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Top 25 Paper and cardboard converters based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 101 paper and cardboard converters headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 2,715 professional contacts across them, including 727 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers paper and cardboard converters 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 20, 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.

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The 25 largest paper and cardboard converters based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 101 paper and cardboard converters based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to paper and cardboard converters: 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.
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1Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,000528 contacts →

Partial 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 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceRustenburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a177 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500172 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 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceEthekwini, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000155 contacts →

Indirect 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 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000131 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20099 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 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50079 contacts →

Indirect 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 20, 2026
8Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20045 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Xanita's proprietary manufacturing process converts recycled kraft paper fibre waste into high-strength, lightweight, non-toxic, low density fibreboard.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50041 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lufil Packaging is South Africa's leading supplier of paper bags, offering a comprehensive range of environmentally-friendly solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSpartan, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“BRITEPAK is a leading manufacturer of folded cartons and packaging inserts, dedicated to serving a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and cosmetics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Everest Packaging Group is a dynamic collaboration between long-established packaging plants, Pride Pak and Boxlee.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBoksburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sunny Packs Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd, is one of South Africa's leading corrugated board and carton manufacturers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceGermiston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,00030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Lothlorien started in 1972 Lothlorien Waste was added in 2015 Lothlorien Recycling and Lothlorien Waste offer bespoke waste management and recycling solutions taylor made to suite…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Proficient Packaging is situated in Cape Town, Western Cape.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As the paper merchant with a 360° approach to everything paper and the printing of paper we offer an extensive range of sustainably sourced paper and board for printing, writing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Manufacturers of Corrugated Packaging”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Peninsula Packaging, located in Cape Town, is one of 3 group companies in the Master Plastics Group.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Seyfert is one of the leading premium packaging suppliers in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Indirect evidenceWetton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Geiger & Klotzbücher (Pty) Ltd, a family-owned business since 1967 is one of Southern Africa’s leading suppliers of an exclusive range of packaging equipment and -material…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in Cape Town, Boxes for Africa, a division of CTP Limited, specialises in the production of a wide range of corrugated packaging solutions and services multiple…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Partial evidenceGardens, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 1996, West Coast Paper Traders is a privately owned South African company supplying kraft paper and packaging products to the industrial and FMCG packaging supplier…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Wave Paper is an Industrial Packaging company based in New Germany, KwaZulu-Natal.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Indirect evidenceGermiston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 2011, Mzansi Rolls & Labels is an independently owned company serving customers throughout Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Indirect evidenceKrugersdorp, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“It’s simple.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Paper and cardboard converters based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
26.8%Verified-email coverage
26.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
23.8%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
21
11-50
37
51-200
23
201-500
14
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
2
5,001-10,000
2

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 101 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 paper and cardboard converters, 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 “paper and cardboard converters”. 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 paper and cardboard converters), 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 paper and cardboard converters, 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, 727 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 20, 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.

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 paper and cardboard converters, 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 paper and cardboard converters are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 101 paper and cardboard converters 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?

Mpact Limited, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most paper and cardboard converters?

Johannesburg leads with 24 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (18) and Durban (12).

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 727 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 101 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 20, 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 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.