Manufacturing & Retail

The deal strengthens South Africa’s role as a regional beneficiation hub under AfCFTA, supplying semi-fabricated aluminium to neighbouring markets for automotive, construction, and packaging.

The plant processes post-consumer PET bottles, mainly from Pakistani municipal kerbside collection, with output used in its own preform production or sold locally and abroad.

Using up to 50% less material than traditional triangle packs, squares, blocks, or tubs, stick packs greatly reduce carbon footprint and environmental impact.

The investment is part of a wider push to deliver global expertise locally to customers in a region marked by fast growth and rising metal packaging competition.

The ProPad Mini handles both one-ply and two-ply fanfold paper, ideal for e-commerce, 3PL, and distribution operations.

The new ranges give organisations more choice, based on volume, output, and workflow, with three colour and four monochrome models to suit different needs.

The Die and Screw design is a core RecTech component, part of the company’s broader tech programme to meet evolving flexible packaging needs, especially recyclable film production.

The move reflects the packaging industry’s broader shift to simpler, circular solutions, as brands cut material complexity while maintaining performance for commercial distribution.

With Time Technoplast already holding 74.86% of TPL Plastech, the merger will fold the subsidiary’s industrial packaging business directly into the parent company’s broader portfolio.

The potential divestment follows Ardagh Group’s November restructuring, bondholders took control in a recapitalisation that converted US$4.2B of debt to equity and injected US$1.5B in fresh capital.