Electricity + Control January 2017

LIGHT + CURRENT

Looking forward to the challenge Thierry Pimi was recently appointed as Managing Director of Cummins SouthernAfrica . Pimi is responsible for the leadership, operations and strategic direction for Cummins’ distribu- tion business South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi and Madagascar. Pimi is a professional mechanical engineer with over sixteen years’ experience in the power generation, manufacturing and mining industries. He has held a number of senior management positions at Cummins in the United States of America and Senegal. He joined Cummins as Corporate Strategy Manager based at the company’s head office in Columbus, USA in 2008. Thereafter he assumed the role of Mining Business Leader for Africa, also based in Columbus. For the last three years he has held the position of General Manager of Cummins North andWest Africa Regional Operations; including overseeing the deployment and consolidation of company owned entities in Morocco, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. Based in Dakar, Senegal, he has made a notable difference in a market which is considered to be one of the largest and fastest-growing business areas in Africa. Commenting on his new role, he said: “I am ready to take up the challenge and work hard to

South Africa’s second Greenovate Awards Growthpoint Properties , in associa- tion with the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) , held the second Greenovate Awards with the University of Cape Town taking first place. In its second year, the awards programme is an initiative that inspires and encour- ages students of the built environment to discover, explore and invent ways to live more sustainably. Students needed to come up with ideas for any property-related project that makes the way we live greener and our environ- mental footprint lighter. The UCT team of Cédric Fournier and Priscilla Nthai, with supervisors Saul Nurick and Abby Street, were named the winners of the Greenovate Awards 2016. They focused on the perceptions of occupants in office buildings that contain green building features and initiatives. This team of outstanding young green innovators took home R30 000 in prize money. Enquiries: Green Building Council of South Africa.Visit www.gbcsa.org.za Eskom requests the help of the public to bring to book the electricity thieves who are responsible for the deaths of 29 people and for the serious injuries suffered by 82 others in Kwazulu-Natal over the past three years as a result of illegal electricity connections and other forms of electricity theft. “Electricity theft remains one of the least reported crimes in South Africa despite the fact that an alarmingly high number of peo- ple, pets and livestock are killed every year as a result of illegal connections, improper house wiring, cable theft and low hanging conductors,” said General Manager for Eskom in Kwazulu-Natal Monde Bala. “We wish to see all resi- dents rising to the call to take an active stand against this crime by reporting suspected acts of electricity or cable theft to Operation Khanyisa. Tip-offs can be sent anonymously via SMS to 32211 (R1/SMS),” he said. Enquiries:Visit www.eskom.co.za Electricity thieves responsible for deaths

further enhance the business, elevate the Cummins brand and get closer to our customers. My vision for Southern Africa is for us to exceed our customers’ expectations through world class professionalism froma diverse and highlymotivated team.”A strong supporter of promoting local talent, the new man- aging director has unleashed diverse and capable teams across the regions in which he has worked, combining seasoned industry leaders with staff equipped with strong local market knowledge and solid regional business culture. Enquiries: Email sal.govender@cummins.com

Thierry Pimi, Managing Director of Cummins Southern Africa.

ETG welcomes 4 000 th member The EtherCAT Technology Group ( ETG ) has reached another membership milestone: In November, German supplier of advanced packaging solutions, KOCH Pac-Systeme GmbH, joined the organisation as member number 4 000. A tribute in honour of this landmark took place in the frame of this year’s SPS IPC Drives show in Nuremberg, Germany. JürgenWel- ker, Divisional Director of Control System and Service at KOCH, represented the company in Nuremberg to accept the official membership certificate with accompanying award. He explains the reason for joining the ETG as follows: “Beyond the high quality and efficiency, the individuality we gain differentiates our packaging solutions. We have benefitted from

the openness and flexibility of EtherCAT for quite some time, and have recently started to work with EtherCAT P as well.Therefore, of- ficial membership in the ETG was the next logical step for us.” Enquiries: Email c.hammel@ethercat.org

Jürgen Welker, Divisional Director of Control System and Service at KOCH Pac-Systeme GmbH, and Martin Rostan, Executive Director EtherCAT Technology Group.

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