Category: News articles

Long term asset management of Koeberg Nuclear power station to be addressed at physical asset management conference

September 5, 2012

Johannes Kotze, Project Director: Strategic Nuclear Projects at Eskom, will be one of the guest speakers at this year’s Physical Asset Management Conference presented by Pragma, which takes place from 13 to 15 August next month. Kotze will be speaking on Koeberg’s Long Term Asset Management project. Eskom generates approximately 95% of the electricity used […]

Kemetyl lines up its production plants for optimised performance

Knowing exactly what the performance status of a production line is in real time is a huge competitive advantage, especially when you operate over multiple borders. As part of Kemetyl’s Asset Management Strategy, 23 online and 17 offline Performance Manager lines are being implemented at its four European production sites. This is the result of […]

Imperial logistics acquires stake in forward thinking Pragma

August 31, 2012

Johannesburg, South Africa, 9 November 2009 – IMPERIAL Logistics today announced that it has acquired a 36% stake in Pragma Holdings, with various professionals who are members of Pragma’s management owning the balance. The acquisition strengthens the industrial services capabilities in physical asset management services of IMPERIAL. “Pragma will form part of the recently established […]

Hein Wagner appointed as Pragma brand ambassador

Wagner founded the VisionTrust in 2008. The main aim of this public benefit trust is to make the world a more accessible place for persons living with disabilities. Through his participation in the ABSA Cape Epic as part of the Pragma Beyond Vision Team, he and cycling partner Gerrie Olivier (Pragma Acuity, MD) managed to […]

Growth focus changes in Pragma Africa

Focus in specific areas is needed for organisations to grow. We cannot adopt a ‘shotgun’ approach and expect sustained growth. For this reason, Pragma Africa is structuring its internal divisions differently for the next financial year. I feel it is important for our clients to also understand how we think and how we do business, […]

Full scale development and enbablement department leads Pragma into 3rd decade

Pragma’s Asset Care Centre service concept, which supports business processes and developments in On Key, has grown so much in the past 18 months that some structural changes had to be put in place to facilitate the future interactive development of these two business areas. Furthermore, the success of the Partnership Business Model and recent […]

Engens assets are accounted for

Pragma was awarded new orders to Identify and Verify Engen’s assets at their Durban-based LOBP (Lubrication Plant), ZBP (Blending Plant) and IVD (Chemical Plant). On completion of the project, Engen will have an accurate Asset Register that is linked to SAP’s AM and PM modules. These new orders, still in scope against the Asset Identification […]

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality reappointed Pragma Africa to operate their ACC within electricity until June 2013

Ekurhuleni has entrusted the management of their R24 billion’s worth maintenance significant assets to Pragma for a further three years. Over the past 5 years, Pragma has built an excellent Asset Management base on which Ekurhuleni Electricity has gained control of their assets. The Assets The Electricity Infrastructure Assets are the High Voltage (HV) and […]

Do you know that the On Key extensions dashboard gives you direct performance information anywhere anytime

Make sure that you don’t miss out on product news about the new additions to On Key by attending the annual Pragma Client Days. The Pragma team will visit the major regions in October, starting in Johannesburg on the 25th, moving onto Durban on the 26th, visiting Port Elizabeth on the 27th and meeting with […]

Delmas Coal

Pragma Africa has been busy for almost two months at Delmas Coal implementing the new ACC. The Asset Management Charter and Standards Manual are almost complete and the first of the Pragma staff started work at Delmas on the 1st of June. There is still a lot of work to do before the go-live date […]