NGR expands presence in southern Africa through local partnerships

Through this extended collaboration, NGR aims to deepen its relationship with customers in southern Africa. GreenTech will provide the best service on-site and strengthen NGR’s activities during regional customer consultations via additional experts.

According to Sven Ortner, NGR’s area sales manager for Africa, GreenTech Plastics Machinery is known for importing, commissioning and maintaining top-of-the-line injection moulding machines and additional equipment developed in Europe. The company is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and has a strong presence in southern and East Africa. With highly skilled service technicians who install and maintain the equipment, GreenTech offers energy-efficient solutions that save customers time and money. The company stocks a wide range of consumables, sourcing and delivering plastic machinery parts quickly and efficiently to minimise production delays, Sven remarks. 

He emphasises that the increased demand for plastic recyclates in Africa was recently demonstrated by two major NGR machine installations in Angola and Nigeria. In Angola, a plant with an annual capacity of around 11 000 tons of plastic waste was installed, and in Nigeria, a plant with an annual recycling capacity of 18 000 tons of plastic waste was installed to ensure top-quality granules. Both plants were equipped with a melt filtration system from the company BritAs and have been operating successfully.

The experienced service team from GreenTech will now also take care of NGR’s African customers to ensure maximum operating times. Together with a dedicated sales team, NGR will be able to offer even more customised recycling solutions for southern African customers quickly.

‘The proven partnership with Safrique International, with which NGR has been successfully operating in selected countries in Africa for eight years, will, of course, continue,’ says Sven. ‘Safrique is a renowned export trading company and distribution partner for local and international manufacturers of virgin materials, recycled plastic polymers as well as specialty additives and colour masterbatches in over 30 countries south of the Sahara.’

Safrique sources post-consumer recycled raw materials from various parts of the world and welcomes collaboration with new recyclers from Europe. Each additional NGR installation in Africa represents a new source of top-quality regranulates for Safrique.

The recent installations of three recycling machines for in-house recycling in South Africa are further evidence of the growing demand and success of an enhanced presence in the southern African market. ‘We are pleased to address the challenges in plastic recycling in southern Africa with Safrique International and GreenTech Plastics Machinery. Through this local service partnership, our customers will benefit enormously and we are able to offer tailored solutions for them,’ Sven concludes