Sappi
Next one in the list of largest manufacturing companies in South Africa is Sappi. A South African pulp and paper firm with international activities, Sappi Limited was first established in 1936 as South African Pulp and Paper Industries Limited. It produces and sells goods made of wood fiber, including packaging, wood pulp that dissolves, graphic papers, printing papers, and specialty papers. The company offers related items including nanocellulose and lignosulphonate. The graphic paper products from Sappi are utilized in a variety of print applications, including books, brochures, periodicals, and catalogs. The business provides specialist cellulose products that are used to produce viscose fiber for products including stylish apparel, textiles, home goods, and medications.
Sappi does business through a network of production sites and sales offices spread across South Africa, Europe, and different nations in North America. It has a history of developing new products to satisfy regional demand for newsprint, graphic papers, packaging papers used to protect the customers' products (especially in the agricultural sector), specialty papers used in convenience food, confectionery, cosmetic, and luxury markets, and tissue paper for household, medical, and industrial use in Southern Africa.
In the market for dissolving pulp (DP), its Verve brand is a major competitor. The creation of viscose fiber for trendy apparel and textiles, acetate tow, medicinal items, as well as a variety of consumer and home goods, uses DP, which is employed by converters all over the world. The majority of its mills' output in South Africa is exported. With five operating mills, Sappi Southern Africa is able to produce 99,000 m3 of sawn timber, 690,000 tons of paper, 633,000 tons of paper pulp, and more than a million tons of dissolving pulp annually. The fact that Sappi Southern Africa is a net seller of pulp effectively hedges the pulp that the European business purchases.
Founded: 1936
Headquarters: Johannesburg, South Africa
Website: https://www.sappi.com/
