Manufacturing experts, small and medium enterprise (SMME) leaders and entrepreneurs are to assemble in Johannesburg to mentor emerging manufacturing business owners on proven strategies for accelerating the growth of their enterprises...
Manufacturing Indaba 2 days ago
Snack foods giant Mondelez International has invested $90 million into its newest 'factory of the future' in the Kingdom of Bahrain...
3 days ago
One of the aspects of the Manufacturing Indaba will be to focus on South Africa's manufacturing as a fundamental driver of GDP growth and associated with direct employment...
Manufacturing Indaba 18 Apr 2018
The country is currently experiencing a palpable positive mood of change since the recent changes in government...
Njombo Lekula 17 Apr 2018
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa has announced the opening of its new head office in Port Elizabeth. The building will house the largest Coca-Cola bottler on the African continent...
13 Apr 2018
We have, of late, experienced an alarmingly high number of food safety-related incidents, both in South Africa and globally. Re-establishing trust in the food safety industry is more necessary than ever...
Roy Kirby 11 Apr 2018
Following the 2008 financial crisis, which caused many industrial sectors around the globe to dwindle, South Africa's manufacturing industry experienced a similar downturn and almost a decade later, its recovery remains a work in progress...
Manufacturing Indaba 10 Apr 2018
The fifth edition of the Manufacturing Indaba will be hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 19 and 20 June...
Manufacturing Indaba 5 Apr 2018
South Africa's manufacturing sector remains one of the key contributors to GDP growth and direct employment, whilst other sectors - specifically the services sector - merely trigger a rise in employment as a result of the increased demand of a growing GDP...
Manufacturing Indaba 4 Apr 2018
The Stellenbosch University LaunchLab is inviting entrepreneurs to pitch their startup business ideas in multiple industries and stand the chance to win incubation support to the value of R50,000...
23 Mar 2018
African countries from South Africa to Ethiopia to Nigeria are pinning some of their hope for economic growth and job creation on industrialisation...
Matthew Kibby 20 Mar 2018
The word 'pollution' may conjure up images of dirty waterways and smog-filled city skies but seldom is it realised that the clothing on our backs may be the product of a dirty and dehumanising supply chain...
Lauren Hartzenberg 15 Mar 2018
Annual South African manufacturing output growth accelerated to 2.5% in January from December's figure, which was revised down to 1.8% from the 2% Statistics SA originally published...
Sunita Menon 14 Mar 2018
Lego is going to start making toys from plant-based plastic. In an effort to become more sustainable...
Sharon George and Deirdre McKay 14 Mar 2018
A new Exporter Development Programme has been launched by the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber in partnership with the Eastern Cape Development Corporation...
13 Mar 2018
The government has reportedly started screening more than 30 global firms which applied for contracts to supply electric trains to ply the standard gauge railway (SGR) line of which construction just started...
Sylivester Domasa 6 Mar 2018
Food producer RCL Foods has opened a R150 million pet food plant in Randfontein, one of the largest facilities of its kind in South Africa...
6 Mar 2018
The source of the world's largest Listeriosis outbreak has been traced to an Enterprise Foods facility in Polokwane, Limpopo...
Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018
South Africa's advanced manufacturing progress will be showcased at the inaugural African Advanced Manufacturing and Composites Show...
28 Feb 2018
Plastics are incredibly useful materials with extremely diverse properties, allowing a multitude of different applications that benefit our lives...
James William Comerford 26 Feb 2018
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