Report Coverage
This report focuses on nappies and other disposable textile and paper products including wipes, tampons, pads, surgical masks, and disposable clothing. The report includes information on the state of the sector, the effect of the pandemic on sales and usage, corporate actions and developments including technological developments and environmental concerns. There are profiles of 29 companies including major players such as multinationals Kimberly-Clark, Procter & Gamble and National Pride, local baby nappy producers such as Cleopatra Tissue Products and L’il Masters and companies like NSP Unsgaard, which makes panty liners and sanitary pads.
Introduction
This report focuses on nappies and other disposable textile and paper products including wipes, tampons, pads, surgical masks, and disposable clothing. In 2020, revenue from the sales of disposable baby nappies in South Africa was R6bn. This compares to an estimated R4.1bn in 2015. Although the nappies sector registered sales growth of 4% in 2020, it is lower than the 7% growth recorded in 2019. The pandemic resulted in financial pressure on consumers and fewer purchases of nappies. Declining birth rates and the slowing of South Africa’s population growth is also affecting the baby nappy segment, while an aging population and increasing prevalence of urinary incontinence has resulted in growing demand for adult nappies. The sanitary pads market registered sales of almost R3bn in 2020, an increase of 9.33% over 2019. The pandemic magnified South Africa’s dependence on imports for medical masks, gowns, aprons, and other textile-related outer protective clothing. More than 90% of these requirements were imported pre-pandemic, and the surge in global demand resulted in huge price increases.
Strengths
• Constant demand for disposable and/cloth nappies.
• Sanitary products are a necessity.
• Well-established brands.
Weaknesses
• Corruption in awarding tenders.
• Local manufacturing costs are high.
• Period poverty due to high costs of sanitary products.
• Quality control relating personal protection wear.
Opportunities
• Growing market for disposable incontinence products due to ageing population.
• Increasing environmental consciousness by consumers is causing demand for biodegradable nappies and pads.
• Supply of disposable masks and other products locally and to the rest of Africa.
Threats
• Cheap imports.
• Economic pressures on already financially strained consumers.
• Increasing raw material, electricity, and transport costs.
• Slowing fertility rates.
Outlook
With South Africa’s birth rate declining, manufacturers and importers of baby nappies are expected to continue operating in a challenging environment with growth hampered by price sensitivity. The demand for adult nappies is expected to continue, driven by a growing geriatric population, increasing number of individuals suffering from severe incontinence, and less stigma towards living with incontinence. The pandemic highlighted South Africa’s overreliance on imported disposable products, and the need for local manufacturing. The demand for surgical masks and disposable personal protective wear is expected to continue to grow as long there are successive waves of the coronavirus.
Nappies and Other Disposable Textile and Paper Products Industry in South Africa
2021
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| 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| 2. | DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY | 1 |
| 2.1. | Industry Value Chain | 2 |
| 2.2. | Geographic Position | 3 |
| 3. | SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY | 4 |
| 4. | STATE OF THE INDUSTRY | 6 |
| 4.1. | Local | 6 |
| 4.1.1. | Corporate Actions | 11 |
| 4.1.2. | Regulations | 12 |
| 4.1.3. | Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development | 13 |
| 4.2. | Continental | 14 |
| 4.3. | International | 16 |
| 5. | INFLUENCING FACTORS | 20 |
| 5.1. | COVID-19 | 20 |
| 5.2. | Economic Environment | 21 |
| 5.3. | Rising Input Costs | 22 |
| 5.4. | Government Intervention | 23 |
| 5.5. | Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation | 23 |
| 5.6. | Environmental Concerns | 24 |
| 5.7. | Labour | 26 |
| 6. | COMPETITION | 27 |
| 6.1. | Barriers to Entry | 29 |
| 7. | SWOT ANALYSIS | 29 |
| 8. | OUTLOOK | 30 |
| 9. | REFERENCES | 30 |
| 9.1. | Publications | 30 |
| 9.2. | Websites | 31 |
| APPENDIX 1 | 32 | |
| Summary of Notable players | 32 | |
| COMPANY PROFILES | 39 | |
| A Swanepoel | 39 | |
| Artemis Brands (Pty) Ltd | 40 | |
| Bamboo Baby (Pty) Ltd | 42 | |
| BiddyKins (Pty) Ltd | 44 | |
| C Hawkins | 45 | |
| Cleopatra Tissue Products (Pty) Ltd | 47 | |
| Doekies en Broekies (Pty) Ltd | 49 | |
| Happy Boo (Pty) Ltd | 50 | |
| HARTMANN-Vitamed (Pty) Ltd | 51 | |
| JannaNanna (Pty) Ltd | 54 | |
| Kimberly-Clark of South Africa (Pty) Ltd | 55 | |
| Kozen Trading 15 CC | 57 | |
| Kwik P Nappies (Pty) Ltd | 59 | |
| L\'il Masters Diapers Manufacturers (Pty) Ltd | 60 | |
| M Grewar | 62 | |
| M2 Trading CC | 63 | |
| Main Street 1310 (Pty) Ltd | 64 | |
| Medq Medical Supplies (Pty) Ltd | 66 | |
| Mini Matters (Pty) Ltd | 67 | |
| Mother Nature Products CC | 68 | |
| National Pride (Pty) Ltd | 70 | |
| NSP Unsgaard (Pty) Ltd | 72 | |
| Premier FMCG (Pty) Ltd | 74 | |
| Procter and Gamble Manufacturing SA (Pty) Ltd | 81 | |
| R P International Toiletries CC | 83 | |
| Rainbow Nappies CC | 84 | |
| Softline (Pty) Ltd | 86 | |
| Sugarsnap Cloth (Pty) Ltd | 87 | |
| Validus Medical (Pty) Ltd | 88 |
