Manufacturing Indaba Western Cape

Join us at Manufacturing Indaba Western Cape

ABOUT INDABA WESTERN CAP. Topics to be covered include: Learn about the various funding options available for manufacturers, including incentives, investments and financing. Also learn what conditions applicants must meet to be eligible to apply. Learn how Western Cape manufacturers are able to access new markets in Africa and expand their exports. Discover how to access new markets and learn about innovations that are creating new opportunities.

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Manufacturing is the second largest sector in the Western Cape, and it contributes approximately 15% of the South African manufacturing output. The province's agroprocessing sector showed resilience in tough economic times and its renewables industries and green tech industries received significant investment over the last five years.

In the province, two thirds of South Africa’s manufacturing investment is in renewables – that's 8 of the 12 manufacturers in the country. In 2011, Atlantis was envisioned as a green hub. It is now a Special Economic Zone for "Greentech". This SEZ is expected to receive an additional R1 billion over the next 5 years, mainly in the renewable energy industry.

The GreenTech SEZ helps the manufacturing sector become component and supplier manufacturers of clean technology such as components for renewable energy.

West Coast Industrial Plan also continues to move forward. The Department of Economic Development, Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning and Department of Public Works – together with Saldanha Municipality and Green Cape - are partnering on this project.