Our Gottwald crane upgrade has attracted the attention of SA Instrumentation and Control magazine, who recently published an article about it. To see the article, click here. For more information, check out our projects on the Cranes page.
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Here is some long-awaited feedback on the Gottwald Crane upgrade! The last phase of the project was successfully completed earlier this year. For more information, click here
Gottwald Crane Upgrade
Abacus was recently featured in South African Instrumentation and Control Magazine. In the article one of our directors, Nico Erasmus, explained the challenges in the automation market and how Abacus’ business had grown. He elaborated on our shift to focus on cranes and the opportunities in Africa, the effect of […]
South African Instrumentation and Control Article
Last week at the Siemens Partner Conference in Centurion, Abacus was awarded Siemens Digital Industries Partner of the Year 2023! We are very proud of this achievement and would like to thank everyone at Abacus for their hard work in making this happen. We are looking forward to continuing our […]
Siemens Partner of the Year 2023
Brand spanking new: Introducing Abacus’s new delivery vehicle! A welcome addition to our fleet.
New Delivery Vehicle
Abacus has entered into a joint venture with Van Schellebeck Crane Consulting to pursue crane business in Africa and beyond. Hedley Van Schellebeck, owner of Van Schellebeck Crane Consulting, has extensive crane experience having worked for ZPMC Cranes for over 8 years. His experience includes installing new cranes, refurbishing cranes, […]
Van Schellebeck Crane Consulting partners with Abacus
Abacus was honored to attend the Siemens Crane Partner Conference in Bad Windsheim, Germany. Nico Erasmus gave the presentation about our most recent crane projects and what we are looking forward to in the next year. Our TIA (“this is Africa”) slogan will be remembered by many. While working in […]
Siemens Crane Partner Conference
Abacus has just successfully completed a STS (ship-to-shore) crane upgrade at the port of Réunion. The new system incorporated a S7-1500 PLC, Sinamics S120 drive system and a Siemens CMS (Crane management system). A full article on this exciting project to follow soon.
Reunion Crane Upgrade
For the last 10 years, Abacus has been supporting CAST (Church Alliance For Social Transformation), a nonprofit organization in Westville. They have various programs helping to break the poverty cycle in Africa. In addition to annual donations to CAST as our chosen charity, we also volunteer our time to help […]
CAST Parcel Packing
Most of the Abacus Team joined the Neema fun trail run this past Saturday. We had lots of fun and more exercise than some had hoped for! Abacus is a proud partner of the Neema foundation, who has an excellent program in helping foundation phase school children to improve their […]