| |
Overview
Established in 1926, and stronger than ever, Uniprint boasts the most up-to-date technology in the Southern Hemisphere, is among the top businesses in Africa.
With manufacturing operations based in Durban and sales offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town, Uniprint is now South Africa’s largest empowerment printer and employs more than 750 people. With 40 000 square meters of factory space, and R350 million worth of equipment ... Uniprint converts 300 tons of paper per day and has an an annual turn over of R500 million.
Uniprint is a full-service provider in the design, manufacture and distribution of a wide range of commercial print products and services to corporate customers and institutions that have consumer mass markets or branch networks throughout Africa.
During our 80 year heritage, we have driven progressive technologies and mastered quality in our craft. Our print engineers, through endless innovation, produce champions in every print category. Operating in the following sectors : FMCG, retailing, publishing, financial services, logistics, petroleum, telecommunications, pharmaceutical and government.
Uniprint also has telephone directory, election work and education print export contracts on the African continent.
We broadly define our mission as the development of our customers’ brands and the communication of our customers’ messages to their consumer mass markets.
Group Strengths
- An established, world class empowerment supplier
- Continuous striving to achieve global best practice through investment in people, in skills development and “best-of-breed” equipment and information technology
- Plant capacity available in all divisions to handle fulfilment contracts and large campaigns in-house and met tight deadlines - currently more than R200 million of available capacity within the Group
- Integrated production facilities providing a unique capability to offer a total, single-source solution , supported by a willingness to undertake difficult and challenging work
- Skills base - technically skilled, experienced and qualified staff in all departments
- Various problem-solving , technical, creative and structural design services
- Raw material procurement : long-established raw material supplier relationship/partnerships resulting in preferential pricing and service levels; including direct imports from overseas suppliers, passing on price advantage and providing a wider selection of raw materials
- I.T. systems to support all logistics and service level requirements
Demographic profile of our employees is reflective of the South African population
- Computer to Plate (CTP) technology which reduces production times and ensures quick make ready and low wastage
- Experience in supply chain management
- National sales representation
- Back-office customer and sales support infrastructure
- Tested national and international distribution to point of use
- Financially sound
- Long established — since 1926
- Centralised location with easy accessibility to raw material suppliers, especially the
Mondi and Sappi paper plants
- Each operating division of the Group is within the top three suppliers in it’s sector
Accreditation & Registration
Uniprint has accreditation from or is registered with the following professional bodies:
- SABS (Labels & Packaging operation)
- PIFSA (Printing Industries Federation of South Africa)
- POPAI (Point Of Purchase Advertising International)
- In-store Marketing Institute
- Durban Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- MAPPP-SETA
|
