Tag: production
Mill turns to Condra to recover lost production
PRICE should never be allowed to unduly influence the purchase decision. A wrong choice of capital equipment can prove costly not only in downtime and lost production, but also in unnecessarily...
Load Shedding Crisis: Plastic manufacturing sector suffers 30%-40% declines
Load shedding is having a disastrous impact on the local plastic manufacturing sector, with some SMME’s reporting declines of around 30%-40%, according to Plastics SA’s Anton Hanekom.
Many companies are unable to...
Sustainability in the agricultural sector
By CBN Staff reporter: Mzwandile Mamaila
THE agricultural sector presents vast entrepreneurial and employment opportunities with South African agro-processing contributing approximately R124 billion to the GDP, according to the Department of Trade...
Sources of green methanol production identified for container fleet
TO boost the global production capacity of green methanol, A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has entered strategic partnerships with six leading companies with the intent of sourcing at least 730 000...
Product Self-Compliance, a challenge to the regulatory process?
Degeneration of SABS Test facilities
The SABS technical staff complement has declined to around 20% of that before re-structuring and funding for maintenance and upgrading of test equipment and the sustainability of...
Sunlight-driven photo catalytic water splitting for hydrogen production at scale
LARGE-scale solar hydrogen production through water splitting using a powder photocatalyst is considered one of the most promising methods of producing sustainable fuels in the future. In 2018, this research group...
21st century grinding tech advances production
IN 1891 Edward Acheson invented Silicon Carbide, a hard grain in composition, with very good properties to cut or grind materials with low tensile strength such as Tungsten Carbide, Glass and...
Study: SA well placed to lead production of zero-carbon shipping fuels
A study by Ricardo and Environmental Defense Fund for the P4G Getting to Zero Coalition Partnership has found that South Africa holds an untapped opportunity to supply the global shipping industry...
SA pome fruit sector set for record exports in 2021
South Africa's apple and pear production is set for a record export crop this season. Apple exports are expected to rise by 5% year-on-year to 38,4 million 12.5kg equivalent cartons.
Pears are...
Smart, robot-assisted production and packaging will maximise profitability
A challenge accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic has seen producers having to juggle between longer term range proliferation centered on consumer demands, and range (SKU’s) reduction caused by retailers and consumers...
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Rigid plastics packaging: indispensable for our modern world
Plastics are ubiquitous in our modern world, and they are used in a wide variety of applications. One area where plastics have proven especially...