Apr 24, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Government & Municipal, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing, Property – Commercial & Industrial
TRADE and Industry Minister Rob Davies says he is thrilled that Defy’s multi-million-rand investment in South Africa will lead to the creation of additional needed job opportunities and further boost the country’s position as an investment ready destination of choice...
Apr 10, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing, Plastics & Rubber
DURBAN–based Van Dyck Floors, South Africa’s oldest carpet manufacturer, and Harrismith-based Nouwens Carpets will consolidate their operations in order to streamline and optimise their manufacturing and supply chains, the companies announced on Monday, 8 April....
Mar 13, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing
ALLIMOR Footwear, a KwaZulu-Natal company that manufactures women’s footwear for the mass market has survived tough economic conditions and is targeting the export market. The family business in Chatsworth, Durban, was started in 1991 by Morris Marimuthoo, a former...
Mar 6, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Manufacturing
VOLKSWAGEN Group South Africa (VWSA) has created work opportunities for 560 unemployed young people through the Youth Employment Service (YES) programme. The intake began its 12-month employment period with VWSA on 1 March 2019. The young people will be placed across...
Mar 1, 2019 | Chemical & Allied Industries, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing
PHARMACEUTICAL heavyweight Adcock Ingram has been awarded a 12% share of the government’s National Anti-Retroviral (ARV) Tender, a windfall totalling approximately R1.8 billion (excluding VAT) over the next three years. Ashley Pearce, Managing Director of the...
Feb 20, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Electrical & Electronics, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export, Manufacturing, Special Economic Zones
IN an effort to encourage growth in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows for the Sub Saharan region, the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has dedicated much of its long-term strategy to focus on investment opportunities, which will secure a firm position for Africa...
Feb 4, 2019 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Import / Export, Manufacturing
THE current national automotive policy, the Automotive Production and Development Plan (APDP), will expire in 2020, and will be replaced by the recently announced SA Automotive Masterplan (SAAM), which will guide the sector to 2035. According to the National...
Jan 23, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, ICT In Industry, Manufacturing
WHILE the South African economy has been underperforming for a number of years, the first positive signs of turnaround started to become visible by the second quarter of 2018, and by the end of the third quarter, data supplied by Statistics South Africa showed that...
Dec 5, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Industrial Cleaning, Manufacturing
SOUTH Africa is a major manufacturing and export hub for the pharmaceutical industry and is subject to not only local legislative oversight but also to those of the countries the medicines or medical equipment is destined for. The pharmaceutical industry is also one...
