By R. Todd Swinderman, President Emeritus/Martin Engineering

The hours spent training production and maintenance teams can lead to variable results.  They might just tick the boxes without providing a return on investment.  Or they can enhance safety, foster team building, and develop a deep understanding of the equipment that boosts efficiency and uptime. 

Tru-Trac, a proudly South African manufacturer of conveyor solutions, has been awarded Exporter of the Year 2025 by the South African Capital Equipment Export Council (SACEEC), recognising the company’s engineering excellence, product innovation and strong performance in global markets.

In mineral processing operations, unplanned downtime can rapidly translate into lost production, missed targets and escalating costs. One of the most common - and most overlooked - contributors to these interruptions is poorly designed or worn transfer points.

As mining operations push for greater efficiency, safety and sustainability, the role of transfer points has moved from the periphery to the forefront of materials handling strategy. Mark Baller, Managing Director of Weba Chute Systems, says the company is seeing a significant shift in how the industry views and manages these critical components.

The global leader in bulk material conveying and flow solutions, Martin Engineering, has expanded its popular annual “Go Pink!” program to support the Susan G. Komen® Foundation in its efforts to fund breast cancer education, screening, treatment, and research worldwide.