A HISTORY THAT SPANS OVER FIVE DECADES

Tropic Plastic & Packaging Industry was founded and established in 1963 by the Bhabha Family. The vision was to provide quality packaging materials coupled with personalized service excellence at an affordable price. Tropic Plastic & Packaging Industry [Pty] Ltd is excited to announce a new chapter in its growth story. This follows the acquisition of a significant shareholding in Tropic by a consortium of investors comprising Nedbank Private Equity (“NPE”), the Mineworkers Investment Company (“MIC”) and the existing Management team (led by its CEO, Ismail Simjee). The current founding shareholder of Tropic will retain a shareholding in the business. While maintaining the principles and foundations on which it has been built, Tropic embraces a new phase of growth opportunities as it evolves from a family-owned business. Tropic aims to continue to add value for all stakeholders including customers, suppliers, employees and broader community interests. Tise investment by NPE and MIC is testament to Tropic’s business and its market-leading position in the packaging sector. The new partnership will offer Tropic’s long-standing and new customers and suppliers the commitment of continued business and financial stability with significant potential for growth and innovation in new product development and unwavering standards of quality and service offerings. Tropic places significant focus on being a leading sustainable and environmentally responsible packaging producer in South Africa, and as such it remains committed to investing in and advancing its ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) standards.

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 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.

Product Offering:

• 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