Electricity + Control February 2018

SOCIAL ENGINEERS

VEGAWorld of Pressure

‘Pressure for all media’ was the theme for the annual VEGA Golf Day held at the Roodepoort Country Club in Ruimsig (West of Johanneburg) on 18 January 2018. When it comes to process pressure, hydrostatic pressure and differential pressure VEGA is continuously looking to improve measuring instruments through ongoing research and development and by producing customer-specific solutions. VEGA has been devel- oping and producing pressure transmitters for all sorts of applications and industries for over 40 years. The VEGABAR series 80 is a testament to VEGA’s innovative strength. VEGABAR series 80 includes temperature shock compensation and two VEGABAR series 80 pressure transmitters used together can measure elec- tronic differential pressure. Enquiries: Chantal Groom chantal.groom@vega.com

VEGA’s Florian Burgert (Product Manager Pressure Instrumentation) and John Groom (VEGA Controls SA Group Director) at the annual VEGA Golf Day.

Attendees at the event included Koou Amekra (Ivory Coast), Paulin Claude Koffi (Ivory Coast) and Abdoul Rachid Louari (Burkina Faso).

Happy 65 th Birthday Endress+Hauser

From backroom operation to global player Endress+Hauser celebrated six and a half eventful decades at the 65 th anniversary held in the Endress+Hauser South Africa head office in Sandton on Thursday, 1 February 2018. This small company started – on 1 February 1953 – by selling innovative electronic level measurement instruments. It was not long before Endress+Hauser developed its own devices and the first patent was

registered in 1955. The compa- ny ventured beyond process in- strumentation into services and automation solutions and today we find that Endress+Hauser has entered the digital age and embraces the Industrial Inter- net of Things and Industry 4.0. At the event, Rob Mackenzie, Managing Director, shared a short history of Endress+Haus- er. Cutting the cake marked the celebration! Enquiries: SuanneWillemse. Email Suanne.Willemse@ za.endress.com

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