May 16, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Commerce & Trade, Food & Beverage, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support, Social Development
COMMUNITY food gardens are gearing up to sell their vegetables at selected Checkers stores on Friday (18 May) to raise awareness ahead of World Hunger Day (28 May). It is the second time that community food gardens will be selling their excess crops at the retailer’s...
May 16, 2018 | Environmental Management & Control, Food & Beverage, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News, Packaging, Plastics & Rubber, SMME Development & Support, Social Development
A record 2.15 billion plastic bottles, weighing in at 93 235 tonnes, were recycled by the South African PET plastic industry in 2017 – saving 578 000m3 of landfill and creating 64 000 income-generating opportunities in the process. This is according to national...
May 16, 2018 | Automotive, Events, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing
THE National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) has announced that its 2019 show will be held in Durban. In a statement released this week, the association said the decision followed a competitive host city bidding process and that...
May 16, 2018 | Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Transport & Logistics
EFFICIENCY at Durban’s port has improved dramatically over the past few years, but there’s still a long way to go before South Africa’s biggest cargo gateway is operating at its full potential. That was the consensus to emerge from a meeting of the Transport Forum...
May 16, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
THE lives of 30 co-operatives changed for the better when a partnership between agricultural and agri-processing company, Tongaat Hulett and the South African Research Institute (SASRI) granted them a fully paid three-week training course in sugarcane planting. The...
May 16, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Food & Beverage, KZN Industrial & Business News
THE fast food and quick service restaurant (QSR) sector continues to show steady growth on the back of what has been a tough economic climate in South Africa. With a contribution in access of 29%, QSR has by far the biggest share in franchising turnover. According to...
May 16, 2018 | Automotive, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, Electrical & Electronics, Environmental Management & Control, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing, Metals & Alloys
WHEN water specialist company NuWater developed a two megalitre desalination plant at a smelter plant in KwaZulu-Natal, Rockwell Automation Sub-Saharan Africa supplied automation products and conducted programming and Human-Machine Interface (HMI) development for use...
May 16, 2018 | Food & Beverage, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
GLOBAL consumer goods heavyweight Unilever has provided an update on its ‘Sustainable Living’ brands, confirming they grew 46% faster than the rest of the business and delivered 70% of Unilever’s overall revenue growth. The update also revealed that...
May 16, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News
THE world of work has changed dramatically in recent years and is poised for even more drastic disruption over the next five to seven years as technology continues to blur the line between digital and physical. That was the message to emerge from a Future of Work...
