South Africa

Ringmetall SE is acquiring a 75.1% majority stake in Tesseraux SA, a Cape Town bag-in-box producer into which Vinbag operations are contributed, with a call option on the remaining 24.9%. The purchase price was not disclosed.

AQS Liquid Transfer, part of AxFlow, was appointed master distributor for Xylem's Applied Water portfolio including Lowara-branded products across key Southern African markets, effective June 1, 2026.

Coleus Packaging invested about R200 million upgrading its Alrode facility and equipment, including new SACMI punching and lining machines, a new coater and printer, and expanded factory footprint. The upgrade was officially launched on March 20, 2026.

RMB Corvest and Alito Fund 2 have partnered to acquire a majority stake in Packaging World, a South African flexible plastic packaging maker based in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. Founder Dean Gianni will retain a meaningful stake.

ACTOM subsidiary LH Marthinusen launched an industrial fan production facility in Germiston, Gauteng, costing R32 million. The fans will support Eskom's air pre-heater infrastructure.

ACTOM plans to invest R400 million in new production capacity, aftermarket services and acquisitions, to be spent by 31 March 2026. The CEO announced the plan at the launch of a subsidiary's fan facility in Germiston.

South Africa's Competition Tribunal unconditionally approved Mpact Operations' proposal to increase its shareholding in Seyfert Corrugated Western Cape, a Western Cape maker of corrugated boxes and packaging. The Tribunal decision was published on April 4, 2025.

WPIL Limited, the holding company of APE Pumps, has acquired a 100% shareholding of Eigenbau in South Africa. The date is not specified in the article, which was published March 10, 2025.

RMB Corvest and Dlondlobala Capital concluded a management buyout of Nampak Liquid Cartons, Nampak Zambia and Nampak Malawi, which will be held in the newly formed Diversified Liquid Packaging Group.

RMB Corvest and Dlondlobala Capital concluded a management buyout of Nampak Liquid Cartons, Nampak Zambia and Nampak Malawi, which will join the newly formed Diversified Liquid Packaging Group. The deal's value was not disclosed.

Atlas Copco acquired Integrated Pump Rental, a South African rental provider of dewatering solutions headquartered in Johannesburg with 18 employees.

South Africa's Competition Commission approved Guala Closures' proposed acquisition of Astir Vitogiannis, whose subsidiary Coleus Packaging is a major crown cork supplier in Southern Africa. The approval comes with specific conditions.

Private equity firm Agile Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in Berry Astrapak, a South African manufacturer of rigid moulded and thermoformed plastic packaging. The article does not state the deal value.

South Africa's Competition Commission conditionally approved KSB's proposed acquisition of Davron, Davron KZN and Davron Services, fire protection pumpset makers. The commission found the deal unlikely to substantially lessen competition.

Eskom, South Africa's state utility, published an award for the supply and delivery of twelve safety class valves for 12004 hardened water connection points at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, with a contract value of R146 million.

Nampak agreed to sell its South African liquid cartons business and its stakes in Nampak Zambia and Nampak Malawi to a consortium of RMB Corvest and Dlondlobala Capital for R450 million.

Tetra Pak opened an expanded carton packaging plant in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, as part of a R500 million investment, with exports planned to other African countries.

Busch Vacuum Solutions Africa launched its new Busch Pfeiffer Vacuum head office in Johannesburg, equipped with a service centre, Class 10,000 clean room, flow-testing and training facilities.

Coleus Packaging invested R40 million (US$2.14 million) in a PMC500 metal crown manufacturing machine for its Alrode factory in Alberton, Johannesburg, able to produce 5,000 crowns per minute.

Valve maker Invincible Valves has developed a new machine shop and rubber lining facility in a newly acquired factory in Knights, Germiston, to make valve components previously sourced from third parties.

South African valve maker Paltech was appointed official distributor for Swedish valve manufacturer Meson Group in South Africa and select African countries, expanding its maritime valve offering.

Coleus Packaging has acquired and installed a new PMC500 machine at its Alrode factory in Alberton, South Africa, spending about R40 million to raise output of metal crown closures by about 20%. Yearly output is expected to rise from six billion to seven to eight billion units.

South Africa's Competition Tribunal approved without conditions the intermediate merger between Rebel Packaging, an indirect subsidiary of Mpact, and corrugated sheetplant Box Boyz.

NETZSCH Southern Africa opened a 1,200 square metre positive displacement pump assembly centre in Durban in November 2023 to serve South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. The older Johannesburg plant will be repurposed as a sales and service centre.

The Beverage Company (Bevco) has been re-appointed as exclusive manufacturer and distributor for the PepsiCo brand portfolio in South Africa, a role it has held since 2018.