Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence and Chempute Software are excited to announce the return of CADWorx® & Analysis University Express (CAUx), which will take place in Secunda in October 2025.

Guided by circular economy principles, many mines are innovating ways of reducing water use, reusing and recycling it back into processing plants and, in many instances, even repurposing treated water for other applications.

Booyco Electronics CEO Anton Lourens shares insights on the company’s journey, the current state of Proximity Detection Systems (PDS) and the technologies shaping its future.

Following the release of several new products at bauma 2025 in Munich earlier this year, MCA talks to Jonathan Rogoff, the CEO of Tru-Trac Rollers, about the company’s innovations for rip detection, weighing accuracy, self-adjusting belt alignment and AI-based proactive maintenance.

Amith Singh, National Manager of Manufacturing for Nedbank Commercial Banking, outlines the challenges facing South Africa’s manufacturing sector while finding opportunities to reposition manufacturing as a platform for value-added production, regional trade, and innovation-driven growth.

Weir is seeing positive market response to two vibrating screen ranges launched last year and has invested in the expansion of its world-class Alrode plant, one of three manufacturing facilities in South Africa.

Riaan Steinmann, EMEA Operations Director for Screening Solutions at Sandvik Rock Processing, takes MCA on a tour of the South African vibrating screen manufacturing facility in Kempton Park and highlights the company’s global design and local manufacturing advantage.

Booyco Engineering, South Africa’s specialist in high-performance HVAC systems for mobile military, rail, mining, construction and agricultural applications, is celebrating 40 years in business. MCA speaks with managing director Brenton Spies and technical director Grant Miller about the company’s expanding offerings.

SKF has successfully delivered a powerful, integrated solution to a leading metals industry customer in Cameroon, combining advanced CoMo (condition monitoring) technology; quality, high-performance bearing products; underpinned professional, expert services.

Craig FitzGerald of ISO-Reliability Partners introduces Graphalloy^®, a self-lubricating composite graphite-metal material that can operate without conventional lubrication, even in high-temperature, chemically aggressive or inaccessible environments.

From corrosive acids to volatile hydrocarbons, VEGA’s advanced instruments: VEGAPULS, VEGABAR, and VEGASWING, deliver reliable performance in the toughest chemical storage environments.

The application of sensor technology to reduce operational and standby power losses of traditional current and voltage transformers means that, over the lifetime of a typical switchboard in the African environment, energy savings equate to 181 MWh over 30 years. This is according to Egon Worthmann, Business Manager – Commercial and Operations in the Distribution Solutions Business at ABB.

This article from KSB Pumps and Valves outlines the design strides that have been taken since KSB’s MDX mill duty pump was first introduced in 2008.

Utilities and businesses around the world have reused 18.1-billion cubic meters of water since 2019, enabled by solutions from global water technology leader Xylem, the Company revealed in its most recent Sustainability Report. That volume is enough to meet the annual water needs of more than 350-million people, based on global use estimates.

Verder, a global leader in advanced pumping solutions, has launched the Verderflex Dura 100, the latest innovation in peristaltic hose pump technology. This large capacity pump has been designed to deliver unparalleled efficiency and reliability in water treatment, chemical processing, high-density slurries, and more, setting a new standard for pumping performance across a wide range of industries. 

With a comprehensive portfolio of geared units, electric motors, inverters, automation solutions and digital monitoring systems, Bonfiglioli offers effective, efficient and reliable solutions for wastewater treatment. Easy maintenance, adaptability, compactness and a wide torque range are among the fundamental features of the company’s solutions for this sector.

David Claassen of Trafo Power Solutions highlights the advantages of engineered modular substation solutions that are factory-built to include integrated dry-type transformers.

MCA talks to Eduardo Werninghaus, CEO at WEG Africa, about WEG's comprehensive range of integrated, customer-centric power solutions and their role in transitioning industry towards more reliable, renewable and sustainable energy options.

MCA visits the Cleveland facility of Marthinusen and Coutts, a division of ACTOM (Pty) Ltd, and talks to Marketing Executive, Mike Chamberlain, about the business's comprehensive on- and off-site service, repair, remanufacturing and testing offering.

Following the success of Phase 1 of its expanded operations in South Africa, SEW-EURODRIVE is now nearing completion of Phase 2 – a dedicated after sales servicing, repair, remanufacturing and training facility in Aeroton, Johannesburg that aims to deliver total reliability services.