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africa which puts pressure on manufacturers to continuously innovate their offerings . “ There is a lot more diversity in food packaging and products compared with five years ago ,” he said . Due to this increased demand , the company is always looking at ways to develop new packaging solutions and update its production facilities .
“ We already have a strong technical service area , but we can be even better ,” said Strömblad . “ We are expanding our capabilities in that respect by offering value added services such as training external operators by illustrating how to reach higher levels of efficiency .”
Rise to prominence Aseptic packaging , which is the practice of filling a sterile food or liquid into a paper based

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The number of employees across its South African operations

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