S&G introduces paper-based meal trays

Packaging manufacturer Shave & Gibson proudly unveils its latest breakthrough: paper based meal trays designed to redefine sustainable and convenience-based packaging solutions.

New Printing SA Chairman

We are proud to share that our S&G chairman, Simon Downes has been announced as Printing SA’s next president of the board. “Printing SA is honoured to have such an accomplished scholar, entrepreneur and social activist to head up its board, and to have someone who will take the organisation to new heights under his leadership.” – Printing SA

Most innovative packaging winner

When great wine and packaging come together

Congratulations to The Grape Grinder team for winning the most innovative packaging at the recent Michaelangelo International Wine and Spirits awards ceremony.

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Published: 14 October 2021

Cold foil eagle has landed

The Cold-Foiling Eagle Has Landed

Cold foiling is hotter news than ever at Shave & Gibson packaging, with the installation of a fully automatic eco-eagle system that, according to Managing Director Richard Downes, looks set to become the gift that keeps on delivering.

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Published: 12 December 2022

Shave & Gibson’s 40th anniversary

40 YEARS OF PACKAGING PIONEERING

Our 40th anniversary special edition with PACKAGiNG & Print Media (PPM)

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Published: 14 October 2021

A BOBST first in South Africa for Shave & Gibson

Leading South Africa-based folding carton manufacturer, Shave & Gibson (S&G), has secured an industry first, with the recent arrival of a BOBST Visioncut 145PER die-cutter.

Based in Durban, Shave & Gibson were able to secure this new machine from Bobst, which is the first in the world in this format. Bobst has already sold over 300 of the Visioncut 160 model into the corrugated industry and the development of the 145 model is aimed more at folding carton converters. Installation of the new machine took place recently, with all the implications of Covid-19 restrictions. Although Bobst engineers were unable to travel for the installation, engineers from Bobst’s …….

Published: 25 November 2020

SA Company Bolsters Secure Printing Capabilities

Durban-based Shave & Gibson understood that a move to inkjet technology for wider web applications was inevitable and needed a customised print solution that would suit their environment and complement their current expertise with toner-based security printing devices. With this in mind, the company has bolstered its digital secure printing environment with secure web printing from Industrial Inkjet (IIJ). We partnered with Shave & Gibson to supply a retrofit solution to be added to a proprietary developed transport media base,’ said Pieter Le Grange, Manager of IIJ in South Africa. ‘We supplied the inkjet solution with the addition of the latest GEW LED UV cure solutions to ensure Shave …

Published: 30 July 2020

Added capacity for Shave & Gibson Packaging

AS usual, Shave & Gibson (S&G) is bucking the trend. In concert with many other packaging converters, the Durban-based producer of folding cartons has bravely kept going, manufacturing the packaging needed to ensure ongoing deliveries of essential food products during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Having conducted a risk assessment, S&G’s approach to the pandemic was to institute stringent safety measures to protect its operations, customers and staff, and, as CEO Simon Downes quips, ‘Keep calm and carry on!’ ‘However,’ he notes, ‘before the latest downgrading and collapse of…

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Published: 29 July 2020

Best in SA packaging shine at Gold Pack Awards 2019

The winners of this year’s IPSA Gold Pack Awards, the premier showcase for the South African packaging industry, was announced at Inanda Club in Sandton on 30 October. Dating back to 1973, the annual event celebrates local companies in the packaging industry that are driving innovation and professionalism. Big winners on the night were Unilever, which walked off with 4 Gold medals, including recognition for its Sustainable Living Plan; and the Goats do Roam 3l Bag in Box Wine Carton entered by Shave & Gibson Packaging, which scooped the main Gold Pack Trophy and Gold in the Alcoholic Beverages Packaging category and Best in Paper category.

Published: 22 November 2019

FoodStuff South Africa: All the Food Winners

Gold, Silver and Bronze awards as well as the ultimate Gold Pack Trophy – were announced at the awards ceremony on 30 October 2019. The top trophy this year went to Shave & Gibson for an innovative wine bag-in-box for Fairview Wines. The expert judges always look for the excellent application and execution of innovation and creative design and technology. It’s understood that a technological concept might not be the original but has been used in a manner that makes it exceptional on the local market.

Published: 20 November 2019

Gold Pack Awards 2019 – Fairview triumphs!

The Institute of packaging SA’s Gold Pack Awards are the showcase for the local packaging industry – here is news of the 2019 beverage winners, with Fairview Wines’s novel rendition of bag-in-box wine taking the top prize for converter, Shave & Gibson. “This handbag-shaped carton, designed for the well-established Goats Do Roam brand, meets a specific brief to play on wrods “Bag-in-Box’. Extraordinary technical development was required to meet the brand owner’s exciting creative requirements.

Published: 20 November 2019

New eco-friendly packaging brand aims to replace plastic

DURBAN-based Shave & Gibson Packaging has launched a new brand within the company, Earthpak, with the stated aim of replacing plastic, polystyrene and metal food trays and cartons.

“We chose the name Earthpak as we wanted a brand that would resonate with the general public. We tried to find a name that was self-explanatory for what we are providing – a packaging solution that will leave a gentle footprint on our earth,” said Commercial Manager Richard Downes, Shave & Gibson

Published: 2 September 2019

Top beverage winners in SA’s 2017 Packaging Oscars

The IPSA Gold Pack Awards are a prestigious biennial event showcasing the best of SA’s packaging industry. The 2017 winners were announced at a banquet in Gauteng on November 22, with some great beverage concepts among them.

The board of judges awarded the title of Best Product Overall and the IPSA Gold Pack trophy to an innovative and eco-friendly spice grinder. But here are some of the beverage-related winners….

Published: 28 November 2017

Investment at Shave & Gibson

Shave & Gibson, one of South Africa’s leading privately owned manufacturers of litho printed cartons and E-flute boxes for the FMCG, beverage and industrial markets in the Republic, has installed Vetaphone corona treatment technology on a 1500mm sheeter at its plant in Mobeni, an industrial suburb of Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal.

The sale is part of Vetaphone’s drive to focus on wide web applications and is the eighth of its type in South Africa in recent times.

Published: 14 July 2016

Shave & Gibson

It’s 30 years since the name Shave & Gibson started to make its mark as one of South Africa’s principal packaging converters. Today, it counts among leading independents when it comes to production of folding cartons and laminated boxes. In addition, the company’s security printing division is the largest cheque and security printer in Africa. The supplement included with this issue covers the period from 1981 (when Alan St Clair Gibson and Neville Shave purchased a company called Group Printing & Packaging and renamed it Shave & Gibson) to 2011 and a myriad highlights in between.

Published: April 2011

Simonsig scoops packaging design trophy for Brut Rosé gift box

Cap Classique pioneer, Simonsig, has scooped a 2009 Gold Pack Trophy for its limited release, designer box which showcases the estate’s proudly South African, Pinotage driven Méthode Cap Classique – Kaapse Vonkel Brut Rosé.

The winning design of this exclusive gift pack – a collaborative triumph for Shave & Gibson Group (Pty) Ltd, manufacturers of packaging and printing products and creative agency Jenisis – excelled as the overall champion in the Innovative Finishing Techniques category.

Published: 27 November 2009