Summary
Nampak Limited manufactures and sells metal, plastic, and paper packaging products in South Africa and rest of Africa. It offers HDPE and PET bottles and jars, plastic closures, and crates and drums for the fruit juice, dairy, carbonated soft drink, water, alcoholic beverage, bakery, agriculture, chemical, petroleum, personal care, and household markets. The company also provides aluminum beverage cans and ends for the alcoholic, carbonated soft drink, fruit juice, energy drink, vegetable juice, and ice tea markets; tinplate food cans for the canned food market; and aluminum and tinplate cans, including aerosols, monoblocs, and paint and shoe polish cans to the personal care, household goods, and industrial markets, as well as crowns for the beverage market. In addition, it offers beverage cartons for milk, fruit juice, water, and traditional beer; self-opening paper bags for the flour and sugar markets; and corrugated cases/boxes for the tobacco, poultry, and food and general commercial markets, as well as labels and folding cartons for the tobacco, food, and beverage markets. The company is headquartered in Sandton, South Africa.
History
Established in 1961, Nampak Zimbabwe began by supplying traditional rigid plastic and metal containers to the beverage and food markets in Zimbabwe. It has since become the leading producer of plastic packaging in the country, and is now the largest manufacturer of rigid plastics and metal packaging in terms of value of sales in Zimbabwe.
Mission
Nampak Zimbabwe’s mission is to be the preferred choice for packaging solutions, developing and delivering innovative, quality, cost-effective packaging products and services that add value to our customers and increase shareholder value.
Vision
Nampak Zimbabwe’s vision is to be the leader in innovation and technology in the Zimbabwean packaging market.
Key Team
Ms. Ilse H. van Lochem (Group Exec. of Legal & Secretarial and Company Sec.)
Ms. Lynne D. Kidd (Group Exec. of Human Capital)
Ernst Van Heerden (Acting Chief Information Officer)
Mr. Willem Pienaar (Managing Director of Plastics - Liquid Packaging)
Mr. Joel Sibanda (Managing Director of Nampak Tissue)
Mr. Craig Dingley BSc, HDEMDP(Rhodes) (Managing Director of Sacks)
Stewart Lamb (MD of Metals - Gen. Metal Packaging - Zambia and MD of Paper - Zambia)
Recognition and Awards
Nampak Zimbabwe is the recipient of numerous awards including the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries award for Quality and Productivity, the Zimtrade Exporter of the Year award, and the National Exporter of the Year award. In 2013, Nampak Zimbabwe was awarded an ISO 9002 certification for its excellence in quality management, and in 2015, it was awarded a BSEP certificate for its implementation of an innovative, impactful and sustainable social development programme.
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