Apr 30, 2021
The advancement of manufacturing in South Africa and on the continent has received a significant boost from four of South Africa’s leading manufacturers.
Listed groups Illovo Africa, Metair, TFG and vehicle manufacturer, Toyota SA Motors (TSAM), together pledged an investment of R18-million in the Toyota Wessels Institute for Manufacturing Studies (TWIMS). TWIMS, which as an academic partnership with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), is South Africa’s only manufacturing-focused business school and research institution.
The multi-year investment will fund the creation of four dedicated research chairs. Each chair will focus on a particular burning issue relating to the advancement of manufacturing on the continent.