Nampak Opens Expansion Project Next to Paperboard Mill in South Africa

Nampak, Pretoria, South Africa, has expanded its operations next to its corrugated paper mill in Pretoria.

The expansion cost close to $100 million.

According to Nampak, the objective of the expansion is to make Nampak’s corrugated business self sufficient in terms of its supply of recovered paper grades.

Christiaan Burmeister, Nampak Corrugated managing director, says the company’s higher level of vertical integration is consistent with international trends as more corrugated players are producing their own paper requirements. Burmeister adds that doing so offers the company multiple benefits, including improved supply chain management and lower raw material costs.

Burmeister says at full capacity the new facility should enable Nampak to process more than 150,000 tons of recovered fiber per year to produce more than 140,000 tons of paper for use in corrugated boxes and containers. “This enables us to not only put corrugated boxes back into the industry, but back into the economy,” Burmeister adds.
Nampak manufactures metal, glass, paper and plastic packaging products. The company operates in more than 21 countries in Europe and Africa.