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SAPPI
SOUTHERN AFRICA

Full Name of Company: Sappi Southern Africa delivers enhanced value, and is a trusted partner to all
Nature of Business Finance: Manufacturing and Forests our stakeholders.
Services / Products: Paper, packaging, dissolving pulp, KEY PERSONNEL
biomaterials CEO (Sappi Southern Africa): Alex Thiel
Date Established: 1936 CFO: Pramy Moodley
Customer Base: Worldwide Vice President Manufacturing: Beverley Sukhdeo
No. of Employees: 4,631 (SA) 12,495 (global) Vice President Forests: Duane Roothman
Industry Quality Standards: Vice President Sales & Marketing: Graeme Wild
§ ISO 14001, ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 Chief Procurement Officer: Naresh Naidoo
§ Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) VP Business Development & Sustainability: Tyrone Hawkes
§ Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Head Corporate Affairs: Mpho Lethoko
(PEFC) CONTACT DETAILS
B-BBEE Status: Level 1
HEAD OFFICE
MISSION Physical Address: 108 Oxford Road, Rosebank,
Sappi exists to build a thriving world by unlocking Johannesburg, 2198
the power of renewable resources to benefit people, Tel: +27 (0)11 407 8111
communities, and the planet. Website: www.sappi.com
VISION BRANCHES
We will be a sustainable business with an exciting Global Business Services, Glass House Office Park, 309
future in woodfibre that provides relevant solutions, Umhlanga Rocks Drive, Umhlanga Rocks

UNLOCKING THE POWER OF RENEWABLE
RESOURCES TO BUILD A THRIVING WORLD
Sappi Southern Africa
Sappi, founded in 1936, is a leading global provider of
powerful everyday materials made from woodfibre-
based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative
and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes
and products, we seek to support a more circular
economy and to build a thriving world. With operations
in four key regions: South Africa, Europe, North America
and Asia, Sappi is powered by the expertise of more
than 12,000 people.
Our product offering in SA includes dissolving pulp,
packaging and specialities, newsprint, office paper,
tissue sawn timber and biomaterials. We generate
shared value in the communities in which we operate,
by investing in skills training, enterprise supplier
development, youth mobilisation, early childhood
development and many other initiatives aimed at
boosting employment and growing the economy.
Sappi in KZN
Saiccor Mill, situated 50 km south of the port of Durban
Dissolving Wood Pulp (DWP) in Umkomaas, is the company’s biggest production

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