Donauer completes two PV plants in South Africa

Soon Donauer Solartechnik, one of Europe's largest manufacturers of solar energy systems, in cooperation with a German project developer and a South African installation company, will commission a photovoltaic (PV) plant on the roof of the University of the Witwatersrand, the Environmental Expert portal reports. 14 Jun 2012 13:18

Gauteng 'to work with business to create jobs'

Gauteng's development agencies would work this year towards providing additional certainty to business in order to inspire investment, aiming for a "conducive environment" for attracting foreign investment as well as the expansion of local businesses, Gauteng economic development MEC Qedani Mahlangu said on Friday. 14 Jun 2012 11:28

Paramount, Singapore to collaborate on armoured wheeled vehicles

DefenceWeb reports that Singapore's ST Kinetics and South Africa's Paramount Group announced a strategic collaboration to manufacture, market and support a family of high mobility armoured wheeled vehicles. 13 Jun 2012 10:56

Duro appoints creative consultancy to rebrand

Building supply company Duro, manufacturer of steel, aluminium and building products in southern Africa, recently embarked on a large-scale rebranding process that has, among other things, resulted in the company's 10 facilities all successfully being rebranded. 13 Jun 2012 10:15

SA plastic pipes are free of heavy metals - SAPPMA

The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has announced that lead has been eliminated from all locally-manufactured plastic pipe products and that all plastic pipes manufactured by its members are guaranteed to be free of heavy metals. 12 Jun 2012 15:30

No more SA labour brokers for German chemicals manufacturer

Lanxess, a German specialty chemicals multinational group with global sales of €8,8bn last year, has permanently appointed 357 workers formerly hired through a labour broker at its Rustenburg chrome ore mine, Business Day reports. 12 Jun 2012 14:37

Manufacturing confidence at a two-year low: BER survey

FIN24 reports that, following the release on Thursday, 7 June 2012, of weak manufacturing production figures from Statistics SA, a Bureau for Economic Research (BER) manufacturing survey released on Friday said that manufacturing business confidence plunged 18 index points to 29 in the second quarter. 11 Jun 2012 13:20

Gauteng to prioritise small business

The Gauteng Provincial Government has allocated more than R112m to the province's small business development agency as part of a new strategy to support more entrants into the economy, Economic Development MEC Qedani Mahlangu said on Friday. 11 Jun 2012 11:39

Goodyear Uitenhage wins global award after ergonomic upgrade

A smarter, safer way to move green tyres from one machine to another has not only made a positive difference to tyre builders in Goodyear's Uitenhage manufacturing plant, but it has also earned the facility top spot in the company's global ergonomic challenge. 11 Jun 2012 11:23

Indian market a 'huge attraction' for SA wine makers

Cape Town-based wine maker Wim Truter makes white wines for Distell, one of South Africa's leading spirit manufacturing companies, under the brand name Nederburg. 8 Jun 2012 13:43

SA manufacturing production up 1.2%

Manufacturing production in SA increased by 1.2% year on year (y/y) in April after a revised fall of 2.9% (-2.7%) y/y in March‚ data released by Statistics SA on Thursday showed. 8 Jun 2012 13:10

A sustainable future at the Green Home and Lifestyle Fair

Commuter bicycles, electric bicycles, self-propelled wheels and straw bale houses are some of the initiatives that will be discussed at the Green Home and Lifestyle Fair, which takes place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 28-29 July 2012. 8 Jun 2012 10:05

Thailand SA Trade Show 2012 aims to grow trade with SA

Over the past decade, bilateral trade between Thailand and South Africa has demonstrated steady growth. In 2011, combined trade between the countries reached an all time high of USD 3.5-billion - a significant increase over the USD 2.2-billion of 2010. 7 Jun 2012 14:13

Local STBs manufacturing 'enhances SA leadership position in technology'

Launching - in partnership with South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) - the set-top-box (STB) decoder standard for free-to-air digital terrestrial television at the ICT Indaba, Minister of Communications Dina Pule said the local manufacturing of set-top boxes (STBs), as part of the rollout of Digital Terrestrial Television, would "enhance the country's leadership position in technology... through the greater investment in innovation," The New Age reports. 7 Jun 2012 13:38