2024 PARTNERS & SPONSORS

Delivering Real Brand Value Through Strategic Partnership

Participating at the Manufacturing Indaba is an ideal way to position your company as a market leader at this premier event. By becoming a partner, you will showcase your brand optimally and generate great brand awareness. Manufacturing Indaba provides a major networking platform for decision makers and professionals within the Manufacturing sector. Manufacturing Indaba offers a variety of customisable marketing opportunities that fit your brand’s needs and objectives. Contact us today to learn more about this opportunity.

For more information about becoming a partner to the event, please click here to email, or send an email to info@manufacturingindaba.co.za with ‘Manufacturing Indaba Partnership’ in the subject line.

Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) 

The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South Africa Limited was established in 1940 through an Act of Parliament (Industrial Development Corporation Act, 22 of 1940) and is fully owned by the South African Government.

IDC priorities are aligned with the national policy direction as set out in the National Development Plan (NDP), Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) and industry Master Plans. Our mandate is to maximise our development impact through job-rich industrialisation, while contributing to an inclusive economy by, among others, funding black-owned and empowered companies, black industrialists, women, and youth-owned and empowered enterprises.

Simultaneously, the IDC must ensure its long-term sustainability through prudent financial and human resource management, safeguard the natural environment, and increasingly position itself as a Centre of Excellence for development finance.

We support industrial capacity development proactively identifying and funding high-impact projects, creating viable new industries, and using diverse industry expertise to drive growth in priority sectors. This is done to facilitate sustainable direct and indirect jobs; promoting entrepreneurial development and growing the SME sector; and transform communities and growing black industrialists. We fund industrial development projects, play a catalytic role in promoting partnerships across industries within and outside our borders, and promote regional economic growth through:

-Proactively indentifying and funding high-impact and labour-intensive projects;

-Leading the creation of viable new industries

-Using our diverse industry expertise to drive growth in priority sectors; and

-Taking up higher-risk funding projects.

Website: www.idc.co.za

Sage

Sage exists to knock down barriers so everyone can thrive, starting with the millions of small and mid-sized businesses served by us, our partners and accountants.

Customers trust our finance, HR and payroll software to make work and money flow. By digitising business processes and relationships with customers, suppliers, employees, banks and governments, our digital network connects SMBs, removing friction and delivering insights. Knocking down barriers also means we use our time, technology and experience to tackle digital inequality, economic inequality and the climate crisis.

Website: www.sage.com/en-za/

ECIC

ECIC is the official export credit agency (ECA) of South African government. ECIC provides insurance that enables South African exporters to offer their services and products on the international market, with a particular focus on emerging markets that are considered too risky for conventional insurers. Its overarching goal and mandate from the South African government is to make South African exporters attractive to international buyers to attract foreign income, stimulate local economic growth and create local jobs.

Website: www.ecic.co.za

Absa

Absa is a proud supporter to the makers of Africa – the manufacturers that contribute to livelihoods, produce our food and beverages, manufacture automotive vehicles, clothe our nation and create the key components that support our infrastructure. Those who persevere through adversity.

At Absa we have a team of dedicated specialists who focus on understanding the nuances of the manufacturing sector. They are able to provide indispensable advice and valuable business insights to strengthen your business in this ever evolving and competitive market.

The cornerstones of our economy need imaginative, bespoke approaches to take business into the future. With a customer-centric approach that considers your business as well as the sector in which it operates holistically, we can understand your specific needs and provide solutions that suit you.

Effective management of working capital drives success for manufacturers, given that manufacturing sales follow a seasonal trend with imports, exports, stock and liquidity management key considerations as you move through the cycles. Understanding this seasonality is key to correctly solutioning your needs at the right time. We understand that with the right collaborations, we can play a significant role in transformation and sustainability. We support the sector through the funding of renewable energy and more advanced assets, ensuring energy efficiency and cost savings to your business.

We aim to unlock the potential in the manufacturing value chain of South Africa.

For Absa, this sponsorship of the Manufacturing Indaba is only the beginning. The real journey is in finding innovative solutions designed to support the growth of this industry and doing more to support processes, provide valuable resources and give access to relevant products, at the right time.

Odoo

Odoo is a suite of open source applications that cover all your business needs:CRM,ecommerce, manufacturing,inventory,project management etc. Odoo’s unique positioning is to be both very easy to use and fully integrated .

Hexagon

As a world leader in digital reality solutions, Hexagon harnesses the power of data to create autonomous technologies that empower the makers of the world to achieve greater efficiency, productivity and quality.

In Africa, we are focused on leveraging data from design and engineering, production, and metrology to realise a smarter manufacturing industry. Our solutions provide the tools required to analyse data and optimise operations, resulting in faster production times, reduced costs and increased quality.

Our mission to empower an autonomous future means helping manufacturers across the continent pioneer new digitalisation strategies that put data to work. Our solutions are designed to facilitate world-leading engineering with rapid feedback loops, empowering makers to bridge imagination and reality.

Website: hexagon.com/

Yellow Door Energy

Yellow Door Energy is the leading sustainable energy partner for businesses, serving commercial and industrial customers in the Middle East, Africa and beyond. The company’s solar and battery energy storage solutions enable businesses to secure their energy supply, reduce electricity costs and lower carbon emissions. These solutions directly support companies’ and countries’ Net Zero targets. Yellow Door Energy’s shareholders are Actis, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and APICORP.

In South Africa, Yellow Door Energy is well positioned to support businesses through solar power purchase agreements (“PPA’s”) that can contain on-site solar PV, wheeling and battery energy storage systems (BESS). Through the solar PPA’s, private offtakers are empowered to address load shedding challenges, control their energy costs and eliminate supply volatility.

With operations in the UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and South Africa, Yellow Door Energy has one of the largest commercial & industrial project portfolios in the region, with 106 megawatts in operation and 104 megawatts awarded and under construction. The company has key existing relationships with a large customer base of over 50 companies, including multi-national businesses such as Nestlé, Majid Al Futtaim, DHL, Mondelēz, and Unilever.

Website: www.yellowdoorenergy.com

FNB Business Banking

As a leader in helping manufacturing grow from manual operations to unstoppable automation, FNB is committed to enabling businesses to navigate the challenges and embrace the opportunities presented by this growing and dynamic sector. A dedicated and highly skilled relationship manager proactively works with the sector team, supported by product specialists to identify key industry trends shaping the industry for that competitive edge, helping businesses connect to a network for sustained growth.

Our goal is to enhance efficiencies by offering tailored capital solutions that optimise cashflows, secure asset purchases, unlock trade finance and provide exclusive benefits for employees. This comprehensive approach ensures that we do not only address current challenges but also contribute to long-term success.

Website: www.fnb.co.za

Website: www.optimiworkplace.co.za

PwC

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. Guided by our shared sense of community and drawing on the strength of our diversity—our community of solvers work together to deliver quality and impactful client work in Assurance, Consulting and Risk Services, Tax and Legal Services and Deals. Our in-depth knowledge and understanding of African operating environments enable us to put ourselves in our clients’ shoes to co-create tailored solutions for every business challenge.

PwC has a presence in 32 African countries with more than 450 partners and 10,000 professionals across Africa (and over 5,000 professionals in South Africa). We serve some of the continent’s largest businesses across all industries.

The Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ)

The Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone Company (SOC) Ltd (RBIDZ) is a Special Economic Zone that is purpose-built and secure industrial estate on the north-eastern coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa linked to the international deep-water port of Richards Bay. It is tailored for the manufacturing of goods and production of services to boost beneficiation, investment, economic growth and the development of skills and employment.

The RBIDZ is a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), encouraging international competitiveness through world-class infrastructure as well as tax, VAT and duty-free incentives to qualifying investors. This SEZ’s strategy is geared to provide significant contribution to the country’s economic growth through creation of employment opportunities, up- grading the skills, technology transfer, deepening economic empowerment of historically disadvantaged individuals and broadening of South Africa’s basket of export products.

Website: www.rbidz.co.za