TASA, the South Africa association, has organized the 2008 ISTMA annual meeting. South Africa delegations as well as delegations from Americas (USA, Canada), Asia (India) and Europe (Portugal, Spain, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Czech Republic) were present. TASA organized a parallel meeting with South Africa companies and institutions from the tooling community, which was also attended by some other Africa countries delegations. ISTMA general assembly expulsed Australia association from ISTMA membership and decided next annual assembly will be held in Singapore, next 25th March 2009.
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TASA, the South Africa association, has organized the 2008 ISTMA annual meeting. South Africa delegations as well as delegations from Americas (USA, Canada), Asia (India) and Europe (Portugal, Spain, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Czech Republic) were present. TASA organized a parallel meeting with South Africa companies and institutions from the tooling community, which was also attended by some other Africa countries delegations.
The general assembly review current ISTMA business and decided for the expulsion of Australia from ISTMA membership, due to no payment of ISTMA fees for several years, and also considering the negative result of all the contacts that were tried with that association.
The assembly has accepted the proposal of SPETA, the Singapore association, to organize next annual general meeting, 25th March 2009, together with an international events Asia MEDTECH (a premier exhibition for companies manufacturing medical devices) and MTA 2009 (Manufacturing Asia exhibition). A business forum on Precision Engineering & Manufacturing is also expected. Country reports were presented by the national associations. A selection is available in the members only section (see Johannesbough 2008 annual meeting).
A nice social program and several visits complemented the event. ISTMA delegates and other delegates from South Africa and African countries visited Lapple (http://160.44.248.248) toolroom in Rosselyn (near Pretoria), where pressed parts are produced for BMW and other automobile OEMs.
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Webalbum (26 photos)
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Ford assembly plant, in Silverton , was also visited after a presentation by Ford managers:
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Webalbum (4 photos)
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A visit to Apartheid Museum followed by a visit to Sowetto town were included in the social program, that ended with a visit to SAB (South Africa Breweries) exhibition in Johannesburg:
Additional photos about South Africa animal life and prehistoric caves (visits following official program):
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Webalbum (38 photos)
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Photos by E. Beira and L. Paynes.
