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Laser-coding guide dispels misconceptions, enhances technology

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 14th April 2017 Global coding and marking specialist solutions provider Markem-Imaje, represented in Southern Africa by product identification solutions provider Pyrotec, has produced a guide focusing on laser-coding technology that aims to help manufacturers meet the technical challenges commonly encountered on... →

Kenyan fabricator enters partnership with welding institute

14th April 2017 The Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association (Sassda) facilitated a visit for Kenya-based stainless steel fabricator Desbro Engineering to several South African counterparts, resulting in a training partnership between Desbro and the South African Institute of Welding (SAIW).... →

LESLEY SQUIRES South Africa needs to look at partnership opportunities which encourage investment in manufacturing and infrastructure

South American flavour coming to South Africa through Las Iguanas

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 13th April 2017 A new restaurant chain specialising in authentic Mexican, Brazilian and South American food and cocktails, is coming to Johannesburg in June, with Gold Brands bringing the UK midmarket restaurant brand Las Iguanas to the local market. “South Africans are always hungry for new places to dine, and... →

FairPlay appoints Richard Goldstone as patron, sets its sights on ending chicken dumping

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 10th April 2017 Former Constitutional Court judge Justice Richard Goldstone has joined antidumping organisation FairPlay, which was formed to oppose the illegal and job-destroying practice of selling goods below the cost of production, as its patron. FairPlay’s first project will be to focus on stopping the... →

Demand grows as centrifugal screen proves its worth

By: Robyn Wilkinson 31st March 2017 Market demand is growing for Johnson Screens’ all welded, one-piece wedge wire centrifuge screens after the completion of a three-year trial at sugar producer Illovo Sugar subsidiary Ubombo Sugar’s mill, in Swaziland, which started in 2014, says filtration specialist Filteg Solutions. →

Success abounds in paper recycling and recovery

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 31st March 2017 Despite South Africa having less easily accessible recycling initiatives in place than in developed countries, such as recycling bins in every park or street, or systematic waste recovery at household level, the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (Prasa) says the country’s paper... →

Coca-Cola SA supplier development event a ‘lot more than box ticking’

By: African News Agency 30th March 2017 Holding a supplier development conference was a condition linked to its parent company’s establishment last year, but executives from Coca Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) were at pains on Thursday to convince attendees that its inaugural event would achieve a lot more than ticking that box.... →

South Africa asks World Bank to review ease-of-doing-business position in light of InvestSA initiative

By: Terence Creamer 17th March 2017 The South African government has officially launched a new investment facilitation service, dubbed InvestSA, which it claims will dramatically reduce red tape for foreign and domestic businesses seeking to pursue greenfield or brownfield projects in the country. The service, which has both... →

Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies (centre), with Lionel October (left) and Yunus Hoosen at the launch of the InvestSA one-stop shop in Pretoria

Filtration solutions can prevent explosions in food and beverage sector

By: Johane Turkstra 17th March 2017 Food processing, involving baking flour, soup powders, milk powder, spices, flavourings and sugar for instance, can cause highly explosive organic dust, and industrial equipment company Envirox sales manager Anton Hertenberger says its Nederman filtration systems are designed to mitigate... →

ANTON HERTENBERGER Manufacturers are often not aware that their environments are extremely explosive

Excessive grain safely storable in low-cost plastic bags

17th March 2017 While the anticipated size of the harvest could have a stabilising effect on food price inflation, an increasingly competitive global market continues to pressure South African producers to find new ways of cutting costs on grain and silage storage. One such method is the use of massive Hitec... →

HITEC GRAIN STORAGE BAGS The seven-layered Hitec grain bag is one of many agricultural products supplied by Rhino Plastics

LED lights beneficial to beer industry

By: Johane Turkstra 17th March 2017 Luminaire manufacturing company Beka Schréder advocates that using light-emitting diode (LED) lights is more effective for beer brewing and bottling facilities because the type of light source used could negatively affect the beer brewing process. Using artificial lighting within the beverage... →

SCHRÉDER LEDBAY UNIT The unit also has a lifespan of about approximately ten years with very little maintenance needs

Robots use motion control technology for safe food packaging

By: Johane Turkstra 17th March 2017 With there being a need for the correct packaging of foods that contain allergens, electronics company Omron says its Delta robot series provides a very accurate means of high-speed, pick-and-place solutions to these type of applications, drastically reducing packaging errors. Section 2 of the... →

EVERT JANSE VAN VUUREN People in assembly lines can make mistakes and this can have dangerous consequences, robots reduces mistakes

Automation company focuses on energy efficiency

By: Johane Turkstra 17th March 2017 Drive and automation technology company SEW-Eurodrive has standardised all its equipment to be more energy efficient as of the first of this month to cater for various industries’ demand for energy efficient equipment. The helical-bevel K19 and K29 series gearboxes are the first of such... →

THE HELICAL-BEVEL K 9-series – K19 The K19 is used for smaller-scale applications which demand torque and efficiency

Chain ideal for food and beverage industry

17th March 2017 Engineering solutions company BMG has designed a lubricant-free chain intended for environments with stringent hygiene standards such as the food and beverage industry. BMG GM Carlo Beukes says the environmental-friendly Lambda chain is designed with a sintered oil impregnated bush where the... →

SIXTH GENERATION LUBRICATING CHAIN The chain features microscopic pores in the seamless sintered bush, which are filled with NSF-H1 rated food grade lubricant

Pneumatics a cleaner solution for packaging, sealing and sorting

By: Johane Turkstra 17th March 2017 Pneumatic valve manifolds have the potential to be the safest means of mechanical driving for the food and beverage industry, as they use clean air to elicit movement in the manufacturing process, thereby eliminating food contamination risks. There are many unique features of pneumatics as a... →

ERNST SMITH The regulated compressed-air in pneumatics is clean and therefore perfect for the food and beverage industry

Inflation, competition and rand volatility challenges for industry

By: Johane Turkstra 17th March 2017 Unstable inflation and rand volatility, coupled with global competition, have been the biggest challenges for the food and beverage industry in South Africa in recent times, says derivatives brokerage Intrepid Capital derivative dealer head Tarryn Wright. →

PPI lower than expected this year

17th March 2017 Growth in agricultural and manufactured food prices continues to lose momentum, which is reflected in South African headline producer price inflation (PPI) slowing to 5.9% year-on-year in January from an upwardly revised 7.1% in December, says multinational bank BNP Paribas. The January figure... →

Industrial effluent recovery a sustainable water solution

By: Robyn Wilkinson 3rd March 2017 With the Department of Water Affairs’ National Water Week Awareness campaign – taking place from March 17 to 23 – celebrating twenty years of water delivery for social and economic development, water treatment specialist Proxa is looking to the future of water in South Africa by developing... →

Premier Food and Fishing lists on JSE

By: Anine Kilian 2nd March 2017 Food and fisheries company Premier Food and Fishing on Thursday listed in the Farming, Fishing and Plantations sector of the JSE. “Being listed on the JSE will allow us to give our employees, as well as the members of the communities in which we operate, an opportunity to acquire equity in... →

Commission refers Unilever, Sime Darby to tribunal for alleged cartel conduct

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 1st March 2017 The Competition Commission has referred a cartel case against Unilever South Africa and Sime Darby Hudson Knight to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution, for the alleged division of markets in the bakery and cooking products sector in South Africa. The commission said the two companies had,... →

Difficult trading conditions dull Clover’s H1 financial performance

By: Natasha Odendaal 1st March 2017 As branded consumer goods and beverages group Clover Industries works its way through muted trading and economic conditions, the JSE-listed group is progressing a number of strategies to set it back on a growth path. Unpacking the lacklustre financial results for the half-year ended December 31,... →

Clover CEO Johann Vorster talks to Engineering News Online about the company's first half performance, recovery plans and the implementation of its restructure. Date recorded: 01.03.2017. Camerawork and videoediting: Nicholas Boyd

Famous Brands to launch PAUL café in South Africa in March

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 28th February 2017 JSE-listed franchisor Famous Brands is launching the 128-year-old global bakery-café brand, PAUL, to the local market on March 2, with the opening of its flagship PAUL restaurant, in Melrose Arch, in Johannesburg. There are only three other PAUL stores on the continent in Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire... →

Brimstone pays out 15th consecutive dividend

By: News24Wire 28th February 2017 Brimstone recorded a 22% increase in revenue and a 147% increase in operating profit for the financial year ended 31 December 2016, the company announced on Monday. A dividend of 42c a share was declared. →

Chicken imports contribute to 21.9% decrease in RCL Foods’ interim Ebitda

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 24th February 2017 The widely reported issues facing the domestic poultry industry have significantly decimated JSE-listed RCL Foods’ profits, with the company reporting a 21.9% decrease in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to R900.4-million for the six months ended December... →

Bidcorp expects upward momentum in the second half of FY17

By: Natasha Odendaal 23rd February 2017 After maintaining a strong upward trajectory across all geographies during the six months ended December 31, JSE-listed Bidcorp is optimistic about its future prospects With a global rebranding effort to ‘Bidfood’ under way to reinforce its image as “value-add food people”, Bidcorp’s foodservice... →

Sasa calls for greater public input in sugar tax deliberations

By: Anine Kilian 23rd February 2017 The South African Sugar Association (Sasa) believes there has been insufficient public involvement in discussions on the implementation of the proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday confirmed that the proposed tax, which will be levied at a rate of... →

Bidcorp continues to achieve earnings growth in H1

By: Natasha Odendaal 23rd February 2017 JSE-listed Bid Corporation (Bidcorp), the food services unit that was unbundled from international services, trading and distribution firm Bidvest last year, delivered a distribution of 250c a share for the six months to December 31. The reported financials show “very pleasing” results for the... →

Government to proceed with the introduction of a sugar tax

By: Natasha Odendaal 22nd February 2017 South African consumers of sugar-sweetened drinks are set to feel the impact of the proposed sugar tax later this year as the relevant legislation is finalised for Parliamentary approval. The National Treasury on Wednesday confirmed a proposed tax rate of 2.1c/g of sugar content in excess of 4... →

Pockets of resilience, but SA’s manufacturing outlook remains fragile

By: David Oliveira 17th February 2017 South Africa’s manufacturing sector is expected to grow by 0.5% this year and by 1.2% in 2018, according to data from economic analysis and forecast provider FocusEconomics. Financial institution Barclays’ latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) released earlier this month indicates that the... →

Premier Foods and Fishing to start trading on JSE in March

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 13th February 2017 Integrated food and fisheries business Premier Foods and Fishing (PFF) has been given the go-ahead to trade its shares on the JSE’s main board from March 2. In conjunction with the listing, PFF will undertake a private placement of up to 117-million shares to invited investors at R4.50 apiece.... →

Pioneer Foods feels headwinds from drought, soft economy

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 10th February 2017 While the local economy was hit by the long-standing drought and softer trading conditions, increasing inflation has seen JSE-listed Pioneer Foods increase its group turnover by 5.1% for the four months to January 31, with a 7.6% increase in South African turnover. However, contracting volumes... →

Sea Harvest eyes JSE listing to ensure further growth

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 8th February 2017 To boost its organic and acquisitive growth, while advancing its ambitions of becoming a global business, seafood producer Sea Harvest Group plans to list on the JSE by the end of March. Listing would provide the black-owned company, which has operations in South Africa and Australia, ongoing... →

Astral's interim earnings hit by headwinds

By: Natasha Odendaal 6th February 2017 The continuing unfavourable trading environment is expected to push the earnings of JSE-listed Astral Foods down by up to 75% for the six months to March 31. Emerging from a muted first quarter, the negative impacts of weakened consumer spending, high levels of imported poultry, high maize and... →

BevSA calls for regulation of sugar reduction, not sugar tax

By: African News Agency 2nd February 2017 The Beverage Association of South Africa (BevSA) said on Thursday that it remained convinced that the reduction of obesity rates in South Africa could be done without the negative impacts of taxation in the economy. This comes after BevSA on Tuesday outlined its opposition to a proposed 20... →

DTI steps in with task team amid poultry industry crisis

By: Natasha Odendaal 2nd February 2017 The Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s) action-focused government task team is in the process of identifying several interventions to resolve the current crisis surrounding poultry product dumping in South Africa’s market. The department is seeking out measures to boost trade,... →

Chicken industry challenges weigh on RCL’s interim results

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 31st January 2017 Owing to the significant challenges facing the South African chicken industry, including imports and high feed input costs, food manufacturer RCL Foods expects its headline earnings a share for the six months ended December 31 to be between 40c and 55c, around 30% to 50% lower than the 87.2c it... →

Sugar taxes likely to cost formal beverages sector R1.4bn – Treasury

By: African News Agency 31st January 2017 South African formal businesses selling carbonated sugar drinks is estimated to suffer a R1.4-billion loss in revenue, should a “sugar tax” be implemented, the National Treasury said on Tuesday. Treasury officials participated in public hearings on the proposed tax on sugar beverages before the... →

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