Consol Corporate Fact Sheet

Introduction

Consol is the largest glass manufacturer in Sub-Saharan Africa and through service excellence, quality and product innovation is able to deliver value creation and world-class glass packaging solutions.

A company with a rich heritage – it celebrates 70 years of manufacturing excellence in 2016.

An unwavering commitment to quality and world-class in-house expertise, coupled with a customer-centric approach to providing specialised, turnkey solutions to packaging requirements, has ensured our expansion and investment in capacity and infrastructure.

As a Group, our current (2016) capacity is approximately 850 000 tons of glass per annum.

Consol has four glass operations in South Africa located in Bellville (Western Cape), Clayville (Midrand - Gauteng), Nigel (Gauteng), Wadeville (Germiston - Gauteng), Central Glass Industries Limited (Kenya) and Glassforce (Nigeria), comprising 11 furnaces and 29 production lines. These sites produce a range of glass packaging for the food and beverage industries inclusive of the beer, alcoholic fruit beverage, spirits, wine, fruit juice, soft drinks and mineral water markets.

In Africa, Consol has 2 operations located in Kenya (100% acquisition) and Nigeria (51% acquisition of Glassforce), comprising of 2 furnaces and 4 production lines.  These sites produce a range of beer, spirits, soft drinks and food markets.