Electricity + Control July 2016

LIGHT + CURRENT

Panel building facility meets customer demand In a move that underlines Zest WEG Group ’s customer-centric business philoso- phy, the company established a panel building facility in 2014 to cater specifically for the demand from its existing customer base in the Western Cape. Marthinus

GE Africa Innovation Centre GE has officially opened the GE Africa Innovation Centre in Johannesburg South Africa.The centre, a R500 M, 2 700 m 2 facility, affirms that Africa and South Africa continue to be a good investment destination for big businesses, and that solutions to Africa’s challenges should come from Africa. The centre is the tenth GE Innovation Centre globally and the first Innovation Centre for GE in Africa. It is the first GREEN and LEED certified GE building in sub-Saharan Africa and will be GE’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) for innovation in Africa with key business sectors such as aviation, energy, healthcare, oil and gas, power and trans- portation and will serve as the new headquarters for GE Healthcare. D&D Industrial has been appointed as the exclu- sive South African distributor for OrbitalumTools GmbH.This is a global leader in orbital tube and pipe preparation and orbital welding technol- ogy for industrial piping systems, prefabrication and maintenance. OrbitalumTools is part of the ITW Welding Group, a global leader in welding products (Miller Electric, Hobart),TIG torches and accessories (Weld-Craft), welding consumables and gas equipment (Hobart, Elga) and automated welding equipment (Jetline). Actum Industrial clinched the agency via Orbital Cutting & Weld- ing of Dubai, which represents both EH Wachs and Orbitalum. The company is looking to make inroads into the South Africa market. Enquiries: Kevin Klaff. Email kevin@actum.co.za Networks Unlimited , South African value-added distributor of converged technology, data centre, networking, and security technology solutions, has been named as sole distributor of Rubrik converged data management solutions in Africa. Under the agreement, Networks Unlimited will distribute Rubrik’s Converged Data Management platform, which delivers web-scale automated back-up, instant recovery, unlimited replication, and data archival. “The agreement allows us to add a focused data back-up solution to our cur- rent family of products, strengthening Networks Unlimited’s offering in the market,” says Anton Jacobsz, Networks Unlimited managing director. Enquiries: Evalean Moonsamy. Email evalean.moonsamy@nu.co.za Enquiries:Tel. +27 (0) 11 237 0019 or emailThulisile.phiri@ge.com South African distributor for welding company Simplified data protection comes to Africa

Greeff, Zest WEG Group Cape Town branch manager, explains that in addition to providing its local customer base with access to quality products, the facility is aimed at facilitating access to technically competent products at an affordable cost. The ISO certified panel build- ing facility has seen phenomenal growth which can be attributed

to the quality workmanship being rendered and the fact that the panels meet all the requisite electrical standard requirements. Panels are typically used to control processes across a wide range of industries including mining, water and wastewater, irrigation, HVAC, food and beverage, fishing, engineering and heavy industrial sector. “The type of environment where a panel will be installed is important as different industry sectors have different safety and protection requirements. An example would be mitigation against the higher levels of potential corrosion that are ex- perienced in the petrochemical sector,” says Greeff. Other factors such as voltage irregularities, which can impact on an installation, can be overcome by ensuring that appropriate protection measures are implemented. ZestWEG Group panel solutions range from simple DOL (direct online) and Star Delta panels up to complete motor control solutions which could include PLCs, variable speed drives, soft starters and power factor correction. “An emphasis on custom built solutions that cater for the specific customer requirement is ensured by leveraging the vast experience, expertise and knowledge that our team has amassed over the years in a wide variety of contracts,” adds Greeff. Enquiries: Kirsten Larkan.Tel. +27 (0) 11 723 6000 or email marketing@zestweg.com Selling cooling as a utility Energy solutions provider and PSG subsidiary, Energy Partner s, recently launched its new refrigeration product, which enables clients to purchase low cost cooling without the hassle of purchasing or maintaining a refrigeration plant. Through this agreement clients can purchase ‘cooling’ from Energy Partners as a utility at an agreed upon cost per cooling unit as measured by their newly developed refrigeration meter. This is according to Dawie Kriel, Head of HVAC & Refrigeration at Energy Part- ners, who explains that the cost of our clients’ refrigeration is calculated by add- ing the maintenance and energy cost and dividing the total by measured cooling consumption (kWhR). He says that there are two different types of organisations that could potentially benefit from this service offering. “The first type of organisation is one that currently

owns a refrigeration plant and wants to improve efficiency and reliability and not have the hassle of operating a plant. The second type is an organisa- tion that is planning new facilities which will require efficient and reliable cooling for its daily operations on a ‘pay as you use’ basis.” Enquiries:Visit www.energypartners.co.za

Dawie Kriel, head of HVAC & Refrigeration, Energy Partners.

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