Flex-o-Thene Plastics (Pty) Ltd | 46 Aberdare Dve, Phoenix Industrial, Durban KwaZulu-Natal

Flex-o-thene Plastics commenced business in 1971. It is a manufacturing company involved in the extrusion, printing, laminating and conversion of flexible plastic packaging material.In 1985 Flexothene moved into bigger premises in a new modern factory in Phoenix Industrial Park. The business has grown consistently over the years and this necessitated an extension to the factory in 1989, a further extension in 1995 and the most recent extensions in 2003 and 2008.Today the factory comprises of over 15000 square metres of area under roof which is many times the size of the original factory. Flexothene now employs over 250 people. Over the years new equipment has been purchased on a regular basis which has enabled the company to remain at the forefront of technology in the plastic packaging industry.Although Flexothene still services a broad array of markets with its products, the focus has shifted away from clothing and retail packaging to industrial packaging, mainly in the food and beverage industry. The compa