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PtSA Newsletter Newsletter of the Production Technologies Association of South Africa
Jul/Aug 2019 Issue 10
Foreword from CEOINSIDE THIS ISSUE Foreword P1
PtSA Mission P2 PtSA Objectives P2
How to Join PtSA P2 What does 4IR mean for
Africa P3
Practical Implications of 4IR P4
PtSA at Manufacturing Indaba P4
Developing Skills Standards for 4IR P5
4.0 is an Event P5 Automation defines 4IR P6 Product Development &
Innovation P7
Mould Manufacture Increases P7
Low-Cost Strategy for Improving Profitability P8
Wagner Systems P9 Para-Tube P9
Sustainable Development P10 Cape Metal Pressings P11
PUM P11 Fashion Value Chain P12
SU Teaches 4IR Skills P12 New Members P13
Upcoming Events P13
Networking Evenings P14/P15
Members Co-Operate P16 Special Deals for
Members P16
Welcome to this issue of the PtSA
Newsletter, which is featuring a number of
articles covering aspects of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the impacts
on future manufacturing, as well as the
Future Production Technologies Convention
hosted by PtSA.
A lot is being talked and written about the
Fourth Industrial Revolution, or 4IR, and this
Convention is offered to give business
owners, engineers, artisans, academics and
students to name a few, a better insight into
the future and the technologies of the future.
We will be reporting in more detail on the
outcomes of the Convention in future Issues
of the Newsletter.
We recently undertook a survey of our
members, and of our network, to assist with
determining our future strategies for the
Association in order to ensure that we can
be of better value and service to our
members. We will share the outcomes of
this survey with our readers over the next
few issues of our Newsletters.
We encourage further comment and ideas
from our members regarding the value and
service offerings of PtSA.
We are also working on identifying and
negotiating special deals for members, and
we have included an article regarding
banking and financial assistance.
PtSA is a member of the International Special
Tooling and Machining Association (ISTMA
World), and we are including articles
regarding South Africa’s involvement in
developing international skills standards for
4IR and the “4.0 (4IR) is not a technology,
it’s an event” interview with Bob
Williamson, the President of ISTMA World,
for your information.
As indicated in our previous Newsletters, we
will include articles regarding Sustainable
Development in our Newsletters, and the
article in this Newsletter looks at the question
of how would nature solve the problem. We
hope that you find this article interesting.
We have included articles regarding
developments in our member companies, and
assistance offered by Productivity SA, one of
the partners of PtSA. This demonstrates the
possibilities resulting from Networking and
co-operation between members and with our
partners.
Our recent Networking Evening held in the
Eastern Cape was sponsored by Retecon,
who are also sponsoring our next
Networking Evening in the Western Cape,
and we thank Hans-Peter Neth and his team
for this support.
Our planned Networking Evenings in KZN
(Pinetown & Pietermaritzburg) are being
sponsored by Technia, and we thank Gary
Longshaw and his team for this support.
We hope that you enjoy this issue of the
Newsletter and find it interesting.
John McEwan CEO: Production Technologies Association of South Africa [email protected]
Phone: +27 21 931 0070
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ptsa.co.za
www.facebook.com/PtSA01/
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HOSTED BY
In association with
ENDORSING PARTNERS
Contact: Tapiwa Samanga E-mail: [email protected]
According to Tapiwa Samanga, CEO of INTSIMBI Future Production Technologies Initiative and Chairman
of the Convention, 4IR is presenting some unique opportunities for the African continent, but in particular for
the Southern African region.
“It has always been thought or imagined that Africa was going to claim the 21st century as the continent likely to grow and industrialise the fastest. Some indicators show that this is still the case. More than half of the top ten fastest growing world economies are in Africa, albeit from a low base. However, with the advent of 4IR that promise seems to be fading away as Africa is still struggling with some basics: inadequate and unreliable electricity supply (even in South Africa!), water challenges, inadequate and inefficient road and rail networks, poor and expensive aviation connectivity, congested and expensive port services and political and military instability in key states. Faced with the highly disruptive nature of 4IR and growing global unilateralism (Brexit and USA tariffs) its time Africa should huddle together to find warmth and put together a sustainable response to 4IR and claim the 21st century.
Each technological event presents opportunities, especially for leapfrogging; the same with 4IR. At the turn of the century, Africa had poor telephone coverage; whilst regions in the West had a telephone line per household . In Africa this was probably less than 10%. With the advent of cellular phones this has changed with most households having at least one phone and this has opened opportunities not only for communication but e-commerce. 4IR could present similar opportunities.
Whilst continuing with the basics – expand and improve the efficiency of industrial infrastructure, mineral beneficiation, modernising agriculture – Africa must identify specific niches within the 4IR environment and focus. The world would still need to consume goods and services, feed itself, travel, communicate and require talent and skills. Thus Africa, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa should:
• Initiate 4IR aligned skills development strategies starting with basic and strengthen tertiary
training to meet global standards
• Overhaul the skills development environment towards a focus on talent driven innovation
• Improve collaboration and work more with leading global companies to increase investment into
the region
• Consolidate markets in the light of the newly launched AfCFTA – seamless movement of goods,
capital and people across borders
• Identify current key country competencies and build on that to develop regional industrial value
chains – Africa should stop negative competition
• Focus on the youth. Africa will have the world’s youngest population. By 2050, 362 million
Africans will be 15-24 years old, Sub-Saharan Africa will have 33% of the world youth population; this demographic dividend should be harnessed to develop the world’s factory and a middle-income market”
Tapiwa Samanga
What does 4IR mean for Africa
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Practical Implications of 4IR
One of the speakers at the upcoming Future Production
Technologies Convention is Dr Bradd Libby, Research
Engineer and Thought Leader, RethinkX (UK). His topic is
New Generation Vehicles and the Impact on the
Manufacturing Industry.
RethinkX is an independent think tank that analysis and forecasts
the speed and scale of technology-driven disruption and its
implications across society.
To quote Dr Libby:- We are on the cusp of one of the fastest,
deepest, most consequential disruptions of transportation in
history. By 2030, within 10 years of regulatory approval of
autonomous vehicles (AVs), 95% of U.S. passenger miles traveled
will be served by on-demand autonomous electric vehicles owned
by fleets, not individuals, in a new business model we call
“transport-as-a-service” (TaaS). Demand for new vehicles will
plummet: 70% fewer passenger cars and trucks will be
manufactured each year. This could result in
total disruption of the car value chain, with car
dealers, maintenance and insurance companies
suffering almost complete destruction. Oil
demand and prices will plummet, destroying
trillions of dollars in investor value. But,
savings on transportation costs will result in a
permanent boost in annual disposable income
for households, totaling US$1 trillion in the US
alone by 2030. We have reached this
conclusion through exhaustive analysis of data, market, consumer
and regulatory dynamics, using well-established cost curves and
assuming only existing technology.
For more information, to see more details regarding
RethinkX, please see www.rethinkx.com
Dr Bradd Libby
PtSA at Manufacturing Indaba
PtSA, and some of the members of PtSA, recently held exhibitions
at the Manufacturing Indaba in Sandton.
The PtSA stand at the Indaba . We thanks
Manufacturing Indaba for this opportunity
Gerrie Lombard (Metal Heart) and Bel
Multitrade Distributors stand
Ilse Karg (CD: Future Indutrial
Production Technologies - DTI and Bel
Jendamark stand
Bel Robertson (PtSA) and Liza du Plessis
(NTIP)
Sherrie Donaldson (BRICS) and Andre
vd Merwe (Stellenbosch University)
Technia stand
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South Africa leads the way in Developing Skills Standards for 4IR ISTMA World has announced that it is soon to introduce a global
skill’s standard pilot programme for Industry 4.0 (4IR). The aim of
the programme, called the Global Skills Standards for Tooling,
Machining and Automation is to develop the global competency
standards required for the 4IR workforce in the advanced
production landscape of the future. The pilot will be introduced in
conjunction with the members of the ISTMA Global Partnership
Programme.
Dirk van Dyk (CEO of NTIP) is the Project leader and member of
the ISTMA Technical Support Committee. Dirk, says the pilot
programme will provide a platform to internationally cross
reference standards such as that developed by the National Institute
for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) in the USA for accrediting
competencies around machining and tooling qualifications with
possible future ISTMA World endorsement. NIMS standards is one
of the benchmarks for manufacturing skills standards in the USA
and is currently developing similar standards for Industrial
Maintenance and Automation in partnership with Festo and
Siemens, which will be a key component of Industry 4.0
manufacturing capacity building. The new Industrial Maintenance
and Automation standards will also form part of the global ISTMA
World skills standards pilot project. Dirk, says the pilot
programme aims to enable individual countries to translate such
ISTMA endorsed competency standards into new generation
training systems. The purpose of the programme is to develop a
framework of capability standards that will enable countries to
develop their own 4IR compliant skills systems. This will optimise
future apprentice training outcomes to facilitate labour force
migration, the faster development and introduction of new
technologies, higher levels of specialisation, increased employment
and the promotion of re-skilling of existing workforces. Re-skilling
will be key to mitigate the
effects of job losses as a
result of 4IR impact on
future employability.
Note: Dirk is one of the
speakers at the Future
Production Technologies
Convention
During the recent Moulding Expo event in Ljubljana, Slovenia,
Steffen Donath, Editor of European Tool & Mould Magazine,
interviewed Bob Williamson, in his capacity as President of
ISTMA World, regarding ISTMA future projects and the impact of
Industry 4.0 (4IR)
The following is a summary of the highlights of this interview:-
Imagine a scenario in which ISTMA would not have existed. An
alternate timeline if you will. How would you pitch the idea of
ISTMA to someone as something that needs to exist?
Bob Williamson:- “Let me start off by saying, ISTMA is to the
member associations what they make of it. You have to use ISTMA
to really obtain value from it. That’s the idea. Once you actually
recognize that, the rewards for an association member are
immeasurable because it literally puts them in a position where they
have global contacts available to them should they need them. The
ongoing exchange of ideas and different opinions is just immense.”
So it is something that is heavily reliant on the network built up?
Bob Williamson:- “Yes, it’s a lot of things, but fundamentally it is a
networking association. That’s the principle value. You have to
work with the network to really derive value from it. What we are of
course trying to do is to build projects on top of this network basis,
such as our global standardisation of industry qualifications.”
Would you say there are also downsides to being such a vast and
interconnected network because any political impact in one
country might be amplified by these connections?
Bob Williamson:- “I think the opposite is probably true. The
industry works together with or without the involvement of
politicians. When I am speaking of political reasons, I am talking
about political groupings and most certainly not following any
political ideology. ISTMA as an organisation is apolitical.”
Speaking of 4.0, what are some of the biggest challenges of
Industry 4.0 for you as an association? Information and
providing people with it is always important but is there not an
underlying conflict since some people would rather stick with
“established” forms of production, for instance, those who
simply do not want to introduce fully automated manufacturing
and smart factories? Would you rather try to push them to go
with the flow or carve an extra space in ISTMA for them?
Bob Williamson:- “I don’t think there is an opportunity for anyone
to carve their own space out and maintain the status quo. 4.0 is
going to be disruptive to some companies if they allow it to be
disruptive. It’s more a case of actually embracing it and looking for
opportunities that are going to appear in consequence of the
emergence of these new technologies. 4.0 is not a technology, it’s
an event, it’s a period. And it is going to happen with or without
individual manufacturers. One of the best examples of disruptive
technologies is actually Uber. If you look at some countries’
reaction to it, Germany, for instance, does not allow Uber, since
they are trying to protect the traditional taxi industry. Is it going to
work? And is it to the benefit of the public?”
Source:- https://www.etmm-online.com/40-is-not-a-technology-its-an-event-interview-with-bob-williamson-a-830824/
ISTMA World www.istma.org Dirk van Dyk presenting at ISTMA
World
“4.0 is not a Technology, it’s an event” Interview with Bob Williamson
At the press conference,
Bob Williamson spoke
about the current situation
and Industry 4.0.(Source:
Messe Stuttgart)
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Jendamark Automation Defines Industry 4.0 (4IR)
Yanesh Naidoo, Director Sales and Design for Jendamark recently made presentations at the Gauteng,
Western Cape and Eastern Cape Networking Evenings covering the Jendamark definition of 4IR
(Industry 4.0)
Jendamark, a South African company with offices in Germany and USA, and manufacturing facilities
in South Africa and India, specialises in the design and manufacture of assembly systems and special
purpose machines.
Jendamark, a member of PtSA, has established a 9 Pillar definition of Industry 4.0 (4IR) which is
illustrated in the diagram below. Yanesh Naidoo at the Gauteng
Networking Evening
This system is controlled by Jendamark’s fully integrated software platform called ODIN.
For more details see www.jendamark.co.za
Yanesh is one of the Speakers at the Future Production Technologies Convention
Yanesh started his career as a project engineer for Volkswagen South Africa, where he was responsible for managing all aspects involved in sourcing equipment for VW’s production facilities.
It was this interest in automation that saw him join Jendamark as a business development engineer in 2004, serving various sectors including the automotive, pharmaceutical and packaging industries.
After the global economic crash of 2008, when many other industries turned inwards and diversified their interests locally, Jendamark took the bold step of seeking out new international markets and focusing
solely on the automotive sector.
By then a company director driving this new vision, Yanesh was key in establishing new markets in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Under his guidance, Jendamark’s technology exports have grown to over 95% of the company’s annual turnover.
Today, he continues to identify opportunities for accelerated growth and aims to stay ahead of industry requirements by developing software solutions and using technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality to create industry-leading assembly facilities.
Yanesh Naidoo Tel: +27 041 391 4700 Email: [email protected] Web: www.jendamark.co.za
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Demand for Manufacture of Moulds Increases
Considerations for Product Development & Innovation At our recent Networking Evening in
Gauteng, Bevan Davis, MD of
Conver-Tek a member of PtSA, gave a
presentation of what inventors or
companies should take into
consideration when developing new
products or going through a process of
innovation.
Bevan has a vast amount of experience
in this field, having developed such products as the innovative
Kreepy-Krauly Pool Cleaner, and more recently a world first
laser-sight for use on hunting/target bow systems, which has
been launched onto the international market.
Bevan’s presentation identified the following key points to be
taken into consideration:-
• Why will your product succeed
• What are the opposition products
• Potential market
• Budget for development, prototyping, and marketing
• Potential market share and target pricing
• Forecast manufacturing costs
• Are there any existing copyright patents or registered designs
• Product concept design should take aesthetics and
ergonomics into consideration • Design process, 3D Modelling and Prototyping
• Protection of your idea From proven experience over many years, Bevan concludes
the following:-
• Double your best engineered assessment of Time to Market.
• Double your best and most accurate budgets for the project.
• This can, or may be close to budget and time, based on a refinement of existing product available. However, a new concept and development from grass roots never works out on time or within the budget allocated.
• You need to be realistic and self-critical of the process, have massive confidence in your R&D, and be visionary. However, you must always remember that there are never any guarantees of success, sales, or market share, irrespective of your best product research, market analysis, sales volumes and best intentions.
We wish all product developers and innovators success with their
endeavors.
Please feel free to contract Bevan for any advice you may need.
Bevan Davis Tel: +27 11 827 2640 Email: [email protected] Web: www.convertek.co.za
Bevan Davis demonstrating the Bow System at
Gauteng Networking Evening
Bevan Davis presenting at
Gauteng Networking Evening
HellermanTyton has received orders for the manufacture of
moulds from their German Parent company, which exceeds their
current manufacturing capacity. According to Chantelle
Phillips, Technical Projects Manager for HellermannTyton, and
Chairperson of Gauteng PtSA EXCO, this demand has created
the opportunity for a number of companies to “cluster together”
and support this demand.
Chantelle indicates that the timing on this project is critical and
thus the ability of companies to meet on-time delivery and
quality requirements will be deciding factors for the choice of
companies to join the “cluster”.
HellermanTyton South Africa, a member of PtSA, is a leading
manufacturer and supplier of products for fastening, fixing,
installing, connecting, insulating, protecting and identifying
electrical cables and data network infrastructure. Their head
office and manufacturing facility is situated near Sandton in
Gauteng.
Companies wishing to be considered as suppliers to
HellermanTyton for this project should contact Chantelle
directly to arrange a meeting with her. According to
Chantelle, preference will be given to companies that can
demonstrate their track record for meeting the criteria set by
HellermanTyton. Having completed a NTIP/WBA
Benchmarking project will be an added advantage.
The Projects team at HellermannTyton:
Chantelle Phillips, Jonathan Phillips and
Peter Phillips
Chantelle Phillips Tel: +27 11 879 6664 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hellermann.co.za
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The following article was written for the PtSA Newsletter by Mr
Albert Brink, Regional Manager Cape: of Productivity SA, one
of the partners of PtSA.
The positive long-term relationship between ‘productivity’ and
‘financial performance’ has been proven beyond any doubt. Few
people will argue against the notion that productivity improvement
will in the long run result in improved profitability and sustainability.
As changes in productivity levels ‘…..go directly to the bottom
line…’ it seems to be obvious that any business should adopt and
actively pursue PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT.
It is generally accepted that a ‘Change in Profit’ stems from a
combination of ‘Change in Revenue’ and ‘Change in Cost’ (Refer
the middle column of the Nine Box Diagram below.) It is also
commonly known that:
• A ‘Change in Cost’ stems from ‘Change in Resource Price’ –
raw material cost increases – and/or ‘Change in Resource
Quantity’ – we may purchase larger quantities of raw material
and in so doing incur additional cost.
• A ‘Change in Revenue’ stems from ‘Change in Resource Price’
– raw material and electricity prices may have increased – and/
or ‘Change in Product (sales) Price – we may have increased
the selling price of our products.
‘Change in Profit’ is determined by more than just ‘Change in
Revenue’ and ‘Change in Cost’. It is determined by ‘Change in
Price Recovery’ – the relationship between resource (input) price
and selling prices – as well as ‘Change in Productivity’ – the
interaction between quantity of (input) resources and the quantity of
output.
Driving ‘Change in Profit’ via ‘Price Recovery’ is often risky and
tricky as selling prices are often dictated by external market forces
such as the nature and extent of competitive products and its prices.
These are beyond the direct control of the business.
Driving ‘Change in Profit’ via ‘Change in Productivity’ – the
relationship between the quantity of resource inputs and the quantity
of outputs - makes far more sense as the drivers of ‘Change in
Productivity’ is within the direct control of the business owner.
Productivity change can be achieved via changes to any
combination of productivity change drivers shown in the diagram.
Productivity SA focusses on assisting client companies, big and
small, to optimise the various drivers of productivity change. In so
doing Productivity SA can make a meaningful contribution to efforts
to improve the financial success of client companies.
Productivity Improvement A Low-Cost Strategy for Improving
Profitability
Change in Product Quantity
Change in Productivity
Change in Cost
Change in Resource Quantity
Change in Resource Price
Change in Price Recovery
Change in Product Price
Change in Profit
Change in Revenue
The Nine Box Diagram
Change in Productive Efficiency
Change in Work
Methods
Change in Process
Technology
Changes in Production Processes
Change in Operating Policies & Practices
Change in Rate of
Resource Utilization
Change in Product Design
Some Productivity Change Drivers
Change in Skill Levels
of Staff
Change in Productivity
Contact:
Albert Brink Tel: +27 11 848 5456
Cell: +27 82 658 2422
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.productivitysa.co.za
Albert Brink
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Wagner Systems shows Growth
Co-Operation between various people & organisations to develop
Para-Tube
As was reported in our July/August 2018 Issue of PtSA Newsletter,
Wagner Systems, a member of PtSA, has undergone a Turnaround
Solutions programme with Productivity SA, one of the partners of
PtSA.
Wagner Systems (Pty) Ltd, a privately owned South Africa based
company, specializes in the production of fine mechanics
components and assemblies. They have extensive micromachining
capability, produce and deliver parts and assemblies, but also provide
customers with advice on design for manufacturing issues, prototype
development, and series production. Currently, they do contract
manufacturing mainly for the medical device and defence industries.
The challenges for the team from Productivity SA and Wagner
Systems was “how to get Wagner Systems profitable on a
sustainable basis”
The team focused on the following areas for improvement:-
• Machine utilization • Factory layout • Process flow • Work instructions • Data capture and use of data • Bottleneck reduction • Waste reduction • Employee skills improvement
• Employee involvement Some of the outcomes achieved to date by Wagner Systems:-
• Profitability:- - Loss in year ending February 2016 (the year the company
was acquired) - Profit in year ending February 2018 which has been
sustained • Improved productivity - increased competitiveness - increased
orders and turnover • Improved productivity - increased capacity - increased output
without increasing machines • Increased staff from 25 to 28 • Improved employee morale • Improved employee skills
Future plans:-
• Increased technology, automation and digitization • Continuous improvements including overall layout and flow of
material • Possible purchase of additional machine tools • Further training • Improved working conditions for production personnel
Lasni Millar MD (left) & Giuseppe Geldenhuys (Technical Manager) demonstrating the new
shop floor control system General overview of the precision machining area at
Wagner Systems
Contact: Lasni Millar Tel: +27 21 715 8713 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.wagnersystems.co.za
After being involved in a major car accident in 2011, which resulted
in her being wheelchair bound for a period, Ms Portia Mavhungu
developed the Para-Tube.
This innovative device is a retro-fitted seat which fits into any
existing wheelchair, and by using disposable bio-degradable bags,
becomes a built in toilet which allows the person in the wheelchair to
be independent and retain their dignity. It also lessens the assistance
required from a care giver.
Funding was received from the Technology Innovation Agency
(TIA) in 2015 for the manufacture of 5 prototypes, which were man-
ufactured by Vaal University of Technology (VUT). These proto-
types have been tested and the concept has proven itself, leading to
the application for patents in 12 countries.
An outsourced manufacturing contract has been signed with Snyman
Tool & Die, a member of PtSA, to manufacture the first 20 seats and
1000 disposable bags for extensive field trials and accreditation of
the design, before full scale production of the Para-Tube begins.
The concept has won the Innovation Hub gap award, GCIP 2018
Social Innovation Award, and the GIBS innovation Award 2018 to
name a few.
Koos Snyman (Snyman
Tool & Die) & Portia
with a sample of the
Para-Tube Portia Mavhungu with the Para-Tube
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Sustainable Development - How would Nature Solve the Problem
See: https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change
In line with one of the objectives of PtSA, “To ensure the pathway to the future with the promotion of
Sustainable Development”, we again bring you extracts from presentations and articles by people who are
working in the field of sustainable development, for your information.
The question raised by many people regarding sustainable development is “how would nature solve the
problem?” One person who is answering this question is Allan Savory who is a Zimbabwean ecologist, and
livestock farmer, who co-founded the Savory Institute which “equips land managers with innovative tools and
curricula, and conducts research on the ecological, social, and financial outcomes associated with holistic
management.”
He originated Holistic Management (agriculture), a systems thinking approach to managing resources.
Savory advocates using bunched and moving livestock to what he claims mimics nature, as a means to
heal the environment, stating "only livestock can reverse desertification. There is no other known tool available to humans with
which to address desertification that is contributing not only to climate change but also to much of the poverty, emigration,
violence, etc. in the seriously affected regions of the world.” "Only livestock can save us." He believes grasslands hold the
potential to sequester enough atmospheric carbon dioxide to reverse climate change. Praised by cattle farmers, his controversial
ideas have sparked opposition from other academics; ranging from debate on evidence for treatment effects to the scope of the
potential impact for carbon sequestration.
There are a number of people, such as James E McWilliams and George Monbiot who claim that the practices advocated by
Allan Savory do more harm than good.
On the other hand, Ms Hunter Lovins has written an article that appeared in the Guardian entitled “Why George Monbiot is
wrong: grazing livestock can save the world.”
Hunter Lovins is an author and a promoter of sustainable development for over 40 years,
who teaches sustainable business management at Bard College in New York. She was a
founding professor at Presidio Graduate School's MBA in Sustainable Management
program (2002-2010). She also has taught at various universities, consulted for many
citizens’ groups, governments and corporations. She co-founded with her then-husband Amory Lovins the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) which she led for 20
years. She has addressed the World Economic Forum, the U.S. Congress, the World
Summit on Sustainable Development, and other major conferences. Named a "green
business icon" by Newsweek, a millennium "Hero of the Planet" by Time Magazine, she has also received the Right Livelihood
Award and the Leadership in Business Award, among other honors. Source: Wikipedia
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Cape Metal Pressings Expands Cape Metal Pressings, a member of PtSA, is expanding its operations due to an increase in demand from its customers. The company
is one of the last metal pressings companies remaining in the Western Cape, and this increase in demand from both local and interna-
tional customers is a good sign of confidence in the future.
According to Gerald Stark, owner/manager of Cape Metal Pressings, the recently expanded premises at their Capricorn Business Park
facilities in Muizenberg, are still not large enough, and thus they are busy acquiring the property next door.
They have recently installed a new 200 tonne Yangli Metal Press, with associated material handling and decoiling equipment, and a
new welding machine, in addition to the other Yangli presses which were installed in 2017.
Gerald also has plans to install a 2nd Toolroom in the new area, in close proximity to the new presses, in order to service the larger press
tooling, while the original toolroom will continue to service the smaller presses.
Cape Metal Pressings, which employs over 40 people, supplies metal pressings to local customers such as Torre Automotive, SJM Flex
in PE, Senior Automotive and BettaFence in Paarl, as well as international customers such as Bergvik Raised Flooring in South Africa,
USA and Sweden. They also supply components for a low-cost stove which is assembled in Lesotho. Some of the tooling for this stove
was outsourced by Cape Metal Pressings to Dramco Tooling, a member of PtSA.
Gerald Stark in front of the new Yangli 200 tonne
press
View of the recent expansion at Cape Metal Pressings
View of the original production area of Cape Metal
Pressings
Contact: Gerald Stark Tel: +27 21 709 0512 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.capemetalpressings.co.za
PUM Netherlands Senior Experts PtSA and PUM Netherlands Senior Experts have concluded a
partnership agreement, with the main objective of furthering
the technological and business advancement of PtSA members.
PUM Netherlands Senior Experts is a Dutch organisation which
offers knowledge and expertise in 35 sectors of the economy. It is
made up of retired experts who share their knowledge on a
voluntary basis with entrepreneurs and business people in more than
30 developing countries. The organisation was founded in 1978 by
the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers and the
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to date has assisted over
40,000 businesses worldwide, including a number of businesses in
South Africa.
For more information please visit www.pum.nl
Any company wishing to apply for this consultancy support, can
contact the PtSA office or apply on-line on the PUM website.
Western Cape Lesley Africa Cell: +27 83 650 7732 E-mail: [email protected]
Gauteng Lex van der Mey Cell: +27 82 805 6239 E-mail: [email protected]
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Stellenbosch University Teaches Students Practical 4IR Skills
With a population of over 1,2 billion people, Africa presents a huge
opportunity for growth in the fashion value chain, thus creating jobs
and helping to eradicate poverty.
In order to unlock this opportunity, the Global Fashion Value Chain
(GFVC) FEDERATION OF AFRICA and Siander Holdings teamed
up in 2016 to create a Single Africa Fashion Value Chain’s Free
Trade Centre for an industrialized and sustainable future. This has
since, become a programme linked to the AU’s activities on the
Continental Free Trade Agreement.
The GFVC FEDERATION OF AFRICA is the first step toward
what will become a Pan-Africa single market that links the
continent to the world’s fashion value chain players.
The fashion value chain covers the entire spectrum from agriculture
& mining to manufacturing systems, tooling & logistics. Thus, the
production technologies industry is well positioned to contribute to
this value chain.
The GFVC FEDERATION OF AFRICA, through Siander
Holdings, and PtSA, are currently exploring collaboration
possibilities for the benefit of our members, in order to ensure that
the production technologies industry does make a meaningful
contribution to the potentials of this value chain.
To get the ball rolling on laying the foundation for the fashion value
chain’s industrialization and to finalize the multi-stakeholder
partnerships that will be responsible for shaping the economic
development agenda of this single free marketplace, the first
Industry 4.0 Global Fashion Value Chain (GFVC 4.0) Summit will
be held at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Gauteng, South Africa
from the 7 - 10 April 2020. We will bring you more details in future
Newsletters.
The African Fashion value chain industrialization development is a
key factor to the Continent’s Integration through culture, and the
challenge to eradicating poverty and industrializing the rural and
township areas of Africa could be realized through the GFVC
FEDERATION OF AFRICA.
For more information please visit www.gfvcafrica.org and
www.gfvc40.com or see the full article on the PtSA website.
Please note that Ms Patricia Nkosi, Director of Siander Holdings
and one of the main architects of the African Fashion Value Chain
Free Trade Centre, will be one of the speakers at our scheduled
Networking Evenings.
Contact: Patricia Nkosi Tel: +27 11 039 7007 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.siander.co.za
Leslie Becker
Chairman: GFVC Federation of Africa E-mail: [email protected]
Unlocking the potential of the African Fashion Value Chain
At a recent open day held by Stellenbosch University Facility of Engineering, students presented their manufacturing systems projects to
demonstrate the practical utilization of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices in everyday applications, as well as 3D prototyping.
Professor Andre van der Merwe, the Associate Professor: Industrial Engineering - Resource Efficiency Engineering Management in the
Faculty of Engineering says that this programme is bridging the gap between the academic and the practical worlds, in order to ensure that
industry has a pool of practical thinking graduates from which to source their future engineers.
The Idea 2 Product lab, part of Vaal University of Technology (VUT), was the main sponsor for the event and 3D printed all the student
projects. Mr Heinrich van der Merwe, Operations Manager, VUT, says that it is important that graduating engineers can apply practically
applicable skills, and that the VUT Idea 2 Product lab is ideally positioned to allow conceptual ideas to become a reality.
From left: Prof Stephen Bosman (CPUT) , Mr Heinrich vd Merwe
(VUT), Prof Oliver Damm (SU), Prof Andre vd Merwe (SU) &
Dr Malan van Tonder (VUT) at the recent open day
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New Members joining PtSA We welcome the following new members
Ukholo Consulting expertise lay in the Automotive
Production Development Production Plan sector/
Government incentives. They focus on Production
Incentive claims, Standard Material Declaration as well
Production Rebate Certificates.
Tinette Wilson Cell: +27 72 136 5762 E-mail: [email protected]
Victor Fortune (Pty) Ltd imports and supplies cutting-edge and top-quality CNC machine tools, including
CNC Lathes, Machining Centres and Plastic Injection
Moulding Machines.
Abraham Haystek Tel: +27 11 6392 3800 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.victor.co.za
Supplier of measuring arms with or without laser
scanner for use in inspection or reverse engineering.
CMM upgrades with laser scanners and supply of large
range of machine tools.
Ludrick or Mariolize Barnard Cell: +27 82 780 7305 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.caldeaz.co.za
CEFA represents the interests of member companies in
all industry negotiations with the industry’s trade
unions, not only on wages and other conditions of
employment but also on the industry’s benefit funds
which provide benefits to employees such as pensions,
permanent disability and sick pay benefits.
Melanie Mulholland Cell: 082 852 2925 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.capeeng.co.za
Upcoming Conferences & Events PtSA Gauteng Networking
17 October 2019
PtSA WC Networking 15 August 2019
14 November 2019
PtSA KZN Networking 21 August 2019 22 August 2019
PtSA EC Networking 24 October 2019
Eastern Cape
27-28 November
Please note we have negotiated a 5% discount for PtSA members attending the Indabas
Eastern Cape Manufacturing Indaba
4-5 October - Port Elizabeth
Western Cape Manufacturing Indaba
6 November – Cape Town
KZN Manufacturing Indaba
14-15 August - Durban
ISTMA 16th World
Conference,
Shanghai China,
June 2020
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Sean Poole (ProVolution) & Johnathan Petersen (Imperial Sasfin) at EC
Networking Evening
Networking Evenings EC, Gauteng and WC
Allistair Venter & Morne Liebenberg (Enigmatech), Malcolm Swart (Jendamark) & Stephan Aucamp (Injection Technik) at EC Networking Evening
Rumbie Muvmzi (Stellenbosch University) at WC Networking Evening
Rodney Rudman (DG Capital) presenting & sponsors of Gauteng & Eastern Cape
Networking Evenings Quinton Uren (Jendamark) Ilse Karg (DTI) & Yanesh Naidoo (Jendamark) at Gauteng Networking Evening
Carlo Coenraad & Neil Moore (Asco Sintering) sponsor of Western Cape Networking Evenings
Gary Longshaw (Technia) & Madelein Huxtable (Rifle-Shot) at Gauteng Networking
Evening
Tinashe Jinga (Stellenbosch University) & Lasni Millar (Wagner Systems) at WC Networking Evening
Elizma Swartz & Greg Atlasik (McWade Engineering Products) at Gauteng
Networking Evening
Jacques Strauss (Retecon) & Willie de Jager (Zenith Laser Cutting) at EC
Networking Evening Phumlani Mngomezulu (Directech) & Nkensani Shivambu (Knuth Machine Tools) at Gauteng
Networking Evening
Arno van Niekerk (DG Capital) & Fariseni Ndlovu (Knuth SA) at Gauteng Networking Evening
Networking Evenings were held in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and Western Cape during February and April 2019 with interesting
presentations (see articles in this Newsletter and on the PtSA website for some of these presentations), and with a number of companies
promoting their companies or offerings at the “Bistro Tables”.
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Networking Evenings EC, Gauteng and WC
Derek du Plessis (Resilience Risk) & Steve Gatenby at WC Networking Evening
In the foreground Johan Ferreira (Shatterprufe), Adrienne Postma (Postma & Postma) with Loftie
Deyzel (Robbie Deyzel) at EC Networking Evening Deon Bower (Spectra-Mapal) at Gauteng Networking Evening
Tshepo Mahanuke (GTMI), Fariseni Ndlovu (Knuth SA), Jeff Makhubela (TUT), Simo Vuza (Suuza) & Lucas Mkhabela (Smith
& Nephew) at Gauteng Networking Evening
Nico Claassen (DG Capital) with Alan Shadbolt & Alec van Wyk (Castaway
Components) at WC Networking Evening Natasha Thompson (Jendamark) & Mrs Naidoo
at the EC Networking Evening
Robin Portlock & Don Nash at WC Networking Evening
Bongani Tshabala (Aveng Durract) with Dr Hein Moller & Sara Khelil (TiziriTech) at the Gauteng
Networking Evening
Leonie Humphries & Johan Conradie (Momentum) with Graeme van Zyl & Yanesh Naidoo (Jendamark) at EC Networking Evening
Malika Khodja (TiziriTech) & Gary Longshaw (Technia) at Gauteng Networking Evening
Ben Steenkamp (Fabrinox) & Ludrick Barnard (Caldeaz) at WC Networking Evening
Marthinus van Wyk (WCG- DEDAT) & Lesley Africa (PUM Netherlands Senior Experts) at
WC Networking Evening
Janine Toring (SikonaM&S) with Marco and Paula Ferreira (Meco Engineering) at EC Networking Evening Hayden Johnson (Knuth) & Alberto van Zyl (F&H
Machine Tools) at Gauteng Networking Evening
Melanie Mulholland (CEFA) & John Davies at WC Networking Evening
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PtSA is Negotiating Special Deals for its Members
Based on the results of the recent Survey undertaken by PtSA, a number of areas have been identified where our members have requested
assistance. We are busy finalising our action plans to address these requests and we are also holding discussions with various organisations
to facilitate assistance and special deals for our members.
Banking and access to capital is one of the areas identified by our members.
We are currently in discussion with Mercantile Bank to determine what assistance our members can receive from them.
Mercantile Bank is a business bank concentrating on owner managed businesses. The Bank offers the full range of products which
most business owners require such as:-
• Commercial Property Finance • Asset Finance • Working Capital Facilities • Transactional banking
• Merchant Services • Import and Export
Business can have a turnover ranging from R0,5m up to R2bn, and must have been trading for at least 2 years.
We will keep our members informed of the progress and outcomes of our discussions with Mercantile Bank, and what potential assistance
our members can receive from them.
Depending on outcomes of discussions, it should be noted that any financial arrangements would be assessed on its individual merit.
For your information Mr Saleem Triegaardt, Provincial Head Western Cape Mercantile Bank, has agreed to give a presentation at
our next Western Cape Networking Evening, scheduled for 15th August, regarding the offering by the bank.
PtSA Members Co-Operate As mentioned in another article in this Newsletter, Cape Metal Pressings outsourced some of its tool manufacturing requirements to
Dramco Tooling. This is a good example of networking taking place amongst the members of PtSA.
Dramco Tooling not only produces press tooling but also plastic injection and blow moulding tooling, as well having production facilities
for plastics injection moulding and for metal pressings.
This relationship between Cape Meatal Pressings and Dramco Tooling is a good example of “co-ompetition”, where companies which are
in competition with each other, can co-operate in order to ensure that an order can be won, and that both companies benefit.
We will feature an article regarding the new factory built by Dramco Tooling in a later issue of the Newsletter
Garth Prinsloo, Toolmaker (left) & Kevin
Dramat, Owner of Dramco Tooling, with one of
the tools for Cape Metal Pressings
Contact Kevin Dramat Tel: +27 21 905 4754 Email: [email protected] Web: www.dramco.co.za
View of one of the tools manufactured by Dramco
Tooling