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P EO PLE • PLA CES • PRODUCTS • POTENTIAL AfriMold joins forces with SA Automotive Week T wo of Africa’s leading manufacturing trade shows; South African Automotive Week (SAAW) and AfriMold have announced a co-hosting agreement for 2014. Both shows will be hosted at Gallagher Convention Centre between 13-17 October at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. The combined event can now offer a broad engineering industry focus, with Auto remaining the core theme, and the focus expanding from the technology behind the car all the way through to the finished product ecosystem.” South African Automotive Week director, Andrew Binning says South African Automotive Week would comprise several activities including the trade show, technical or trade related workshops, a 2-day conference, June 3 - 4, 2 site tours, an online match making Sandton Convention C programme and networking activities,Johannesburg, South including the NAACAM AGM on October 16. South African Automotive Week Working Group chairman and National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers of South Africa (NAACAM) director Robert Houdet says the co-hosting arrangement was a logical step that was in the interest of the industry. “We are pleased to be co-hosting South African Automotive Week with Afrimold, as the arrangement focuses even greater automotive interest, particularly international interest, on South Africa over that time and enhances the attractiveness of South Africa as a trading partner.’’ “The events complement each other and their co-habitation will boost value to industry participants and create an even more powerful showcase of South Africa’s manufacturing capability,’’ Houdet says. The AfriMold trade fair is a hub of innovation where local and international market leaders exhibit solutions for product development through - design, material selection, simulation, visualisation, engineering, CAE, CAD and CAM, rapid prototyping and tooling, patternmaking and prototyping, precision machining, mould-making, tooling, tools, machine tools, quality assurance and automation, as well as processing and finishing. Both events aim to grow SA’s manufacturing capabilities and global competitiveness, traditionally attracting local and international participants from across the design, materials, prototyping, tooling, conversion, assembly, testing, packaging, distribution/logistics and automotive sectors. The increased B2B, networking and cross-sector new business opportunities presented by co-hosting the events is expected to benefit exhibitors and attendees alike. South African Automotive Week is Africa’s automotive intellectual gathering, focused on stimulating trade and partnership opportunities in manufacturing and related sectors. Visit www.afrimold.co.za/conference.php and http://www.saaw. co.za for more information. SAAW is the continent’s showcase for manufacturers of vehicle components and Electric Vehicles. “The synergies between these events are clear,” says Ron MacLarty, MD of AfriMold. Exhibitors who have not yet secured space at South African Automotive Week can book a limited number of remaining stands by contacting Graziella Ventresca-Norton at Tel: + 27 (0) 861 101 475 or [email protected]. Exhibitors who have not yet secured their space at the AfriMold exhibition can book their stands by contacting either: Ann Evans at Tel: +27 82 336 6791 or [email protected] OR Terri Bernstein at Tel: +27 83 635 3539 or [email protected] “By presenting them simultaneously, we are enabling the full spectrum of automotive, machining, engineering, tooling, manufacturing and related sectors the opportunity to discover all the latest trends, strategies and solutions under one roof. Find & Fix T he Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) has officially launched its Find & Fix mobile app. This ground-breaking innovation - the first of its kind in the country, continent and entire Southern Hemisphere – seeks to create a partnership between Joburg citizens and the Agency by providing the latest technology with which to report any road related defect at the click of a button. “The launch of this new smartphone app forms part of the JRA’s turnaround strategy and service delivery drive”, says Skhumbuzo Macozoma, JRA managing director, “The organisation is committed to becoming more accessible to citizens and road users and to developing itself into a centre of engineering excellence with enhanced service delivery and satisfied customers”. The Find & Fix app will enable the public to report potholes, faulty traffic signals, storm water drains, manhole covers, and other infrastructure issues related to JRA. The JRA encourages residents to report all road and storm water related issues, including potholes to 0860 562 874/ [email protected] / twitter @MyJra./ and the new JRA Find&Fix app. | logistics in action 72 june 2014