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a photo of the outside of Seabourne's new facility
New warehouse to bolster logistics provider’s position in sector
3rd November 2023

Independent logistics service provider Seabourne Logistics announced in September that it would be moving into a new, “expansive” facility in Gauteng, South Africa. The new 22 000 m2 premises... 


Cape Town startup made a mark at international conference in Addis Ababa
2nd November 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

BAOM eco solutions (BAOM), a Cape Town-based young-woman-led award-winning biotech startup, was, by some way, the youngest startup attending the very recent Global Startup Awards Africa conference... 


Company to exhibit resource conserving systems
20th October 2023

After a four-year break, beverage industry trade show BrauBeviale returns to Nuremberg, and packaging equipment provider KHS Group will be presenting its extensive portfolio of “cutting-edge... 


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Packaging exhibition helps industry connect, boost growth
20th October 2023 By: Nadine James

Packaging and labelling trade exhibition Propak Cape is the “essential gathering place to discover all industry stakeholders need to know about the latest advancements and solutions that could... 


Sappi's Lanaken mill in Belgium
Sappi mulls potential closure of another paper mill in Europe
10th October 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Renewable resource company Sappi has concluded a consultation process for the closure of its Stockstadt mill, in Germany, and has started consultations on the potential closure of its Lanaken mill,... 


Waste industry can mitigate unemployment
6th October 2023 By: Bridget Lepere

South Africa needs more companies to implement effective waste management systems and principles in their value chains to effect a more circular economy. The country needs a focus on waste... 


Image of a backhoe loader loading organic waste
EPR regulations positive for waste reduction
6th October 2023 By: Bridget Lepere

The amended Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations, instituted in November 2020, require product importers and manufacturers in the packaging industry to contribute towards the... 


Recycling economy initiatives create value
6th October 2023 By: Bridget Lepere

Although South Africa is leading the African continent in terms of waste management and recycling, the unauthorised disposal of waste and littering is still rampant, says Zero Waste operations... 


A gentleman giving a talk standing on a stage in front of a large screen with the word PHYGITAL
Talk of the town at Indaba
29th September 2023

The Manufacturing Indaba, being held in October, endeavours to promote positive changes in sub-Saharan Africa’s manufacturing landscape – a source of livelihood for millions of people and leading... 


Mondi finds buyer for its last asset in Russia
18th September 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed packaging and paper company Mondi has announced that it will sell its Russian subsidiary Mondi Syktyvkar to Sezar Invest for ₽80-billion, or about €775-million, which will be paid in a... 


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Tetra Pak aiming to bolster sustainability, recycling through collaboration
18th September 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak is keenly pursuing sustainable growth through a focus on bolstering collaboration in recycling, extended producer responsibility (EPR) and... 


Nampak receives commitments for R500m from major shareholders as part of R1bn rights offer
31st August 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed packaging group Nampak has received formal approval in respect of the R1-billion rights offer circular to be published on or around Monday, September 4. The subscription price of R175 a... 


Nampak's BevCan plant
Nampak concludes debt refinancing; to pursue rights issue as part of turnaround
14th August 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed packaging group Nampak has successfully concluded credit approved term sheets with revolving credit facility and term loan lenders and US private placement noteholders for a favourable... 


Rolls of paper
Mondi continues expansion, but interim earnings decrease
3rd August 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed paper and packaging group Mondi posted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of €680-million for the six months ended June 30, which was 28% lower than... 


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Sappi weathers headwinds to generate cash, post good third-quarter results
3rd August 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Pulp and paper producer Sappi faced persistent challenges as a result of global economic challenges and encountered ongoing weaknesses in the paper and pulp market during the third quarter of its... 


Punnet packaging
Mpact posts improved profitability amid circular economy focus
3rd August 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In its pursuit to capitalise on the global push towards a circular economy, paper and plastics packaging manufacturer Mpact has managed to expand into new, higher-margin product areas... 


Green Amstel bottles
Ardagh Glass Packaging launches recycled glass tracking platform
31st July 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Ardagh Glass Packaging (AGP) South Africa, formerly Consol Glass, has launched a Web-based initiative called money4glass, which is aimed at improving glass recycling effectiveness within the... 


Melian Dott (left) and Chloe Cormack (right), holding biofilm samples of different thicknesses and textures
Cape Town startup seeks to replace plastics with home compostable bio-materials
14th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Cape Town-based young-woman-led award-winning biotech startup BAOM eco solutions (BAOM), which has developed compostable cellulose-based alternatives to plastics and other packaging materials, is... 


Isanti Glass chairperson Shakes Mtiwaza; Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Fikile Majola; Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi; SAB CEO Richard Rivett-Carnac and others celebrate the partnership between SAB and Isanti Glass
SAB, Isanti Glass celebrate transformation, empowerment strides
11th July 2023 By: Darren Parker

Alcoholic beverage maker South African Breweries (SAB) and South Africa’s first majority black-owned glass container manufacturer Isanti Glass marked three years of partnership at a commemorative... 


Mondi acquires Canadian pulp mill
10th July 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed packaging and paper company Mondi will acquire the 250 000 t/y Hinton Pulp mill in Alberta, Canada, from forestry company West Fraser Timber for $5-million. Mondi intends, subject to... 


a pump with vesconite polymer bearings instead of standard material bearings
New pump bearing decreases maintenance at treatment plants
7th July 2023

A local wastewater plant operator recently approached polymer bushing and bearing manufacturer Vesconite Bearings in search of a solution to a reoccurring bearing failure on its aeration pumps at a... 


‘Ground-breaking’ projects completed for retail giant
7th July 2023

Water management solutions provider Sewtreat has successfully completed two “ground-breaking” projects at fast moving consumer goods retail giant Pick n Pay's Eastport Logistics Park, in Kempton... 


Head shot of Bearings International GM Christian Chipamaunga.
Supplier on the pulse of market’s needs
7th July 2023 By: Bridget Lepere

  Industrial solutions supplier Bearings International (BI) has been supplying industrial power transmission products to the sugar industry for 65 years, with its chains selection for the sugar... 


Trees used to make paper in South Africa are specifically farmed, as tree growing and paper making processes are audited, certified, and sustainability managed
Pamsa stresses comprehensive sustainability of forestry, papermaking
5th July 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Industry association the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (Pamsa) has emphasised the environmental, economic and social sustainability benefits of the local papermaking and recycling... 


Mondi completes sale of three assets in Russia
3rd July 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Packaging and paper manufacturer Mondi confirms that the sale of its three Russian packaging converting operations to safety equipment supplier Gotek Group for Rb1.6-billion has been completed.... 


Major South African brands are meeting plastic collection, recovery targets, says Petco
8th June 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Audited data from plastics producer responsibility organisation Petco of 2022 collections and recycling shows that several major South African brands are meeting targets when it comes to collecting... 


Sappi, Wits launch climate change and plantation sustainability research chair
5th June 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Wood products, paper and pulp company Sappi Southern Africa and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have launched the Sappi Chair in Climate Change and Plantation Sustainability. Professor... 


Mondi says committed to selling Russian asset as deal falls through
5th June 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed paper and packaging company Mondi has advised that it is withdrawing from an agreement to sell its most significant facility in Russia, the Joint Stock Company Mondi Syktyvkar, together... 


Nampak has added an electron microscope to its equipment
Nampak adds new scanning electron microscope to Cape Town R&D division
2nd June 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed packaging company Nampak has installed a state-of-the-art scanning electron microscope (SEM) in its research and development (R&D) division in Cape Town. The company made the investment... 


Aluminium cans
Nampak to reduce salaries, headcount in 12-month rightsizing
24th May 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed packaging company Nampak has instituted a vacancy freeze, will reduce headcount across the entire organisation, will reduce its head office and has reduced absolute salaries to stabilise... 


Nampak expects to swing to an interim loss
19th May 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed packaging company Nampak expects to report a headline loss a share of between 53c and 58c and a loss a share of between 380c and 420c for the six months ended March 31. This compares... 


Sappi Ngodwana Mill
Sappi posts lower profit on the back of sluggish paper demand
11th May 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Pulp and paper group Sappi has reported a dip in profit to $69-million in the quarter ended March 31, compared with the profit of $188-million reported for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. CEO... 


Electronic waste
DFFE invites public comment on proposed amendment to EPR Regulation
10th May 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The public have been given until June 5 to submit comments on the proposed amendment to the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Regulations in relation to electrical and electronic equipment... 


Rolls of paper produced at Mondi's Richards Bay operations
Mondi reports stable first-quarter performance
4th May 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Paper and packaging company Mondi says its underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of €351-million for the first quarter of this year were broadly flat... 


Sappi verifies top sustainability status through EcoVadis
21st April 2023 By: Schalk Burger

All three of JSE-listed pulp and paper company Sappi’s manufacturing regions – Europe, North America and South Africa – have, once again, achieved the highest possible platinum rating in the annual... 


SACEEC CEO Eric Bruggeman calling on exhibitors to enter the newly introduced KITE New Innovation and Products Awards at the exhibitor briefing on April 20
KITE launches New Innovation and Products Awards
21st April 2023 By: Tracy Hancock

Exhibitors at this year’s KZN Industrial and Technology Exhibition (KITE), running from July 18 to 20 at the Durban Exhibition Centre, are being given the opportunity to flaunt their technological... 


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