South African carpet manufacturer, Van Dyck Floors, has extended its global footprint with the launch of an operation in Zimbabwe...
9 Sep 2019
The first conviction for 3D printing a firearm was recently reported in London, not long after 3D printed masks were used to trick face recognition. Should we be afraid?
Ahmad Beltagui, Achilleas Sesis and Nikolaos Stylos 16 Aug 2019
Pep Clothing is celebrating 50 years of production in South Africa. The company, which is SA's largest clothing manufacturer under one roof, has reached this milestone birthday despite operating in a strained manufacturing environment...
13 Aug 2019
Diageo, one of the world's largest producers of spirits and beers, has committed to investing $219million in renewable energy upgrades at 11 of its breweries in Africa...
8 Aug 2019
Since 2001, Bizcommunity anticipated the role of company culture as intellectual capital. Biz Press Offices are a "glass box" game changer, offering a window into 18 industry communities...
Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019
Ericsson is set to build its first fully-automated smart factory in the U.S., expected to be up and running in early 2020...
5 Jul 2019
The ability to manufacture 'just enough' stock to cover orders and deliver 'just enough' product to every retailer is the optimal supply chain scenario in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry...
Andrew Dawson 24 Jun 2019
Rarely does mention of the pharmaceutical industry conjure up images of smoke stacks, pollution and environmental damage...
Lotfi Belkhir 28 May 2019
The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it will maintain its majority stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, abandoning plans to refranchise its Africa bottling business...
21 May 2019
Fashion shouldn't cost lives and it shouldn't cost us our planet. Yet this is what is happening today. Globalisation, fast fashion, economies of scale, social media and offshore production have created a perfect storm...
Anika Kozlowski 26 Apr 2019
Home appliance brand Defy, a subsidiary of Arcelik Global, has invested more than R1billion in upgrading three local production centres to serve as its strategic manufacturing hub...
25 Apr 2019
The fifth annual Condé Nast International Luxury Conference kicked off in Cape Town yesterday, bringing some of the biggest names in global luxury to African soil...
Lauren Hartzenberg 11 Apr 2019
The doors have officially opened to a new 22,700m² food production facility belonging to In2food, in the OR Tambo Special Economic Zone in Johannesburg...
10 Apr 2019
The adoption continues for the .africa (dotAfrica) geographic Top Level Domain (gLTD) as Africa's biggest multi-industry website, Bizcommunity, announced the launch of its dotAfrica website...
dotAfrica 9 Apr 2019
Bizcommunity is proud to announce the launch of BIZ | Daily - a daily top story round-up, curated from across 18 industry sectors by most impressions and social media shares...
Bizcommunity.com 8 Apr 2019
Bizcommunity, the wholly independently owned media brand made in Africa for Africa, is proud to announce the launch of the Bizcommunity.africa domain...
Bizcommunity.com 2 Apr 2019
Twenty years ago, there were in excess of 50,000 to 70,000 artisans employed throughout the mining, manufacturing, construction and local authorities' sectors in SA...
Danette Breitenbach 28 Mar 2019
Ramona Kasavan is taking over Africa one sanitary towel at a time. She started her company, Mimi Women, after seeing large numbers of girls missing school over their monthly menses...
Maroefah Smith 14 Mar 2019
The Fabrication City concept puts manufacturing back in the hands of communities - using 3D printers...
Sylvie Albert, Jeremy Millard, Tomas Diez 11 Mar 2019
To reduce unemployment South Africa needs to prioritise labour-intensive work instead of higher wages, write professors Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass...
Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass 25 Feb 2019
