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S A Metal Finisher Issue 29

Shane has been a solid SAMFA supporter and has presented lectures on powder
coating at our three day powder coating entry level course in KZN. In addition he
has made his factory available for hands-on sessions for these trainees.
John Danks offered to remain as an ordinary member of
the executive leaving the committee still one short. To
fill this vacancy the incumbents approached Edward
Daniel of Ramsay Engineering with an invitation to join
them, which he accepted. Edward has a long history in
Electroplating. He was a member of the first group of KZN
trainees to attend our then brand new Electroplating
Theory and Practice course, presented during April 2004.
At the time he was employed at Saayman Danks
Electroplating. Edward Daniel
Trudy Kastner, who has served on the KZN committee
since the very beginning offered to continue serving. Way
back in 2004 Trudy served on the Project Management
Group which managed the extension phase of the
DANIDA funded Cleaner Production in the Metal Finishing
Industry project [CPMFI]. She is a well regarded plating
expert.
These changes mean that the individuals proposed and
accepted to serve on the KZN comittee are as follows:
Shane Peixoto - Coating Technologies - Chairperson; Trudy Kastner
Trudy Kastner - Nexor 100 - Vice Chair; John Danks - TD
Filtration Systems; Edward Daniel - Ramsay Engineering
In the Gauteng and Cape Regions the incumbent committee members all agreed
to stand for re-election and were voted back to their original positions as follows:
GAUTENG
Mark Coetzee - Astro Holdings - Chairperson; Darren Fox - Anderbolt
Electroplaters - Vice Chair; Greg Tearnan - Synergy Chemicals;
Gary Joseph - Team Plating Works
CAPE REGION
Steve Codd - Orion SCO - Chairperson; Gillian Jangle - Krome Metal Chemicals -
Vice Chair; Lizette Eksteen - PlateRite; Jeanre Taljaard - Pro-Galv
SAMFA’S FINANCIAL STATUS
We were pleased to be able to report to our members in attendance that the
association is in a relatively strong financial position due to prudent management
over the past year.
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