Howden acquired Fancraft (Pty) Ltd in June 2021, a South African firm with over 30 years of service for maintenance, repair and installation of air and gas rotating equipment, adding to its Howden Africa Compressors and Turbines division.

uNyazi Sales and Services, an official distributor, is offering the Clarkson slurry knife gate valve range to the South African mining and process market.

Werner Pumps has installed and commissioned new Haas CNC machine tools at its Springs headquarters in South Africa, a R3 million investment that cut production time on some components by 50% or more.

Linde Offeror announced a firm intention to acquire the Afrox shares not already owned by the Linde group, via a scheme of arrangement and standby offer, leading to Afrox's delisting. Afrox is a South African industrial gases company.

DBC Plastics of Durban installed a five-layer Reifenhäuser blown film extrusion line to replace an older monolayer system. The line allows thinner film and better print quality for its flexible packaging output.

AB InBev will invest $220 million in new bottling lines at South African Breweries plants in Gauteng province, South Africa, to produce returnable glass bottles, with both lines expected operational by October 2020. The expansion is expected to raise overall capacity by up to 8%.

Industrial valves supplier Brimis Engineering is planning a new facility in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, with a new head office and improved repair capacity, to be completed by 2023. A valve manufacturing plant in Mpumalanga is also planned long term.

Huhtamaki agreed to acquire 70% of privately owned flexible packaging manufacturer Everest Flexibles in South Africa for an enterprise value of EUR 58 million, paid partly in cash and partly in shares.

Greif won a five-year contract to supply lightweight jerrycans to a leading beverage manufacturer, with product going to bottling companies across Africa. The customer is not named.

Greif is investing in a new blow molder machine at its Vanderbijlpark operation in Gauteng to produce lightweight jerrycans after a major new contract win. The investment supports expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa.

Huhtamaki agreed to acquire 70% of Everest Flexibles, a private flexible packaging manufacturer in Durban, South Africa, at an enterprise value of EUR 58 million. Sellers will hold 30% of Huhtamaki's South African activities through a joint venture; completion is subject to competition approval.

Huhtamaki agreed to acquire a 70% majority stake in privately owned flexible packaging maker Everest Flexibles in Durban, South Africa, at an enterprise value of EUR 58 million. Everest has annual net sales of about EUR 40 million and about 420 employees.

KSB Pumps and Valves South Africa is constructing a new building at its KSB SupremeServ facility in Jet Park, Johannesburg, to host sales and a new valve assembly line targeting 70% local content, expected fully operational in Q4 2019.

Aveng Limited agreed to sell its Aveng Dynamic Fluid Control valve and pump business, with operations in South Africa, Finland, USA, Brazil and Australia, to Copaflo for R165 million. The deal is expected to close by 31 October 2019.

Cook Compression named Fancraft (South Africa) and WoodServ (Bahrain) as authorized service partners for compressor valve and packing case repairs across Africa, the Middle East and Pakistan.

Valve manufacturer Ainsworth Engineering and distributor United Valve Company were sold to new owner Siyabonga Meyiwa in a deal funded by the Industrial Development Corporation. The sale concluded in September 2018 and the companies were upgraded to Level 1 BBBEE status.

Anglo American Platinum signed a contract with Topsoe for its WSA sulphur emissions control technology at its platinum smelter in Polokwane, South Africa, with Hatch handling engineering, procurement and construction management. The WSA plant will cut SO2 emissions from about 90,000 to under 1,200 mg/Nm3 and produce up to 148 t per day of sulfuric acid.

Through an IDC-funded initiative, valve makers Ainsworth Engineering and United Valve Company will be upgraded to Level 1 B-BBEE status under new ownership, with new machines to be bought over 12 months.

Sappi plans to invest R5 billion over five years in maintenance and upgrade projects at its Saiccor Mill in Umkomaas to cut production costs and reduce its environmental footprint.

Sappi Limited will invest R2.7 billion in a capacity expansion at its Saiccor Mill in Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, during 2018 and 2019.

South African packaging maker Corruseal Group has commissioned a new corrugated board plant in Cape Town, equipped with a 2.5m Fosber S/Line corrugator and converting and materials handling machinery. The article is dated 1 June 2018.

Mpact opened its new corrugated factory in Port Elizabeth on 11 April 2018, with a R100 million investment centred on a new BHS corrugator that more than doubles capacity.

Mpact officially opened its new corrugated packaging factory in Port Elizabeth on 11 April 2018. The R150 million project centers on a new corrugator supplied by German machine maker BHS and more than doubles the plant's capacity.

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction signed a preliminary EPC agreement worth 1.15 trillion won (about $1.05 billion) with a Kepco-Marubeni consortium to supply boilers, turbines and other equipment for a 630 MW coal-fired plant in Lapalele, Limpopo. The filing was made on November 21, 2017.

Novus Holdings agreed to acquire control of ITB Manufacturing, a South African maker of flexible packaging and security bags, through its subsidiary Paarl Media. Purchase consideration is R180 million plus an EBIT-based amount, capped at R300 million in aggregate.

Nemuno Banga started operating a new cigarette filter production plant in South Africa in September 2017, initially making mono acetate and flavored filters, with capsule filters planned for early 2018.

Specialist valve supplier Heaton Valves Africa was appointed distributing agent for US pipeline equipment maker TD Williamson in August 2017 after a process of about a year. It will supply TDW hot-tapping and pipe repair services in South Africa.

Pretoria-based Mechanical Rotating Solutions has been appointed a service and product supplier for KSB Pumps & Valves, gaining access to KSB's full pumps and valves range manufactured in Germany.

Sappi Southern Africa, a subsidiary of Sappi Limited, chose Kuehne + Nagel as its preferred partner for seafreight order management. The three-year EDI-based solution will handle about 80,000 TEU per year.

Emil Berning was appointed managing director of Hyflo, a South African hydraulics company now part of Invicta Holdings' Engineering Services Group, effective 1 November 2016.