Leading Power Management Company Eaton launched its 2017 Mobile Technology Day Tour, a month-long mobile exhibition showcasing Eaton’s latest innovative technologies and solutions for the commercial buildings and utilities industries when the tour commences on Monday, 21 August 2017 at the Durban Royal Golf Club in Durban, South Africa.
The Eaton Mobile Tech Day is an innovative concept that combines accredited technical seminars and demonstrative exhibitions to address customers’ power management needs and allows for interactive discussions with industry experts. Visitors will be able to access detailed information about Eaton’s product offerings and engage and network with leading authorities in technical seminars.
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“Our mobile exhibition will visit nine cities across the country bringing Eaton’s products and solutions directly to the customer, while also offering our customers and partners an opportunity to have face-to-face discussions about their business needs and challenges and get first hand support from our industry specialists” said Malvin Naicker, Sales Director for Africa at Eaton.
On the truck, Eaton will display a selection of their fire detection systems, event communication and emergency signalling systems, guidance for emergency evacuation and emergency disable assistance products all designed for use in commercial buildings. Also on display for residential protection, is Eaton’s surge protection, circuit protection, and distribution boards.
Another exhibition highlight this year is the Eaton xStorage solution for residential and commercial building applications, designed to be the most reliable and affordable home energy storage system. This complete system, housed in a single unit, integrates everything needed to manage and store energy. Further products on display include: Renewable energy solutions such as the Solar Installation Protection products, Rack, UPS’s and ePDU’s, IT Infrastructure Solutions for Power Quality and the Eaton Xiria E, our maintenance free, environmentally-friendly, extendible medium voltage switchgear solutions for the utilities segment.
“Recent cases of building collapse in South Africa and the much publicised Grenfell tower fire disaster in the UK bring to light the need for ensuring that safety is a key priority for all stakeholders in the construction process, including regulatory authority. As a recognised leader in this industry Eaton are always up to speed with the latest thinking around safe evacuation from buildings and we’re constantly pushing to improve safety and power management performance” said Naicker.
Eaton in Africa
Eaton has been in Africa since 1927 with offices in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, the Ivory Coast, Morocco, Algeria and Nigeria. With 300K sq. ft. of manufacturing space located in South Africa and Morocco. Eaton offers a broad portfolio supplemented by “made for Africa” products and services. 900 Eaton employees and numerous distributors across the region are dedicated to the growth and transformation of Africa’s businesses.
About Eaton
Eaton is a power management company with 2016 sales of USD19,7-billion. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton has approximately 95,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.
