Macmillan Education South Africa acquires Troupant Publishers

We are pleased to announce that Macmillan Education South Africa has acquired Troupant Publishers with effect from 22 March 2023. The two companies have worked together in a joint venture since 2007, publishing and distributing books for the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector.

Troupant Publishers has developed a wide range of respected, high-quality textbooks and lecturer resources for TVET colleges. Macmillan’s role has been to manage the sales, marketing, customer service and distribution of these books. From a customer point of view, there will be no change in the process of ordering and receiving books. Orders will continue to be placed with Macmillan Education for supply.

It has been wonderful to see the development of Troupant Publishers over the years. The company started publishing engineering textbooks for the vocational sector in the 1980s. The introduction of the new NCV curriculum in 2007 led to rapid expansion, and Troupant became well known for the high quality of their textbooks which supported students to learn and lecturers to teach. In 2015 the company was sold to Van Schaik Bookstore, when the founder and owner retired.

Macmillan Education and Troupant Publishers are delighted that the two companies will now be even more closely aligned, and we look forward to a successful future together.