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 />
produce about 60 000 heavyduty<br />
commercial duty vehicles<br />
every year at their plant in Inner<br />
Mongolia and the Powerstar<br />
brand has already been shown<br />
at the Johannesburg Motor Show.<br />
Two other global truck<br />
marques have assembly plants<br />
in the province: Volvo in Durban,<br />
and MAN Truck and Bus South<br />
Africa in Pinetown. MAN’s assembly<br />
plant makes front-engine bus<br />
chassis. The company is a major<br />
supplier of buses to the South<br />
African market and includes<br />
Volkswagen buses and trucks<br />
among its products.<br />
Keeping MAN and Toyota<br />
supplied is the R300-million operation,<br />
Duys Engineering Group. This diverse group of companies<br />
includes in its brief the supply of truck bodies and truck components<br />
and has production plants at New Germany (Pinetown) and Richards<br />
Bay. Toyota Boshoku manufactures seats and does the interior trim<br />
on contract for Toyota.<br />
International manufacturer GUD Filters has a large presence in the<br />
province. Indian-owned Apollo Tyres SA makes Dunlop products at two<br />
large factories in the province. The Behr Group makes air-conditioning<br />
and cooling systems in Durban. Ramsay Engineering supplies cross-car<br />
beams for BMW and Ford.<br />
ONLINE RESOURCES<br />
Automotive Industry Export Council: www.aiec.co.za<br />
National Association of Automotive Component and Allied<br />
Manufacturers (NAACAM): www.naacam.co.za<br />
National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South<br />
Africa (NAAMSA): www.naamsa.co.za<br />
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