This week, we say farewell and good luck to a stalwart in the packaging industry – Robin Moore – who retires from Astrapak, a Berry Global company, on 31 January.
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Astrapak, a Berry Global Company, has completed its annual BRC accreditation audit at the Thermopac plant in Cape Town, retaining BRC status with AA certification.
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Berry Astrapak welcomes Grant Matthews into the position of Sales Executive, based in Gauteng. Stemming from an engineering background, Grant has been involved in the plastics industry since 1986, working with major plastic manufacturing companies in South Africa which has gained him more than 30 years’ experience.
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In the wake of the recent cases of gender-based violence in South Africa, many citizens have expressed their deep concern for the lack of respect and protection for women and children. The movement has swept country-wide with people initiating marches and calling for change on social media.
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The staff at Berry Astrapak are not afraid to get their hands dirty, inspiring the participation of South African communities to clean-up our coastlines. Leading around 270 volunteers in this year’s International Coastal Clean-up Day on Saturday 21 September, the local plastics packaging manufacturer continues to set the bar in removing plastic waste from local beaches.
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Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) is pleased to announce its participation in the new recycling initiative, HolyGrail 2.0.
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Berry Astrapak is among South Africa’s leading suppliers of rigid dairy packaging as we measure ourselves against international standards to ensure competitive products with consistent quality.
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Further to our announcement on 18 June 2019, we are delighted to confirm that as planned Craig Matthews has now taken over full management responsibility as MD of RPC Astrapak.
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Recycling in South Africa is still a habit which requires impetus in South Africa. Most South Africans are not yet in the habit of regularly recycling, and the facts don’t lie: 95% of the population does not actively engage in recycling. Polyco is a non-profit organisation who, through their impressive initiative Packa-ching, endeavours to increase recycling rates through educating and employing people from low income communities.
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Pets are an integral part of our lives and keeping them healthy and well-fed is as important as looking after our own diet. A single bag of food for larger pets can be quite heavy and cumbersome to carry.
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An incident in one of the Durban factories of Berry Astrapak was contained and managed before it could cause any further major harm or damage.
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Berry Astrapak has achieved two great results at its JJ Precision plant in Maxmead and its Plastech plant in East London marking both 1000 and 1500 injury-free days respectively. We congratulate every single team member who contributed to this significant achievement.
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