Ishida Expands African Presence With NPS Acquisition
With the purchase of National Packaging Systems (NPS), a specialized packaging equipment manufacturer in South Africa, Ishida Europe has further enhanced its portfolio and footprint to clients on the African continent.
NPS was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Pinetown, close to Durban. It has a solid reputation for designing and producing dependable vertical form, fill, and seal machines for stick packs, pillow packs, sachets, and volumetric fillers in addition to feed systems. Additionally, the business creates and installs custom systems to meet the needs of individual clients. Its customer base is diverse and includes users of both food and non-food items.
Ishida and NPS’s combined technical expertise, application knowledge, and market expertise will enable them to offer customers unmatched levels of support in the development of comprehensive weighing, packing, and quality control systems for a broad range of end markets.
With the availability of excellent and reasonably priced entry-level weighing and packing systems, the new Ishida/NPS partnership will not only assist companies in increasing automation levels but also provide start-up operations with the chance to initiate process automation. All clients will also receive the best assistance possible, including quick response localized service and quick provision of spare parts.
“We are excited to become part of Ishida. The synergies between the two businesses will enable us to offer an even more comprehensive package to our customers in terms of both equipment and after-sales support, providing them with the ability to further grow and expand their business and maximize opportunities in both the home and export markets,” Russell Gwynn, NPS’s Managing Director, mentioned.
NPS will continue to trade as a separate business as part of the Ishida group.
“We are delighted to welcome NPS into the Ishida family. Alongside the company’s extensive complementary range of skills, expertise, and equipment, what impressed us about NPS was its commitment to the same values and ethos in terms of delivering a service that is good for our customers, good for our business, and good for society. We look forward to working together in the continued growth of both companies,” Dave Tiso, Ishida Europe’s Managing Director, concluded.
