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Shiploads of Axe actuators – PRECISION VALVE SA has recently exported a number of containers of aerosol parts to back up the roll-out of a new Axe deodorant range to a surprising range of countries, including Russia, Argentina and Mexico
Precision Valve SA goes global
16 JUNE / JULY 2021
There’s no Axe to grind as Pretoria manufacturer ships out container loads PRECISION VALVE SA in Rosslyn established in 1968 and since then one of South Africa’s leading manufacturers of aerosol dispensing products, is living up to its status as a member of the international PRECISION Group by going, literally, global too. It has recently exported a number of containers of aerosol parts to back up the roll-out of a new Axe deodorant range to a surprising range of countries, including Russia, Argentina and Mexico. In one case, several 40-foot containers were flown out to Latin America. PRECISION VALVE SA – one of PRECISION’s 17 manufacturing facilities in 15 countries, the world leader of aerosol valves and a key player in actuators – is the only manufacturing
that we were called on to support our facility of the Group in Africa. It was customer’s plants in other territories,” selected as the pilot site globally to said Rigney, who has a wealth produce the actuator for the new of experience in large Axe aerosol container in FMCG contracts and 2019. PRECISION complex manufacturing According to Robin operations. Rigney, MD of has a global “We have invested PRECISION VALVE infrastructure in several pieces of SA, the success of the that is easily able high-performance launch in this country to ensure logistical manufacturing and resulted in it being assembly equipment, called on to support support to the but probably the main first the manufacturer market plus for us has been that in Russia and thereafter our production team have in Argentine and Mexico, been so reliable, innovative and especially as PRECISION has a efficient,” added Rigney. global infrastructure that is easily able to Axe is a brand of Unilever Group, ensure logistical support to the market. which is also supplied under the ‘Lynx’ “Our process at Rosslyn has proved brand. to be stable and reliable, to the extent www.precisionglobal.com
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