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Tsoro Manufacturing expands into flexible packaging for regional food brands

The family-owned printer has installed a new line and is courting customers outside Zimbabwe.

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Tsoro Manufacturing has installed a flexible packaging line that produces pouches and wraps for snacks, dry foods and household products.

The company, founded as a printing works in 1987, is led by executive chairman Kudakwashe Marufu, the founder's son. He says the line lets the business serve brands that previously imported their packaging.

“If a Zimbabwean snack brand wants to be on a shelf in Gaborone, its packaging has to look like it belongs there.”

— Kudakwashe Marufu

Tsoro is also trialling cartons made with recycled fibre and offering short print runs for small food businesses.

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Precious Zhou

Senior Writer, Companies

Precious reports on the businesses that feed, build and supply the country, from smallholder schemes to regional brands.