PIM wins Institute of Packaging South Africa Gold Pack Award 2009
October 22 2009

PIM in October 2009 won the Institute of Packaging South Africa (IPSA) award for its corrugated live day old Chicks box for Charles Stewart Day Old Chicks.

Marketing Manager Nyakhoko Nsona in an interview said the box replaced an ordinary stitched box with a far stronger, better ventilated die cut box.

“The change has resulted in the survival of almost all the precious chicks it carries, as previously up to 20 percent of the chicks would die,” he said.

Nampak who are main shareholders for PIM scooped seven awards in Africa. The others were Nampak Kenya, Nampak Zambia, Nampak Zimbabwe and Nampak’s Hunyani Paper and Packaging.

IPSA introduced the Gold Pack awards more than thirty years ago to promote design, technology and innovation while giving local packaging companies the opportunity to benchmark their products against world-class standards.

The gala ceremony took place on 20th October, 2009 at the Emperors Palace Convention Centre in South Africa where Managing Director Simon Itaye and Nsona represented the company.

More details can be found on the GoldPack Website.

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