New car price inflation dropped to 1.8% in the third quarter of the year, its lowest level in five years, according to the latest Vehicle Pricing Index (VPI) released on Thursday, 6 October 2011, by TransUnion Auto Information Solutions. 11 Oct 2011
US retail giant Wal-Mart is warming up to small Cape Town manufacturer Econo-Heat as it is proving that growth in volumes help to reduce labour costs and to beat Chinese rivals. 10 Oct 2011
Conditions in the domestic manufacturing sector were "dreary" during the second quarter, the Manufacturing Circle's Quarterly Bulletin reports. 28 Sep 2011
Manufacturing may receive a lifeline when the new preferential procurement regulations take effect in December, compelling all government entities to buy locally manufactured goods rather than imported ones in designated sectors. 26 Sep 2011
Manufacturing business confidence has fallen sharply in the third quarter 2011 to 36 index points, from 51 in the preceding quarter, according to the latest Bureau for Economic Research's (BER) manufacturing survey. 12 Sep 2011
A disappointing performance by the manufacturing, mining and agriculture sectors in the second quarter of 2011 contributed to weaker than expected economic growth during the quarter. 1 Sep 2011
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose to 8.9% in July, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Thursday, 25 August 2011. 25 Aug 2011
LONDON, UK: PwC report urges manufacturers to protect, prepare and plan against a ticking time bomb of financial instability. 23 Aug 2011
Wholesale trade sales at constant (2000) prices for June grew 8.7% year on year (y/y) compared with 6.6% in May, Statistics SA data showed on Thursday, 18 August 2011. 19 Aug 2011
The Producer Price Index (PPI) in June rose to 7.4%, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said today, Thursday 28 July 2011. 28 Jul 2011
Turkey's Arcelik Group announced today, Thursday 21 July 2011, that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Defy Appliances, the leading home appliances manufacturer in southern Africa, from Franke Holding for an undisclosed sum. 21 Jul 2011
The persistently strong and volatile rand remains a major concern for manufacturers, according to the Manufacturing Circle's (MC) bulletin for the first quarter released on Friday, 15 July 2011. 18 Jul 2011
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Africa accounts for just 1% of the world's manufacturing and needs to boost the sector if it wants to reduce poverty, a UN report said on Monday, 11 July 2011. 12 Jul 2011
Tata, the Indian industrial giant, will begin construction of a vehicle assembly facility in Rosslyn, Pretoria, later this month. 7 Jul 2011
A recently held workshop and seminar, ExtruAfrica 2011, organised by the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa looked at extrusion technology, a food and feed processing process ideal to establish small to medium-sized processing plants on farms or in rural areas. 27 Jun 2011
Clover Industries' board has approved R277 million worth of capital expenditure in addition to Project Cielo Blu. This brings the total amount of capital expenditure programmes to R627 million, the company said on Tuesday, 14 June 2011. 15 Jun 2011
Manufacturing production in South Africa in April rose just 0.4% year on year (y/y) after a revised 4.9% growth (4.6%) in March, data released by stats SA on Thursday, 9 June 2011, showed. 10 Jun 2011
British American Tobacco (BAT) is to acquire a 100% interest in privately owned Productora Tabacalera de Colombia, S.A.S. (Protabaco), the second largest cigarette company in Colombia, for an enterprise value of US$452 million. 26 May 2011
China has topped a list of countries considered most important to industrial manufacturers for economic growth, according to a new report by PwC. 19 May 2011
Ubombo Sugar, 60% owned by Illovo and 40% owned by the Tibiyo Taka Ngwane Trust on behalf of the Swazi nation, will fully commission its major factory expansion and co-generation project in May 2011, due to a successful 940 million Euros medium term funding in Swaziland by Illovo. 17 May 2011
