Boatbuilding crane sets new record for Cape company – Condra
BB Cranes – a member of the Condra group - is to manufacture its first 30-metre-span overhead crane, a record for this Cape Town-based company and the direct result of improved...
Astute African manufacturers will move to clean power in 2025, to align with global...
Forbes Padayachee, CEO, Yellow Door Energy South Africa
The attraction of global investment into our manufacturing sector is pivotal for driving industrialisation and economic growth, so understanding investor requirements in local manufacturing...
South African manufacturing is shifting, are companies ready?
By Neels van der Walt, Head of Department Sales and Business Development at Iritron
Maintaining and growing the South African manufacturing sector involves navigating significant risks. Digital transformation is reshaping the sector,...
Government’s current industrial policy is harming manufacturing rather than promoting it
Government’s current industrial policy is harming manufacturing rather than promoting it, according to the latest hard-hitting report from the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE).
The report highlights a key policy concern...
Scania chooses RGM Cranes for major expansion
SCANIA is enhancing its presence in Southern Africa with a new state-of-the-art facility in Aeroton.
To support their high production requirements, Scania South Africa has placed an order with RGM Cranes for...
Component sales are up at crane company Condra
CONDRA managing director Marc Kleiner says pre-assembled components sold to other manufacturers now account for 12% to 15% of annual revenue. Some 70% of these are sold into South Africa, the...
Condra helps Special Steels expand
SPECIAL Steels, a leading national supplier of certified steel round bar, hollow bar and plate to South Africa’s engineering, mining and manufacturing sectors, is moving. The move from Wadeville, Johannesburg, to...
Big growth opportunity for Capetonian clothing and textile SMEs with City-funded Origin8 programme
The City of Cape Town is calling on Cape Town-based small and medium-sized enterprises in the clothing, textile, footwear, and leather (CTFL) sector to apply now to participate in ‘Origin8: From...
CCTC Launches Origin8 Programme to accelerator SME Growth in the Clothing, Textile, Footwear and...
The Cape Clothing & Textile Cluster (CCTC) is excited to announce the launch of “Origin8: From Start-up to Scale-up”, a programme that is designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
IDC invests R140-million into Sheraton Textiles ‘State-of-the-Art’ production plant
By Larry Claasen
SHERATON Textiles, a bedding and linen manufacturer based in Cape Town, has launched a cutting-edge production facility in Diep River.
The new facility, backed by a R140-million investment from the...
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Rhenus Group’s R440-million new Joburg warehouse is water independent
By Larry Claasen
LOGISTICS firm Rhenus Group’s move to a R440-milion state-of-the-art facility in Johannesburg will see it become independent from municipal water.
Its new 28...