KwaZulu-Natal Business 2016-17 edition

PROFILE
Hulamin
We are an independent, mid-stream aluminium semi-fabricator
and fabricator of aluminium products. Hulamin is committed
to a future with aluminium.
Hulamin is situated in South Africa,
where there are large quantities
of aluminium products, much of
which is exported at little added
value.
Hulamin creates value for its
stakeholders through meeting
customers’ needs for high-value
aluminium semi-fabricated
products. In doing so, it brings
economic activity to the province
of KwaZulu-Natal, stimulating
business activities, creating
employment and contributing to
the upliftment of the region.
We remain committed to grow
aluminium usage in South Africa
through our role as both supplier
and customer, in addition to our role as a responsible
leader in sustainable development in southern Africa.
Each of our businesses shares a passion for aluminium,
which is a truly unique metal that offers a superior
range of benefits and endless application possibilities.
We have grown and expanded our operations
over the last 20 years as a result of significant
investments in order to ensure the future of our
company and to promote the supply and use
of aluminium. As South Africa underwent the
transition to a democracy and the world markets
opened up in the 1990s, we committed ourselves
to unprecedented transformation. This included a
R2.4-billion expansion project in 1996 that improved
manufacturing processes and enabled us to invest
heavily in production, facilities and equipment. The
ambitious expansion unleashed enormous potential
at the company and, by the year 2000, turnover
had doubled. Rolled products
today contribute the bulk of
the company’s turnover.
In 2006, we expanded our rolled
products capacity as a result of
a R940-million investment that
increased production capacity
and improved the company’s
ability to deliver higher value
products. This expansion
increased our rolled products
capacity by 25%, increasing
its competitiveness, especially
in the foil and plate product
markets.
The recent investment of
the recycling plant followed
a conversion of the local
beverage can market from steel to aluminium in
2013. The R300-million state-of-the art facility was
built to recycle used aluminium beverage cans. The
expansion sees us providing aluminium can body
stock for the manufacture of all-aluminium beverage
cans to the local market.
In 2015 we ensured our future as a leading player in
the aluminium industry when we became a strategic
partner with Bingelela Capital, a BEE entity in Isizinda
Aluminium to acquire and operate the Bayside
casthouse located in Richards Bay.
As we look back to our 76 years of contributing to both
community building and economic activity in South
Africa, we also continue to explore new opportunities
and partnerships to the benefit of all our stakeholders.
Think Future. Think Aluminium. Think Hulamin.
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