Our Story
Lovell Industries has, since its establishment in 1973, manufactured moulds and dies for various industries.
In the 1980s the focus on mould making naturally moved more into the Blister Packaging Industry.
Lovell Industries specialises solely in the production of top quality food packaging, clear plastic blister packaging, food skillets, punnets, clamshell packaging, clear boxes, tubes, transportation and shrink wrapping trays, box inserts, and various other thermoformed plastic related items.
The Lovell Group of Companies, being rurally based, plays a vital role in the local community from which it operates. Over 300 employees from this rural area are employed in the various facilities of the Lovell Group. This has had a visible impact on the wellbeing and general upliftment of the local community. Lovell Industries is situated within a 60km radius of the hub of commercial Gauteng – all local transport logistics are handled on a daily basis with in-house delivery vehicles. Transportation to the rest of the country is covered by our logistics partners.
Major Changes & Milestones
1973
Lovell Industries is started & formed in Boksburg as a partnership between Robert J. Lovell & Gino Rovieri – manufacturing moulds & dies for various industries
1980
The company becomes a solely owned & run family business when Frank J. Lovell joins the business and buys out Gino Rovieri. Transitioned from Jobbing Foundry Mould making facility into a production environment.
Start manufacturing aluminium die cast castings for Stone Stamcor for high tension cable joints for Eskom. Acquisition of Alpha Manufacturing Disposable Cup, Bowl and Plate with HIPS extrusion capabilities.
1995
Lovell Industries moves from rented premises in Boksburg to family owned land in rural Bronkhorstspruit with 6 original staff members. Additional employees are sourced locally, trained & up-skilled – many of whom hold senior positions in the company today.
2002
Lovell Industries purchases its own CNC machinery to produce tooling.
2004
Lovell Industries purchases Hyperquip Packaging and establishes a BEE partnership with Robert Mthombeni to form Lobeni Packaging CC. This company handles all contract packaging, HF welding and heat-sealed packaging in the Lovell Group.
2006
The third generation of family joins the company Kyle R. Lovell (Current Group Managing Director).
2007
Lovell Industries purchases an extrusion plant to manufacture & recycle its own raw materials. Arengo Plastics (Pty) Ltd is formed and continues to supply the bulk of its production of PVC, PET, PS and ABS extruded sheet to Lovell Industries with a variety of other customers taking up the balance. Arengo Plastics has a full recycling plant to absorb and re-use all PVC and PET waste material.
2010
Lovell Industries purchases the TerboPlastics Water Treatment and Water Cooling Filtration division. This expansion further enables Lovell Industries and Arengo Plastics to recycle and consume 100% of all PVC waste and convert into environmentally friendly water purification, water treatment and water cooling filtration products for the local and overseas markets.
2013
Our own in-house PET extrusion plant is fully implemented, which affords Lovell Industries complete source material traceability and control. Further expansion in that year includes the manufacture of PET and PVC cartons and tubes.
2014
Purchases screen printing, pressure forming machines, meat tray forming machine and an additional generator so that all plants can run during load shedding.
2015
Food Plastic Packaging Division being set up, Sectional title application granted for new factory.
2016
Lovell Industries purchases Sebenza Pack in Pomona. Sebenza Pack was an ISO9001 certified manufacturer and a Woolworths Accredited supplier. Lovell Industries moves part of its operation to the Pomona factory whilst a new state of the art factory was being designed, approved and erected in Bronkhorstspruit. The new acquisition opens up several opportunities for the Lovell Group specifically in the food packaging industry. Sharing the prosperity of the Group with everyone who helped built it, with the implementation of the Employee Trust.
Brian David Lovell (Previous Managing Director of Sebenza Pack) and his son Tyrone Robert Lovell (Current Arengo Plastics Managing Director) join the Lovell Group of companies both with extensive background in mould making, sales and thermoforming industry knowledge.
Lovell Industries Pomona factory is relocated to the new factory in Bronkhorstspruit
2017
Lovell Industrial Holding factory completed. Lovell Industrial Holdings receives its new Woolworths IBL Green Status. Lovell Industrial Holdings & Arengo Plastics commence with FSSC 22000. Arengo Plastics purchases a brand new PET Extruder.
2018
Arengo Plastics new PET Extrusion machine has been successfully commissioned. In October 2018 Lovell Industries and Arengo Plastics receive Food Safety System Certification FSSC 22000 v4.1.
2019
Lovell Industries successfully completes and retains its FSSC 22000 certification during Surveillance Audit 1.
2020
Lovell Industries develops new adjustable face shield and implementation of real time ERP Management system.
2021
Lovell Industries successfully completes and retains its FSSC 22000 certification during Recertification Audit. Lovell Industries successfully commissions ILPRA thermoforming machine.
2022
Separation of our two main extruded raw materials and thermoforming plants to allow each division to specialise in its specific target market areas.
2023
Move Arengo Plastics into new premises in Bronkhorstspruit. Purchase ultrasonic equipment for cylinder welding so that we can transition from away from problematic PETG. Purchase new high speed 4 station thermoforming machine. Successful transition to the 3rd Generation of family.
Company Entities
Lovell Industrial Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Thermoforming Blister & Food Packaging Division.
Arengo Plastics (Pty) Ltd
Sheet Extrusion of rigid PVC, Water Treatment & Water Cooling Fill and Thermoforming Blister Packaging.
Berry Pack (Pty) Ltd
Blister Contract Packaging, Paper Blister Contract Packaging, Protect-A-Plan and Folder Storage Systems
Why Choose Lovell?
- Family Values: We have created an organisation where generations want to work
- We have created an organisation where generations want to work
- Employ generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters who work together which has instilled values, pride and knowledge.
- Doing things better every day.
- Culture of safe learning.
- Upliftment through education and training.
- As a company we have committed ourselves to being a Learning Organization with continued efforts to train and up-skill our staff at all levels for self-improvement, self-growth as well as continuous and sustainable business growth.
- Fair HR Practices.
- Ethical Business trading.
- Environmentally conscious.
- Acknowledge the value of every person.
- Consistency.
- Fairness.
- Sharing.
- Reliability.
- Consistent strategizing, implementation of ideas with committed workforce driving the ship in the same direction has been the pillar of our success
- Accessibility to innovative packaging at reasonable costs.
- Our versatility in the group of companies together allows us to find the best solution for any customer looking for visual packaging, either small or large volume we can assist.
- Our sales team are highly technical and have been in the packaging industry for many years – you are speaking to an expert.
- Providing a stepping stone for small businesses to enter the market with new products utilising custom designed visual packaging that can sell their products, enables our clients to compete with existing products on the market place but also allows them to differentiate.
- Personal attention to each and every customers requirement, designs and assisting with finding packaging solutions.
- As we grow our customers grow which creates wonderful synergies and relationships.
- Endeavor to provide service, products at the correct price makes both our company and customers competitive in the market place.
- Circular economies
- On-site recycling of all waste materials produced during production processes
- Improving water quality through reduction of pollution
- Produce effluent that can be discharged and reused in a useful manner
- Utilisation of alternative energy sources
- Engaging with suppliers on environmental conservation
- Utilisation and sourcing of environmentally friendly products
- 30% post-consumer PET inclusion on all PET products produced
- Involving communities and creating sustainable jobs whilst achieving our commitments.
- Light weighting of packaging so that we utilise less energy and resources to manufacture the product
- Entering into a relationship with Lovell brings substantial benefits involving decades of experience and expertise eliminating costly mistakes and giving you access to a selection of pre- manufactured tooling at no additional cost.
- Peace of mind knowing that our audited and lived food safety and quality management systems guarantee, great products with exceptional traceability safe for use with food.
- Mould design, manufacturing of raw materials and production of packaging take place under one roof.
- Knowing that our directors are only a phone call away.
- All equipment is fully backed up with generators to maintain 100 % capacity, manufacturing is split over 2 separate sites to mitigate risk.
