Electricity and Control August 2025

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FEATURES

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIoT 4 Building a data foundation for AI in manufacturing Sam Veng, Belden 6 Turning compliance into a competitive edge Digital Parks Africa 8 Public exit: the swing to private cloud Lee Syse, Routed 10 A South African success story in industrial engineering Leigh Darroll spoke to Alwyn Rautenbach at Iritron 12 Products + services

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DRIVES, MOTORS + SWITCHGEAR 14 Products + services

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PLANT MAINTENANCE, TEST + MEASUREMENT 19 Monitoring infrastructure in remote environments Gary Bradshaw, Omniflex 20 Integrated services from one provider Mamiki Matlawa, ACTOM Group 22 The hazards of fuel adulteration in machine maintenance Craig Fitzgerald, ISO Reliability Partners 24 Earth leakage protection is critical Dr Andrew Dickson, CBi-electric: low voltage 25 Products + services

22 REGULARS

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Industry 4.0 – it’s about transformation

3 Cover article Precision linear motion systems transform machine performance 28 Cybersecurity Cybersecurity and AI 29 Engineering the future Gearing the grid for EV adoption 30 Reskilling, upskilling + training Empowering the next generation of energy professionals 32 Write @ the back Towards sustainability in electronics manufacturing

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