become the first largescale company in South Africa to make the switch from internal combustion-engine forklifts to more productive and efficient electric machines from Linde.
With...
SA in danger of losing its tobacco-growing industry
Illicit trade in tobacco and other products has flourished since the skills exodus that effectively eliminated the investigative and enforcement capacity of the SA Revenue Service since 2014.
SA is at risk...
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