iCorp Technologies celebrates 10-year anniversary
27 February 2019, Icorp Technologies

In July 2018, iCorp Technologies celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Since its inception, the company has migrated from being a broad-based supplier into a more rationalised and focused electronic component ...

Sharing the power of digital twinning
27 February 2019

As organisations strive for digital transformation, a digital twin can present a virtual model of a process, product or service, with numerous roles being covered.

Electronics news digest
27 February 2019

South Africa • In 2015, South Africa experienced a trade deficit of approximately R6,3 billion due to the high volume of imported advanced photonics manufacturing technologies. In an effort to revive ...

From the editor’s desk: Load shedding again – hopefully not shedloads of it
27 February 2019, Technews Publishing

I’m sure we’ve all experienced that feeling when something causes you to question the meaning of a commonly used word or phrase you’ve always taken for granted. The most recently this happened to me was ...

Local manufacturing sector coming together for expo in May
27 February 2019

AREI (Association of Representatives for the Electronics Industry) has teamed up with SACEEC (South African Capital Equipment Export Council) for an event to be held at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec, ...

Otto Wireless Solutions appointed as sole distributor for Wifx Sàrl
27 February 2019, Otto Wireless

Otto Wireless Solutions has been appointed as the sole distributor for southern Africa for the Swiss-based LoRa gateway manufacturer, Wifx Sàrl. As an official member of the LoRa Alliance and a leading ...

Open project unifying AI development tools
30 January 2019

With the burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) scene extending its way into more and more markets and applications, a community project has been established to encourage industry collaboration to achieve ...

Electronics news digest
30 January 2019

South Africa • Avnet South Africa has appointed a new IPE (interconnect, passive and electromechanical) field applications engineer, Quatraine Domoney. She will be based in the company’s Johannesburg ...

SA edition of global EMC conference a success
30 January 2019

The 4th edition of the IEEE Global Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference (GEMCCon) was successfully held from 7 to 9 November in Stellenbosch, at the Wallenberg Conference Centre, part of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS).

Students to fly SA flag at supercomputing competition in Germany
30 January 2019

The annual Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) conference, which took place in Cape Town recently, provided a platform for South African students to showcase their skills in building supercomputers ...

From the editor’s desk: Mom and dad want to re-marry, but how is the kid doing?
30 January 2019, Technews Publishing

After a messy divorce presided over by former president Jacob Zuma in 2014, the departments of telecommunications and postal services (DTPS) and communications (DOC) are set to re-tie the knot this year. ...

From the editor’s desk
EMP 2019 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Technews Publishing

It’s certainly never a good strategy in business to work dumb, but the word ‘smart’ is applied to so many technologies nowadays and has become so nebulous that it can take on different meanings in different ...