Feb 1, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
THE Hino 300 and 500 models with automatic transmission are making a positive impression on Riaan Harmse, who is the fleet logistics controller for Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA), the largest Coca-Cola bottler in South Africa. “We haven’t had many Hino...
Feb 1, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Occupational Health, Packaging, Safety, Transport & Logistics
THE quality, shelf life and saleability of consumables are dependent on several factors, including their freshness. Linked to this is the absence of pollutants and unsafe micro-organisms. Creating favourable environmental conditions with temporary climate control...
Jan 30, 2019 | Food & Beverage, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
A recent survey conducted by the Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA) revealed that the franchising industry has grown from contributing 13,3% to the South African Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2017 to its current figure of 15,7% despite the tough economic...
Nov 28, 2018 | Food & Beverage, Industrial Cleaning, KZN Industrial & Business News, Occupational Health
CLEANLINESS and hygiene in South Africa’s food sector continues to be in the spotlight, given the deadly listeriosis outbreak which claimed nearly 200 lives since 2017 and recent reports of milder outbreaks. New research from the University of Pretoria shows that some...
Nov 28, 2018 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Food & Beverage, Petrochemicals
Engen’s newly opened Ikhwezi Convenience Centre in Mthatha is the largest Engen 1Plus service station in the Engen stable. It also offers a diverse range of fast food, including a Steers, Debonairs Pizza, Corner Bakery, and Fishaways, as well as groceries from a...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
Imperial Logistics has secured a long-term contract to distribute Nulaid eggs. Imperial Logistics’ Chief Strategy Officer Cobus Rossouw said the group’s initial three-year contract with Quantum Foods had been extended for five years, based on its “continued success in...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Packaging, Transport & Logistics
IN what’s being hailed as a powerful vote of confidence in Port Elizabeth’s manufacturing industry, the country’s largest brewer, SAB and AB InBev Africa, has launched of a new R438-million production line at its Ibhayi...
Nov 7, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Packaging, Plastics & Rubber
Danone SA, GM, Hendrik Born DANONE Southern Africa has become the latest producer of High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) to join the Polystyrene Association of South Africa, a non-profit Product Recovery Organisation (PRO) representing the entire value chain of polystyrene...
Oct 31, 2018 | Food & Beverage, KZN Industrial & Business News, Packaging
LEADING food processing and packaging company, Tetra Pak, recently marked 60 years in South Africa with a celebration at its Pinetown plant. “Tetra Pak was established in 1952 in Lund, Sweden,” said Dennis Jönsson, President and CEO of Tetra Pak, who added that South...
