6 SIGMA impleme nted at Belgotex Unscheduled downtime a thing of the past Enhanced control, comfort and consistency Doosan Daewoo excavators, a winning combination Komatsu, Cummins in R175m contract

The Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles Van division of DaimlerChrysler SA teamed up with the body conversion company, Messrs Iglhaut GmbH, to produce a 4x4 version of the Mercedes-Benz popular Sprinter van. A test van is now being demonstrated throughout Southern Africa

In a first in the world of mining, advanced X-ray technology supplied to South Africa's Central Energy Fund by IMS Engineering has proven successful in sorting a mix of run-of-mine coal and torbanite

To meet South Africa's rising electricity demand, Eskom will be building seven new gas turbine peaking power stations, three at Mossel Bay and four at Atlantis. DCD-DORBYL Marine has secured the R39-million contract for the manufacture and on-site erection of the air intake systems for the new stations

In South Africa, until now, miners and quarry men have had the choice of two percussive drilling systems, namely top-hammer drilling and down-the-hole (DTH) drilling. each of these has its own limintations. Atlas Copco has introduced a new drilling system that promises to give its users the best of both

Phosphate producer Foskor, at its open-pit mine at Phalaborwa in Limpopo Province, is due to take delivery soon of its first 206t Komatsu WA1200-3 'mountain mover' as a replacement for two smaller wheel loaders