| 1920s | Cardboard boxes made in South Africa by various entrepreneurs. |
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| 1930s | Metal Box incorporated in South Africa. |
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| 1940s | Amalgamated Packaging Industries (API) was one of South Africa's leading packaging companies. Metal Box South Africa listed on Johannesburg Stock Exchange. |
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| 1950s | Metal Box and other packaging companies grew organically. |
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| 1960s | National Containers and National Packaging were major packaging companies. |
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| 1968 | Nampak (National Amalgamated Packaging) formed through acquisitions. Nampak listed on Johannesburg Stock Exchange. |
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| 1970s | Nampak bought by Reed Corp and sold to Barlow Rand. |
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| 1980s | Nampak acquired 51% of Metal Box in 1983 and 100% in 1988. |
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| 1990s | Expanded into UK through acquisition of BlowMocan. Expanded into Europe through acquisition of Plysu plc. Acquired Crown Cork South Africa. |
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| 2002 | Acquired Crown Cork's operations in Anglophone Africa. Acquired Malbak Limited. |
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| 2005 | Joint venture with Wiegand-Glass. |
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| 2006 | 10% of shares sold in BEE transaction. |
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| 2012 | Acquired the remaining 50% shareholding in Nampak Wiegand Glass from Wiegand Glass |