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company’s ability to deliver higher value products. The transaction culminated from several years of
This expansion increased Hulamin’s rolled products positive engagement between Hulamin and BHP
capacity by 25%, increasing its competitiveness, Billiton to ensure the sustainability of the Bayside
especially in the foil and plate product markets. casthouse. The transaction includes a liquid metal
supply agreement, whereby liquid metal from the
The more recent upgrade of the recycling plant
followed a game changing agreement between nearby Hillside smelter is transported to Bayside.
Hulamin and Nampak Bevcan in 2013. The R300 Hulamin Businesses
million state-of-the-art facility was built specifically Hulamin operates three businesses: Hulamin
to recycle used aluminium beverage cans. The Rolled Products, Hulamin Extrusions and Hulamin
expansion sees Hulamin providing aluminium Containers. The processes and manufacturing
to Bevcan for the manufacture of all-aluminium operations critical for Hulamin’s businesses are
beverage cans to the local market. Many kinds of located in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal and
beverage cans, including well-known brands like Midrand Gauteng.
Coke, Fanta, Castle and Hansa are converting from
tin-plated steel to aluminium. Hulamin Rolled Products
The furnace installed is touted as the world’s most Hulamin Rolled Products business is the largest
energy efficient and environmentally friendly way operation in the Hulamin group contributing the
to melt contaminated aluminium scrap. While most bulk of the company’s turnover. Hulamin is a
other furnaces incinerate reclaimed cans, the new modern, globally competitive producer of a range
Hulamin furnace remelts the thin aluminium of of aluminium flat rolled products for a wide range
used beverage cans while conserving the maximum of increasingly sophisticated end uses. The high-
amount of aluminium from the scrap. The volatile specification, tight tolerance, complex nature of
organic compounds present in coated beverage rolled products makes it a popular choice in South
cans is consumed as fuel to power the furnace, Africa, regional African markets and across all
resulting in less landfill and fewer emissions into continents.
the atmosphere. Hulamin Extrusions
In 2015 Hulamin ensured its future as a leading Hulamin Extrusions has the widest range of extrusion
player in the aluminium industry when it became capabilities in sub-Saharan Africa. It has a leading
a strategic partner with a BEE entity, Isizinda position in the demanding engineering markets,
Aluminium. Together a transaction to acquire the in transportation, renewable energy, automotive
Bayside casthouse in Richards Bay was completed. and general engineering applications and is also a
supplier of architectural extrusions.
The shareholders of Isizinda Aluminium include
Bingelela Capital and Hulamin with 60% and 40% Hulamin Containers
ownership respectively. Isizinda Aluminium is a Hulamin Containers is South Africa’s leading producer
KZN broad based black economic empowered of rigid aluminium foil containers and related branded
consortium. Bingelela Capital which is Zululand culinary items, such as foil and confectionery dishes,
based comprises four different groups, and is 100% for the catering and food industry. Hulamin is
African owned with a 52% female shareholding. committed to a future with aluminium.

Full Name of Company: Hulamin Limited we operate. At Hulamin each and every day we “think
Nature of Business: Manufacture and marketing of future, think aluminium, think Hulamin”.
semi-fabricated aluminium products KEY PERSONNEL
Date Established: 27 May 1940 Chief Executive Officer: Richard Jacob
VISION CONTACT DETAILS
We continually seek to increase the value of our Head Office
business by satisfying the demands of our customers Physical Address: Moses Mabhida Road,
and supporting the growth of aluminium usage in our Pietermaritzburg, 3201
chosen market sectors, with an emphasis on our local Postal Address: P.O. Box 74, Pietermaritzburg, 3200
and regional customers. Contact Person: Nomaswazi Kanyile
Our corporate symbol, Hulamin’s “Circle of Synergy”, Tel: +27 (0)33 395 6911 Fax: +27 (0)33 394 6335
illustrates our commitment to partnerships with our E-mail: hulamin@hulamin.co.za
suppliers, customers and the communities in which Website: www.hulamin.co.za
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