JSE-listed packaging company Nampak recorded a 2% year-on-year decrease in revenue to R16.6-billion for the financial year ended September 30, while trading profit increased by 2% to R1.6-billion.... 

JSE-listed paper and packaging manufacturer Sappi has completed a verification of the Higg Facility Social and Labour Module (FSLM) at its Saiccor Mill in South Africa, achieving a final score of... 

While the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, held in November, could not reach a consensus on the zero-draft text for a legally binding instrument to coordinate global... 

Private equity firm Affirma Capital has exited its investment in the GZI Group (GZI) to global investment business Oppenheimer Partners, following its ten-year investment in Africa’s largest... 

JSE-listed packaging company Nampak expects to report a headline loss a share of between R461 and R476 for the financial year ended September 30, compared with headline earnings a share of R75.89... 

Incoming World Packaging Organisation (WPO) President Luciana Pellegrino has highlighted the dynamism of the global packaging industry. Speaking in Cape Town on Monday, she pointed out that it had... 

As far as the global packaging industry is concerned, there are currently five top trends, outgoing World Packaging Organisation (WPO) president Pierre Pienaar highlighted, at a press briefing in... 

JSE-listed paper and packaging manufacturer Sappi has announced that nonexecutive director Nkululeko Sowazi will succeed Sir Nigel Rudd as independent chairperson, with from February 8 next year.... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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,... 

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... 

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

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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 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... 

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... 

  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... 

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... 

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.... 

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... 

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...