H&M Insights on Industrial Automation Articles

• The printer that East Cape plants need most

  Well-run plants have something most people never really think about: good labelling. The cable tagged at both ends; the pipe that tells you what’s flowing through it; the walkway marked out on the floor. None of it happens by accident. On most sites, the hard part isn’t knowing what needs a label. It’s getting that label printed and stuck on the right thing, there and then, instead of jotting it down for “now-now” (and we all know how “now- now” tends to become “just now”).

• Here’s why we’re more than the S-word

  The S-word. You’ve used it, and it’s often what people call us. "Supplier". It’s a small word for what we actually do, and it doesn’t quite capture how far we’ll go for our customers. It’s a word we quickly outgrew since starting out in GQ’s North End in 1958. Ask our Managing Director, Kevin, what makes Haslop & Mason different, and products aren't the first thing that comes up. "I think about the people," he says. "The ones who walk through that door every morning, and the customers on the other end of the phone who trust us to pick up."

• Here’s how we keep our clients’ operations running

  Every engineer has, at some point, tried the universal fix: turn it off, turn it on, hope for the best. Recently, though, Haslop & Mason gave a room full of engineers, technicians and maintenance staff a slightly more reliable method: three days with Rockwell Automation, learning what's actually happening inside the box before they touch the switch.

• Why empowerment is key to our technical support

  There's a particular kind of blank stare that sets in around slide 40 of a technical PowerPoint presentation. We've all been there. Our recent training workshop, hosted with our supplier-partner Rockwell Automation, made sure nobody had to endure that! Held at our office in Gqeberha, the hands-on session focused on Rockwell's PowerFlex drive range, bringing together engineers, technicians and system integrators who work with variable speed drives and industrial automation every day.

• How our stock profiling experience saves your bottom line

  Our customers can relate: In the Eastern Cape, the business pressure is intense. The truth is that manufacturers simply cannot afford lengthy downtimes when their production lines experience breakdowns. That’s where our experience in Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) stock management comes in.