KwaZulu-Natal Business 2016-17 edition
The 2016-17 edition of KwaZulu-Natal Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2008, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The province is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy. To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition of the magazine (15 000 copies), the full content can also be viewed online at www.kwazulunatalbusiness.co.za. Updated information on KwaZulu-Natal is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our other business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces, complemented by our flagship publication, South African Business.
The 2016-17 edition of KwaZulu-Natal Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2008, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa.
The province is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy.
To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition of the magazine (15 000 copies), the full content can also be viewed online at www.kwazulunatalbusiness.co.za.
Updated information on KwaZulu-Natal is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our other business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces, complemented by our flagship publication, South African Business.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Corporation (IDC) has been very<br />
active in the province.<br />
Canvas and Tent<br />
Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd has<br />
more than 400 employees in<br />
Ladysmith and won the title of<br />
Exporter of the Year in 2014/15.<br />
There are 219 clothing companies<br />
in the province (Coface).<br />
Ninian & Lester is one of the<br />
larger employers in the textile<br />
sector, with 1 500 people making<br />
clothing (including the<br />
Jockey brand), textiles and polypropylene.<br />
The footwear sector is showing<br />
good recovery after taking a<br />
battering from Chinese imports.<br />
The purchase of 39% of Eddels<br />
Shoes by management and<br />
staff has paid off, with 385 staff<br />
now employed in making 2 700<br />
leather shoes on a daily basis.<br />
Two international safety<br />
footwear firms operate out of<br />
Pinetown: Bata Industrial and<br />
Beier. The latter company joined<br />
forces with three other South<br />
African safety footwear manufacturers<br />
in 2014 to form the<br />
BBF Safety Group, in the process<br />
making them more competitive.<br />
Carpet manufacturers<br />
Belgotex Floorcoverings and<br />
Ulster Carpets have facilities in<br />
Pietermaritzburg and Durban<br />
respectively.<br />
Turkish group Arçelik purchased<br />
home appliance manufacturer<br />
Defy in 2011 for R2.5-<br />
billion. Defy employs about<br />
2 600 people.<br />
Companies like Böhler<br />
Uddeholm in Pinetown produce<br />
downstream products such as<br />
tooling materials and welding<br />
consumables.<br />
Sustainable manufacturing<br />
Hulamin has been recycling its own scrap aluminium for the past 75<br />
years. It has always been of great importance to Hulamin to ensure<br />
that the community they are in is taken care of sustainably. The environment<br />
has always been of great importance to the way Hulamin<br />
runs its business<br />
In the period between 2013-2014 aluminium demand peaked,<br />
increasing their market share growth. Their revenue went from<br />
R7 560 000 in 2013 to R8 039 000 in 2014. Hulamin took this as an<br />
opportunity to expand, thereby launching a recycling operation that<br />
would save 95% of energy used during primary aluminium production.<br />
In 2015 the company secured a five-year R270m loan from Nedbank<br />
for its new recycling plant. The company’s goal for this recycling plant<br />
is to quintuple the recycled content of its aluminium to more than<br />
25% by 2018.<br />
The recycling facilities will not only be recycling Hulamin scrap<br />
but also extending to cans, aluminium foil, windowpanes, automotive<br />
parts and window frames.<br />
The company being a primary aluminium producer would benefit<br />
from the consistent recycled supply in the country<br />
ONLINE RESOURCES<br />
Aluminium Federation of South Africa: www.afsa.org.za<br />
Chemical and Allied Industries’ Association: www.caia.co.za<br />
Manufacturing Circle: www. manufacturingcircle.co.za<br />
National Department of Trade and Industry: www.thedti.gov.za<br />
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