Solly Akoojee has for 21 years run a store that serves Randfontein's miners, selling acrylic cardigans and nylon trousers, cheap electronics and plastic luggage.
After a period of calm following the 2008-2009 manufacturing slowdown due to the world financial and economic crisis, Chinese plants are running almost non-stop again, with demand in cars, consumer electronics, plastic toys like vuvuzelas coming from all corners of the globe.
"Today we are introducing two major advancements: the birth of a new market category, the proReader, and a milestone in the evolution of plasticelectronics, " said Richard Archuleta, CEO of Plastic Logic.