Category: News articles
East rand plastics wrapping their equipment with the asset care service
November 11, 2013
East Rand Plastics (ERP) is part of the Astra Pak group of companies. The company is widely acknowledged as the market leader in the manufacture of high density polyethylene film for a range of applications, including bags for bakery, retail, industrial and refuse purposes. Much of ERP’s success is attributable to an ongoing investment in […]
Aujan Iran supplying beverages on On Key
Aujan is the largest privately owned beverage company in the Gulf Cooperation Council in the Middle East. They opened a new plant and chose to use On Key as their formal EAM system. This implementation will be part of a larger group role as two other branches in Saudi Arabia and Dubai have been utilising […]
Pragma wins third place in prestigious Shell Batho Pele Awards
November 6, 2013
PRAGMA WINS THIRD PLACE IN PRESTIGIOUS SHELL BATHO PELE AWARDS Physical asset management company, Pragma, walked away with third prize at the recent prestigious Shell Batho Pele Awards, acknowledging the company’s outstanding Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) performance in the establishment of a Local Contractor Safety Council (LCSC) for Shell South Africa. The Shell […]
SAAMA to host Inaugural Asset Management Conference with the support of Pragma
November 5, 2013
The Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA) will host its inaugural physical asset management conference from 12 to 14 May 2014 at the CTICC in Cape Town. The SAAMA conference will take the place of Pragma’s Physical Asset Management Thought Leadership conference, which celebrated its 18th year in 2012. Says Attie Nieuwoudt, Managing Director: Africa […]
Leading Physical Asset Management Company introduces Change Management Service
October 28, 2013
PRAGMA TO OFFER CLIENTS CHANGE MANAGEMENT BUSINESS PROCESS Over the years, change management has been identified as a key factor for the successful implementation of projects. Leading physical asset management company, Pragma, has recognised it as a key driver of value for customer engagements and has introduced its Change Management business process. This process was […]
Pragmas Asset Identification and Verification Business Process and Toolset improved and simplified
October 25, 2013
Pragma is delighted to announce improvements to their Asset Identification and Verification (AIV) business process and toolset. Says Simone Theron, R&D Engineer at Pragma: “Over the past ten years Pragma has been involved with various AIV projects for large utilities, facilities and corporates whose requirements for asset registers were either of a legal compliance nature […]
Pragma voted sixth best small company to work for in South Africa
October 15, 2013
Pragma voted sixth best small company to work for in South Africa Leading asset management company Pragma was voted sixth best small company to work for at the recent 2013 Deloitte Best Company To Work For awards function held in Johannesburg. Says Stéphan Pieterse, People and Organisational Development Manager at Pragma: “This was our 7th […]
Profile Stephan Pieterse
October 14, 2013
Who is Stephan? If you want to get to know colleague Stéphan Pieterse, you just need to read his “sentence“: (Ref: D.Pink) “He was a grandmaster system developer, implementer and optimiser, using his unique creative mastery and passion for people and organisational development to help ensure the growth and success of organisations and the people […]
Pragmas student training programme recognised at recent BHP Billiton Achiever Awards
October 11, 2013
Pragma recently finished as 2nd runner up in the Best Graduate Trainee Programme category of the Achiever Awards component of the BHP Billiton Skills Development Summit. The company was recognised for its “Pragma is preparing tomorrow’s engineers” entry. In 2012, they also achieved the 1st runner up position in the category Best Training Programme: Engineering […]
Profile Silja Blake
August 29, 2013
Silja Bake is a software development manager at Pragma. She studied computer science at UCT, followed by an MBA through Heriot-Watt University. Says Silja: “I’ve been at Pragma for two and a half years and before that I worked for Intec Telecommunications Systems as an R&D director, also for two and a half years. I’ve […]
