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Company becomes a Proudly South African member

8th August 2003 Africa continues to provide a tremendous offset for South African goods, with export growth to this region averaging between 20% and 50% during the last decade. →

Container association seeks a responsible industry

By: Luxolo Tyali 8th August 2003 The packaging industry’s awareness of the hazards that containers pose due to the lack of stewardship of used drums and containers is still low, reports Responsible Container Management Association of Southern Africa (RCMASA) executive director Liz Anderson. →

Company’s steel grade specified for high-pressure vessels in urea plant

8th August 2003 The high-pressure vessels in the new Assaluehy urea production plant, in Iran, are being constructed in Sandvik Material Technology’s recently developed Sandvik Safurex steel grade. →

Centre wants to ensure local projects make use of local fabricators

By: Luxolo Tyali 8th August 2003 South African fabricators, including vessels, tanks and heat exchangers manufacturers, are set to benefit from the Fabrication Industry Development Centre (FIDC). →

Tank container investment still makes sense, reports company

8th August 2003 Local company Paynter Trade Services (PTS) has been in tank container investment management since 1993 and reports that it has lived through the many changes and challenges over the past ten years, involving new entries, buyouts, mergers, and exits at every industry level, be it similar... →

Organisation tackles poor container management

By: Zonika Botha 30th May 2003 The Responsible Container Management Association (RCMASA) is continuing in its fight against the improper disposal of used containers and drums in South Africa. →

California wine industry orders 40 SA tanks

31st March 2003 A marketing drive in the US has resulted in the first order for 40 wine tanks to be supplied to a number of wineries in the Napa Valley, California. →

Nineteen kilometres of surface-heating pipes installed

31st January 2003 A section of the oxo plant at Sasol Olefins and Surfactants’ new detergent alcohol extension project in Secunda, Mpumalanga, was serviced by Bartec Barlian. →

Cryogenic storage vessels largest for manufacturer

By: vanessa vasques 6th December 2002 The two large low-temperature horizontal double-walled cryogenic storage vessels which will be used to store liquid oxygen at Sasol’s fifteenth air separation unit (ASU) are being manufactured by Johannesburg-based Rand Air & Gas. →

SA hands over patrol boats to angola

12th November 2002 Three Angolan patrol boats, that were refurbished and revamped by a Cape Town-based boat building company, Farocean Marine, were handed over to the Angolan Consul-General Mario Leonel Correia during a ceremony yesterday. →

Scorpions in illegal fishing sting

31st October 2002 The South African Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Valli Moosa, has praised the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) and the Scorpions for once again cracking down on illegal fishing activities by seizing a fishing vessel, worth R6-million in Cape Town yesterday,... →

Stainless industry in white-goods drive

By: marisa rodrigues 28th October 2002 The local stainless-steel industry continues to be one of the fastest-growing markets in the world and it is expected that local consumption will grow from 120 000 t last year to 300 000 t by 2006 and a million tons by 2010. →

Container company grabs world market share

By: marisa rodrigues 18th October 2002 Cape Town manufacturer Consani Engineering is the world’s leading supplier of liquid and gas intermodal tank containers. →

Company to expand tank range

By: marisa rodrigues 18th October 2002 Randburg-based manufacturer of four-wheel drive equipment makes long-range stainless steel tanks predominately for four wheel drive vehicles. →

Growing industry is moving closer to white-goods programme implementation

By: marisa rodrigues 18th October 2002 The local stainless steel industry continues to be one of the fastest growing markets in the world and it is expected that local consumption will grow from 120 000 t last year to 300 000 t by 2006 and one million tons by 2010. →

And the overall winner is . . .

18th October 2002 The overall winner of the Stainless Steel Awards programme, a category sponsored by Sassda, was drawn from all the winners and nominated finalists. →

Port operator puts in strike contingency plan

1st October 2002 South African Port Operations (Sapo) last week announced its comprehensive contingency plan ahead of the two-day nationwide strike by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) planned for October 1 and 2. →

Asbestos remains a concern

By: vanessa vasques 13th September 2002 It is hard to believe the material used to make artificial arteries and veins for the human body is the same material used to seal equipment flanges and vessels. →

Maize-products firm conquers export market

By: Joanne Delaurentis 30th August 2002 African Products was declared the winner of the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce (JCCI)/Standard Bank 2002 Gauteng Exporter of the Year Award, as well as the winner in the large manufacturing category, at a function held in Johannesburg this month. →

Container management is automated

9th August 2002 South African Port Operations (Sapo) operates container terminals in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Richards Bay and Saldanha ports and services the entire Southern Africa. →

SA tank giant gets nod of approval from China

9th August 2002 The world’s leading supplier of liquid and gas containers Consani has achieved the Safety Quality Licensing Office of the People's Republic of China certification (SQLO Certification) for the use of its tank containers for the transportation of hazardous and food-grade liquids in China. →

Ghanaian gold-mines order SA vessels

9th August 2002 South African mixing technology company Lightnin Africa has been involved in three contracts in the gold-mining sector for vessels and mixing equipment. →

New scrubbing vessels for chemical manufacturer

By: candice haase 9th August 2002 Two air-scrubbing vessels fabricated by Wynberg-based company SG Plastic Construction will be installed at a chemical manufacturer on the East-Rand by the end of this month. →

Portable welding machine arrives in SA

9th August 2002 Weld-cut equipment has announced immediate availability of the Migatronic Mamba, a robust portable welding machine ideal for use in emergency maintenance applications, tank and containers, or where access is difficult or restricted. →

Gold-mine tank-farm is completed

9th August 2002 Supplier of products and services to Africa’s transport and mining industries IMS Industrial Products (IMS-I) has completed a lubricant and fuel installation to work in conjunction with automated fuel-management technology for the Afrikander Lease gold-mine in the Klerksdorp district. →

Liquid tank-container logistics firm gets award

9th August 2002 Specialised fourth-party logistics company Central Logistics handles all types of containerised cargo, both import and export, with particular emphasis on the movement of bulk liquids in tank containers. →

SA stays at the forefront of the global tank-container industry

By: candice haase 9th August 2002 In 2001, South Africa manufactured 60% of the 9 000 stainless-steel tank containers produced worldwide, according to the South African Tank Containers Association (Satca). →

R5m-worth of containers are destined for Moz gas pipeline

By: candice haase 9th August 2002 The supply of R5-million worth of converted containers to the Temane gas pipeline project began in June this year and is due for completion by September. →

Stainless-steel demand boosted

9th August 2002 The figure for domestic consumption of stainless steel would have been higher if it were not for the fall in demand for tank containers, which showed a sharp decline during 2001 to slightly below 13 000 t. →

Control stations standard for fuel tankers

9th August 2002 Bartec ComEx local control stations, industrial participation (IP) 66/67 rated for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, and Bartec junction boxes have been fitted to new fuel tankers to operate decanting pump and valve stations. →

R1m tank investment

9th August 2002 Polyurethane specialist Industrial Urethanes has increased bulk storage capacity at its polyols plant in Umbogintwini south of Durban by 150 t with the addition of three new storage tanks requiring an investment of R1-million. →

S African tanks bound for a Zanzibar sewage plant

By: candice haase 9th August 2002 East Rand-based vessel and tank manufacturer Famsystems has been awarded a R1,5-million contract to design, manufacture, supply, install and commission tanks for a sewage plant in Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Tanzania. →

The significance tariff classifications

By: Riaan de Lange 2nd August 2002 In the Engineering News of May 3 to 9, 2002, the standard international classification of products, the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System or HS, was introduced. The significance of the HS for South African importers is that it defines the rate of customs duty (duty), determines... →