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PAPER PRODUCTS

Sappi reports ‘disappointing’ Q2 results, dragged down by European market

JSE-listed paper, pulp and packaging group Sappi recorded a 68% drop in operating profit for the second quarter of the year to $40-million, down from $125-million in the 2012 equivalent period, dragged down by worse-than-expected European market...

By: Idéle Esterhuizen

09 May 13

Forest Products

Government-funded company considers exporting its products

Local producer and marketer of handcrafted paper products Phumani Paper is considering the potential of exporting its products to neighbouring countries, entering new markets and securing more consistent clients within South Africa.

By: Yolandi Booyens

09 Mar 12

Forest Products

Paper products manufacturer acquires laser technology

Durban-based innovative paper products manufacturer Pandu Paper will add a new laser cutting machine to its production line.

By: Yolandi Booyens

09 Mar 12

Trade@Work

High Court reserves judgement in antidumping case

On April 28 and 29, the North Gauteng High Court heard the case between the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac), as the first applicant; the South African Revenue Service (Sars), as the second applicant; the...

By: Callie Lombard

20 May 11

Agroprocessing

Broader mix for paper  machine supplier

Paper machine supplier Metso Paper South Africa will offer a broader product range in response to the financial downturn MD Pierre de Villiers says.

By: Eleanor Seggie

05 Mar 10

Agroprocessing

Significant drive to reduce paper wastage

Paper merchants for commercial printers NOR Paper, a division of Bytes Document Solutions, MD Raymond Blake says that there are several initiatives currently employed in the corporate world to reduce paper wastage.

EMPLOYMENT

SA second-quarter employment down 0,8% – Stats SA

Employment in the formal nonagricultural sector declined by 0,8%, or 67 000 jobs, between the quarter ended March 31, 2009, and the quarter ended June 30, 2009, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on Tuesday. Stats SA’s quarterly...

By: Creamer Media Reporter

22 Sep 09

Packaging, Labelling and Barcoding

Automated packaging process enters the local market

Mailstream technology company Pitney Bowes South Africa has developed an automated packaging process, which it reports is less time-consuming, labour-intensive and costly.

By: Beth Shirley

03 Jul 09

MANUFACTURING

Use of value management practices in South African manufacturing under study

The Department of Construction Economics and Management at the University of Cape Town has embarked on a study to establish the nature and extent of value management (VM) and value engineering in the manufacturing sector, as practiced by clients,...

By: Creamer Media Reporter

15 May 09

VALUE MANAGEMENT

UCT probes use of value management practices in SA manufacturing

The Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Cape Town has started a study to determine the nature and extent of value management (VM) and value engineering (VE) practice in the manufacturing industry in South Africa....

By: Creamer Media Reporter

17 Apr 09

acquisition

Altron company buys NOR Paper

Bytes Document Solutions, a company in the Altron group, aims to add R1,5-billion to its revenue stream over the next five years with its latest acquisition of NOR Paper. The company, which distributes Xerox products and solutions to 24 African...

FORESTRY

Mondi moves to settle claims affecting up to 48% of its land

Pulp, paper and packaging group Mondi, which has dual primary listings on the Johannesburg and London stock exchanges, is confident that its commercial and strategic interests are not in any way threatened by the fact that some 48% of its South...

By: Terence Creamer

18 Mar 08

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