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Invite the outdoors in with frameless glass doors

By Staff Writer

Sunflex frameless glass systems provide the benefit of unobstructed panoramic view.

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Bené wins at 2021 Aurora International Taste Challenge

By Staff Writer

Bené Natural Spring Water is ending the year on a high with the news that it has been awarded two Golds and two Double Golds in the Bottled Water category of the 2021 Aurora International Taste Challenge. Sourced from a 32-hectare farm on the outskirts of Johannesburg in an area called Bronkhorstfontein near Walkerville, Bené is sold mainly in Gauteng, but...

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Plan your return to live events & expos with P&C Review’s 2022 year planner

By Staff Writer

Out now in digital and print, P&C Review’s year planner is published annually, offering readers a useful tool to plan their return to attending exhibitions and industry events. The year planner features listings of local and international trade shows, conferences, seminars and virtual events, all of which are relevant to the pharma, personal care, cosmetics, home...

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Italic contributes to a greener future with food-safe plastic packaging

By Staff Writer

Committed to high standards, Italpac is an internationally accredited food-safe plastic packaging manufacturer. The company strives to provide the best quality products at reasonable prices. It also prides itself on continually coming up with innovative ways to reduce costs to the consumer while ensure its products are not only recyclable but also biodegradable when required by...

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Construction industry role in creating jobs and boosting the SA economy

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Construction Alliance South Africa (CASA) and a headline sponsored by RIB CCS, FNB-Bureau for Economic Research discusses the possible solutions in the construction industry.

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The concrete info centre that helped shape S.A. infrastructure and technology

By Staff Writer

Cement & Concrete SA’s Information Centre has played a role in providing knowledge for the sustainable infrastructural development of Southern Africa.

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Cutting edge peristaltic pumps created internationally but available locally

By Varushka Padayachi

Air & Vacuum Technologies is the South African distributor of Baoding Shenchen Precision Pump Co. Ltd, a specialist in peristaltic pump technology. Baoding Shenchen Precision Pump Co. Ltd is a high-tech enterprise, specialising in R&D, manufacturing and sales of peristaltic pumps, syringe pumps and other precision fluid transfer equipment. 35% of its staff is dedicated to R&D for peristaltic pumps and in 2014 it established its Technology Research Centre, which all culminates...

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Sika demonstrates proof of concept for concrete recycling

By Varushka Padayachi

At the Sika Capital Markets Day 2021, held in Zurich in October, CEO Thomas Hasler confirmed the strategic targets 2023. Under the motto: “Sika as Enabler for a Sustainable Construction Industry”, members of Group Management and Sika experts demonstrate the ground-breaking Sika concrete recycling process at a test facility in Zurich. The new reCO2ver concept can be...

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No mix up in weighing accuracy for Chocolates Valor

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A 32-head Multihead Weigher from Ishida Europe is providing fast and accurate weighing of mixed bags of quality chocolates for Chocolates Valor, one of Spain’s leading chocolatiers. The Ishida CCW-RV-232B has the ability to handle two, three or four products simultaneously for discharge into the same bag, giving Chocolates Valor the flexibility to respond to...

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Plastics Industry releases latest recycling figures

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Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the local plastics industry, has just released the official plastic recycling statistics for the year ending 31 December 2020. Each year, data is collected from plastics recyclers around the country by Plastix 911 on behalf of Plastics SA. PETCO provides figures from their listed PET recyclers, while raw material...

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Pfeiffer Vacuum Supports Young Research Team at the North Hesse School Student Research Centre

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Donation helps develop new technologies Cutting-edge pump technology used in scanning electron microscope Carbon footprint reduction Young researchers from a variety of disciplines are taking advantage of the infrastructure and opportunities offered by the Schülerforschungszentrum Nordhessen (SFN) student research centre to develop ideas for new processes and products. Now, Pfeiffer Vacuum is supporting the Student...

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Digital pressure gauge for refrigeration performance monitoring

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Instrotech is offering Keller’s digital pressure gauge for refrigeration systems. The exact vapour pressure curves of five different refrigerants are stored in Keller’s dV-2 Cool digital pressure gauge. This enables the prevailing cooling temperatures in closed cooling circuits to be derived and displayed by the integrated microprocessor.