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Top 23 Plant fiber paper companies based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 55 plant fiber paper companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 8,649 professional contacts across them, including 3,311 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers plant fiber paper companies 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 23 largest plant fiber paper companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 23 of 55 plant fiber paper companies 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 plant fiber paper companies: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceRosebank, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+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 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000456 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 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceGauteng, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000294 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The paper division manufactures recycled-based packaging and industrial paper grades such as containerboard and cartonboard.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Partial evidenceGarankuwa, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500239 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceRustenburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a177 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Partial 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
7Indirect 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
8Indirect 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
9Partial 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
10Partial 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
11Indirect 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
12Partial 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
13Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Manufacturers of Corrugated Packaging”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gerber Paper was founded in 1975 and today is a leading supplier of paper to the South African market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Indirect evidenceHeriotdale, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Rand Plastics was founded in 1980 providing innovative and quality plastic furniture and homeware products to the South African consumer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Partial 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
17Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 1968, Merpak is the largest specialised envelope manufacturing and printing company in Southern Africa, and currently holds around 80% share in the local market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Indirect 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
19Partial evidencePaarl, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Azapak, based in Paarl Western Cape, is a Paper Packaging Solutions driven Manufacturing company providing paper packaging solutions at a high quality and exceptional service…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Partial evidenceKnights, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A leading provider of sustainable paper products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Indirect evidenceHoneydew, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GoGreenWithEnviromall: Affordable Eco Packaging in South Africa EnviroMall believes in a future where convenience doesn't come at our planet’s cost.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-507 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Converted Paper Products (CPP) was established in 2001 and is a private owned company which supplies an extensive range of local and imported products that provides the Litho and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-503 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Packaging & Paper Wholesale Merchant > Sustainability > Reliability”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Plant fiber paper companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
38.3%Verified-email coverage
157.3Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
29.1%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
9
11-50
12
51-200
12
201-500
15
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
3
5,001-10,000
1
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 55 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 plant fiber paper companies, 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 “plant fiber paper companies”. 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 plant fiber paper companies), 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 plant fiber paper companies, 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, 3,311 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
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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 plant fiber paper companies, 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 plant fiber paper companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 55 plant fiber paper companies 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 plant fiber paper companies?

Johannesburg leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Durban (8) and Cape Town (6).

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 3,311 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 55 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.