Made in Port Shepstone since 1983
Goldenglo and our sister company, Sunola Oil Mills, make cooking oil, soap, candles, margarine and shortening in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Here's how one candle machine became a family of factories.
- 1983 Goldenglo opens in Port Shepstone, making a single kind of candle on one machine.
- 1986 We commission our first soap plant for laundry soap. Beauty soaps follow.
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1997
We enter the cooking-oil market by founding Sunola Oil Mills (Pty) Ltd, with a vegetable oil refinery and packing plant in Port Shepstone.
- 1998 The first Sunola Oil Mills cooking oils reach the shelves.
- 2013 An oil packing facility opens in Johannesburg.
- 2020 A Johannesburg oil refinery strengthens our reach in Gauteng and beyond.
- TodayOne of South Africa's leading oil, candle and soap manufacturers, with products sold across the country and in Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Angola.
What we make
A large range of quality products that are competitively priced and consumer friendly, made to help our retailers sell more: green bar, lemon laundry, bath and anti-bacterial soaps; plain white household and long-burning candles; pure sunflower, blended, palm and deep-frying oils; and margarine and shortening for bakers.
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Mission
To generate value for our stakeholders by producing and marketing cooking oil, soaps, candles, margarines and other products sustainably, through a vertically integrated business, checking the quality and traceability of our products at every step, from their origins to our customers.
Vision
To become the national gold standard in producing and marketing cooking oils, cost-effectively and sustainably, by investing in new technology and following the highest quality-control guidelines.
Values
- Professional ethics
- Respect, honesty and commitment shape how we do business.
- Quality
- In our products, our processes and our customer service.
- Trust
- Loyalty sits at the heart of our relationships with everyone we work with.