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Top 25 Packaging and paper manufacturers based in South Africa

Name: Packaging and paper manufacturers based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 381 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 381 packaging and paper manufacturers headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 15,500 professional contacts across them, including 4,661 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers packaging and paper manufacturers headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

381Companies

15,500Contacts tracked

4,661Verified emails

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The 25 largest packaging and paper manufacturers based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 381 packaging and paper manufacturers based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to packaging and paper manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	SAPPI	Indirect evidence	Rosebank, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	6,223 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We strive to use every part of the tree to make world-class products for customers in over 150 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Mpact Limited	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	528 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mpact is the largest paper and plastics packaging and recycling business in southern Africa, employing 5,095 people and generated revenue of R12.8bn in the 2023 financial year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	Novus Holdings LTD	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	456 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “What started as a small family-run business over a century ago is now a JSE-listed company, and one of the largest printing, publishing and manufacturing operations in Southern…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Zibo Containers PTY LTD	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	258 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Zibo Containers is a manufacturer of rigid plastic containers, in a range of colours, for a wide variety of requirements predominantly in the food packaging industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Universal Paper And Plastics	Partial evidence	Garankuwa, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	239 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Universal Paper and Plastics (UPP) is a family owned company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	HG Molenaar & CO PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Paarl, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	230 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Industry puts HG Molenaar’s first for its complete turnkey and standalone packaging needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Golden ERA Printing And Packaging	Indirect evidence	Rustenburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	177 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Neopak	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	172 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Neopak is a world-class South African business with the core competence and exclusive focus on the manufacturing of high quality recycled containerboard and related paper products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Bowler Packaging	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	161 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With over five decades of experience, Bowler Packaging stands at the forefront of innovation and design in the packaging industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Shave & Gibson Packaging PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Ethekwini, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	155 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Shave & Gibson’s story began in 1981 when brothers-in-law, Alan Gibson and Neville Shave, purchased a small company called Group Print & Packaging which laid the company’s…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Koogan Plastics	Strong evidence	Lenasia Ext. 10, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	154 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Koogan Plastics is a South African plastics and packaging manufacturer, based in Lenasia, Johannesburg.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	Berry Astrapak	Strong evidence	Maxmead, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	151 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Astrapak is a specialised manufacturer of an extensive range of rigid moulded, and thermoformed plastic packaging products serving the African market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Isanti Glass	Strong evidence	Roodekop, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	150 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Isanti Glass is a leading glass packaging manufacturer, specializing in high-quality containers for the beverage (beer, wine, spirits, and carbonated soft drinks) and food…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	Bidvest Afcom	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	138 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bidvest Afcom is a South African leader in the manufacturing, distributing & provisioning of innovative packaging, strapping, fastening, film, tape, labels, adhesive solutions &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Corruseal Group	Partial evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	131 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The packaging leaders in the corrugate industry for over 60 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	APL Cartons PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Worcester, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	131 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “APL Cartons (Pty) Ltd is a successful, profitable, privately owned company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Packsolve PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	106 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PackSolve is one of the largest, black-owned, diversified industrial packaging groups in the Southern African region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	Polyflex Premedia	Partial evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	100 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Specialists in all areas of packaging graphics, our team at Polyflex are passionate about exceeding customers’ expectations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Masterpack	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	99 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Specialists in Folding Cartons and Package Inserts for the Healthcare (Pharmaceutical & Nutriceutical), Personal Care and Confectionery Food sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Packaging World	Partial evidence	Pinetown, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	81 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Packaging World is a specialist flexible packaging business that offers high quality printed flexible packaging solutions for the food, beverage, confectionery, industrial and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Pride-Pak Packaging	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	79 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PRIDE-PAK PACKAGING is a company based out of 7 Schonland Theta Ext 7, JHB South, Gauteng, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	Acepak	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	76 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since opening for business in 1984, Acepak has focused on offering competitively priced packaging systems ideally suited to local industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Tropic Plastic & Packaging	Strong evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	73 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1963 in Durban, Tropic Plastic & Packaging Industry (Pty) Ltd has grown into one of South Africa’s leading manufacturers of flexible packaging.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	Uniprint Global PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Ottawa, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	68 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Uniprint If you’re looking for comprehensive printing solutions, exceptional products and a level of customer service which is unmatched in the commercial printing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	ACE Retail Solutions	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	61 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over twenty years we have been proudly servicing the retail, hospitality and FMCG markets throughout South Africa with a complete range of both disposable and reusable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: packaging and paper manufacturers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names packaging and paper manufacturers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of packaging and paper manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name packaging and paper manufacturers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Packaging and paper manufacturers based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

30.1%Verified-email coverage

40.7Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

19.2%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

107

11-50

123

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 381 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among packaging and paper manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “packaging and paper manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names packaging and paper manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among packaging and paper manufacturers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 4,661 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Packaging and paper manufacturers by metro

Packaging and paper manufacturers in Johannesburg73
Packaging and paper manufacturers in Cape Town63

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names packaging and paper manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many packaging and paper manufacturers are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 381 packaging and paper manufacturers headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

SAPPI, headquartered in Rosebank, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most packaging and paper manufacturers?

Johannesburg leads with 73 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (63) and Durban (24).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 4,661 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 381 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.