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Top 25 Rigid packaging companies based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 206 rigid packaging companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 8,634 professional contacts across them, including 1,089 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers rigid packaging 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 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
206Companies
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1,089Verified emails
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The 25 largest rigid packaging companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 206 rigid packaging companies 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 rigid packaging 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
1Partial evidenceBryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0003,518 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Nampak is evolving into a focused metals packaging business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000258 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
3Partial evidencePaarl, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500230 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Indirect evidenceRustenburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026n/a177 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000161 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
6Partial evidenceLenasia Ext. 10, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500154 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Strong evidenceMaxmead, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000151 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
8Partial evidencePiet Retief, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500140 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Mondi Packaging South Africa (MPSA) was established in 2005 with Shanduka as the empowerment partner.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000131 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500106 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
11Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 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 17, 2026
12Partial evidencePinetown, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50081 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
13Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50079 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
14Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50073 contacts →

Partial 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
15Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,00061 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
16Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50046 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Transpaco and future packaging and machinery is an industrial packaging manufacturer and distributor, renowned for our expansive and diverse product portfolio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Indirect evidenceSprings, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026n/a45 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18Partial evidenceAlrode, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50041 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are customer-focused and aim to provide comprehensive packaging solutions to our customers, Our product offering has been expanded to cover all major food-related packaging…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 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 17, 2026
20Partial evidenceSpartan, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20040 contacts →

Partial 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 17, 2026
21Indirect evidenceEdenvale, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20038 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bonpak is the largest supplier of a wide range of glass and plastic containers to the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50035 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23Indirect evidenceBoksburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 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 17, 2026
24Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20030 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Manufacturers of Corrugated Packaging

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Rigid packaging companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
12.6%Verified-email coverage
41.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
18.4%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
50
11-50
72
51-200
42
201-500
30
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
8

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 206 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 rigid packaging 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 “rigid packaging 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 rigid packaging 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 rigid packaging 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, 1,089 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.

Rigid packaging companies by metro

  • Rigid packaging companies in Johannesburg38
  • Rigid packaging companies in Cape Town33

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 rigid packaging 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 rigid packaging companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 206 rigid packaging 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?

Nampak, headquartered in Bryanston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most rigid packaging companies?

Johannesburg leads with 38 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (33) and Durban (14).

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 1,089 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 206 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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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.