SA Affordable Housing September - October 2019 // ISSUE: 78 | Page 9

EVENTS
IFAT Africa offers plumbing innovation
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T
he third edition of IFAT Africa took place over three
days from 9 to 11 July in Johannesburg. It is a trade
fair for water, sewage, refuse and recycling.
IFAT Africa is a forum and an exhibition on environmental
technologies, which takes place each year. As an offshoot
of IFAT in Munich, it offers a full range of environmental
technologies and services with a comprehensive product
portfolio ranging from simple to technologically advanced
machines and solutions in the areas of water, sewage,
refuse, recycling and energy conservation.
The rationale of the exhibition, according to
its website, is, ‘Especially in Africa, investment in
infrastructure and water supply are urgently needed.
Growing populations, economic expansion, scarce
water resources and extensive agriculture confront
the government with major challenges. In addition, the
amount of waste is rising enormously, especially in the
mining industry, which is an important contributor to
waste. Here, action is required. Since the environmental
management in Africa is still in its infancy, IFAT Africa
presents innovative technologies and solutions and
ensures a high-quality knowledge and information
exchange. IFAT Africa is only accessible to trade visitors
and offers international companies a good introduction
to the African development market of environmental
technologies.’
Entrance to the IFAT exhibition at Gallagher Estate.
The exhibition hosted a series of forums or
presentations, many of them of interest to the
construction industry. These included several on waste
management solutions for municipalities. There were
also a large number of pump and piping distributors
hosting stands, and various new technologies, including
the new pipe repair technology of Pro-Kanal featured on
page 5 in this issue.
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