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16th Annual MECSA™

Achieving Operational Efficiency

Ground breaking sessions featuring in the 2007

programme:

8 Achieving organisational excellence

8 Incorporating people into your efficiency plan

8 Effectively managing your maintenance tasks and contractors

8 Lifecycle management, planning and costing of your assets that extends the life span of your equipment

8 Successfully utilising computerised maintenance techniques and historical data collection to avoid break downs from occurring

34+ Expert speakers

Ground-breaking case studies by:Merten Jansen van Rensburg, SAPPITim Newton, BAYSIDE ALUMINIUMDamien Dunne, BAYSIDE ALUMINIUM Penny Buckle, SASOLSchoeman Bothma, KUMBA RESOURCESStephen Peat, TUBE LINESSolly Mokoena, SASOLDave Bekink, NATIONAL POWER CONTRACTORSCliff Button, PG BISSONFrik Stander, SASOL Sithembiso Mbhele, SABMILLERChristo van der Merwe, SASOLSamuel Gudo, MOZALJoe Niehaus, MOZALWayne Simon, MONDI BUSINESS PAPER Christo van Niekerk, MONDI BUSINESS PAPERMike Thuesen, ANGLO COALKobus Janse van Vuuren, ABI Peter Schilder, NETCARESolly Nkosi, DMS POWDERSCliff Hocking, TFMCPaul Nagle, SECURE LOGICSGavin Mardon, HUMAN SYNERGISTICS SALionel Hughes, BUCKMAN LABORATORIESJames Miller, BUCKMAN LABORATORIES

Thought leaders:Paul Collins, MINCOM Reinhard Schiel, PILOGCarol Cotty, CONFIG-ON-LINEJohan Smith, DELOITTEJohn Evans, WEAR CHECKNico Brunke, ABBPierre de Villiers, ABB Edgar Bradley, SAMARia Marshall, SA NATIONAL PARKS BOARD

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Keynote Presentations:Professor Joe Amadi-Echendu

UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

Nigel Volk ESKOM GENERATION ASSET MANAGEMENT

13, 14, 15 & 16 March 2007 • Bytes Technology Centre, Midrand

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Dear Maintenance Manager,

The 16th Annual MECSA™ is finally here, and the 2007 programme is undeniably the most thorough and comprehensive maintenance conference in the South African market.

The focus for the 2007 programme is around Achieving Operational Efficiency, which incorporates several categories, namely: Strategic Decision, Availability, Performance and Quality management. It has been established, through the extensive research conducted with maintenance managers across Africa, that achieving operational efficiency is a key component to attaining maintenance excellence.

The maintenance arena is not vastly changing and developing due to its nature, however, the approaches that many leading industries are undertaking when addressing their daily obstacles are undoubtedly revolutionising and altering the way maintenance will be viewed and addressed in the future. More leading organisations are looking at their organisational structure and identifying areas of improvement from within. Continuous improvement and change management seem to be slowly developing into the direction for keeping up with the demands of your maintenance team.

In attending the 2007 event, you will be exposed to ideas and discoveries made by leading minds in the maintenance arena, both locally and abroad. The conference will open with a key note presentation by Professor Joe Amadi-Echendu, who is notorious for his provocative address, and will undoubtedly keep up with his reputation in his presentation on maintenance terminology and some of the fads and misused words and phrases. Professor Amadi-Echendu will definitely start the thought provoking juices flowing and set a fantastic platform for the expert presentations that follow.

On the 16th March 2007 IIR in association with ABB will be hosting a Driving Excellence day on Kyalami race track for the first 50 delegates to book for all 3 days of the conference, for FREE! Ensure that you are part of this fun-filled, networking day on the track. There will be activities like obstacle courses to drive through and hot laps around Kyalami race track. This day will give you the much needed opportunity to network with like-minded thought leaders, in a more relaxed environment. This day will also give you the opportunity to get to know your suppliers better.

Book your seat today, and learn first hand how you can move your maintenance to the next level.

Kind regards

Stella TselchousSector Divisional ManagerINSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

Don’t miss the compelling case study from Tube Lines, the company that performs maintenance on the London Underground!

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08:00 Registration & early morning refreshments

08:30 Chairman’s opening remarksPaul Von ZeunerGMABB

Achieving organisational excellence

08:45 Maintenance terminology: Fads and misuse8Commonly misunderstood terminology8Commonly misused words and phrases8International references on terminologyProfessor Joe Amadi-EchenduUNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

09:30 Decision to pursue OEE: How do you align your plants production, throughput and maintenance to achieve OEE?8What is the current performance of Sappi

plant?8Determining the restraints of Sappi

equipment and processes8Incorporating uptime, availability and

quality of the product you produce8What is the methodology behind TPM (Total

Productive Manufacturing)?8How does the structure of your organisation

impact this? 8Strategic benchmarking: How do you

achieve what others are achieving?Merten Jansen van RensburgEngineering ManagerSAPPI

10:15 Mid-morning refreshments

10:45 Organisational structure: Taking a look at decentralised vs centralised maintenance reporting structures Bayside Aluminium has recently moved from a decentralised to a centralised maintenance structure while Hillside Aluminium moved from a centralised to a decentralised maintenance structure. This case study will take an in-depth look into why Bayside went this route and will reflect on Hillside's decision to decentralise at the time. What you can learn from their endeavour8History of the plant and the cause for

change8Leadership: getting the correct leadership

in place to make the changes8Literature study on various theories relating

to centralisation and decentralisation8Scales of decentralisation and centralisation8Positive outcomes: Standardisation of

practices• Speed and execution• Learning curves• Trade off

Tim Newton

SuperintendentBAYSIDE ALUMINIUM&Damien Dunne Maintenance ManagerBAYSIDE ALUMINIUM

11:30 Change appropriate maintenance that supports continuous improvement in reliability: How are you managing the change in your organisation? 8How do you implement a successful change

management approach?8What are the risks involved in taking on

a change appropriate maintenance approach?

8Taking on a business improvement approach to continuous improvement

8How does change management and continuous improvement contribute to bottom line?

8What procedures can you follow to ensure you are assessing and enforcing necessary changes?

8What are the benefits of these changes to maintenance?

8How can you better utilise down time? 8What are the cost saving implications? 8What impact could there be on the

likelihood of an unplanned shutdown occurring?

8How can you improve the impact of a shutdown on your existing staff?

8Why would a maintenance workforce in reactive environment move to a planned environment?

Gavin MardonMDHUMAN SYNERGISTICS SOUTH AFRICA&Penny BuckleArea Leader: HRSASOL

12:15 Lunch

13:15 The best practice approach to energy management: How can you develop an effective energy saving initiative in your organisation? 8What do you need to have in place?8What procedures can you follow to ensure

you save energy more effectively during a routine maintenance check?

8How will energy saving impact your production cycle and output?

Dave BekinkManaging MemberNATIONAL POWER CONTRACTORS

Incorporating people into your efficiency plan

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Day 1: 13 March 2007

Strategic decisions to achieve operational efficiency

14:00 Developing a competency-based remuneration scheme to incentivise and encourage a skills transfer8How does this work?8How could you use it?8What is the success rate?8What do you measure? 8How do you get unions involved in concept

and not just incentive?8How do you measure whether the skills

are being transferred? Solly NkosiHR ManagerDMS POWDERS

14:45 Incorporating the people aspect in the maintenance view point8People operate in the context of

organisational cultures8How does organisational culture influence

performance?8Are there organisational cultures that

promote high performance?8Can an organisational culture change?8How do you measure organisational

culture?8What is the link between continuous

improvement and organisational culture?Gavin MardonMD HUMAN SYNERGISTICS SOUTH AFRICA

15:00 Mid-afternoon refreshments

Effectively managing your maintenance tasks and contractors

15:30 Sourcing your maintenance function: What is the impact on your organisations infrastructure, skills level, budgeting and risk analysis? 8How can sourcing assist you with acquiring

the correct level and amount of skills you need?

8What difference would outsourcing make on your infrastructure?

8How does sourcing change the structure of accountability and liability on the equipment?

8How can sourcing your maintenance function increase your production and decrease your maintenance costs?

8What is the best practice approach to mitigating risks through an audit?

8How does outsourcing improve the management of your costing and budgeting?

8Where is the value added in sourcing?8How do you measure sourcing’s impact on

safety, productivity and your competitive edge?

8How do you ensure you get financial benefits from sourcing?

Cliff HockingBusiness Development ExecutiveTFMC

16:15 Achieving effective contract management: How do you safeguard against contractors forming the highest risk areas on site?8How does the submission of a safety plan

from the contractor, in accordance with the construction regulation of the OHS Act, impact the level of safety on site?

8What should a comprehensive safety plan look like?

8How can you minimise the need for contractors on site?

8Setting up staff requirements for the contractors to comply with

8Bringing in a financial, legal perspective into your contract management

8How do you measure and monitor whether your contractor is complying with your quality and safety standards?

8Where does the liability and accountability lie if there is an incident on site, according to the construction regulations of the OHS Act?

8Training of contractors on how procedures run according to industry needs

Frik StanderInternal Lead AuditorSASOL

17:00 Why is outsourcing challenging?: An in-depth case study into the critical successors in outsourcing managementChristo van der WaltManager: Strategic SourcingSASOL

17:45 Chairman’s closing remarks

18:00 Close of Day 1

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Rave Reviews from Past Delegates:

"The MECSA™ conference is an ideal opportunity for maintenance practitioners to benchmark maintenance

best practices across the different industries." Sanesh Maharaj, Engineering Planning Manager,

MONDI BUSINESS PAPER

"This event was very stimulating and enlightening." Gerrit Teunissen, General Manager: Maintenance

Execution, CITY POWER

"This event is very useful and a good learning curve. This is the ideal opportunity for young engineers to

get valuable exposure to old-hands and professionals." J.Marais, Project & Planning Engineer, NAMAKWA

SANDS

"It is an excellent platform for knowledge sharing."Jan van Niekerk, Engineer, NAMAKWA SANDS

"The conference and the knowledge gain is extremely fruitful in assisting some of us in gaining more experience

and truly very important for the industry." Obusitse Goepamang, District Manager, BOTSWANA

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


08:30 Chairman’s opening remarksReinhard SchielMarketing ManagerPILOG

Lifecycle management, planning and costing of your assets that extends the life span of your equipment

08:45 Taking on a more holistic approach to asset management: What does asset management mean to maintenance, operation, reliability and production?8What function do maintenance role players have in

asset management?8What is the future of asset management? 8How does it align with your maintenance plan? 8Reviewing how behavioural aspects can impact

employees’ reactions to asset management8How do you attain the buy-in you require to make

asset management a part of the whole organisation? 8How can asset management impact the sustainability

of your plant? 8Looking at total costs of maintenance, purchase price

and life cycle costing8How do you measure the ROI of asset management? 8What systems can you put in place to support your

measurements? 8Integrating equipment reliability, recruitment, finance

and resources into your holistic asset management approach

8Linking your holistic approach to your financial asset register

8Reporting on maintainability of assets including life cycle costing and maintenance expenditure

Paul CollinsOperations ManagerMINCOM

09:30 Reliability and strategic management: Internal measurements to increase life cycle measures from design to disposal8Taking all maintenance costs into account at design

phase8Assessing equipment being put into plant according

to maintenance costs8Moving beyond sole capital costs8Reviewing costing and reliability when plant is in

operation8How do other industries measure up?8Building better communication between various plants8Does your current application support reliability?8Do you need to implement applications for ensuring

functionality?8What information supports reliable investigations and

applications? Samuel GudoMaintenance ManagerMOZAL&Joe NiehausMaintenance SuperintendentMOZAL


11:00 A Case Study of Mondi Business Papers Merebank: Key lessons from maintenance improvement initiatives over the past 2 years 8CMMS optimisation

• What are the tools available for pursuing bottom up maintenance excellence change and how effective are they?

• Is it necessary to have the CEO's support for a major maintenance change process?

• Strategy versus CMMS blueprint• Methods of getting the buy-in of all stake holders

in a change resistant environment and their effectiveness

• Protracted versus all-at-once approach - which is best?

• Driving change through effective KPI management8Maintenance and projects

• What tasks are a pre-requisite to prepare a project for maintenance efficiency on start-up?

• Configuration management of maintenance data for projects

• Lessons learnt8Availability and reliability improvement

• Key measures for maintenance improvement in

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a reactive environment• Task and role definition - removing the grey areas• Managing failures through root cause analysis• Involvement of operations team in improvement

measures• Informal coaching and mentoring of artisans• Task team approach• Communicating vision and performance• How to buy time to do better maintenance

8ResultsWayne Simon Christo van NiekerkPlanning & Reliability Senior Mechanical EngineerMONDI BUSINESS PAPERMONDI BUSINESS PAPER

11:45 PLANT RELIABILITY OPTIMISATION Nigel VolkProject ManagerESKOM GENERATION ASSET MANAGEMENT

12:30 Lunch

Successfully applying computerised maintenance systems abilities to positively impact preventative maintenance

effectiveness

13:30 The use of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS’s) in the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) environment influencing preventative maintenance 8How can you make better use of the application and

implementation of CMMS’s? 8What is the full extent of the application from a

reporting and condition-based monitoring stand point? 8How do you measure the ROI? 8What are the full benefits of this type of an application? 8How do you ensure you use 100% of the system? 8The micro and macro data collection of maintenance

tasks8How can CMMS’s support maintenance business

processes?8What is the impact scheduling, materials and

management?8What CMMS’s strategies are on the market? 8How can organisations monitor the collection of data

more effectively? 8What systems do you need to have in place to ensure

data is being collected correctly?8Where should you store your data?8What solutions can you use to track your utilities and

facilities?Johan SmitManager: SIO Operations ExcellenceDELOITTE

14:15 CMII: A new approach to configuration management8The history of configuration management II from 1970

to the 21st century: Why has SA only come on board now?

8Utilising CMII to move away from reactive control of change and the management of non-conformances, accommodating change, ensuring constant conformance and enabling continuous improvement

8Corrective action, intervention resources and the contribution to the bottom line

8An overview of high level processes8Applicability of CMII to the life cycle phasesCarol CottyManaging Member CONFIG-ON-LINE


15:30 The effect of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) of master data on plant availability 8An overview of the Master Data problem8The effects of incomplete and unstructured Master

Data on maintenance and plant availability8The areas of Master Data that needs to be focused

on8What is required to keep the Master Data cleanReinhard SchielMarketing ManagerPILOG



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08:30 Chairman’s opening remarksPierre De VilliersDepartment ManagerABB

08:45 Corrective maintenance: Causes and management techniques you can utilise to minimise this occurrence8What impact does the lack of resources to

maintain equipment have on your maintenance culture?

8What do you need to ensure you have an effective plan in place?

8How can you make better use of historical philosophy in your current maintenance plans

8How will priority categories minimise the occurrence of breakdowns/unplanned tasks?

Mike ThuesenReliability EngineerANGLO COAL

Predictive maintenance techniques for safeguarding against unforeseen failures

caused by unidentified risks

09:45 Risk management in maintenance: Measuring and determining the critical risk factors of your equipment8Prioritising of risks: What should you manage

first? 8Accurate high risk indicators that rely on fact

and not your own knowledge of equipment 8Implementing a simplified approach 8Reducing the length of the process8How do you mitigate critical risk factors?8Managing the risk transferPaul Nagle Managing DirectorSECURE LOGICS


10:45 Effective management of oil analysis programmes8What is oil analysis and how does it fit into

prevailing maintenance philosophies?8What are the benefits of an effectively managed

oil analysis programme?8Why do some oil analysis programmes fail?8How do we get them to work?8Key performance indicators8Use of statistics8Other influencing factors and management

responsibilities8A 22 point plan John EvansDiagnostic ManagerWEARCHECK

11:30 An in-depth case study by Kumba Resources: 1 year down the line, where does Kumba stand now? 8What happened?8What were the findings?8What were the investigation proceedings?8What solutions were deciphered? 8How much money was saved? Schoeman BothmaHead: Oil AnalysisKUMBA RESOURCES

12:15 Lunch

13:15 In-depth case study by Tube Lines, the company who conduct maintenance on 3 of the London Underground’s busiest lines, the Jubilee -, Northern - and Piccadilly line: Hear how they plan, schedule and execute their maintenance tasks in a 4 hour window period on all of these linesThis £34.5bn programme constitutes one of the largest infrastructure projects anywhere in the world at the moment and is aimed at reversing decades of underinvestment in London’s iconic network. The maintenance of the network is a challenging task as most of it has to be undertaken during engineering hours, when the network is closed to the public, between 1am and 5am. Through the introduction of world class people, technology and systems, Tube Lines has made great strides in overcoming these challenges and improved reliability by approximately 45%. Hear Tube Lines story on how they overcome their obstacles and achieve their success on a daily basis. Stephen PeatDirector of OperationsTUBE LINES

14:00 Condition based monitoring: What is the impact on your maintenance of your plant?8How could condition based monitoring impact

a scheduled shutdown? 8How can you use feedback from condition based

monitoring to measure the state of health of you plant?

8How do you move your maintenance schedules to condition based monitoring? What do you need to have in place?

Pierre De VilliersDepartment ManagerABB


15:00 Monte Carlo Simulation: Effective management of risks8The technique of using data to predict future

risks 8Identifying opportunity and measuring risk8How do you quantify the level of uncertainty?8How do you quantify breakdown risks and

running risks?8How do you mitigate these risks?8What would the worst outcome be?8What is the impact on your maintenance

planning and budgeting?Solly MokoenaReliability EngineerSASOL MINING

15:45 Motor condition monitoring: The predictive maintenance approach8How do you predict failures?8How do you implement it? 8How do you measure motor condition

monitoring?8How can this knowledge impact your

maintenance approach?8What is the credibility of this approach? Nico BrunkeOperations ManagerABB



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10:45 The South African Maintenance Association (SAMA): The last five years and the next five8Up to now:

• SAMA purpose (Promote the status of the maintenance professional)

• SAMA history• SAMA affiliations (MESA, SMRP)• SAMA character (Professional body,

Section 21 not-for-profit company)• SAMA products (Maintenance audits -

45 sites in three countries + SMRP exams)

• SAMA endorsements (Conferences, courses, textbooks, etc)

8The future:• Expanded full time staff, possible new

productsEdgar BradleyPresidentSAMA

11:30 SAMA AGMAll delegates are invited to join this AGM to discuss plans for SAMA for 2007. Election of the 2007 board committee will take place during this AGM. There will also be feedback on activities hosted and conducted in 2006.2007 Committee members:Edgar BradleyPresidentHerman KoetzeVice PresidentPaul Von ZeunerSolly MokoenaFrancious BezuidenhoutColin SmithJan MybergJacques Mybergh

12:30 Lunch

Quality rating of product and throughput

13:30 Cost of Ownership (TCO) based contracting: Developments since the mid '90's 8Performance based contracting8Continual improvement8Lessons learnt from perspective of both

customer and supplier8Potential pitfalls8Critical factors to ensure successThree case studies from successful TCO contracts8Total water management8Energy cost reduction8Process chemical supply and managementLionel Hughes James MillerDivisional Manager Industrial ManagerBUCKMAN BUCKMANLABORATORIES LABORATORIES



08:30 Chairman’s opening remarksRia MarshallProject ManagerSOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS BOARD

Human performance management

08:45 Total productive maintenance: How did PG Bison bring production into maintenance?PG Bison underwent a great loss in experienced supervisors. This case study will address obstacles they have had to face due to new staff members, the skills transfer, mind-sets, risk assessments and implementing a safety culture. What can you learn from their story? 8How was it implemented?8Driving a preventative maintenance team8How did PG Bison ensure their maintenance

plan was structured around production?8Attaining buy-in through effective

implementation of structured control systems

8How did PG Bison minimise the time delay between the start-up and final evaluation of total quality systems?

8The importance of having the right supervisor in place where needed

8Continuously improving data capturing for effective systems management

Cliff ButtonSite EngineerPG BISON

Overcoming unforeseen obstacles to reach your expected quality levels

09:45 Developing and utilising an effective maintenance plan that minimises the break when activating your back-up generators8How do you minimise the time between

outage and the start up of back up generator?

8What will happen if Eskom shuts down or reduces the amount of power?

8What is the best practise approach to load testing on generators?

8What is the expected reliability and capacity it can maintain?

8How do you synergise your maintenance of the generator with distribution?

8Effective condition and vibration monitoring on the generator

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Managing and monitoring your work floor through best practise benchmarking processes

14:15 The best practice approach to measuring and monitoring the quality of workmanship on your plant8What systems do you need to have in place

to execute effective quality measurements? 8What can you agree upon with the

contractor early on in the contract agreement phase?

8How can the contractor be more involved in the quality assurance of the workmanship?

8How can this be achieved without the need for incentives?

Ria MarshallProject ManagerSOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS BOARD


15:15 Taking on a business improvement approach through the induction of Six Sigma 8How can Six Sigma help you identify the

weak spots and opportunities for improvement?

8Where is the ROI?8How can Six Sigma impact your

maintenance approach? 8Is it applicable to the production

environment? Sithembiso MbheleManufacturing Development Consultant SABMILLER


16:15 Close of MECSA™ 2007



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Driving Excellence Day at Kyalami race track

The first 50 delegates to book for all 3 days will be invited to join in the 4th day fun for FREE!

09:30 Registration at Kyalami race track10:00 Brunch12:00 Safety induction12:30 The fun begins16:00 Drinks and snacks

The day will start at 10:00 with brunch and networking, you will then be entertained by some of the instructors of the vehicles you will be driving throughout the day around the maintenance needs of the vehicles and the planning and scheduling they put into ensuring their vehicles run at optimum output and minimise the occurrence of incidents whilst en route.

Once the safety induction is complete, you will make your way to the Gymkhana exercise. This is a man built obstacle course that a few brave individuals will have the opportunity to concur. This exercise will test your driving skill, but here’s the catch the driver will be blind folded. There will be a navigator and instructor in the vehicle at all times monitoring the driver and the vehicle. So how much do you trust your driving ability?

Once you have concurred the Gymkhana, you will make your way to the race track, where the budding Michael Schumacher’s in the group will be given the opportunity to go “too fast and too furious” around the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in the hands of and experienced instructor. This is an activity better suited for the thrill seekers.

This day is all about fun and networking, and there will be plenty of time and opportunity to network during the exercises and refreshment breaks accommodated by a relaxed and fun filled environment.

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Points

Attend all 3 days of the conference and receive 3 CPD points.

Platinum sponsor:

ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 107,000 people.

ABB in South Africa (www.abb.com/za) employs about 2,300 people. The company has operations in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

ABB provides a full range of lifecycle services from spare parts, equipment repair, training, migration to remote monitoring and technical support. Our application and process knowledge provides proficiency, resulting in measurable performance improvements.

In South Africa, ABB's automation service business, a pioneer and leader in plant asset optimisation, provides performance and systems services, support, as well as maintenance services, retrofit, modernisation and training at the ABB School of Maintenance in Johannesburg.

Bronze sponsor:

Steinmüller Engineering Services (Pty) Ltd specialises in lifecycle management

and plant life extension. From the service and maintenance, rehabilitation and refurbishment of plant equipment, to steam generation and the provision of ancillary equipment within the utility power, petrochemical, steel and general industrial plant industries, the company covers the entire spectrum of requirements in the lifecycle of a plant.

Steinmüller also offers assessment of overall plant condition, plant optimisation and modernisation services.

Lunch sponsor:

Wearcheck was established in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal in 1974. Today the company is a national operation processing more than 350 000 oil samples

annually and is a division of listed industrial analytical group, Set Point Industrial Technology.

With a custom-built laboratory and administrative office in Pinetown and a sales and training office in Johannesburg, Wearcheck technical staff travel throughout the country to meet the needs of customers.

Wearcheck is operational partner in an SOS oil analysis laboratory in Johannesburg - a joint venture between Barloworld Equipment Company and Set Point Technology, whose primary function is to process Caterpillar warranty samples in Africa.

A strategic alliance between Wearcheck and ABB's service operation offers a complete condition monitoring service for industrial equipment incorporating vibration analysis, thermography and oil analysis.

As a member of Wearcheck International (WCI), the

company shares resources and technical information with the nine WCI member companies in Europe, North America, South America, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Sponsor:

Deloitte Consulting is renowned throughout the marketplace for providing

tailor-made business solutions to its clients, adding value through its collaboration style as well as having an in-depth understanding of the industries served. Deloitte offers a specialist service through its Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) value approach by utilising relevant consulting competencies. These competencies include strategy and operations, technology integration, enterprise applications and human capital. Deloitte brings significant value to its clients by taking the EAM environment from strategic to tactical and operational levels. Value is also added by analysing the approach and developing a customised solution with roadmaps and detailed solutions.

Endorsers:

The Southern African Maintenance Association (SAMA) was formed in 1997 to promote the interests of maintenance professionals in Southern Africa. This action

followed the worldwide trend where maintenance engineering and maintenance management were becoming recognised as professions in its own right.

MissionTo uplift the professional status of the maintenance practitioner by raising the professional standard of maintenance in industry.

ObjectivesSAMA's Primary objectives are:• To promote Maintenance and Asset Management as

a key contributor to long-term business success• To acknowledge and develop the professional

maintenance practitioner in modern industry• To contribute to the continued development of

standards and practices for maintenance and asset management in industry

• To establish, maintain and improve common standards for maintenance and asset management

• To encourage, promote, aid and effect the voluntary interchange of data, information, experience, ideas and knowledge on methods, processes techniques and technology relating to the maintenance and asset management fields among members of SAMA

• To stimulate and promote education, training and original research in the maintenance and asset management fields

• To build synergistic rapport between companies on maintenance and asset management

• To create liaison with similar associations overseas• To promote asset management as a means to long

term asset health

The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is been mandated by government to look after public safety, health and interests in relation to actions of persons registered with ECSA. ECSA derives its powers from an Act of government, Act 46 of 2000 and



carries out various activities in order to achieve its main focus.

Some of these activities include: o Registering engineering practitioners as professionals

in the following categories of registration namely, Professional Engineer, Professional Engineering Technician, Professional Engineering Technologist, Professional Certificated Engineer, as well as the Specified Categories.

o Setting and evaluating academic standards by accrediting engineering programmes at educational institutions on a regular basis.

o Advising the Council for the Built Environment and the Minister of Public Works on matters relating to the engineering profession.

o International recognition via mutual exemption agreements which facilitates for cross-border mobility of engineering practitioners.

o Setting guidelines with regard to engineering practitioners' professional development which in turn sets out post-qualification requirements for registration with ECSA.

ECSA's mission is: To ensure, through a co-operative process of quality assurance, that persons entering the profession are educated and trained according to widely accepted standards, so as to be able to render a professional service for the benefit of the public and the country as a whole. E-mail: [email protected]

Media partners:

Energize Magazine - the independent power and energy journal of Southern Africa - is a business-to-business journal published by EE

Publishers, in print and on-line, eleven times a year, serving the electric power and energy sectors of Southern Africa. Energize provides a voice for the IET SA Branch, the IEEE SA Section, CIGRÉ, the South African Electrotechnical Export Council (SAEEC), and the Southern African Maintenance Association (SAMA).

The target audience of Energize includes:• The electrical power and energy sectors of Southern

Africa in their widest context• Engineering managers, power electrical engineers

and electrical technologists• Electricity supply utilities, municipal electricity

distributors, and regional electricity distributors• Large industrial electrical energy end-users• Consultants, project managers and system integrators• Suppliers of products, systems and services to these

important sectors

The main fields of interest covered in Energize are the generation, transmission, distribution and application of electrical power and energy.

Energize keeps readers abreast of technologies, developments, applications and news in the fields of electrical power and energy, by the publication of original, relevant, high quality articles, by expert authors, and provides a forum of communication for its readers, the wider industy and the public. Energize's mission is to be the leading journal in the electrical power and energy sectors of Southern Africa.

Vector Magazine - journal of the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) and the Institution of Certificated Mechanical and Electrical Engineers (ICMEESA) -

is a technical journal published by EE Publishers, in print and on-line, eleven times a year, serving ECA and ICMEESA members, and the wider target audience in Southern Africa, in their fields of interest. Vector also provides a voice for the SA Flameproof Association (SAFA), the Drives and Controls Association (DAC), the Illumination Engineering Society of Southern Africa (IESSA), the South African Electrotechnical Export Council (SAEEC), and the Southern African Maintenance Association (SAMA).

The target audience of Vector includes:• Electrical contractors• Certificated engineers, electrical technologists,

technicians and electricians• Mine, factory, production, automation and maintenance

managers and personnel• Suppliers of products, systems and services to these

important sectors

The main fields of interest covered in Vector are:• Lighting design and application• Drives and switchgear• Automation and control• Installations and contracting

Vector magazine keeps its target audience abreast of technologies, developments, applications and news in their fields of interest, by the publication of original, relevant, high-quality articles, by expert authors, and provides a forum of communication for its target audience in Southern Africa. Vector's mission is to be the leading journal in its chosen sector.

Internet partner:

With more and more engineers and buyers relying on the internet to find products and services, it has become

increasingly important for engineering / manufacturing companies to ensure that they can be found out of the plus 8 billion web pages on the internet.

This is where EngNet is uniquely placed with South Africa's premium Online Engineering Directory www.engnetglobal.com, which has a traffic count of over 2.5 million page views per month (representing over 350 000 visitors per month) making EngNet the most visited engineering resource in South Africa.

In addition, with the experience gained developing EngNet's leading Engineering Directory places us in a position to design, develop or optimise your website to receive the maximum, relevant traffic and enquiries possible. Our case studies on various websites completed or optimised over the past 7 years have proven the return on investment we are able to deliver. Most companies invest blindly into extravagant sites with no real idea of what their objectives are or how they are going to achieve them. We can advise your company, whether you are large or small, the best strategy to suit your business.

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