Flexible packaging made in Durban since 1971. Blown film up to five layers, flexo print up to ten colours, laminates, bags and pouches: every stage on our own lines, under one 15,000 m² roof.
Many converters buy in their film or send out their print. We run every stage on our own lines in Phoenix, so one team owns your specification from resin pellet to finished pack.
01Extrude
Five extruders melt five polymers and feed one annular die. Air blows the melt into a bubble that is cooled, flattened and wound: one film that can seal, carry print, block moisture and resist puncture.
How we do it02Print
The web wraps a central impression drum and passes deck after deck: each plate cylinder lays down one ink, fed by its anilox roll, and a bridge dryer sets it before the next colour lands.
How we do it03Laminate
Adhesive is kissed onto the printed web, dried in a tunnel and married to a second film or foil in a heated nip. The result is a laminate with barrier, strength and shelf life neither web has alone.
How we do it04Convert
A photo eye reads the print mark, a heated bar seals and a knife cuts on every stroke, and finished bags ride the belt to the stack: bags, pouches and custom formats ready for your filling line.
How we do itFig 1 · Five-layer blown-film lineDrawn to show the process; operator-side frames removed
32 formats and materials, from bread bags to stretch hoods. Pick one to see how it is made, then brief it.
32 formats
FMCG packaging
Printed bags for sliced loaves, wicketed for automatic bagging.
Typical route through our plant; your structure may differ.
Brief this formatA Durban manufacturer since 1971, ISO 9001 registered since 1997, and still investing: South Africa’s first five-layer line in 2018, a German flexo press in 2022.
Flexothene is founded in Durban.
ISO 9001 certification. SABS registration LS 2104 dates from 27 October 1997.
Steady investment in technology and capacity.
The facility expands and operations grow.
FSSC 22000 food-safety accreditation.
South Africa’s first five-layer co-extrusion line is commissioned here.
A class-leading German flexographic press is installed.
Still investing in innovation and sustainability, 55 years on.
From the bread on the shelf to the pallet on the truck.
Our technical team down-gauges film without losing performance and designs structures that are easier to recycle. The plant runs partly on its own solar, keeps its own water supply and recycles production scrap in-house.
Send a sample, a drawing or just a description. A packaging specialist will come back to you with a structure and a quote.
