Future Production: Chemicals

The CSIR is a multidisciplinary research organisation that focuses on national priorities. It is a national government business entity that, amongst others, undertakes research and development to improve the lives of South Africans as stipulated in its mandate. The organisation conducts independe...

Over 30 Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMME) from across Gauteng were introduced to laser-based manufacturing technologies that can support their manufacturing operations at an open day organised by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). According to Dr Luyolo Mabh...

The National Development Plan identifies the science and technology sector as one of the key areas that needs to be developed before 2030. There is also an increasing need to accelerate the number of young people embarking on a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), as...

The Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor opened a bio-manufacturing centre in Pretoria at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) today. The Bio-Manufacturing Industry Development Centre (BIDC) is a first of its kind in South Africa and it aims to support small, medi...

The CSIR has launched a South African first: A new-generation fingerprinting sensing technology, using high-speed, large-volume optical coherence tomography. The CSIR's OCT device will contribute to law enforcement and forensics in general. Safety and security is a national imperative. Equally im...

Researchers at the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) have demonstrated a world-first laser cladding system that offers a permanent solution to sealing leaks and repairing cracks at power stations. The provisionally patented laser beam-welding and leak-sealing technology, which...