In February 2018 Mondeco Solutions and the Norican Group of companies held an event to announce the appointment of Mondeco Solutions as the new agent for the Norican Group of companies in Southern Africa to foundry owners and operators.

Peter Petersen of Mondeco Solutions, Per Edjorf: VP Sales & Service for the Rest of the World at the Norican Group, Dominique Dallalba: Sales Director for the Rest of the World at the Norican Group and Simon Harding: Area Sales Manager for Middle East, Africa & ROW for Wheelabrator took the opportunity to introduce themselves, explain the new set-up and provide information on product news and available services from all four companies within the Norican Group.

The Norican Group was established in 2008 and is home to four leading globally active brands: DISA, Italpresse Gauss (incorporating Italpresse Industrie and Gauss Automazione), StrikoWestofen and Wheelabrator.

High on the agenda of product news, delegates learnt how the Disamatic C3, an entry-level vertical moulding machine, is an affordable and accessible vertical moulding machine that enables small and midsized foundries to convert from manual to automated processes. It has already proven to be a turning point for similar foundries in India and China. The machine has only recently been made available to foundries in the rest of the world.

Peter Petersen of Mondeco Solutions with Per Edjorf: VP Sales & Service for the Rest of the World at the Norican Group

Ruis Dias of Endeco Omega, Simon Harding: Area Sales Manager for Middle East, Africa & ROW for Wheelabrator and Mark Pollock of Uniblast

Dominique Dallalba: Sales Director for the Rest of the World at the Norican Group, Coenie de Jager of Naledi Foundry, Mario Mauri of Auto Industrial with Andries Saayman and Morne van Greuning, both are from Grinding Media South Africa (now known as GM Newco)