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Top 25 Packaging and paper manufacturers based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 381 company matches for packaging and paper manufacturers associated with 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 company matches for packaging and paper manufacturers associated with South Africa, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 17, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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.

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15,500Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest packaging and paper manufacturers based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 381 company matches for packaging and paper manufacturers based in South Africa, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 17, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchRosebank, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 202610001+6,223 contacts →

Exact match

“We strive to use every part of the tree to make world-class products for customers in over 150 countries.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 17, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 20265,001-10,000528 contacts →

Exact match

“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.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 17, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
3Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000456 contacts →

Exact match

“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…”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 17, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
4Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000258 contacts →

Exact match

“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.”

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5Exact matchGarankuwa, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-500239 contacts →

Exact match

“Universal Paper and Plastics (UPP) is a family owned company.”

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6Exact matchPaarl, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-500230 contacts →

Exact match

“Industry puts HG Molenaar’s first for its complete turnkey and standalone packaging needs.”

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7Exact matchRustenburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026n/a177 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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8Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-500172 contacts →

Exact match

“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.”

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9Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000161 contacts →

Exact match

“With over five decades of experience, Bowler Packaging stands at the forefront of innovation and design in the packaging industry.”

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10Exact matchEthekwini, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026501-1,000155 contacts →

Exact match

“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…”

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11Exact matchLenasia Ext. 10, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-500154 contacts →

Exact match

“Koogan Plastics is a South African plastics and packaging manufacturer, based in Lenasia, Johannesburg.”

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12Exact matchMaxmead, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000151 contacts →

Exact match

“Astrapak is a specialised manufacturer of an extensive range of rigid moulded, and thermoformed plastic packaging products serving the African market.”

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13Exact matchRoodekop, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-500150 contacts →

Exact match

“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…”

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14Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-500138 contacts →

Exact match

“Bidvest Afcom is a South African leader in the manufacturing, distributing & provisioning of innovative packaging, strapping, fastening, film, tape, labels, adhesive solutions &…”

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15Exact matchDurban, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000131 contacts →

Exact match

“The packaging leaders in the corrugate industry for over 60 years.”

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16Exact matchWorcester, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026501-1,000131 contacts →

Exact match

“APL Cartons (Pty) Ltd is a successful, profitable, privately owned company.”

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17Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-500106 contacts →

Exact match

“PackSolve is one of the largest, black-owned, diversified industrial packaging groups in the Southern African region.”

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18Exact matchDurban, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-500100 contacts →

Exact match

“Specialists in all areas of packaging graphics, our team at Polyflex are passionate about exceeding customers’ expectations.”

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19Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 202651-20099 contacts →

Exact match

“Specialists in Folding Cartons and Package Inserts for the Healthcare (Pharmaceutical & Nutriceutical), Personal Care and Confectionery Food sectors.”

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20Exact matchPinetown, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-50081 contacts →

Exact match

“Packaging World is a specialist flexible packaging business that offers high quality printed flexible packaging solutions for the food, beverage, confectionery, industrial and…”

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21Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-50079 contacts →

Exact match

“PRIDE-PAK PACKAGING is a company based out of 7 Schonland Theta Ext 7, JHB South, Gauteng, South Africa.”

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22Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 202651-20076 contacts →

Exact match

“Since opening for business in 1984, Acepak has focused on offering competitively priced packaging systems ideally suited to local industry.”

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23Exact matchDurban, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026201-50073 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 1963 in Durban, Tropic Plastic & Packaging Industry (Pty) Ltd has grown into one of South Africa’s leading manufacturers of flexible packaging.”

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24Exact matchOttawa, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 202651-20068 contacts →

Exact match

“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…”

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25Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 17, 2026501-1,00061 contacts →

Exact match

“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…”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 17, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase

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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
83
201-500
46
501-1,000
9
1,001-5,000
10
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
1

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

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with South Africa whose business descriptions match “packaging and paper manufacturers” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 4,661 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “packaging and paper manufacturers”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

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

RevenueBase identified 381 company matches for packaging and paper manufacturers associated with South Africa as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

SAPPI tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most packaging and paper manufacturers?

Johannesburg leads with 73 company records, 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 limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 4,661 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 381 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

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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About this data

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 SmartSearch, 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.