Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Andrew Whitfield has said government will support the tooling, die and mouldmaking (TDM) sector as “the engine room of manufacturing”. He was speaking at the official opening of the Intsimbi/Production Technologies Association of South Africa (PtSA) Centre of Excellence in Pinetown, Durban, on November 6. Other Intsimbi training centres of excellence have been opened in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng and the Western Cape.