African Business Review interviews Hector Mohale, Hulamin's Corprate Affairs Executive to find out more about Africa’s leading and independent producer of semi-finished and fabricated aluminium products.

Toronto, Canada, August 8, 2011: tna, the food packaging solutions specialist, has appointed Sekhar Chakkingal as regional sales manager for Canada. An accomplished sales professional, Sekhar will strengthen tna’s presence in a market earmarked for substantial growth. This appointment reflects tna‘s customer commitment, with Sekhar as the first on-the-ground manager for Canada – a responsibility which previously fell under the remit of the tna North America office.

Ishida is taking the accurate weighing of mixed products – such as nuts, confectionery and convenience meals – to a new level of sophistication and accuracy with the introduction of a 36 head multihead weigher. In particular, the new CCW-R-236 is able to ensure the correct amount of high value products with no need for overfilling. The new weigher is capable of handling and mixing up to eight different products at high speeds, with a top speed of up to 360 weighments per minute for a single product.