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8  LMS  Issue 4 | 2014 News | International & Local Cabinets Find a New Home E sco Technologies (Pty) Ltd was awarded a tender through the University of Pretoria for the installation of 94 fume cabinets as part of an upgrade of the Chemistry Department. The project runs over a 10-month period. Esco customised the popular Frontier Duo model to offer an auxiliary air module, full stainless steel 316 finishes and distillation grids. Esco Fume Hoods are certified to comply with the stringent international standards Metrohm Extends into Durban including ANSI-ASHRAE 110 -1995. Leading edge computational fluid dynamics software is used to visualise and analyse the airflow pattern in the ducted cabinet, producing an optimum product with effective airflow design. Esco Global designs and manufactures fume hoods for the most de­­ manding applications, ranging from basic units to application-specific fume hoods such as Perchloric acid, acid digestion and radio-isotopes. ⚛ M etrohm SA is pleased to announce that it has acquired its own premises in Westville Durban. The Durban branch has experienced fantastic growth over the last few years and in order to keep pace with the growing market, the company has decided to invest in bigger premises. In addition to housing fully-equipped service and laboratory facilities, the premises has a fully equipped con­ference room for seminars and customised training courses. The building is ideally located in the Westway Office Park, opposite the Pavilion shopping centre, which allows both staff and customers quick access to the building. Metrohm would like to thanks their customers for their loyal support over the years, which has made this acquisition possible. They also look forward to welcoming their customers to the official opening later this year. ⚛ More Coal in Wirsam’s Stocking C hangsha Kaiyuan Instruments Co. Ltd (CKIC) and Rigaku hosted a one-day Coal Seminar in association with Wirsam Scientific & Precision Equipment (Pty) Ltd on 15 May 2014 at the Protea Hotel Highveld in Witbank. More than 34 delegates from various coal sectors participated in this seminar. This seminar was unique and a first of its kind in SA. Mrs Vicky Wagner, General Manager of Wirsam Scientific, presided over the programme and said, “This seminar will help the coal industry meet the emerging challenges.” The first part of the seminar, hosted by Susan Wang Overseas Director of CKIC, brought the delegates up-to-date on some of the latest developments in coal quality control. The second part was hosted by Laura Oelofse, the Global XRF Product Marketing Manager for Rigaku, and addressed the aspects of coal analysis for P and S on XRF. Justin Chen the Account Manager for CKIC discussed sampling preparation and analysis. The seminar was a great success and updated the coal industry with the latest developments in coal quality control. ⚛ From left to right: Vicky Wagner (GM, Wirsam), George van der Walt (Product Manager, Wirsam), Susan Wang (Overseas Director, CKIC), Clyde Porter (Branch Manager, CT), Justin Chen (Account Manager, CKIC)