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From garage to factory: Family trailer business gets R2m cash injection.

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EKASINOMICS:

Lucas Maluleke started Trailored, a small custom trailer company, in a Soweto garage in 2003. At the time, the business could build one new trailer every few three to four months - but has since expanded capacity to produce more than that each day.
The business has also been buoyed by a R2.3 million cash injection through equity crowdfunding platform GoGetta, which they hope will help it become the largest trailer manufacturer on the continent.
18 Jan 2023 9AM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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