Sparks Electrical News September 2018

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COUNTRYWIDE ROADSHOWS FOR CRABTREE RELAUNCH

SIEMENS recently concluded the purchase of Crabtree Electrical Accessories in South Africa – and its associated Lesotho business – from Powertech Industries (Proprietary) Limited, a division of Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron). The Crabtree business, originally established in 1947, named Crabtree South Africa (Pty) Ltd, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens (Pty) Ltd, with the day to day management of the business handled by Electrium Sales Ltd., a Siemens company. Up until 1989, the Crabtree South African business was part of Crabtree Electrical Industries Limited based in the UK, which now trades in the UK as part of Electrium Sales Ltd, in turn owned by Siemens since 2006. The company travelled around the country to relaunch the brand to customers in Gauteng, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, George, Port Elizabeth, East London and KwaZulu-Natal. “Crabtree would like to thank all our valued customers for their attendance throughout our regional launches. The great success would not have been possible without your support,” said Crabtree’s marketing coordinator, Nadine Combrink.

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BOOYCO ELECTRONICS MEETS EVOLVING CUSTOMER NEEDS

Field service teams ensure optimum uptime of all Booyco Electronics tech- nology installations and branches main- tain a parts stockholding commensu- rate with equipment populations in each region.

line-up was the range of fire suppression technologies that were added earlier this year,” Jardine says. These products are a good fit and enable the company to provide the latest suppression systems as part of a total solution from a single service provider, thereby creating a better value proposition.

operations. Interestingly, this is across several industry sectors now. Booyco Electronics’ fully integrated Proximity Detection System (PDS) represents the latest generation of this technology. The Booyco PDS, which provides a safety intervention capability with a data hub, has been well accepted in the mining sector with other industries rapidly

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incorporating the company’s technology into their safety programmes. Other Booyco safety products such as the Sentient handheld gas detection device and ESI Smart Sensor can be connected via the network to a downloading server, where specialised BEAMS software enables various reports to be generated. This includes detailed information on detection of gases, peak values, TWA values, pre-shift tested values, calibration reports and ‘no movement’ reports. “A natural addition to Booyco Electronics’ product

U nderstanding evolving customer needs as well as the legislative compliance for different sectors has positioned Booyco Electronics to offer application specific safety related solutions to customers across a range of industries. Graeme Jardine, general manager field services at Booyco Electronics, says that the company’s safety products portfolio has grown significantly since the company was first established 12 years ago. This market offering is underpinned by a solid field service support system ensuring customers of a rapid response

across South Africa. Significantly, the company’s market offering, founded on leveraging best practice engineering and manufacturing, has produced a line-up of technologically proficient solutions. Jardine says that in addition to locallymanufacturedproducts, the company sources quality equipment where the economic justification for local manufacturing does not exist. Unpacking the core products, Jardine explains that the company pioneered proximity detection systems in the South Africa underground mining industry, and this offering was extended to surface

JAY IRELAND TO RETIRE FROM GE; FARID FEZOUA TO BECOME AFRICA CEO P resident & CEO of GE Africa Jay Ireland will retire from GE effective September 30, 2018,

nual revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa and established a strong bench of African executives leading the com- pany’s businesses on the continent. ”

ture of the people have all contrib- uted to a wonderful experience. I am extremely proud of the value we have created together with our customers and partners. I want to thank all 2 600 employees in the region for their sup- port and commitment to making GE a valued partner for the development of infrastructure in Africa. “Jay has been an inspiring leader, colleague and role model over the course of a remarkable 38 years with the company,” said Alex Dimitrief, President and CEO GE Global. “He has had a spectacular career. Under Jay’s leadership, GE has tripled its an-

after 38 years of service. Farid Fez- oua, President & CEO, GE Healthcare Africa has been named President and CEO, GE Africa in addition to his role in GE Healthcare. This appoint- ment is effective October 1, 2018. “It has been a great honour to build GE Africa,” Jay Ireland said. “The past seven years in Sub-Saharan Africa have been the most rewarding of my 38 years in GE. The opportunities across many sectors, the optimism, the energy and entrepreneurial na-

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Farid Fezoua

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