Packamama has started manufacturing wine packaging in South Africa with local polymer creator Safripol and packaging expert Polyoak.
The UK wine packaging producer’s eco-flat bottle is now produced in Cape Town using South African recycled PET (rPET) resin, supplied by Safripol and formed at Polyoak’s facility. Bottles feature Packamama’s bespoke resource stack engineered to shield wine quality and shelf life. The resource stack is said to provide a lesser carbon footprint than traditional glass wine packaging.
Santiago Navarro, CEO and founder at Packamama, said: “This is how sustainable packaging should scale: locally manufactured, commercially proven, and built with world-class partners. Polyoak and Safripol show the best of South African packing and polymers, and collectively we are representing that you can save wine quality, protect jobs, and slash emissions at the same time.”
“Producing Packamama bottles in Cape Town, using South African recycled PET, is something we are extremely proud of. We have already confirmed the quality at scale, and we are excited to welcome more manufacturers into this next chapter for South African wine.”
The companies say they have already finished a period of stealth production in Cape Town, which took place following Cape Wine 2025 in September. The associates highlight Safripol’s Let’s Plastic Responsibly recycling campaign, strengthening the importance of correct gathering and recycling of plastic as part of a circular economy.
The partners promise to keep engineering and bottling jobs local, confirming that value remains within South Africa’s packaging ecosystem rather than being transferred.
South Africa is the world’s seventh-largest wine manufacturer and the sixth most popular wine country among UK consumers. Packamama says this makes local engineering of wine bottle packaging deliberately and economically compelling.
Packamama has already manufactured a “six-figure volume” of bottles. The company says this represents the viability of consistent, enhanced-quality output and shows readiness to scale. It welcomes interest from South African producers and international retailers.
The environmentally friendly bottle is already available across ten international markets. The South African introduction marks a step in the company’s plan to localize production in major wine-producing regions.
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