TRADE and Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN) is hosting four Durban-based pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers at the Africa Health trade exhibition from 29-31 May 2018, Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand Gauteng.
The pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing sectors are priority sectors for South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal. For its part TIKZN plays an important role in retaining and expanding business capacity in the province across a range of sectors including the pharmaceutical sector, said Acting Chief Executive Neville Matjie.
“National government is focusing on localisation and import substitution in a bid to expand businesses, create jobs, alleviate poverty and grow the economy. To this end we work with local companies to assist them to flourish so they not only supply the local market but can export into Africa and beyond,” said Matjie.
This is the second year that TIKZN has participated in the event. The objective is to create a platform to showcase top tier local companies in the healthcare sector and their products to a wide market.
“Africa Health 2018 is an ideal platform as it attracts a wide variety of delegates from Africa, Europe, Turkey, Pakistan, India and China among others,” he said.
In addition to providing exposure for these companies, TIKZN has helped arrange one-on-one meetings with various companies to facilitate business linkages. It is also an opportunity to obtain knowledge to advance their businesses and improve competitiveness.
Local manufacturers attending under the wing of TIKZN are 3G Medical, Cerdak, Beier Drawtex Health and Medworx.
3G Medical is a manufacturer of a disposable hospital privacy (cubical) curtain made from a 100% recyclable non-woven polypropylene textile.
Durban-based Beier Drawtex Healthcare is a wound care company with over 80 years of manufacturing intelligence.
Cerdak uses micro-porous ceramic granules for treating a wide variety of acute and chronic wounds.
Medworx offers a range of health-related services incuding absenteeism, presenteeism and disease-risk profiling.
TIKZN is a provincial trade and investment promotion agency, developed to promote the province as an investment destination and promote trade by assisting KZN based companies to identify markets and export their products.