Nampak’s vast portfolio of packaging solutions finds application primarily in the food and beverage market sectors, as well as household and industrial products, cosmetics and toiletries, pharmaceutical and medical markets and the cigarette and tobacco industries.
With a geographic footprint that stretches upwards from South Africa, through the rest of Africa and into Europe, Nampak is strategically located to meet nearly every customer need either locally or through export. Nampak provides a wide variety of value-added services, including the supply of specialised equipment, packaging design, technical support and one of the leading research and development facilities worldwide.
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| May 9, 2025 | Notorious ransomware group gets a taste of its own medicine | The ransom-seeking cybercriminals behind the extortion group Lockbit appear to have suffered a breach of their own, according to a rogue post to one of the group’s websites and security analysts who follow the gang. On Wednesday, one of Loc... |
| Feb 21, 2025 | New CFO at Reunert | Mark Kathan, newly appointed group chief financial officer at Reunert Reunert has named a new group chief financial officer: Mark Kathan will take on the role from 1 March following the imminent retirement of long-serving CFO Nick Thomson. ... |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Nampak hit by cyberattack | JSE-listed packaging firm Nampak told its shareholders on Tuesday that it has suffered a cyberattack in which an unknown third party has gained access to its IT systems. In a notice published on the JSE’s stock exchange news service, Nampak... |
| Dec 16, 2019 | Most – but not all – South African companies are struggling in Zimbabwe. Here are the winners and losers. | News analysis A moneychanger at the Chirundu border post between Zambia and Zimbabwe displays some of the older high denomination banknotes from Zimbabwe in 2008. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images) Zimbabwe is facing a heap of... |
| Apr 20, 2017 | 240 cartons of IMFL, valued at Rs 60 lakh, seized in dry Bihar | MUZAFFARPUR: Excise sleuths seized 240 cartons of India made foreign liquor (IMFL) from a truck near Basra Shukla village in Jaitpur police outpost area of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district late on Wednesday night. Acting on a tip off, excise of... |
| Feb 11, 2013 | South Africa’s Nampak Invests $179m In Bottle, Can Production | Nampak Group would invest 1.6 billion rand ($179 million) in two businesses that produce bottles and cans, strengthening its position in the beverage-can and glass packaging sectors, Africa’s biggest packaging group said at the weekend. Bus... |
| Mar 1, 2011 | Platinum Equity Acquires Nampak Cartons and Healthcare Packaging Business in Europe | Los Angeles, CA —Platinum Equity announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Nampak Cartons and Nampak Healthcare from South Africa-based Nampak Limited [JSE:NPK]. Nampak Cartons produces cartons for the food and beverage secto... |
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FAQ about Nampak
When was Nampak founded?
Nampak was founded in 1968.
What has the press written about Nampak?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning Nampak, among them “Notorious ransomware group gets a taste of its own medicine” (May 9, 2025) and “New CFO at Reunert” (Feb 21, 2025).
Is Nampak still active?
Yes, Nampak is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 4, 2026.