Modern Mining October 2022

ELECTRA MINING REVIEW

Electra Mining Africa 2022: A great success

Celebrating 50 years this year, Electra Mining Africa saw thousands of buyers and sellers coming together at the Expo Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg from 5-9 September.

“ I t was amazing to be back after four-year years and we were blown away,” says Gary Corin, managing director of Specialised Exhibitions, a division of the Montgomery Group. “The industry came out in full force in support of the show with over 650 exhibitors occupying just less than 30 000 square metres of indoor and outdoor exhibi tion space, and with over 30 000 visitors through the gates. “The quality of stands was outstanding with exhibitors representing large and medium compa nies as well as start-ups and SMMEs all at this year’s

Top industry speakers presented at the SAIMechE Seminar Theatre during the five-day show. category Award’. On receiving the awards, Terry Pearce, MD of ABC Ventilation Systems said that “Running a business in South Africa is tough and an award like this makes the past 16 years worthwhile.” Recognising the high levels of innovation at the show, this year’s Electra Mining had 21 entries that were adjudicated with 18 winners and runners-up named, including the overall winner. These were across various local and international manufactur ing categories. The awards were adjudicated by SACEEC’s CEO Eric Bruggeman. The forklift driver competition, organised in con junction with Lifting Africa and the Lifting Equipment Engineering Association of SA (LEEASA), saw many forklift operators, all in possession of a valid forklift license, competing for the coveted title of Forklift Driver Champion. The winner of the competition was Ian Roux who received the Champions trophy and a cash prize of fifteen thousand rands. The automation technology hall, a new addi tion to the show, drew significant interest with the automation focused free-to-attend seminars also popular amongst visitors. The seminars were hosted by the Society for Automation Instrumentation Mechatronics and Control (SAIMC). International participation included the Austrian, German and Italian Pavilions as well as exhibitors from India, Chile, France, Australia, USA, Taiwan, Turkey, Switzerland, UK, Poland and Canada. “As a 5-in-1 trade show experience, it covered everything from mining, electrical and automation to manufacturing, power and transport. The feedback we’ve been getting is so positive, with the message that ‘business is back’. There could be no better endorsement of the show than the almost 50% of exhibitors who rebooked their stands for the 2024 show, before the gates had closed on the 2022 show,” says Charlene Hefer, portfolio director at Specialised Exhibitions. Electra Mining Africa 2024 is scheduled to take place at the Expo Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg, from 2-6 September 2024. 

Electra Mining Africa. Some companies have exhibited with us for the 50 years of the event; many starting with a nine square metre stand and at this event, a number had a couple of hundred square metre, designer stands.” Many i nnov a t i ve new products, services

and technologies were launched at the exhibition. Congratulations go to ABC Ventilation Systems, the overall winner of the Electra Mining Africa 2022 Innovation and New Products Awards for its lat est innovation. The company also won the ‘Local Manufacturing Innovation: New Product Mining

Above: Over thirty thousand visitors attended Electra Mining Africa. Below: Buyers were able to get up close to the products, machinery and equipment at the show.

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