Plastic Packaging Nambia Brochure - 2012

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Local staff are supported and trained

ne of Africa’s most successful plastic packaging companies, Plastic Packaging Namibia (PPN), is keeping with the sustainable philosophies that have delivered astounding results this far.

Loyalty, dedication, and producing locally are all strategies that Group Managing Director, Jaco Venter insists have brought Plastic Packaging to its current position, and will continue to be implemented as the company surges into the future.

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PPN follow industry trends very closely

Founded 30 years ago from humble beginnings in Namibia, the business is now a worldwide organisation which responds cleverly to market demands as well as influencing the industry itself, but the company’s success is heralded as a win for the locality in Namibia and the staff it employs.

Job Creation

One of the central problems to African growth is the challenge to create jobs. Elite packaging producers

• Rigid thermoformed packaging • Multi-layer films for the food industry • Blown and cast films

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SUPPLIER STATS Astrapak Limited Employees: 4,250 Industry: Plastics Services: Manufacturer of Rigid & Flexible plastic packaging Visit Website

PPN is precise in its production

Plastic Packaging Namibia has introduced a work scheme that has created many jobs within several African countries, as well as keeping employees in those jobs with training programmes and staff incentives.

“We employ local staff and then train them,” said Venter, who oversees the operation, including the packaging factory itself in the Southern Industrial area of Windhoek. “I think it makes it more difficult to start off with, but eventually you gain the trust and loyalty of the

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local community – they begin to see that you are a good employer and a good business to work with, whether it be in Namibia, Angola, or elsewhere.”

The majority of Plastic Packaging Namibia’s staff is employed as factory workers and the Windhoek operation has around 250 staff working 24 hours over we follow two shifts. trends closel “We do all of our how we are ab training in house; we continued train them at the factory Jaco Ven by using our higher level staff – that way we make sure that they know exactly what is expected of them. But the thing about working for Plastic Packaging is there is always scope for improvement in your job.”

The Plastic Packaging ethos is that a member of staff should be able to work towards promotion if he wishes.

“We’ve always tried to give everybody a fair chance

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to work to get somewhere within the company,” said Venter. “If a guy works in the factory and wants to earn more money we give him that chance by training him on a new machine.”

Building Relationships

With bases across several African countries and a sizeable stake of a mature market, Plastic Packaging Namibia keeps a close nter, MD eye on all its supplier and customer relationships.

“There are two very important things that we try to reach with our suppliers,” said Venter. “We try to build a relationship by having trust and loyalty; if there’s a company who are doing well and doing a good job for us, we will not ditch them for the sake of a few dollars – we are loyal to our suppliers and that helps.”

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Mpact Versapak, leaders in innovation Located in Paarl and Brackenfell in the Western Cape and in Harare, Zimbabwe, Mpact Versapak supplies the fresh food, fast food, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and agricultural sectors of both local and international markets with PET and polystyrene packaging and PVC cling film.

Mpact Versapak – a leader in innovation in the industry – is a subsidiary of the Mpact Group, one of southern Africa’s leading paper and plastic packaging producers.

All packaging is manufactured to stringent health and safety standards and Mpact Versapak has an international British Retail Consortium (BRC) rating. Distribution is done through an extensive network, servicing the whole of southern Africa.

• Members of the Polystyrene Packaging Council and Vinyl Association of SA • Friendly and experienced customer care centre • Polystyrene is strong yet lightweight and is easy to recycle

Contact us: Customer Care Centre 0860 837 727 Head Office: +27 21 877 5500 www.mpact.co.za

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In regards to approaching the customer and the industry, Plastic Packaging keeps its long-term goals at the forefront of current ideas, and don’t sacrifice small gains for the longevity of the company. It is a strategy that the MD believes serves the company well: “We don’t look after just one customer at a time, we see what the industry wants and then we develop what they want as far as we can, then we apply it so we can give it an economy of scale in every instance.”

Future Developments

In an industry where research and development are key to long term survival, Plastic Packaging Namibia has been doing all it can to stay ahead of the curve.

However as with other aspects of the business, the company takes a considered approach to the development of its wide range of excellent products.

“If it’s possible we try to look at a new product and if it’s good enough we will attempt to get commitments from the industry that it is something they want to

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see, then we will invest in the product and develop when and as the industry demands – we follow the trends closely and that is how we are able to manage continued success,” said Venter.

Another of Plastic Plastic Packaging fosters an ethos of Packaging Namibia’s potential future growth markets is in the fledgling Angolan company hopes to open a new factory. The application pro and Venter is optimistic about the decision due to Plastic Pa creation and of staff treatment and retention.

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Industry: Packaging Founded: 1982 Headquarters: Windhoek Key People/Titles: Jaco Venter, MD Products: Plastic bottles, drinks cartons, plastic bags, bag on a roll Employees: 250+ Website: plasticpackagingnamibia.com www.plasticspackagingnamibia.com

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P.O. Box 31363, Windhoek, Namibia Tel: +264 61 299 5000 | Fax: +264 61 299 5245 info@plasticpackagingnamibia.com www.plasticpackagingnamibia.com Powered by:

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