Feb
25
Labour seminar
February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Business seminar presented by Ivan Israelstam.
Date: 12 March 2010
Presenter: lvan lsraelstam, CEO of Labour Law Management Consulting.
For more information please click here.
To have your event listed on ManufacturingHub.co.za or Ferronews.com please contact Marc on 082-561-1585 or e-mail sales@rival.co.za.
Cost is R175 excl. VAT once off
Feb
25
Costly protection
February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Experts at Walkers Attorneys say that the new Consumer Protection Act of 2009 is likely to have a significant impact on manufacturers of consumer products in South Africa.
Read the complete article here.
Feb
23
CSIR brings once-a-week treatment of TB one step closer
February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are one step closer to providing Tuberculosis (TB) sufferers with a once-a-week medicinal regime rather than their current daily doses. A preclinical efficacy study demonstrated that TB drugs given once a week over a four-week period were just as effective as daily doses of the drug [...]
Feb
21
ManufacturingHub.co.za adds business travel resource
February 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment
ManufacturingHub.co.za has added a business travel support tool for professionals in the South African Food, Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Cosmetic Manufacturing industries.
This will assist professionals attending business events, conferences to source:
◦Business accommodation
◦Car hire
◦Holiday Destinations across South Africa
For further information or to try it out, please click here.
Feb
14
Entrepreneur event
February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Gauteng based entrepreneur support initiative Rival Pioneers is hosting a workshop to assist start-up entrepreneurs navigate the maze of bootstrapping their small business.
While some people may be fortunate enough to have the savvy to raise funding from banks, venture capitalists and angel investors most start-up entrepreneurs are going to have to do it the hard-way: [...]
Feb
13
ManufacturingHub.co.za gets makeover
February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment
ManufacturingHub.co.za, South Africa’s leading online resource for the food, pharmaceutical, chemical and cosmetic manufacturing industry has undergone a facelift of its own, creating a valuable resourceful tool for market players in the industry.
The new platform enables users to access subscriber-only research and reports, as well as a business service listing and new jobs module that [...]
Feb
12
New ISO RFID standard will help trace products in the supply chain
February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
For reasons of safety and reliability, the importance of being able to trace products throughout the supply chain has strongly increased in recent years. The new ISO 17367:2009 standard will help manufacturers and distributors to track products and to manage their traceability thanks to standardized RF tags.
Traceability is defined as the tracking and tracing of [...]
Feb
11
SAP now available on monthly subscription
February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Local SAP® BUSINESS All-in-One Partner, SCT Services, has announced a new licensing and delivery option for SAP® BUSINESS All-in-One (SAP BAiO) solutions. The new hosted and subscription-based delivery model is designed to help midsize companies obtain a world-class business application with a lower up-front cost by eliminating the capital outlay traditionally required for acquiring software [...]
Feb
10
Nampak Flexible shows world class at FTA International Awards
February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Nampak Flexible, Southern Africa’s leading flexible packaging supplier, received two award nominations for their Imana Chicken Noodle soup and Imana Cream of vegetable soup packs entered into the 2010 FTA (Flexographic Technical Association) International Awards.
Judging for the awards took place between the 24th and 26th of January 2010 in New York, where all entries, judged [...]
Feb
6
Launch of the MRC National Collaborative Research Programme on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases
February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment
As we face a growing epidemic around heart disease, diabetes and stroke and other non-communicable diseases in South Africa researchers and scientists have converged in Cape Town to find new health research solutions.
Read the complete article here.