February 2021
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,” after Dave’s many years of dedicated service to S&G. Dave always had this vision to reshuffle our plant and streamline our factory, to improve on the production [...]
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 [...]
December 2020
Group News – December 2020
"We could have been debating retrenchments; closures; fire sales or the like. Instead, we were occupied in esoteric conversations on matters philosophic, having achieved 3 consecutive record production and turnover months. Little to do with me – I am now a mere interested cheerleader rooting for the success of [...]
October 2020
S&G wins Famous Brands Supplier of the Year 2019
Yesterday, Shave & Gibson was awarded (via teleconference) the Packaging Supplier as well as the Overall Supplier of the year for Famous Brands for 2019. We are immensely proud of this achievement as it reaffirms our position in the packaging industry as a market leader, having been awarded the Famous [...]
September 2020
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 [...]
July 2020
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 [...]