Instrumentation & Control

Industry needs a trade association to stabilise and grow.

- Victor Moolman

Establishing a dominant instrumentation and control trade association in South Africa could help the local industry grow and mitigate possible absorption by international competitors, says Architects Integrating Industry MD Petrus Klopper.

He says the industrial development of a country depends heavily on the capability of the instrumentation and control industry. He points out that new developments that have started to advance in the country need advanced controls systems.

“The longer we wait, the more the industry stands a chance of stagnating, if not dying, as instrumentation and control is an enabler for industrialisation and helps manufacturing and mining to grow by being more efficient.

“South Africa is not attracting enough new engineers and we are losing senior experienced engineers to other countries, which means that South African instrumentation companies are no longer able to deliver on medium to larger sized projects.”