New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports – Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are...

ICT set to take off in manufacturing

ICT deployments in manufacturing industries are currently limited to the sporadic use of machine to machine (M2M) communications and cloud solutions. However, cloud adoption for core processes, cyber-security efforts, and the implementation of artificial intelligence...

GE Africa, Gearbox support manufacturing

In order to support the development of a manufacturing ecosystem and build skills in Kenya, GE Africa and Gearbox have announced a plan to launch a GE Garages manufacturing program to help build a skilled workforce and drive entrepreneurial development in Kenya. This...

Technology drives the future of mining

Mining may be a highly industrial endeavour that hasn’t changed dramatically over the decades, but sophisticated new technologies are starting to play ever-greater roles in improving productivity and miner safety, says Scott Mcgowan, Global Mining Practice director,...

BCX tops in mining, manufacturing awards

Business Connexion has been named as one of the Top 5 Wonderware Top System Integrator Award winners for the third year in a row. The X-Change User Conference, hosted by Wonderware and Schneider Electric, has established itself over the past two decades as the...