Springs is one of the industrial centres in Gauteng served by four industrial suburbs, which are New Era, Nuffield, Enstra and Fulcrum with smaller industrial areas at Dersley, Daggafontein, Selection Park, Selcourt and Strubenvale. The only Kelloggs factory in South Africa is situated in New Era. Springs is also home to Impala Platinum’s precious and base metal refineries as well as PFG Building Glass, the only producer of float glass on the continent. Zincor, the only zinc producer in Africa, was located in Struisbult; the refinery used to produce all South Africa’s equirement of this metal but ceased its production operations in 2011 due to various economic reasons. The town is home to Sappi Enstra Mill, the only paper mill plant of Southern Africa, the only paper mill plant in the world that is not next to a river. Element Six, an industry in industrial diamonds and Bevcan; a manufacturing plant of cans, Distell; a national bottling company and McCain Foods are all based in Nuffield. The Springs industrial area can also boast with Kimberly-Clark, Liebherr Group Africa and a Corabrick plant, to name only a few. 22
1959 - Braitex Textiles in New Era. Opposite what is today the Springs testing centre. The abattoir can be seen in the top centre and Pam Brink stadium in the top left corner. The company is still in business at the same location.
A great image of the once immaculate Springs Town Hall in 2nd street.
1909- The Springs Hotel at the station.
Third street Springs in the early years.
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prings is a town on the East Rand in the Gauteng province of South Africa, 50 km east of Johannesburg. The name of the town derives from the large number of natural springs in the area; with a population of more than 200, 000 and it is a part of the Ekurhuleni Metroplitan Municipality. Originally Springs had the most gold mines in the area!
hose and coupling manufacturer that supplies most ofouthern Africas mining houses. New Era is home to big companies such as the Mondi Group, Cobra, Maksal Tubes, Jachris PTY Limited, Huhtamaki SA and many more.