JSE-listed paper, plastic and packaging group Transpaco increased its revenue by 12.5% year-on-year to R2.34-billion for the financial year ended June 30, on the back of material cost inflation and... 

Despite the global impact of the war in the Ukraine on shipping rates, the impact of commodity prices and the effects of general inflation on JSE-listed aluminium supplier Hulamin’s production... 

The government of Japan, through the Japanese Embassy in South Africa, on August 23 handed over laboratory equipment to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR’s) Pretoria campus... 

Infrastructure solutions provider the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has become a codeveloper and early-stage investor in titanium dioxide pigment manufacturer Nyanza Light Metals’ $550-million... 

Paper and packaging producer Mondi will acquire the Duino paper mill, near Trieste, in Italy, from the Burgo Group for €40-million. The mill currently operates one paper machine producing... 

JSE-listed venture capital company Labat Africa has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to fast-track implementation of various... 

International technology group Andritz will be exhibiting its range of existing and new technologies, services and automation solutions for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries at the... 

Japanese multinational electrical engineering and software company Yokogawa Electric Corporation has developed an explosion-proof version of its TDLS8200 probe type tunable diode laser... 

An increase in consumers ordering products for delivery to their homes instead of shopping at retail stores in the first half of this year has led to a “rapid” increase in demand for bag paper –... 

JSE-listed paper and plastic packaging manufacturer Mpact has reported an improved trading performance for the six months ended June 30, with group revenue for the period having increased by 5.2%... 

JSE-listed packaging and paper group Mondi has reported a 66% year-on-year increase in underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) from continuing operations... 

Pulp and paper producer Sappi has reported record earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $371-million – excluding special items – for its third fiscal quarter... 

Plastic packaging producer responsibility organisation Polyco reports that Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barabara Creecy has approved its extended producer responsibility (EPR)... 

Consumer packaged goods company Libstar aims to reduce waste and contribute to the circular economy by investing in sustainable packaging. “In 2018, we started off with five biodegradable and... 

Fifteen teams of innovators from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda have been named finalists in the third strand of the the... 

Global vacuum technology and leak detection solutions provider Pfeiffer Vacuum opened its new 3 700 m2 facility in Indianapolis, in Indiana in the US, on May 13. This state-of-the-art facility is... 

Global packaging system manufacturer Tecno Pack SpA has designed and built grippers able to handle pick-and-place applications in the plant of a leading international confectionery company, using... 

Industry body Plastics South Africa (SA), during Plastic Free July, is advocating for a science-based, complementary strategy to eradicate unnecessary plastic and consider the overall environmental... 

Manufacturing production decreased by 2.3% year-on-year in May, brought down by the industries of motor vehicles, parts and accessories and other transport equipment which declined 19.2%, and... 

Glass multinational subsidiary Ardagh Glass Packaging Africa (AGP Africa), formerly Consol Glass, has announced the commissioning of a R1.5-billion extension of its Nigel production facility in... 

JSE-listed industrial supplies group Insimbi's board has resolved to exit the company’s noncore operation Insimbi Plastics and to dispose of its assets and or the business as part of the group's... 

JSE-listed packaging company Nampak says funders have agreed to extend the date by which the company is required to reduce its net interest-bearing debt by R1-billion to April 1, 2023. Nampak is... 

The Competition Tribunal has granted paper and plastics packaging manufacturer Mpact leave to intervene in the intermediate merger proceedings between paper packaging company Corruseal and recycled... 

Paper and packaging solutions company Mondi has completed the sale of its personal care components business (PCC), part of the engineered materials business unit, to Nitto Denko Corporation for an... 

JSE-listed Nampak has announced improved trading conditions for the six months ended March 31, in what it says was a challenging period. The period was characterised by robust trading conditions in... 

Fire risk management company ASP Fire has noted a steady increase in its percentage of food industry-related revenue, owing to the insurance industry placing stricter fire safety requirements on... 

Packaging group Nampak expects to report headline earnings per share (HEPS) of between 33c and 36.5c for the six months ended March 31. This is an improvement of between 91% and 109%... 

Measuring instruments supplier B&R Metrology introduced new products to its portfolio to counteract the decline in enquiries for metrology products as manufacturing and engineering companies... 

Pulp and paper company Sappi recorded a strong performance in the quarter ended March 31 – the second quarter of its 2022 financial year. It was able to weather headwinds to improve earnings before... 

Glass manufacturers in South Africa are working to improve the energy efficiency of their products, including by using more energy efficient equipment and furnaces, improving the efficiency of the... 

Heavy lifting and rigging specialist Lovemore Bros has successfully concluded a longstanding contract with a global pulp and paper company based in South Africa. The contract, initially signed in... 

JSE-listed paper and packaging manufacturer Sappi says it has been feeling the brunt of the KwaZulu-Natal flooding through impaired or disrupted transportation of goods and services, as well as... 

Woodfibre products manufacturer Sappi has launched a campaign to encourage skilled engineers and production specialists to join its growing team and its endeavours of pursuing a circular economy.... 

Plastics recycler Extrupet has announced an expansion of its food-grade plastic recycling operations in South Africa to more than 60 000 t/y. “Extrupet will double our food-grade operations by... 

Despite the local recycling rate of 70% being above the global paper recycling rate of 59.1%, South Africa can still improve in its treatment of paper waste, states industry body the Paper...