Sidel strengthens presence in Southern Africa

Since June, The Johannesburg-based company has been the home base to support all countries in Southern Africa, including Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho and Swaziland. Today, Sidel has a large installed base of more than 400 pieces of equipment in Southern Africa. This is a growing market in all types of beverage businesses, where Sidel is mainly involved in CSD, beer, and converters. According to Euromonitor, 3.5 billion liters of beer and 4 billion liters of CSD were consumed in South Africa in 2009. And even more importantly, forecasts for 2010 to 2014 are positive: the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for beer is forecasted to be 5.4 percent, while for carbonated beverages it is expected to be 1.6 percent.

Marking the occasion of Sidel’s formal investment in the Southern African zone and to celebrate the opening of the new office, a customer event has taken place in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 12 October 2010. The event had the form of a conference focusing on “Sustainability in Packaging” with a number of key speakers from the industry.