Manufacturing in South Africa

What kind of month it was

• 21expansion
• 13funding and investment
• 10deals and disposals
• 4enterprise development
• 3security incidents
• 3backlog

What happened

• 2026-09-23expansionregulatory action$890,81 million$832,76 million
  Compliance Regulations for Skincare Businesses in South AfricaSME South Africa ↗
• 2026-09-21expansion$17MUS$17 million
  Indian Rigid-Packaging Maker Manika Plastech Closes $17M Mainboard IPOVentureburn ↗
• 2026-09-18expansionretrenchmentR10 million
  Local Manufacturing IncentivesSME South Africa ↗
• 2026-09-17capitalexpansion$200M$20M
  Veridion Raises $20M to Expand AI-Powered Business IntelligenceVentureburn ↗
• 2026-09-07backlogexpansion
  Water Without Waiting: The Rise Of Modular Rental Plants In AfricaInfrastructure News ↗
• 2026-08-31breachesdexpansion
  Recycled Plastics Take Centre Stage As SAPRO Crowns Its 2026 ChampionsInfrastructure News ↗
• 2026-08-31expansionR13 billionR800 million
  President Ramaphosa to address Volkswagen Group Africa 75th anniversary dinnerSAnews ↗
• 2026-08-31esdexpansion
  Gauteng Award Winning Cosmetics Company Shares Journey of Entrepreneurial Perseverance this Women’s Monththe dtic ↗
• 2026-08-28mna
  Hyundai envisions a future where car dealerships also sell robotic assistantsStuff South Africa ↗
• 2026-08-27capitalR10 000 000R5 000 000
  Manufacturing Cost Control: Strategies for SMEsSME South Africa ↗
• 2026-08-24capitalexpansionr 1,15 millionR27 million
  Building a Women-Led Sanitary Pad Manufacturing BusinessSME South Africa ↗
• 2026-08-23mna
  Innovative Limpopo woman produces hairpieces from banana plantsSAnews ↗

Named most often

• Composting To Eliminate Factory Landfill Waste3
• SAPRO2
• M Mainboard IPO2
• Manika Plastech2
• IPO2
• Terra Industries1
• CXMT1
• DRAM1
• Please Call Me1
• Volkswagen Group Africa1

Counted only where the organisation is named in the headline, so this is who the month was about rather than who got a mention.