Bevcan, a subsidiary of South African packaging firm Nampak Group, has announced it will produce and supply lightweight aluminium cans for Coca-Cola in South Africa as part of a five-year contract worth US$632mn
Manufacturing
Indorama to build fertiliser plant in Nigeria
Indonesian manufacturing group Indorama Petrochemicals has announced plans to build a fertiliser plant in Eleme in Rivers State, Nigeria
General Electric to build manufacturing unit in Nigeria
General Electric (GE) has revealed plans to begin the construction of an engineering manufacturing plant at the Calabar Free Trade Zone in Nigeria
Nampak to invest US$179 million in bottle and can manufacturing
South African packaging firm Nampak Group has revealed plans to invest US$179mn in two of its businesses that produce bottles and cans
ACTESA heads biotechnology and biosafety agenda
The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA) is leading the biotechnology and biosafety agenda of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)