A HISTORY THAT SPANS OVER FIVE DECADES

Tropic Plastic & Packaging Industry was founded and established in 1963 by the late Mr E.M Bhabha. His vision was to provide quality packaging materials coupled with personalized service excellence at an affordable price.

Our core business is manufacturing of polyethylene films and its derivatives, printing and converting of flexible packaging in various forms, as well as Lamination. Today, Tropic Plastic has grown to be one of the most modern and well equipped plastic packaging converters in Southern Africa.

Continuous research and product development to meet with latest European technologies and customized high speed machinery is evident at our manufacturing plant, based in Jacobs, an Industrial area in the south of Durban, Kwazulu, Natal.

State of the art machinery includes multi-layer co-extrusion, flexographic line and detail process printing to 10 colours, bag conversion in different forms together with slitting capabilities. Coupled with its skilled workface, Tropic is capable of handling a complete and diversified range of films and bags, to fulfill the requirements of discerning customers.

COMPANY AND PRODUCT

Tropic Plastic & Packaging Industry [Pty] Ltd is a privately owned family business who’s activities are focused on the production of low density polyethylene printed and plain quality packaging material. The company’s management experiences in the plastic industry totals 48 years. Through great leadership, and improved technology, Tropic Plastic & Packaging Industry (Pty) Ltd is one of the leading blown film manufacturers today in South Africa.

The products offered are:

• Printed polyethylene bags
• Plain polyethylene bags
• Printed polyethylene sheeting (form, fill & seal) & (advertising)
• Clear polyethylene shrink packaging
• Printed polyethylene shrink packaging
• Clear and printed contoured bottom bags
• Printed polyethylene wicketted bags
• Printed and plain polyethylene tubing
• Laminated printed film and bags