Purpose-built operating environment
The East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) is a greenfield development transforming over 400 hectares of prime land into a world class industrial location.
The Zone has six individually fenced sub-zones, each designed to serve specific manufacturing needs. It is characterised by excellent internal roads boasting a newly-built dual carriageway designed to carry both light and heavy vehicles including 22m-long interlines.
All the sites in the ELIDZ are fully serviced with access to all utilities and ICT infrastructure and all are within close proximity to key transport networks.
Renowned for its leadership sustainability, the ELIDZ has earned the prestigious title of being named one of the world’s leading Eco-Parks. This recognition, awarded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s (UNIDO) Global Eco-Industrial Park Programme (GEIPP), highlights the ELIDZ’s unparalleled commitment to environmental conservation.
Serving as a global model for eco-industrial parks, the ELIDZ epitomises innovation, infrastructure, and skills development as crucial elements for unlocking economic opportunities, not only in South Africa but worldwide.
Innovative industrial solutions
The ELIDZ also encourages innovation in zone-based industries through the East London IDZ’s Science and Technology Park (STP).
Located in the ELIDZ, the STP is strategically positioned to:
- Support industrial research and development
- Incubate new technologies
- Stimulate, organise and manage the transfer of knowledge and technology from the Knowledge custodians to companies and the market place
- Stimulate the development of young technology industries.
Incentivised business environment
The East London IDZ has various incentives which can be accessed by qualifying industries.
The Specialised Customs Controlled Area (CCA) benefit for qualifying industries includes:
VAT (15%) exemption on:
- Goods imported
- Capital equipment
- Land supplied (to CCA enterprises) for sale and letting
- Electricity and water supply.
No import duties on:
- Raw materials and other consumables for manufacture
- Goods for storage
- Capital goods used in the CCA
- Preferential land rental
- Preferential utility rates
- Competitively priced land
- Access to national manufacturing and other generic government incentives.
Industry assistance & support services
The East London IDZ prides itself in providing soft landing support to investors through the provision of business streamlining and support services that aid investors in the completion of investments and the start up of local operations.
A skilled team of experts assist the investors with:
- Relocation planning assistance
- Assistance with high level market research and intelligence
- Start up assistance relating to business set up requirements including company registration, visa and various permit applications
- Assisted access to municipal planning services and compliance to the necessary municipal and zone building regulations/guidelines
- Assisted regulatory compliance and government services access
- Application support for national and local incentive programmes and benefits
- Labour recruitment and skills development facilitation
- Access to convenient, zone based community services and amenities.
Contact an industry expert at the East London IDZ
Interested investors are encouraged to message the ELIDZ industry experts with your unique objectives and requirements:
