Nando's has opened entries to its fourth Hot Young Designer (HYD) talent search, which seeks to unearth innovative new designs for Nando's restaurants around the world, and fire up the careers of emerging local creatives. 10 Feb 2022
The manufacturing industry is aggressively tackling the task of rebuilding what the last two years have disrupted. In spite of labour shortages and supply chain instability, the US is seeing industrial production and capacity utilisation overtaking pre-pandemic levels, and there is an upward trend in new orders for all major sectors. This is according to Deloitte's recent analysis of the manufacturing industry's outlook for 2022. 9 Feb 2022
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South African manufacturing activity expanded at a faster pace in January, with business picking up as new sales orders and inventories edged higher, a survey showed on Tuesday. 1 Feb 2022
Hasbro, the owner of toy and entertainment brands including Monopoly, Play-Doh, Dungeons & Dragons and My Little Pony, has appointed Chris Cocks as its new CEO, effective 25 February 2022. 10 Jan 2022
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South African private sector activity contracted in December as concerns about rising COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant and tighter travel restrictions hurt demand, a survey showed on Wednesday. 5 Jan 2022
Runner-up, Joy Ezeka of Zuri and Imani design studio,Suraya Williams of Design Twenty-Six in third place and winner Moshibudi Piet of Sabafuraha
Medical scrubs manufacturer, Sabafuraha has been awarded the top prize, a R20,000 cash injection and a mentorship programme with industry leaders, in Cape Town's clothing industry's first business accelerator project. 24 Dec 2021
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Have you got a sustainable fashion story you want told in an immersive digital format? Electric South, Twyg and Crossover Labs are excited to invite creative technologists and digital storytellers to apply for the Design Futures Lab 2022. 21 Dec 2021
Alifurn Outdoor Furniture Company was named the winner of the inaugural eThekwini Furniture Cluster Business Accelerator Programme for 2021, scooping a R20,000 cash prize. 17 Dec 2021
The next 36 months hold promise for the local furniture manufacturing industry, states the eThekwini Furniture Cluster (EFC), which states that its market research among prominent South African furniture retailers have indicated that they're looking to replace imports by sourcing up to 2 million units per year from local manufacturers. 10 Dec 2021
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South African manufacturing activity expanded at a faster pace in November as business activity and new sales orders grew, a survey showed on Wednesday. 2 Dec 2021
Stakeholders in South Africa's furniture sector believe the local sector has the potential to grow into a globally competitive and transformed industry, and said they're on a mission to place locally manufactured and designed furniture into the homes, schools and workplaces of all South Africans, Africans and beyond. 9 Nov 2021
The decision to manufacture new uniforms for the South African National Defence Force (Sandf) entirely in South Africa will create much-needed jobs in the textile and clothing industry, says the Textile Federation. 5 Nov 2021
Multinational food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak is investing R500m to upgrade and increase the production capability of the packaging material factory located in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. The upgrade will take place over a period of several years, commencing in the first quarter of 2022. 2 Nov 2021
De Beers Group has announced the winners of the 2020/2021 De Beers Group Designers Initiative Shining Light Awards, creating opportunities for the next generation of jewellery designers from our diamond producing countries. 29 Oct 2021
As the manufacturing world continues to evolve to meet new challenges, there's a step-change in innovation for the products and services that are delivered and supported. Many industry insiders are expressing the need for a focus on driving sustainable (and profitable) business growth. Deloitte suggests digital investment and supply chain resilience as the key pillars. 19 Oct 2021
James Sampson runs a tech repair shop in suburban Washington D.C. - fixing wayward phones and lagging laptops - and sees his tiny store as one part of a brave, new consumer rights revolution that can protect the planet, too. 19 Oct 2021
Stats SA reports that South Africa's manufacturing production increased by 1.8% in August 2021 compared with August 2020. 13 Oct 2021
TFG launched its newest Prestige Clothing factory in Johannesburg this week, this time specially designed for a hearing-impaired workforce. The opening is the latest development in the fashion and lifestyle retailer's drive to grow local manufacturing and create jobs within the sector. 7 Oct 2021
Right to Repair is a movement that, simply, seeks to legally compel manufacturers to make spare parts of the products they produce available to the end user. 29 Sep 2021
John Jacobs, Sweet-Orr & Lybro CEO. Source: Supplied
John Jacobs, who hails from Kraaifontein, Cape Town, has risen up the ranks from being a teenage junior clerk at an international protective workwear company to becoming CEO of that very business and developing it into one of South Africa's most prominent workwear brands. 10 Sep 2021
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