Packaging Multimedia South Africa

Kirsten Barnes, the project lead for SA Plastics Pact, GreenCape, and Kevin O'Brian, the Group Sustainability and Risk Executive for SPAR, discus the Plastics Pact and the vision for a circular economy for plastics in SA.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde visited Tuffy's manufacturing plant in Stikland, Cape Town on 23 November. The premier's visit highlighted the challenges posed by plastic waste and particularly the advancement of the Green Economy on the government's agenda. The company has remained firmly invested in South Africa's economic development as a key provider of jobs and advancing skills development since its inception in 1986. Here is a gallery of the Premier's visit to visits Tuffy's manufacturing plant....

The IPSA Gold Pack Awards was recently held at the at Inanda Club in Sandton, Johannesburg. Dating back to 1973, the annual event celebrates local companies in the packaging industry that are driving innovation and professionalism. Read more here.

The packaging of Orbit Gum's product range is now more sustainable and recyclable. The company's shift to more environmentally-friendly packaging falls in line Mars Incorporated's Sustainability in a Generation strategy. To create awareness around the new packaging, Orbit has also launched the Pledge to Plant campaign under the banner #JustOneThing. To create additional awareness around the campaign, Orbit has partnered with the University of Johannesburg art students to create an art installation. To read more about Orbit's new sustainable packaging, click...

Engineered to save customers time and improve efficiency, the 9028 inkjet printer from Markem-Imaje, locally represented by Pyrotec PackMark, features an M6' ink circuit that is designed to be changed by machine operators in less than six minutes.