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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

FOREWORD P1

PtSA OVERVIEW P2

FUTURE PRODUCTION

TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE P3

SPECIAL DEALS P3

MANUFACTURING INDABA P4

MY 3DEXPERIENCE P5

INTERNATIONAL TRENDS P6

ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT P7

CONFERENCES & EVENTS P7

PARTNERING WITH SAFI P8

APDP TOOLING BENEFITS P9

NEW MEMBERS P9

PtSA EC & PtSA KZN LAUNCH P10

NETWORKING EVENINGS P11

RGC P11

HOW TO JOIN PtSA P12

Welcome to our latest edition of the PtSA

Newsletter in the new look format. This format is

designed to make the Newsletter look more

modern and easier to read. We hope that you will

enjoy the new format and find the contents

interesting and informative.

Since our last edition, we have launched PtSA in

the Eastern Cape (Port Elizabeth area) and in

KwaZulu-Natal (Prospecton area), and we have

also held Networking Evenings in the Western

Cape, Eastern Cape and Gauteng. We are

reporting on some of these Events in this

Newsletter.

A number of companies have joined PtSA in the

recent months and we have dedicated a section to

welcome the new members in this, and future

Newsletters. We hope that our readers will find this

section informative and we encourage more of our

readers to join the Association. In this regard we

have included a section in the Newsletter which

highlights what is offered by PtSA for your

information.

As part of our Networking and Matchmaking

process, we are inviting all of our members to

participate in all of the Networking Evenings,

regardless of which region the Networking

Evenings are taking place. This has resulted in

members from Gauteng and the Western Cape

attending the Networking Evenings in other

regions, which is resulting in the Networking

process being expanded. We encourage all of our

members to consider these opportunities to

network and matchmake across all regions.

As part of our process to partner with various

organisations and associations, we have partnered

with the South African Furniture Initiative (SAFI)

who gave presentations at the Western Cape and

Gauteng Networking Evenings. These

presentations highlighted opportunities for the

production technologies industry to supply

manufacturing systems, tooling and components to

the furniture manufacturing industry. We are

including an overview of these opportunities in this

Newsletter and we hope that some of our members

will participate in these opportunities.

We are also reporting on the Future Production

Technologies Convention taking place on the 24th

and 25th April 2019 in Cape Town which will be

hosted by PtSA. This Convention will be focusing

on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and how

this will impact on the production technologies

industry on an international basis, and particularly in

South Africa. We encourage you to diarise this

event.

Our recent Networking Evening held in Port

Elizabeth was sponsored by RGC Engineering, and

our upcoming Networking Evenings to be held in

Gauteng and the Western Cape will be sponsored

by Retecon and RGC Engineering respectively. We

thank the teams at RGC Engineering and Retecon

for their support. Below please find the logo’s of our

sponsors for the Networking and Launch Evenings

for 2018. We thank all these sponsors for their

support.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish

everybody a blessed festive season and thank you

for your support over the past year.

John McEwan

CEO: Production Technologies Association of

South Africa

johnmc@ptsa.co.za

Nov/Dec 2018 • Issue 6 Foreword from CEO

PtSA Newsletter Newsletter of the Production Technologies Association

of South Africa

Phone: 021-931-0070

E-mail: bell@ptsa.co.za

Web: www.ptsa.co.za

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Production Technologies Association of South Africa

PtSA is a Member-Based Organization

What is offered by PtSA

• PtSA is the voice of the production technologies industry in South Africa

• PtSA hosts regular Networking and information events for the benefit of its members

• PtSA facilitates a matchmaking process between its members and for its members

• PtSA produces and distributes a regular Newsletter to its members

• PtSA maintains a comprehensive directory of its members, for the benefit of its members to assist with

matchmaking

• PtSA facilitates access to enterprise development services/opportunities for the benefit of its members

• PtSA guides its members towards a better understanding of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), the potential

impacts on the production technologies industry and how its members should adapt to 4IR

• PtSA promotes and assists its members with sustainable development

• PtSA regularly reviews the training and educational standards for skilled workers in the production

technologies industry and advocates training, or changes/improvements to training as may be

required.

• PtSA forms and promotes partnerships with various bodies, organizations, and associations for the benefit

of its members.

Mission Statement

Promoting, Protecting

and Supporting the

collective interests

of the

Production

Technologies Industry

of South Africa

Objectives

• To promote the achievement of business success through

advocacy, networking, information programs and services

• To strive to enhance the reputation of the industry and its

employees

• To promote the efficiency and profitability of its member

companies

• To defend the interests of its members with authorities and

other associations

• To review the training and educational standards for skilled

workers employed by Industry, particularly in times of rapid

technological changes

• To ensure the pathway to the future with the promotion of

sustainable development

PtSA PROMOTES AND ASSISTS WITH THE LOCALIZATION OF

MANUFACTURING

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Future Production Technologies Convention

The Future Production Technologies Convention to be held on 24/25

April 2019 will be hosted by PtSA in association with INTSIMBI and NTIP,

and will focus on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) which

will transform entire systems of production, management and governance.

To quote Mr. Roberto Azevedo, Director General of the World Trade

Organisation: “The story of economic progress is a story of economic

change. It is a story in which whole industries can rise and fall, replaced by

new ideas and innovations, which demand new skills. This relentless

process of transformation has built the global economy of today. … Now, as

before, individuals, firms and societies are striving to respond to rapidly

evolving economic conditions in order to share in the benefits. The

difference today is the remarkable speed at which these changes are

occurring.”

In view of the speed at which economic conditions are changing, the

convention will assist local companies to plan their strategies of how to

adapt to the impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with international

and local experts sharing their knowledge with the delegates attending

the convention.

Some of the topics to be covered include:

• Sustainable Development

• Impact of additive manufacturing on the manufacturing industry

• Nano Technology

• The internet of things

• New generation vehicles

• Expodential manufacturing

The convention will be held in the Cape Town International Convention

Centre (CTICC) with a number of exhibition stands to showcase a

number of local technologies.

Please see http://www.sbs.co.za/fptc2019

Special Deals for PtSA Members

Knuth Machine Tools

Knuth Machine Tools supplies a range of machine tools for the

manufacturing industry, and is pleased to partner with PtSA to offer

preferential rates to all PtSA members (Please contact the PtSA office to

obtain a reference number for correspondence with Knuth Machine

Tools for your special deals)

Contact Khush Kazmi or Hennie Nolte (Sales Manager)

Tel: +27 11 822 4610

Email: khush@knuth.co.za or hennie@knuth.co.za

TradeWorld

TradeWorld’s Leads and Tenders service is South Africa’s largest provider of

Tenders and RFQ’s. These opportunities are sourced from over 1000 sources,

including websites, tender portals, newspapers, etc. and are matched to your

business profile and geographical requirement and delivered to your business

daily, in one comprehensive email. A special offer for PtSA members of a once

off upfront payment of R4580.00 (incl. vat) for 12 months National coverage.

Contact Cheslin Denman

Tel: +27 21 680 4600

Email: cheslin.denman@sap.com

PtSA is actively negotiating special deals for its members, with the following deals already available to members of PtSA. This is an ongoing process and we will keep our members informed as we conclude any further deals.

Manufacturing Indaba

Manufacturing indaba offers a special discount for PtSA members to

attend the Indabas. (See page 4) Please contact the PtSA office for

details of the discount for PtSA members to attend the conferences

Intrinsys

Special discounts will apply to PtSA members on CATIA and for

every Catia licence purchased, clients will receive a 3DExperience

Platform Social collaboration licence completely Free.

Please contact Gary Longshaw (gary.longshaw@intrinsys.co.za or

+27 87 255 4767)

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Manufacturing Indabas were recently held in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, and the Western Cape.

These conferences are specifically designed for industry experts to impart their knowledge and expertise with the objectives of unpacking

challenges and exploring solutions for growth across the manufacturing Sector.

Key topics which have been addressed include:-

• Manufacturing the Future

Understanding the 4th Industrial Revolution and the implications for manufacturers

• Maximizing the market for manufacturers

• Access to new markets for manufacturers

Some statistics from the Indabas for 2018

Manufacturing Indaba

7-8 May 2019 - Nairobi, Kenya

Special Offer:

PtSA members get a special

discount on their booking to visit the

Manufacturing Indabas.

Simply visit www.manufacturingindaba.co.za and quote

“PtSA” in the Comments section of the booking form

It is with great sadness that we recently learned of the untimely death of Professor Dimiter (Dimitri) Dimitrov.

Prof Dimitrov was actively involved in the tooling industry, assisting many companies through his work at the

Stellenbosch Technology Centre, and he also served on the Board of Directors of the Western Cape Tooling

Initiative.

He is survived by his sons Marin and Kalin and their families, and by his sister Tzveta.

We wish to extend our deepest sympathies to his family for their loss.

Professor Dimitrov

Some key points taken from the Indabas:-

• 70% of exports of manufactured goods from South Africa are to

Africa

• South Africa has to adopt an approach of “South Africa Inc”

• Use the supportive infrastructures when entering the African market

• World class manufacturing takes place on the Shopfloor

• “Lean Manufacturing” is a philosophy and 4IR is a means of

achieving this philosophy

• To manufacture goods is easy but to sell goods is difficult

• Use 4IR to solve problems such as eliminating waste

• Disruption is temporary but excellence is permanent

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My 3DEXPERIENCE Social Collaboration Services

Giuliano Minucci

Giuliano Minucci (Technical Manager of Intrinsys) gave a

presentation at the recent Gauteng Networking Evening, on the new

offering from Intrinsys called My 3DEXPERIENCE. This allows users

to collaborate as user communities, such as between peers on a

project, share in stored data across the company, learn with experts

and training companies,

and achieve an outcome more efficiently.

The following demo scenario illustrates the My 3DEXPERIENCE

process for a project to develop a prototype involving a project

manager, mechanical engineer and electronic engineer.

MY 3DEXPERIENCE Social Collaboration Services is available

on the cloud at no cost for customers with active CATIA V5 and

Solidworks subscription.

For more information visit

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCkg88u051m to see a video

which summarises the key points of MY 3DEXPERIENCE or

contact Guiliano directly.

Giuliano Minucci Gary Longshaw (Buisness Development Manager – Intrinsys)

087 256 4769 087 255 4767

giuliano.minucci@intrinsys.co.za gary.longshaw@intrinsys.co.za

PtSA Offices

PtSA has moved to our new location in Bellville, with easy access from the

N1 and within easy reach of the industrial areas in the Northern Suburbs

and Atlantic Seaboard.

Our future Networking Evenings will be taking place at our new offices,

with plenty of space for parking.

Please feel free to visit us at any time.

Address: 1 Sunbird Park

Pasita Street

Rosenpark

Bellville

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International Trends in the Manufacturing Industry

A recent presentation by the WBA (Aachner Werkzeugbau Akademie) highlighted some of the trends which are developing in the

manufacturing industry (particularly the automotive industry), and the effects of these trends on the tooling industry.

Trends

The following is a summary of these trends (more details are shown on the PtSA website under Presentations in the NTIP ED presentation):-

Industry Improvements

The WBA have analysed the effects of these trends and how successful tooling companies have managed to constantly adapt to meet these

challenges. The following are some of the results of this analysis based on German Toolrooms:-

Felix Stracke (WBA) making a presentation at the Gauteng Networking Evening

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NTIP and WBA (WerkzeugBau Akademie) have undertaken the Benchmarking of 15 companies during 2018 as follows:

− 4 companies in the Western Cape

− 5 companies in Gauteng

− 2 companies in the Eastern Cape

− 4 companies in KwaZulu-Natal

Any company wishing to participate in the NTIP Enterprise Development programme in the future, to please contact PtSA or NTIP.

Below please see some photographs taken during the recent Benchmarking process.

NTIP Enterprise Development

Simon Broadley, Kaylee Martin and Harley Nash from Dennes Engineering with Felix Stracke (WBA)

Thabiso Ncube (NTIP) Ricky Smith (Spex), Je’Maine James (NTIP)

Christoph Ebbecke (WBA), Micheal Gwebu (NTIP), Felix Stracke

(WBA) & Ted Priday (Spex)

Je’Maine James

Tel: +27 12 7600332

Email: jemainej@ntipweb.co.za

Web: www.ntipweb.co.za

John McEwan

Tel: +27 21 931 0070

Email: johnmc@ptsa.co.za

Web: www.ptsa.co.za

PtSA GAUTENG November 15th (Networking)

PtSA WESTERN CAPE November 22nd (Networking)

Upcoming Conferences & Events

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Please see www.ptsa.co.za (presentations) for the presentation by John McEwan to SAFI in September 2018 and also the presentation made by SAFI

at the PtSA Networking Evenings.

Contact

• Participation by the furniture manufacturing industry in the NTIP Enterprise Development and Skills Development programmes

• Increased exposure of the furniture manufacturing industry to international markets through PtSA membership of ISTMA

• Matchmaking between the production technologies industry and the furniture manufacturing industry

• Manufacture of tooling for the furniture manufacturing industry

• Manufacture and supply of components for the furniture manufacturing industry

Office furniture 85% School furniture 100% Base and mattress 90%

Opportunities for the Production Technologies Industry to

Collaborate with the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

Overview:-

The following is an overview of the local furniture manufacturing

industry.

Background: -

SAFI was created as a joint initiative of industry, labour and government

with the common objective of promoting employment growth, value

addition and transformation across the furniture value chain.

SAFI has the following objectives:

• To facilitate support services for the furniture manufacturing industry

• To facilitate supply chain optimization

• To penetrate domestic and international markets

• To promote efficient design and manufacturing

Local Content:-

In order to assist the furniture manufacturing industry; the government

has designated local content requirements for furniture as follows:-

Bernadette Isaacs

Email: bernadette@furniture.org.za

Tel: +27 21 286 0821/2

Web: www.furnituresa.org.za

Bernadette Isaacs (SAFI) and Clinton Scheepers

(FurnAll)

Fortune Tshigo (SAFI)

PtSA are partnering with SAFI (South Afrcain Furniture Intitiative) in

order for the production technologies industry and the furniture

manufacturuing industry in South Africa to collaborate with each other.

Presentations were made Bernadette Isaacs (COO of SAFI) and

Clinton Scheepers (Owner of FurnAll) at the recent Western Cape

Networking Evening, and Fortune Tshigo (Finance Manager of SAFI)

at the recent Gauteng Networking Evening, to give an overview of

SAFI and the local furniture manufacturing industry, and to highlight

some of the opportunities in the furniture manufacturing industry.

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New Members joining PtSA

APDP Tooling benefits available to Suppliers to the Motor Industry

Automotive Production Development Programme (APDP) incentives are

available to the manufacturers of Automotive Tooling and tooling systems,

that can generate 6 – 10% of the final invoice value as a cash incentive (final

value depends on value add of the project).

Final manufacturers of Automotive Tooling can qualify for APDP benefits in

the form of Production Rebate Credit Certificates (PRCCs), which can be

traded on the open market and sold to generate positive cash inflow.

Tooling is exempt from the minimum sales requirement applicable to

components, and thus even relatively small projects can apply for benefits.

The tool does NOT have to be exported to qualify, nor does it have to be

sold directly to an OEM. If the tool manufactures a component that ends up

on a motor vehicle on the OEM production line at some point (local or

international), then a claim can be processed.

To successfully process a claim, it is of critical importance that an application

for an EPC (Eligible Production Certificate) is lodged with ITAC

BEFORE any invoices are raised to the third party purchasing the tool. The

date of lodging becomes the effective date of validity of the EPC, so it is

important to get the sequence of events right with regards to this timeline.

All is not lost if an application is submitted after part invoicing on a project;

only that part already invoiced will be excluded from any benefits.

Projects that would qualify for an incentive are defined as follows:

"Automotive tooling" means –

1. dies for drawing or extruding metal, of subheading 8207.20;

2. tools for pressing, stamping or punching, of subheading 8207.30;

3. work holders of subheading 8466.20;

4. assembly jigs and assembly lines, of subheading 8479.89; and

5. injection moulds, moulding patterns and moulds of heading 84.80,

where the principle use is for the manufacture of specified motor

vehicles, heavy vehicles as defined in note 1 to rebate item 317.07

and automotive components for such motor vehicles;

Should you have tooling projects that qualify for this benefit, please

contact DG Capital for more information, or to assist you with the

registration and processing of your claim.

Reinette Kydd and Rodney Rudman of

DG Capital at a recent Networking

Evening

Contact:

Rodney Rudman

Tel: +27 41 367 2065

Cell: +27 82 376 8361

E-mail: rodney@dgcapital.co.za

We welcome the following new members

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PtSA was recently launched at events held in Port Elizabeth and Durban. These events were held at the NTIP Centres of Excellnece in

the Old Herald Building in Port Elizabeth and in Prospecton in Durbam, which gave the guests the opportunity to view these training

facilities. These events were sponsored by DG Capital and we thank DG Capital for their support.

Launch of PtSA in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal

Glen Zamisa (Borbet SA), Christie Lennon (CRH Africa) and Rodney Witbooi (NTIP)

Marinus van Rooyen, Willem Hayward and Fanie Becker from Jendamark

Julian Young-Thompson (Rheema SA), Richard Kannigan (NTIP) and Zipho Magagula (Productivity SA)

Malcolm Bailes (Federal Mogul), Dita de Andrade (PtSA), Pieter de Wit (Federal Mogul), and Dirk van Dyk (NTIP)

Renier Hecter and Stephan Aucamp of Injection Technik with Bob Williamson (INTSIMBI)

Jan Olivier (Altech UEC), Thobile Msomi and Praneel Avadianund (NTIP)

Andy Radford (Mandela Bay Composite Cluster) and Wendy Knott-Craig (Summit

Publishing)

Gill McGregor (NTIP) and Manfred Kusterer (TK Toolroom)

Paula and Marco Ferreira (MECO Engineering)

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Networking Evenings were recently held in the Western Cape and Gauteng, 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”. We thank our sponsors, Caldeaz Manufacturing Technologies and Intrinsys, for their sponsorship of the evenings.

Networking Evenings Western Cape and Gauteng

Claudia Alexander, Nadia Marais and Giuliano Minucci (Intrinsys) Sponsors of the Gauteng

evening.

Gerrie Lombard, Malika Khodja and

Shane Coetzee of Metal Heart Ludrick and Mariolize Barnard (Caldeaz) Sponsors of the Western Cape evening

Deaon Bower (Spectra-Mapal) with Fabian Meyer and Shaun Ernstzen (Press Metal Production)

Harley Nash (Dennes Engineering), Jonathan Vermaak and Kevin Peall (Whole Tooling Solutions) with Geoffrey Leonard (MeCad)

Phumlani Mngomezulu (Directech) and Drina Davis (NTIP)

Deon Bower (Spectra-Mapal) and Laszlo Locsei

(Toolquip & Allied)

Ilse van Niewenhuizen (Unique Payroll Outsourcing) and Chantelle

Phillips (HellermannTyton and Chairman of Gauteng PtSA EXCO)

Rudi Leimlehner (Mechtech) and Bruno Rodrigues

(DSGN) Bevan Davis (Convertek) and Freddy

Mugeri (MEMSA)

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RGC Engineering recently installed a GOM 8-Axis Kinematic optical measuring system as well as a 6-Axis system, for measuring

complete car bodies, which has reduced the measuring time by 80% compared to conventional methods and has increased measuring

accuracy.

The new system, known as the ATOS ScanBox Series 6, 7 or 8, is an optical 3D measuring machine for automated dimensional

inspection, suitable for different applications and part sizes.

This new system is an illustration of the 4th Industrial Revolution being implemented in practice, with the following results:-

• Accurate and traceable measuring results.

• High measuring speed and throughput

• Flexible solutions with regard to the companies being measured

• The system is suitable for the production environment

• Auto teaching for minimized programming efforts

• Eliminating the influence of human error through automation

• Reliable information for statistical process control

This results in increased efficiency and reduced production costs.

To join PtSA please:-

• Complete an Application Form (see PtSA website www.ptsa.co.za to download an Application Form or contact the PtSA office)

• On the Application Form indicate the membership category you wish to join as (see PtSA website for details of the Membership Categories)

o Industry member o Associate member o Institutional member o Registered Individual member

• Send the Completed Application Form to bell@ptsa.co.za

• Once membership is accepted by PtSA, an invoice will be sent to the applicant

How to join PtSA

RGC Engineering Installs new 8-Axis Kinematic Measuring system

Contact:

Aurelio Grech-Cumbo

Email: aurelio@rgcengineering.co.za

Tel: +27 11 531 0770

Web: www.rgcengineering.co.za

Lizette Gerber

Email: lizette@rgcengineering.co.za

Tel: 011 887 0800

ATOS ScanBox Series 8

New 8-Axis Kinematic measuring a complete car body

Note:- RGC Engineering have installed 47 GOM Systems in South Africa