Developing, engineering cables, Aberdare focuses on SA growth

South African power cable manufacturer Aberdare Cables, part of the JSE-listed Altron Group, has increased its production capacity by 25% over the past ten years, Engineering News reports. 66 six years old Aberdare, a member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, has three manufacturing sites in Gauteng, Port Elizabeth and Pietermaritzburg. 25 May 2012 13:45

Sheraton Hotels looks to SA company for solar power

A member of the Sustainable Energy Society of Southern Africa (Sessa), Pacific Solar Technologies has provided the collectors for an ambitious solar water heating project in China. According to the company's Sarel Joubert, some 330m² of non-pressurised solar collectors were installed for the Sheraton Hotel in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China, to bring the total area to 660m². 25 May 2012 07:10

Tertiary institutions cannot meet 2014 engineering target, ECSA

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) aims to increase South Africa's engineering graduate output from 2008's 7 888 students to 15 000 students a year by 2014, Engineering News reports. 24 May 2012 17:05

Parsons Brinckerhoff appoints new MD

Engineering firm, Parsons Brinckerhoff, has appointed Ian Maclean as managing director for its Southern African operations, taking over from Gavin Young. 24 May 2012 16:32

Eskom wants clarity on new power stations

Business Day reports that Eskom's chief executive Brian Dames has called on the government to "very soon" make decisions about future investment in coal and nuclear power stations to avert serious power shortages in future. 23 May 2012 16:36

Revamped concrete technology course to tackle skills shortage

A shortage of technical skills in the engineering and technology fields is crippling South Africa's economic growth, Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) MD Bryan Perrie told Engineering News. 23 May 2012 13:27

Mthombo Refinery: PetroSA, China's Sinopec partner to drive the project

Allafrica.com reports that the state oil company PetroSA has partnered with China's Sinopec Group to work together to drive the building of the proposed Mthombo crude oil refinery project. 22 May 2012 13:52