Centre of Excellence

World class global service hub


Ardagh’s global Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Cape Town, South Africa, delivers world-class technology support services to Ardagh’s operating businesses across Europe, the Americas and Africa.

In a pioneering collaboration with the City of Cape Town, our CoE not only boasts highly skilled IT expertise across a suite of enterprise applications, we are also committed to making a positive difference.

With social development at the core of our Sustainability Strategy, Ardagh is proud to be leveraging our CoE to develop

skills training and provide jobs for South African youth in the increasingly important field of technology.

This solidifies Ardagh’s commitment to the region, where it operates seven production facilities in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Ethiopia, manufacturing a range of glass packaging for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.We are based in secure state of the art 24/7 facilities in Cape Town CBD where we work alongside tech-career accelerators CapaCiti.

Local career and training investment opportunities


Ardagh is delighted to partner with EXL, a leading data analytics and digital operations company, to source local talent for global roles.

In line with our commitment to invest in the communities where we operate, we’ll be making opportunities available for EXL to source local people seeking careers in IT, to qualify for their onboarding process. Successful candidates may be eligible for hands-on training, coaching and development.

Prospective job seekers are invited to explore EXL’s Career pages to see if Ardagh roles are available.

Find out more here. To learn more about Ardagh’s sustainability initiatives, click here.

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