GZI, Golden Era to build new R1bn beverage can plant in S Africa

Johannesburg is set to become the home of one of Africa’s largest beverage packaging-solution providers, as Nigeria-headquartered aluminium beverage can producer GZ Industries (GZI) and South Africa-based independent packaging company Golden Era Group team up to build a large-scale beverage can plant. The R1-billion joint venture Gayatri GZI Beverage Cans would initially deliver 1.2-billion aluminium beverage cans a year from the second quarter of 2016, before eventually ramping up to produce 3.5-billion cans a year.