# Capitalworks takes minority stake in Continental Compounders and Continental Engineering Compounds

Private equity firm Capitalworks has taken a significant minority stake in South Africa's largest plastics compounder, Continental Compounders and Continental Engineering Compounds, which operates two manufacturing facilities in KwaZulu-Natal.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2023-11-02
- Where: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Status: announced
- Products: rigid and flexible PVC, thermoplastic elastomer compounds, polypropylene, polyolefin, nylon
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Continental Engineering Compounds](https://endata.com/companies/53784.md)
- [Continental Compounders](https://endata.com/companies/73468.md)
- [CapitalWorks](https://endata.com/companies/7317.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [africaprivateequitynews.com](https://www.africaprivateequitynews.com/p/capitalworks-in-south-african-industrial-deal), 2023-11-02: "This transaction catapults us forward. The partnership with Capitalworks means we can be serious about growth."

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