BUSINESS BULLETIN July 2014

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WELCOME Dear members and friends, The current magazine wants to show the progress and evolution that the Spanish chamber and members are getting thanks to the support of all the Spanish and local companies who are joining us and that are developing engagements here in South Africa. Only less than one year since the Chamber creation and more than thirty companies have joined it. The Board of Directors, general managers and delegates are glad to become part of this organization and their work is focus in the company members. We have a wide range of services which can make a real and meaningful impact to your business as business information sessions, events and training that allows business to stay in the loop of legislative changes and stay on the right side of regulatory and governance requirements. We trust that you will find a way to make your voice heard in this organization and we are more than willing to help build your networking and opportunities here in Southern Africa. See you soon. Paula Why SCC The Spanish chamber of commerce in Southern Africa (SCC) creates a platform for companies to engage with one another and, of course, opening doors to new business. Members should interact knowing that they belong to a group which stands for sound and ethical business. The SCC is creating links with the Southern African chambers and European Chambers opening doors for our members into new and different markets. The objectives are become the voice for local businesses, meet the expectations of the members, to provided a united voice for business with the aim to: • Support business endeavours with a focus on small and big business needs. • Stimulate economic growth. • Attract new business. • Encourage investment and re-investment. • Support creation and retention of jobs. Chamber delegations To represent to all levels the needs of local business in Southern Africa is essential the work with the help of the delegates. The aim of the delegates is to encourage investment and stimulate economic growth facilitating the attraction of new business and the retention and creation of employment in the Southern Africa countries. The current delegations are: UPINGTON, DURBAN, NAMIBIA and ZIMBABWE

CONTENTS Welcome Why SCC Chamber delegation Successful results so far Member ship deals Meet some members New members Photo Gallery Former Directors Board of Directors 2014 Agenda Membership List

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Successful results and Events so far Meeting Chamber of Cape Town (25th June ‘13) First meeting with the Cape Town Chamber. Some Spanish companies and the SCC team introduced themselves to the Cape Chamber.

Meeting WESGRO (2nd July 2013) Nils Flaatten met the chamber and some Spanish companies. The interesting meeting provide us a business vision and a link with WESGRO team.

Minister Alan Winde (26th July 2013)

Meeting with the Minister, the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism in Western Cape.

The Minister met with the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Cape Town and 3 representatives of Spanish companies in renewable energy sector as a welcome to the Chamber and Spanish companies as LEADERNET, IBERDROLA, GESTAM, ACCIONA.

Durban Chamber (26th August 2013)

Successful meeting, we signed the MOU between Spanish Chamber and Durban Chamber.

Meeting ESKOM (15th Aug 2013)

Riaan Smit, Pr.Eng. SMSAIEE & Grid Acces Unit. Riaan met with Spanish companies in Renewable energy and infrastructure, a meeting to answer interesting questions, concerns, future projects etc.

City meets Business (12th September2013)

The Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille presented the Spanish Chamber in the event held in CTICC Cape Town. This event promoted the Business in Cape Town and was focus in the engagement between all the companies based in Cape Town and the rest of the world.

Business meeting MAPUTO (8-9-10 Oct 2013) Our General Manager presented the Spanish Chamber to all the companies based in Mozambique and Spanish companies interested in doing business there. Expatriate Integration (11 Nov 2013)

The first event organized by the Spanish chamber. During the Expatriate event we had the following topics and speakers:

• Schools, Gema Santiago.

• NGOs,Lucinda Evans.

• Business,CarinGobbelaar(PKF company).

• Spanish courses, Eduardo Arques.

Namibia (11-13 Nov 2013) The Spanish Chamber met with the Minister of Energy, CEO of NamPower ("utility" of Namibia), President of the ECB-Electricity Control Board (regulator and promoter of investment in power sector), DGA agency promoting investment in DG Budget and Spanish companies located there (REPSOL, TECNONAM ..) based in Winhoek and also companies in fishing sector (PESCAPUERTA, CATOFISHING, MASCATO, PEREIRA, NovaNam / Pescanova ...) based in Walvis Bay. A meeting with INVESTMENT CENTRE (Ministry of trade and Industry) was also held.

And an interesting meeting with CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF NAMIBIA Namibian Chamber decided to visit Spain after our meeting.

The DEVELOPMENT BANK OF NAMIBIA explained us how they co-financing and work with foreign investment companies.

Christmas Dinner (5th Dec 2013)

The Spanish Chamber wished Merry Christmas to all the members with a Christmas Dinner in Pretoria (View Photo Gallery).

MOU with FABCOS (27 Feb 2014) A MOU between the SCC and FABCOS was signed in Santond to strengthen the relationship between both organizations.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (31 March 2014) On 31st of March was held the Annual General Meeting, a report of the activities was presented, report on the Finances of the Chamber, the awarding of members´certificate and was announced the nomination of the new Board of Directors.

SOCIAL EVENT “MONDAY DRINKS” (12 May 2014) On Monday 12th of May was held a social event for the Chamber members and friends, with the occasion of the African Utility Week on 13th-14th May, the Chamber decided to hold this event with also the main aim of providing networking and to have a lovely evening.

AFRICAN UTILITY WEEK (15 May 2014) From 12th to 14th the Spanish Chamber has been attending the 14th African Utility Week event which consisted of several conferences and workshops combined with the largest showcase of technology machinery & solutions for the power and water sector in Africa. The Spanish Chamber of commerce in Southern Africa held the conference “Smart Grid technologies and application to the African environment” on 14th at 9:30am in the Workshop area and the members INDRA and IBERDROLA Ing.y construcción were the Speakers. The conference was well attended and we could say that was a successful event.

IMMIGRATION CONFERENCE (22 May 2014) The Spanish and French Chambers of commerce offered the event “New immigration regulation in South Africa: overview the impacts on the business world” last 22nd of May at Cape Town. Just the same day of the new regulations announcement, Zahida Ebrahim was the speaker and she explained the main changes. The conference was well attended, after the conference a cocktail was offered.

EU-SA BUSINESS LINK (2 June 2014) The SCC is involved with the EU-SA Business Links a project that The European Union Delegation to the Republic of South Africa is working on improve trade and investment links between South Africa and the EU, thereby contributing to growth and the well-being of the populations. The SCC has been attending all the meetings so far and we are collaborating with the Protection investment law, Immigration regulation, BEE workshops SUPPORTING SPANISH FILM MAKERS (7 June 2014) On 7th of June was held the International Fashion Film Festival at Cape Town, film makers from all over the world were attending the event and we could feel the excitement and nervousness of the nominated.

The Spanish Chamber was supporting the Spanish films, it was a exciting night moreover the Spanish teams won three of the nine awards: -Best Cinematography: Manuel Portilla – Pasos de Sirena -Best Hair: Raul Rosillo – Quimera -Best Actor: Oliver Baggerman – The Long Road.

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MEMBERSHIP DEALS

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MEET SOME MEMBERS

COLUMBUS STAINLESS (PTY) LTD

Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd established in 1966, manufactures stainless

steel flat products in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Acerinox,

S.A. (Spain), holds a 76% shareholding in Columbus. As the only producer

of stainless steel in Africa and the largest in the Southern Hemisphere,

Columbus Stainless produces 85% of all stainless steel flat products

consumed in South Africa and also exports 70% of its production capacity.

Columbus also offers a unique trade-marked stainless steel, namely 3CR12,

which is used world-wide in the manufacturing of rail cars, mining

equipment, bus frames and other industrial applications where corrosion

and abrasion resistance is critical for the economic life span of operations.

Columbus contributes approximately 9% of the GDP of Mpumalanga and

0.65% (First semester 2011) of the GDP of South Africa and facilitates the

employment of around 2000 people including permanent staff,

apprentices, contractors, service providers and trainees.

Downstream industries consuming stainless steel manufactured by

Columbus contributes at least a further 8% to the South African GDP, while

providing employment to approximately 29 000 people and supporting a

further estimated 175 000 people. The automotive component sector is a

key customer for Columbus’s range of products.

Picture: Mpumalanga, South Africa

OUR INTERVIEW

CHIEF Executive Officer, Dave Martin highlights the importance of stainless

steel in Mpumalanga and South Africa as a whole.

“We have a long history of exporting, with about 60-70% of our products

sold to 70 countries worldwide. We thus have significant capacity available

for local beneficiation, which is the key focus for our business. I believe, we

as a country need to beneficiate more of our abundant raw materials

locally and over time ensure we are the conduit into the fast-expanding

African economy. I am convinced Africa will be a major market hopefully

within the next decade.”

Please highlight some of the company’s recent corporate social

investment initiatives.

“Our focus in Middelburg has three key points. One is school education;

we are a technically driven company and focus on mathematics and

science, and we give support in those areas by means of career expos and

career development, and also building assets like classrooms, libraries and

science labs in previously disadvantaged areas to try and encourage the

students to pursue that line of study. The second thrust is small business

development; we provide support to the business-linkage centre in

Middelburg, where they in turn provide support to emerging

entrepreneurs and black-owned companies trying to make inroads into the

big corporates. The third focus is what we call the Middelburg Stainless

Incubator, which is a number of workshops that can be used to make

stainless-steel items, and a central workshop where they can rent time on

the machines.”

What are the key focus points that will ensure the future of stainless

steel in the country?

“The government infrastructure programme is very important to South

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Africa, and the stainless-steel industry. I think it would be a tragedy if

stainless steel is imported from other countries and local stainless steel is

not used to supply Transnet Engineering for their wagons, PRASA for their

coaches, and solar energy panels etc. The message we want to get across is

that stainless steel is an extremely useful material, and invaluable in our

daily lives.”

Following the sale share agreement between Marqott and Siemens in

2006, Marques headed Siemens PTD Southern Africa division under a

management contract which expired in 2007, and then moved to pursue

personal projects. With that completed It was then just a question of

timing to get back into the PTD market, and together with colleagues from

the past era and in early 2009 it was decided to form Roshqott and re-

enter the energy sector. This came about at a time when the credit crunch

and the global economic recession started to breathe fire on the world’s

economies. Notwithstanding, the reality is that , in the Southern African

region and South Africa in particular ,much still has to be done in respect

of further expansion and rehabilitation of the Country’s power grid

infrastructure , as well as construction of new capacity of about 9-

10gwatt,if we hope to meet the Country’s short term economic growth

plan ,that will ensure social and economic transformation through job and

wealth creation .

When is it ever the right time?

An ailing economy has its pains and challenges but it also presents new

and exciting opportunities. The growth forward will be driven by green

technologies where the company is hard at work forging new relationships

with both local and International companies to develop locally and

introduce new technologies.

The recession of the past years has obviously dampen the market’s spirits

but we are very confident that the African Continent and its unexplored

resources present its self with huge business and investment

opportunities ,that once the continued good news of economic recovery

set in and market sentiment shifts, the Continent will experience a boon

market for many years to come .

The company‘s project’s pipeline is in excess of R150’0 million. The pipe

line project mix extends across a challenging mix of engineering disciplines’

turn key projects, where HV/MV system’s maintenance and renewable

energy projects feature predominately.

The new company is focusing on consolidating its position in the market by

operating on a small scale but have big plans for the future, as they have

an in house project management and manufacturing experience base of

about 200 person years in the industry. The growth forward will be driven

by green technologies where the company is hard at work forging new

relationships with both local and International companies to develop

locally and introduce new technologies.

Marques says although in its infancy stage insofar Southern Africa,

renewable energy is the sector that has the capacity and scale to create

new jobs that can make a difference in the job market.

Our Government leaders’ biggest and current challenge is ,without further

delays, to meet the socio economic transformation that ensures political

and economic stability for now and future generations .We note that this

mammoth task is not of the Government’s sole responsibility and both

public and private enterprises’ have a social responsibility and duty to

create structures and systems that can deliver the much needed results

.The company for its ramping up phase period, is already planning for and

unpacking its broad based black empowerment strategy .

Picture: Mogale City's R100'00 million expansion and rehabilitation project

at Condale substation.

Picture: Maintenance crews

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KNX Awards 2014

Project in Cape Town nominated to best home automation project in international awards

A home automation project in Cape Town has been nominated to the KNX Awards, which are the most relevant international awards in the building industry, regarding smart installations based on the KNX standard technology. Jesus Arias one of the members is involved in the project and he explained the following:

“This project counts on advanced solutions that makes this house the smartest in South Africa, besides the normal solutions:

- For example, the energy system (photovoltaic panels) is monitored permanently and, in case of a power outage, the home automation will disconnect secondary loads in order to achieve the best efficiency regarding the battery array.

- Another good example is the dew sensors, which prevent mold to happen in the ceilings due to the cooling ceiling system.

- Thermostats are based on PWM (Pulse Width Modulation), which is the most efficient way of controlling the heating/cooling system.

- Also one interesting feature is the ability to control the house remotely from anywhere in the world. - On top of this, all the installations are meticulously detailed and documented, and all the programming is based on

an open standard (KNX). The client will receive at the completion of the project all the files and documents related to the house.

Home and building automation is not about fancy systems, but about smart networks that control the installations in the most efficient way, avoiding energy wastage.

The project is being executed by AMC German Technology, local company specialized in home and building automation, together with the Engineering Consultant Jesús Arias García.

The ceremony of the KNX Awards will be held in Frankfurt, Germany, the first week of April, and this project is competing within the category “America, Africa and Australia”.

Source: http://contest.knx.org/en/vote/view/housedoeblercapetown”

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Amadeus IT Group General Introduction

Amadeus is currently the leading technology service provider of the global travel and tourism industry. Our solutions help improve the business performance of travel agencies, corporations, airlines, airports, hotels, railways and other relevant travel companies.

Amadeus was founded in 1987 by Air France, Iberia, Lufthansa and SAS, with the mission of connecting travel providers with travel agencies in real time, and has since been at the forefront of innovation for the travel distribution industry.

Amadeus has three corporate sites: Madrid, Nice and Erding. Corporate headquarters are located in Madrid (Spain), Research and Development main centre is based in Nice (France) and the propietary data processing centre is located in Erding (Germany).

Amadeus has 71 local offices spread in all continents that provide sales, marketing and customer services support to 195 countries. Amadeus is present in 195 countries with a worldwide team of more than 12,000 people. Amadeus has invested more than 2.9 billion € in Research and Development in the last 10 years. Amadeus has set up 17 Research & Development Centers around the world. In 2013, Amadeus has once again been recognised at the top of its sector’s ranking as one of the leading European companies in R&D investment, as confirmed by the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scorecard. For the year ended December 31, 2013 the company reported revenues of €3,104 million and EBITDA of €1,189 million.

Amadeus Business Lines

Amadeus operates two complementary businesses which generate significant synergies:

- Distribution: Amadeus acts as a global network providing comprehensive real-time search, pricing, booking, ticketing and other processing solutions to travel providers and travel agencies.

- IT solutions: Amadeus offers airlines an extensive portfolio of technology solutions which automate business processes, such as reservations, ticketing, inventory management and departure control. Amadeus also provides e-commerce technologies for a variety of travel providers.

We are gradually expanding into the provision of IT solutions to airports, hotels and railway companies. In addition, we are increasing the scope of services that we currently provide in the payment, travel intelligence and new media businesses.

Amadeus in South Africa:

Amadeus South Africa was founded in 1997. It has its head office in Johannesburg and local offices in Durban & Cape Town. Our team is formed by 45 employees. Our commercial office in Johannesburg is responsible for the management of our presence in Southern Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Swaziland and Lesotho. Amadeus has a solid market position in our two main business lines. With regards to the distribution of travel products Amadeus has commercial relationship with the main south african and international travel providers and travel agencies. South African Airways (SAA) is one of our main customers in the Airline IT business. SAA subcontracted in year 2005 their passenger service system to Amadeus. Amadeus has set up a Regional Technology Development Center in South Africa that provide their services to the Sub-Saharan region. The Center is focusing on the development of innovative digital technology solutions both B2C and B2B as well as Mid & Back office for travel companies.

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NEW MEMBERS

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AGENDA

• 30th-2nd July: Africa Ports and Harbours Show. Sandton, Convention Centre • 1st-2nd July: Africa Rail, Sandton • 4th July: OECD Policy Framework for Investment (PFI). Johannesburg • 4th July: Mozambique Country Focus Seminar-KPMG. JOhannesburg • 9th-11th July: African Education Week, Sandton • 18th July: Nelson Mandela Day • 21st-22nd July: Infrastructure Africa Business Forum. Sandton • 24th-26th July: Cape Town Fashion Week • 5th August: PPP-Public Private Partnerships at South Africa infrastructure sectors. Workshop • 13th -14th August: Cape Construction Expo • 14th-15th August: Markex & World Events, Cape Town • August 2014: BBBEE Workshop, Johannesburg and Cape Town • 10th-12th September: Gartner Symposium ITxpo, Cape Town • 17th-19th September: Aerospace & Defence Exhibition, Johannesburg • 18th September: My Business Expo, Cape Town • 9th-11th September: Sugar & Ethanol Conference, Durban • 24th September: Heritage Day • 8th-11th October: Africa Oil & Gas Expo, Sandton Convetion Centre • 3rd-4th November: Windaba 2014, Cape Town • 11th-13th November: Africa Cast, cape Town • 17th November: NGV2014 South Africa (Natural Gas). Sandton, Convention Centre

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MEMBERSHIP LIST A AMADEUS http://www.amadeus.com AVENTURA SUDAFRICA www.aventurasudafrica.com AYERIA http://www.ayeria.es B BUFETE FRAU www.bufetefrau.com BUREAU VERITAS www.bureauveritas.com C CAPE STUDIES www.capestudies.com CATO FISHING

COLUMBUS STAINLESS www.columbusstainless.co.za

CV GROUP SOUTH AFRICA

D DYNAMAX AUTO COMPONENTS www.dynamaxautocomponents.com DOS PERLAS

E ECLIPSE MANAGEMENT www.eclipsemanagement.co.za ED SOLUTIONS www.ed-solutions.co.za ENERTIS www.enertis.es EXIGENT www.exigentlpo.com F SILICON SMELTERS,GRUPO FERROATLANTICA www.siliconsmelters.com G GREENMAX Sustainability and Finance www.greenmax.com I IBERDROLA INGENIERÍA Y CONSTRUCCIÓN www.iberdrolaingenieria.com INDRA www.indracompany.com INTO-SA www.into-sa.com K KANGRA COAL www.kangracoal.co.za L LA CASA ESCUELA DE ESPAÑOL www.lacasaescueladeespanol.com LANIK www.lanik.com LEADERNET www.leadernet.es M MILLENIUM-INVEST www.millennium-invest.com MS CAPITAL www.mscapital.com.es MUNDYA www.mundya.com

N NOVADAYS www.novadays.es O ORMAZABAL www.ormazabal.com P PROIMTU www.grupomara.com R REVSA http://www.revsa.com ROSHQOTT www.roshqott.co.za S SDB HOLDING http://sdbholdings.co.za/ SILICON SMELTERS,GRUPO FERROATLANTICA www.siliconsmelters.com SMART CITY ENGINEERING www.knxin.com SPAIN&AFRICA RENEWABLE ENERGY www.renewableconsortium.com SPS SECURITY www.sps-security-sa.com T TECNONAM www.tecnonam.com TEYMA www.teyma.com THE HUNTER´S DREAM SAFARI www.thehuntersdream.es