Exsa growers in the Trawal region were amongst the top achievers in the Olifants River Table Grape Association’s annual vineyard block competition, held during December 2020. The trophy for the best young vineyard block was awarded to Henning Aggenbacht, production manager at De Vlei Boerdery’s Spook en Spartel production unit (pictured above). This was [...]
Above: Exsa Staff and growers at the Exsa Packing Materials (Exsa Pakmateriaal) Annual General Meeting. Exsa Packing Materials (Exsa Pakmateriaal) held their annual general meeting at Die Veldskoen near De Doorns on Thursday 26 November. Exsa Packing Materials is an important support service to Exsa Exports and they provide an invaluable service to the Exsa [...]
The Exsa Board of Directors is proud to announce the appointment of our new Head of Marketing Nico Louw, who will officially be joining the Exsa team from September 2020. Nico has an established marketing career in the South African fresh produce export sector, which started in 2009 with his appointment in the logistics [...]
Exsa growers Hennie and Hendrik Rabie in the Hex River Valley (installation seen here above) and Boesman le Roux at Trawal in the Olifants River Valley have recently installed solar renewable energy electricity systems. Feedback from them about the success of these systems is extremely positive and the management of both farming operations plan [...]
Exsa grower Jannie van Niekerk is the production manager for De Vlei Boerdery’s Vaalwater production unit at Trawal. In the recent Olifants River block competition, Vaalwater was awarded third prize in the established vineyard block category. This was for a block of AllisonTM. Congratulations Jannie! Above: Jannie van Niekerk (centre) proudly displays his prize with [...]
Above: Visiting Nufri in Barcelona: (fltr) Nufri buyer Ivan Elias with Dalene le Roux and Wilhelm Joubert of Exsa. ------ During late October Wilhelm Joubert and Dalene le Roux of Exsa travelled to Spain to attend the international Fruit Attraction fresh produce trade fair in Madrid. Fruit Attraction is an international trade show for the [...]
Kosie Laubscher passed away on 10 August after a short illness. This courageous business leader, opinion shaper, community developer and devoted family man had a considerable presence in the Hex River Valley community and the broader table grape industry. He will be sorely missed. Kosie was incredibly proud of Exsa and lived and breathed Exsa. [...]
Photo captions: 1. Exsa grapes packed in compostable inner liners and carry bags for export to the EU. 2. The Exsa compostable bag trial team: Anna Steytler of Superior Packaging (second from left) with Johan Jordaan (left), Wilhelm Joubert (second from right) and Hendrik Rabie (right) from the Exsa compostable packing material team. They are [...]
Above: Exsa CEO Stefan Conradie (right) visiting Gerrit (left) and Peet (centre) van der Berg at Steynmond Farm near Kakamas along the Orange River. As part of Exsa's new CEO Stefan Conradie's settling in process, he has recently visited growers within the company's various production fields. Here is in the vineyards with the Van [...]
Above: A group photo of Exsa growers and the Exsa management team atht eh event. During September Exsa held their annual grower Post-season Feedback and Information Day. The event has been held at Waverly Hills at Wolseley for several years as this is a great venue and centrally situated for our growers from the various [...]