http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com News for the South African Food, Pharmaceutical, chemical and cosmetic manufacturing industries Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:55:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Frost & Sullivan analyst Laura Peinke believes that the main issue around state tender prices hinges around whether the local manufacturing environment will receive the right support from government, while the economy is kept open to international competition. Peinke gives her thoughts below on what is needed for South Africa to ... http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com/2010/03/11/sa-needs-to-up-manufacturing-sector-competitiveness/ A brand new menu featuring fun icons, colourful close ups of delectable treats and vibrant hero photos have driven the rejuvenation of the Ola Milky Lane brand and its outlets. The makeover started with Fourways, Monte Casino and Eastgate in Johannesburg and Galleria Mall in KwaZulu-Natal and will be rolled ... http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com/2010/03/11/new-look-for-ola-milky-lane/ Sasol, South Africa’s leading provider of synthetic liquid fuels and a major international producer of chemicals, today celebrated breaking ground for an R8,4 billion Wax Expansion Project at its Sasolburg Sasol One Site.  The first phase of the project will come into operation in 2012. When complete in 2014, it ... http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com/2010/03/11/r8-4bn-sasol-wax-project-launched/ Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it lowered its long-term corporate credit rating on South African food manufacturer Foodcorp (Proprietary) Ltd. to ‘B-’ from ‘B’. The outlook is stable. At the same time, the senior secured debt rating on the company’s EUR280 million Eurobond was lowered to ‘B-’ from ... http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com/2010/03/11/foodcorp-debt-downgraded/ When AltX listed pharmaceutical and wellness stock Bioscience Brands was re-listed, we at ManufacturingHub.co.za were quite upbeat on its prospects. We retain this confidence in the overall offering. At the time we wrote that BioScience would be “A slog then a steal” with us saying: “BioScience needs  to prove that its management ... http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com/2010/03/11/bioscience-turnaround-on-track/ Underestimating the replacement value of farming equipment, combined with a failure to regularly review their policies, means that the percentage of South Africa’s farmers who are underinsured could be as high as 70%. “There is a definite trend of underinsurance in the agriculture industry, says Jonjon Smit, sales director at CIB ... http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com/2010/03/10/underinsured-sa-farmers-face-huge-risks/ JSE listed petrochemicals giant will be forgiven its social indiscretions simply because it is one of the most innovative companies in South Africa. That’s the view of the ManufacturingHub.co.za team who believe that unlike listed food group Pioneer, Sasol will not only learn but continue to innovate in the coming years. Read ... http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com/2010/03/08/sasol%e2%80%99s-ability-to-innovate-will-trump-social-indiscretions/ South African petrochemicals giant Sasol has sent a positive message to the market when it announced that it was raising its interim dividend by 12%. The phrase "cautiously optimistic" is being bandied around again. It also gave guidance on some of the projects that it is involved in. For more details check out ... http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com/2010/03/08/sasol-upbeat/ Petrochemicals giant Sasol and food powerhouse Pioneer are two companies which have been in the news again in the last few weeks for contravention of competition legislation in South Africa. Pioneer has been taking a lot of flak because of the sensitive nature of their product and there have been vociferous ... http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com/2010/03/06/ethical-south-african-companies/ BASF is to showcase its wide product range of innovative excipients at the  7th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutic and Pharmaceutical Technology from March 8 -11, 2010, in La Valetta, Malta. With two new products, Soluplus® and Kollicoat® IR Coating Systems, BASF has broadened its extensive portfolio for customers of ... http://manufacturinghub.bundublog.com/2010/03/03/basf-to-showcase-biopharmaceutic-and-pharmaceutical-technology-in-malta/