RS Components enables the selection of the right equipment and maintenance solutions to ensure smooth-running operations Johannesburg,

South Africa, 12 June, 2017 - RS Components SA, the global distributor for engineers, will be at the Mining & Technical Exhibition (MTE) Kathu on 22 June 2017 at the Kathu Perde Klub, showcasing a range of plant maintenance solutions designed to help companies with planned and emergency maintenance requirements. 

The Mining & Technical Exhibition (MTE) Kathu is hosting its 11th show this year at the Kathu Perde Klub situated in Kathu meaning the "town under the trees" and is known as the iron ore capital of the Northern Cape Province due to the mining activity from some of the largest open-cast iron ore mining operations in the world. RS Components offers a wide range of tools and equipment, to support planned and emergency maintenance needs.

Key product areas for plant maintenance include tools, consumables, chemicals, cables and cable management, test and measurement, HVAC systems, lighting and a range of automation and control products including sensors and machine guarding. 

The RS Pro range will also be on exhibit at the MTE Kathu show, offering customers a combination of quality, performance and value. All products are backed by the RS Seal of Approval, representing leading industry standards for audit, inspection, test and certification. Further information on the RS Pro range can be found by visiting www.rspro.com Visit the RS Components stand at MTE Kathu on 22 June 2017 from 13:00 to 17:00 at the Kathu Perde Klub.

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About RS Components 

RS Components is the market leader in the high service level distribution of electrical, electronic, mechanical, tools and industrial products. Operating in 26 countries whilst serving a further 100 through third-party distributors, RS serves every sector of industry in the procurement of their products relating to maintenance, repair, operations, low volume production, research and development.   

With over 500 000 products across 2500 leading brands, the company is committed to ensuring that their 1,5 million customers have fast access to a broad, as well as deep range, of products and technologies, all under one roof. RS’s customers, whether ordering single or multiple items, experience a quick, easy, secure, painless and cost effective process.  The RS catalogue, available at za.rs-online.com, offers full colour pictures with extensive clear product specifications. 

Free access to thousands of datasheets ensures the correct product choice.  Order placement is easily facilitated through za.rs-online.com, the call centre, e-mail, fax and trade counter.  Locally held stock is delivered to customers within 24 hours, and products held internationally, within four to six working days.    

It is proven that departments traditionally spend 80% of their time sourcing products that account for only 20% of their total procurement spend. RS is focussed on reducing the customers “total cost of product ownership” by reducing the need to make multiple calls to various companies to source products, reducing supplier related administration and allowing for the amalgamation as well as consolidation of supplier bases. 

Through this process, procurement efficiency is improved and time is freed up to concentrate on the more important business decisions.  For more information, please visit the website at za.rs-online.com 

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Splitbeam purchases 14 additional ETC Source Four Revolutions for the South African tour of Annie.

Gearhouse Splitbeam is a long-term professional Theatre equipment rental company which, according to its Managing Director Alistair Kilbee, prides itself on being one of only a handful of true theatre lighting specialists able to supply the requirements of international touring productions from West End, Broadway or anywhere else in the world.  As such, the company goes out of its way to ensure that they meet or exceed the service delivery expectations of each of their clients. So when there was an element they were unable to supply on the technical rider for the Pieter Toerien /Hazel Feldman version of Annie earlier this year, the company moved to purchase the missing stockholding for the show without missing a beat.  

“The RFP for the supply of lighting came in in March this year, so we had a bit of time to ensure that we could fully meet the requirement” says Alistair Kilbee, Managing Director at Gearhouse Splitbeam. “The rider specification is an exact duplicate of the UK tour design by Lighting Designer Ben Cracknell. While the touring team were happy to substitute VL3500 for the Mac Viper Performances; the bank of ETC Source 4 Revolutions for FOH front light and side light on the booms are an integral part of the design. “Annie is a true musical classic – a part of the canon of theatre productions” he says “and likewise, the ETC Source Four Revolution with its tungsten lamp, embodies all that is best in classic Theatrical lighting. We absolutely understood that this was the correct fixture for this particular show. As a matter of fact, the Revolution is the fixture of choice for many acclaimed Lighting designers because of the Tungsten source and its versatility and because of these specific attributes, it is not readily substituted.”  

Needless to say, the Splitbeam team was delighted to take delivery of the new product on 8th September. “This acquisition fills a key area that we feel has been lacking. ETC Revolutions are a standard requirement on Lighting Specifications for Musicals and Theatre productions internationally and are widely used on Theatrical stages and touring productions across the globe. Having these units on Annie means that there is no need to rig dozens of ETC Source 4 to achieve the requisite specials and general cover and the colour-changing facility further reduces the need for fixtures. Together with the existing stockholding, we now have sufficient ETC Revolution fixtures to replace and entire generic Front of House rig and we will be able to supply more theatre jobs with less fixture substitutions going forward” concludes Alistair.  

Annie runs in Johannesburg the TEATRO at Montecasino:  12 October 2016 to 27 November 2016 and in Cape Town at the ARTSCAPE Opera:  02 December 2016 to 8 January 2017. Splitbeam will be providing all the Lighting, Audio and Rigging for the show.  

As the pace of digital transformation increases, so does the frequency of high profile security incidents and information leaks. This often prompts complex and costly responses, as those who have suffered security breaches – and those who are trying to avoid them – seek ways to manage their exposures and comply with a plethora of industry standards, best practices and government regulations.

Joint silver sponsors at the 6th IT Leaders Africa Summit, SLVA and Ubusha will explore the mechanisms you could use to ensure a secure information-processing environment during their workshop presented by Kris Budnik, Managing Director for SLVA Information Security.

Attendees will hear how they can maximise existing capabilities and leverage the emerging wave of enterprise security technologies that tip the balance away from cyber-criminals and dishonest employees.

SLVA and Ubusha’s holistic response to minimising information security risks requires the ability to:

-Understand and manage who has access to information and systems within your environment and what they are able to do with such access

-Track and have the capability to influence the way that data is accessed, processed and shared within your environment

-Maintain oversight over that environment – ensuring that it remains reliable and free from vulnerabilities which may be exploited to bypass your access control and data governance policies  

Please note that the cut off date for applications to present a workshop at the IT Leaders Africa Summit is the 27th of February 2015.  

During these 60 minute educational workshops, leading industry vendors present their solutions and services in case study format to attending CIOs and IT Heads. Each session is limited to 15 delegates in order to encourage debate and discussion. The workshops are scheduled in advance as the topics are marketed to CIOs and business leaders during the build up to the Summit.  

For IT Leaders Africa Summit brochure advertising opportunities, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   The 6th IT Leaders Africa Summit takes place on 18 & 19 March 2015 at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg.

{pp}Gearhouse South Africa supplied technical equipment - rigging, sound, lighting, video, media, power, backline - for The 31st Annual Loerie Awards. This is the major element of the Loeries Festival, anecdotally considered the coolest, best and most anticipated party weekend for media professionals in the southern hemisphere!

After a hotly contested pitch between Margate, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Sun City, the Loeries Committee this year decided to move the awards to the Mother City and to give the event a high glamour, red carpet feel. Themed 'Feed your Ego', the 2009 Loeries poked fun at the sometimes egocentric aspects of the ad industry.