To drive the increased collection and recycling of liquid board packaging (LBP) in South Africa, food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak South Africa will join the PET Recycling... 

JSE-listed Nampak reported a “disappointing” set of results for the financial year ended September 30, with the group facing some operational headwinds, but also leveraging the available tailwinds... 

Shares in Nampak plunged by nearly a third on Thursday after it warned it would have to undertake a rights issue of up to R2-billion to pay down debt and increase capacity on its beverage can line.... 

Plastic recycling organisation Petco says sustainability partnerships have contributed to improved waste collection and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling rates, creating income... 

Last month, global designer and manufacturer Emerson announced that a customer in China has recently purchased the three-millionth Fisher FIELDVUE digital valve controller for use in the water... 

Renewable resources company Sappi achieved record earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $1.34-billion for the financial year ended September 30 – exceeding the... 

Distributor of consumer goods to Africa, Massmart, has opened its new flagship Riversands distribution centre in Riversands, Gauteng. The company announced that it had officially opened its new... 

Glass producer Ardagh Glass Packaging Africa announced a further extension of its Nigel production facility, in Gauteng, with an investment in a third furnace (N3) following the recent... 

Packaging and processing company Tetra Pak published its annual Sustainability Report in August this year, which highlights the company’s achievements and ongoing initiatives to protect food,... 

Consumer packaged goods group Libstar invests in a sustainable packaging range – its Precious Plant packaging range - along with other biodegradable and compostable products, to reduce waste and... 

JSE-listed dissolving pulp and paper-based solutions company Sappi says, owing to strong uptake from bondholders, it has accepted for purchase all the 2026 bonds tendered for its offer to buy its... 

JSE-listed packaging and paper company Mondi says its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) for the third quarter was €450-million, 55% higher than the Ebitda of... 

Plastic packaging and recycling company the ALPLA Group on October 12 opened its new production site, in Lanseria, near Johannesburg.   The internationally active plastic packaging specialist is... 

JSE-listed dissolving pulp and paper-based solutions company Sappi expects its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, excluding special items, for the fourth quarter ended... 

Chemical cellulose and paper-based solutions company Sappi Papier Holding has made offers to buy for cash its outstanding 3.125% senior notes due on April 15, 2026, as part of the company’s... 

JSE-listed Nampak says trading conditions for the 11 months ended August 31 remained healthy, with good demand for the majority of its products. “Continued volume growth for beverage cans in our... 

A substantial portion of plastic waste is not recycled and ends up in landfills, contributing greatly to plastics being regarded as the biggest environmental threat, says industry body Plastics SA... 

The need for and uptake of the circular economy mindset by larger organisations locally and globally was addressed during a webinar hosted by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy... 

JSE-listed dissolving pulp and paper-based solutions company Sappi has concluded an agreement with investment firm Aurelius to take ownership of the Maastricht mill, in the Netherlands; the... 

Packaging and paper multinational Mondi, alongside 80 other global businesses, has endorsed a common vision to create a circular economy, in which plastic never becomes waste or pollution, and the... 

A R7.7-billion expansion and environmental upgrade project at paper and pulp company Sappi’s Saiccor mill was officially opened by President Cyril Ramaphosa, on September 13 in Umkomaas,... 

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...