Company:

Period:

Position:

Environment:

Experience:

PH Henning Consulting

15 March 2012 to date.

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Consulting on all the technology mentioned below.

This will be the same as below.  I will update this as experiences are added.

VEM Technology (Pty)Ltd

Majority shareholer: VEM S.p.A.

Aug 2007 to Dec 2011. 

The company was closed by VEM, the main shareholder because of the economy.

Partner and Managing Director

Winder development and Technical support

Management, R&D and improvement on winding and related machines including the Lamella winder, Consulting to VEM.  Problem solving and commissioning of large diameter Pipe winders.

Developed the following technologies:

Continues Winder upgrade: Improvements or recommendations to winder and process.

Premix:   Apply a mixed sand and resin as a core in the

                pipe on a continues winding process.

Lamellare winder:  First attempt of VEM to production.

VEM S.p.A. (S. Gorgio di N. Italy)

www.vem.eu

Jan 2006 to August 2007

Consultant and Technical manager (China)

Development and production of continues and discontinues GRP pipe machines

VEM Spa Italy:  R&D on Winding machines, Staff training, advising on all aspects of GRP technology.

VEM Qingdao China: Manage all aspects of setting up the manufacturing of machines in China, manage the translation and modification of drawings to Chinese standards and materials.

Amitech South Africa(Pty)Ltd

Part of AMIANTIT GROUP

2001 to 2005

Factory Manager and Engineering Manager

Pipe manufacturing

GRP(Sarplast), GRP(Flowtite), PVC, HDPE

Set up factory for GRP functions from empty shell to full production.  Rebuild Flowtite GRP Winding machine from scrap.  Move Sarplast plant from CPT to JHB.  Manage factory and GRP production for 1 year and all Engineering from Nov 2002 for GRP (Flowtite and Sarplast technologies), PVC and HDPE. Manage and design upgrades to Flowtite equipment. Staff training and motivation.

Self employed project

2001

Developer

GRP R&D, Plant design

Develop and qualify GRP hot water cylinder production facility for a company in Botswana.  This included the winder and other machines, training and much more.

Flowtite Botswana (Pty)Ltd formally Owens-Corning Pipe Botswana (Pty) Ltd

August 1997 to 2001.

Engineering and Maintenance Manager

Glass reinforced polyester Pipe manufacturing

Manage staff, Eng and maintenance programs,

Modify and improve plant, train staff (all aspects of process)

Designed and manufactured engineering solutions for problems arising e.g. waste-water cleaning plant,

Work with Technology dept in Norway.  Give suggestions to improve technology.  Manage IT, NT4 server and mail server.

Somchem (Pty) Ltd

Business unit:

Vectus Pipes (1992-1997)

Department:

Composites (1989-1992)

September 1989 to July 1997

Development Engineer, Senior Technician

Glass reinforced polyester Pipe manufacturing, Epoxy winding of rocket motors and other defense items

Commissioning of Sarplast plant with Sarplast Technology staff. Programming of CNC production machines. Maintenance management: Plant breakdowns and emergency repairs. Plant modifications. Tooling design, procurement for mandrills, special tools and jigs. Technical support for all GRP products and designs. Problem solving for all aspects of plant and products. Development of marketing and estimating software in Windows.