Hulamin Limited is a South African mid-stream aluminium semi-fabricator that transforms primary aluminium into high-value rolled products and extruded products for packaging, engineering, automotive, transport, building, electrical and general engineering sectors. The company manufactures and supplies aluminium sheet, plate, foil and coil products with tight tolerances and complex specifications through its Hulamin Rolled Products division; produces rigid aluminium foil containers and related products via Hulamin Containers; and offers extruded aluminium products through Hulamin Extrusions, serving customers in automotive, renewable energy and durable consumer goods applications. Over 50% of sales occur in South Africa and regional Africa, with exports to Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and Oceania; it operates primary facilities in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, and Midrand, Gauteng.
Founded in 1935 with roots in a 1940 registration as Aluminium Company of South Africa and headquartered at Moses Mabhida Road, Pietermaritzburg, the company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 2007 under ticker HLM.JO following its name change from Hulett Aluminium.
Recent developments include the March 2024 acquisition by Hulamin Operations of a 58.7% equity stake in Isizinda Aluminium for strategic expansion; completion of phases one and two, and commissioning of the final phase in mid-2025, of a multi-phase wide can-body expansion project to displace 23,000 tonnes per year of imports and enhance domestic market share with wide-width can sheet production ramping up in early 2026; shutdown of Hulamin Containers operations in June 2025 with asset wind-down and sale underway; and entry into negotiations in August 2025 for disposal of the underperforming extrusions business amid H1 2025 losses.