Group News – December 2019
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S&G strikes gold at Gold Pack Awards
The annual Gold Pack Awards evening was held on 30 October 2019 in Johannesburg. The Gold Pack Awards is the showcase for the South African packaging industry and from its inception in 1973 it has grown into an event of considerable importance and prestige. The competition for medals is fierce, however the awards event is […]
Packaging of the World
Wilderer’s new Rose Gin carton, manufactured by Shave & Gibson is featured in the Packaging of the World online website. Packaging of the World (POTW) started at the beginning of 2008 and has grown rapidly to become one of the leading packaging design blogs on the internet. Click to view the submission
Counterpoint Acquisition
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Shave and Gibson Packaging (Pty) Ltd has acquired a 51% interest in Counterpoint Trading (Pty) Ltd, a leading manufacturer of paper bags, industrial wipes and related products.Counterpoint was started 14 years ago by two entrepreneurs, Ruben van Wambeke and Wim van Herzeele, and operates out of […]
A Sustainable Packaging Solution
Shave & Gibson Packaging is excited to announce the launch of a new brand within the company: earthpak™.Our aim is to replace plastic, polystyrene and metal food trays and cartons. Manufactured from sustainable and certified paperboard, we will provide retailers with the first South African workable solution to eliminate non-biodegradable products. We are offering suppliers […]
Group News – December 2018
Yes, it is true – we have not discontinued our periodic newsletter, and no, you have not slipped off the mailing list. The landscape in South Africa seems to change so quickly these days, that we thought it dangerous to commit any comments to scrutiny. In many ways, 2018 has been a dreadful annus horibilis […]
Group News – December 2016
On 18 August 2016, Shave & Gibson turned 35 years old. What a ride, what a blast! Neville Shave and I were articled clerks at the time, doing the audit of the old Rydal Mount Hotel on Durban’s beachfront. Neville and his brother-in-law, Alan Gibson, set up their new company and bought little Group Print […]
Group News – December 2015
“I am angry. I am furious. Because I never thought it would happen to us. Not us, the rainbow nation that defied doomsayers and suckled and nurtured a fragile democracy into life for its children. I never thought it would happen to us, this relentless decline, the flirtation with a leap over the cliff.” Download […]
Group News – October 2015
There is a sense of doom and gloom prevalent throughout this fair land, it seems. Talk of emigration; fear of racial pogroms; a gluttonous tax regime and the entrenched and seemingly irreversible tide of state corruption have conspired to bring levels of business confidence to their lowest ever ebb. But, we also have short memories: […]
Group News – March 2015
“Open for business” is a term often bandied about by our current government. In reality, this appears not to be the case. A ban on foreigners owning property (now partially reversed); a cap on farm ownership (which will make a mockery of farming economies of scale); failing public utilities and infrastructure; more draconian labour law […]
