Full Name of Company: Nampak Liquid (Westmead Branch)
Nature of Business: Packaging
Products: HDPE Bottles; PET Bottles; Closures; Bottle Filling and Handling Systems
Date Established: Originally started in 1966 as part of C J Fuchs and was called Fuchjay. Bought out by Nampak in 1980 and was named Blow Molders. Merged with Metal Box Liquid Packaging in 1997 and was renamed Nampak Liquid. This particular branch in KZN was first established in Mobeni in 1982. It later moved to New Germany in 1995. When it outgrew that, it moved to Westmead in 2001.
Subsidaries: Nampak Liquid Westmead is one of 106 factories in the larger Nampak Group. (60 in South Africa, 25 in the rest of Africa and 21 in Europe). Nampak Liquid Westmead is one of eleven NP Liquid branches. The division also has four inplants, two of which are found in KZN i.e. Clover Queensborough and more recently Orange Grove Dairies in Dundee.
Customer Base: We serve the dairy, fruit juice, sorghum beer, mineral waters, wines, chemicals, mageu, and motor oil markets.
No. of Employees: 115
Auditors: Deloitte
Bankers: Standard Bank
Public Relations Agency: The Red Phone
Achieved through five value drivers:
Customer Service
Innovation
Speed
Accountability
Manufacturing Excellence
KEY PERSONNEL
KZN Regional Director: Donald Hicks
Managing Director: Willem Pienaar
Marketing Manager: Terry van der Walt
Financial Manager: Jill Oliphant and Stuart Cox
Sales Team: Moira Henry & ThandiweNdlovu
CONTACT DETAILS
NP Liquid Westmead
Physical Address: 22 Circuit Road, Westmead
Tel: +27 (0)31 792 8300
Fax: +27 (0)31 792 8340
E-mail: Donald.Hicks@za.nampak.com
Website: http://www.nampak.com