# Teqal expands plastic packaging factory in KwaZulu-Natal with IDC financing

Teqal moved into a new 4,000 sqm factory at Dube TradePort, KwaZulu-Natal, after its 2021 expansion funded by a R50m IDC financing facility, adding energy-efficient servo-driven equipment capable of up to 40 million jars per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-03-28
- Where: Dube TradePort, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Value: $3.40M (50.0M ZAR)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: up to 40m jars per annum
- Products: injection-moulded rigid plastic packaging, cosmetic jars
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Teqal](https://endata.com/companies/8646.md)
- [Industrial Development Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/3720.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [pharmacos.co.za](https://www.pharmacos.co.za/teqal-launches-a-powerful-sustainability-strategy-within-upgraded-facility/), 2022-03-28: "In 2021, the specialist producer of injection-moulded rigid plastic packaging expanded its factory in KwaZulu-Natal after the IDC awarded Teqal a R50m financing facility"

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