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The Mackenzie Period (1987–1989) 1989 marked 35 years service for those who came to Umkomaas in 1954 to build Saiccor, a proud moment for those men who were now no longer young In view of this pending anniversary, Hector Mackenzie’s notice of 1 December 1988 appeared bizarre (remembering also that most of Natal regarded 2 January as a public holiday)� At the last meeting of the old Saiccor Board on Wednesday August 10th 1988, prior to ownership passing to Sappi, the then Chairman, Mr P J van Rooy proposed, and it was unanimously approved by the directors representing the Courtaulds Group and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, that when a suitable opportunity arose their appreciation should be expressed in some tangible way to all employees for all they had done to contribute to the success of Saiccor� As a small token of appreciation it has been decided that New Year’s day which falls on a Sunday, and would not normally be enjoyed as a public holiday, will be transferred on this occasion to Monday 2nd January 1989, which will therefore be treated as a paid holiday� As this was the only ‘token’ of appreciation for 35 years of success, the notice went down like a lead balloon� The 11-month financial year ended successfully on 28 February 1989 (Sappi’s year end)� Production improved to average 1 086,4 t/d (95 per cent of budget) and firmer pulp prices resulted in operating income rising to R212 million (US$90 million)� Fifty per cent of sales were to Courtaulds� In October 1988 there was a Courtaulds-Saiccor research meeting at Saiccor at which André Vlok, Sappi’s Technical Director, facilitated� The meeting initiated a disagreement between Hector Mackenzie 139
The First Fifty Years and John Hinck, after which John left Saiccor� Bryan Thomas was appointed Technical Manager from 1 November 1988� The relationship between Hector Mackenzie and Scotch Duncan- Anderson became strained and Scotch left in April 1989� Trevor Larkan was appointed Financial Manager from 1 May 1989� Hector Mackenzie retired from Saiccor and Courtaulds at the end of May 1989 and returned to Grimsby (UK)� Roland Mazery became Managing Director of Saiccor on 1 June 1989� 140
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