Additive Manufacturing

GAIAONICA is a proudly African company focused on revolutionizing Green Technology. Our core focus is on combining nature’s innovations with humanity’s innovations to produce efficient yet sustainable products - aka Biomimicry, a relatively new science. About a decade ago, Biomimicry companies were among the rarest in the world, but the industry is now growing quickly. However, in Africa, it is still rare. We’re going to change that. Currently, we are aiming to improve renewable energy products by observing nature to not only increase the generation of energy but also to increase accessibility

Aselukhanyo is an infant born into aggregation space as of June/July 2018, and has been involved in the aggregation of mainly smallholder farmers into quality conscious food companies especially other upcoming food startups. The company focuses narrowly on the smallholder farmers utilising market access and logistics enablement as services to farmers in need of both.

The company was established as a manufacturing concern into Agri-tech formerly through trying to attain the storage of meat products without refrigeration. The initial product was Frizile Package - storage container made up of

The Fourth Industrial Revolution Incubator (4IRI) is a registered non-profit organisation. The 4IRI was established through funding from SEDA as a response to assist and enable small businesses to participate meaningfully in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This is an initiative that further aims to inspire young South African entrepreneurs to develop into successful leaders of industry. We are looking to assist these budding inventors and entrepreneurs to develop their ideas into business concepts, prototypes, and possibly into a fully-fledged business.

The Institute for Advanced Tooling (IAT) is based at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Soshanguve South Campus.
IAT-TUT key objectives are to:

• Improve the competitiveness of SMEs in the tooling industry through the growing of highly skilled and educated workers with challenging jobs, which are capable to deliver quality products and processes that meet the OEM requirements.
• Deliver a new paradigm of high added value tools and tool-making business models that will reposition tool and diemakers as key strategic partners in the value chain in accordance with relevant industry needs

This Institute of Advanced Tooling (IAT) is based at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) Buffalo City, satellite Campus in East London. IATWSU focuses mainly on mechanical design,  concept and product development, metrology (3rd party measurement), analysis, skills development and more recently, advanced manufacturing and reverse engineering.

The strategic objectives of the station are to provide technology support services and training to the (predominantly) regional manufacturing sector, SME's, inventors, individuals, academic partners and in some cases large companies.

Technology Competencies

Directech is a mechatronics innovation and development company that specializes in building industrial automated machines, robotics solutions, nut running solutions, automated guided vehicles, and aluminium kit building solutions.

Specialities;

• Mechatronics Systems
• Software Designing
• Automation & Control Systems Integrator & Distributor
• Inductive Powered Automated Guided Vehicles
• Robotics Applications
• Material Fabrication & Profiling (Using Item24 products)
• Industrial Tooling & Nut-runners Tightening Solutions We Innovatively design & build:
• Turn-key materials handling systems
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