If you're a crafter producing delightful, creative pieces with an innovative twist, then this is your chance to compete with other equally amazing crafters from throughout the province who will be vying for the coveted best crafter award at the prestigious Lithuba Lakho (This is your chance) Eastern Cape Craft Competition awards in Port Elizabeth on December 10. Crafters working in the Eastern Cape Province are invited to enter their best products for the second round of the craft competition … [Read more...] about This is your Chance
Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Chinese cities of Ningbo and Chengdu preparing for an Eastern Cape “invasion” in celebration of China’s “South Africa Year”
The Chinese cities of Ningbo and Chengdu are preparing for an Eastern Cape “invasion” next week as the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) leads a provincial delegation which includes the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber to kick-start what has been declared the “South African year” in China. The delegation also includes six Eastern Cape companies placed by ECDC on a permanent trade fair in Ningbo in April 2013. The companies have already made inroads into the lucrative Chinese … [Read more...] about Chinese cities of Ningbo and Chengdu preparing for an Eastern Cape “invasion” in celebration of China’s “South Africa Year”
ECDC annouces R15 million investment in automotive sector
September 17, 2013 - In a move aimed at further increasing local content in the Eastern Cape automotive components manufacturer industry, the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) today announced it has approved a R15 million investment into an East London based global automotive company TrelleborgVibracoustic-Ikhwezi. In the last year alone the East London Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) has announced investments amounting to some R640 million by three global automotive components … [Read more...] about ECDC annouces R15 million investment in automotive sector
Chinese market provides enormous growth for Eastern Cape companies
Backed by development financier, the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC), Mend-A-Bath International, the world’s leading bathroom fixture resurfacing products exporter is pursuing export opportunities in China in a bid for a share of the lucrative and large Asian consumer market. Founded in Port Elizabeth in the mid 1970’s by the late Ivor Benn when he bought a struggling bath resurfacing business, Mend-A-Bath International is one of seven Eastern Cape companies placed by ECDC on a … [Read more...] about Chinese market provides enormous growth for Eastern Cape companies
Eastern Cape Development Corporation takes its long-term approach to grow trade global
OceaDevelopment financier, the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) is taking its fight for a greater share of the national export market to the east as it prepares to place seven local companies on a 30-month permanent trade fair in Ningbo, China today. The first South African company to exhibit at the international Ningbo exhibition, ECDC hopes to open opportunities for Eastern Cape companies to access the large Chinese consumer market. Between January to July 2012, a total of $500 … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape Development Corporation takes its long-term approach to grow trade global
