Group News – December 2021
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Counterpoint acquisition
It is with great excitement that I announce that, with effect from 1 September 2021, Shave & Gibson Packaging (Pty) Ltd has acquired the complete paper bag and wrap business from Counterpoint (Pty) Ltd. Shave & Gibson has been a majority shareholder of Counterpoint since 2019. These combined businesses of paper bags and wraps […]
Dave’s Punching King-Dom
On Friday 19 February the punching hall was officially opened by Dave King (former MD, Packaging). The hall was named “Dave’s Punching King-Dom,” in honour of Dave’s many years of dedicated service to S&G. Dave started at S&G as National Sales Manager in 2004 having elected to move on after the merger of Nampak and […]
S&G Turns 40
This year Shave & Gibson turns 40 after it was established in 1981, on 1181 South Coast Road. (not far from where we are now.) We have been manufacturing quality packaging for the past four decades and moved across the road from 1169-1183 to 1290 South Coast Road, Mobeni in 2006. Our plant in 1981 […]
Group News – December 2020
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South Africa’s paper recycling industry sees upswing in demand
South Africa’s paper recovery stood at 68.5% with 1.2 million tonnes of recyclable paper products diverted from landfill during 2019, according to Anele Sololo, general manager of RecyclePaperZA, the paper recycling association of South Africa. Among the most recycled paper-based items in 2019 were cardboard boxes at 71%, while office paper recovery and beverage cartons […]
Meet the new Managing Director of Shave & Gibson Packaging (Pty) Ltd: Richard Downes
Richard was born in Durban and is the eldest of three brothers. He was schooled at Clifton Preparatory High School and Durban High School, from which he matriculated in 2005, and where he was a prefect, and was awarded honours for swimming and water polo.Richard swam competitively for many years, representing KZN, and was often […]
20/20 vision Into the future
LAST month, readers were given a sneak peek of the latest round of investments undertaken by Shave & Gibson (S&G), with a tantalising picture of the arrival of covered containers in Durban’s South Coast Road. Now all those items of equipment are unpacked, installed, commissioned and operating at full tilt . . . and the […]
Group News – June 2020
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Bobst Visioncut – a world first @ S&G
Installation taking place in the Shave & Gibson packaging hallIn February this year, we sent two of our most experienced production managers in Mike van Der Westhuizen and Rory Jackson to Austria to take a gander at some machines that the packaging division were looking into. “Visiting the Druckerel Vuralberg factory in Austria was a […]
