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International award for Sappi calendar

Troika Imagineering Works has been honoured with a Bronze medal for its 2007 Sappi Calendar at the recent 2007 Stuttgart Calendar Show, the only South African entrant to take home one of 60 medals awarded out of a pool of 1700 entries from around the world. 19 Jan 2007


Caxton upgrades printing equipment

The main production plant for the Caxton Newspaper group in Johannesburg has installed new Baranschee plate punching and bending equipment, supplied locally by Antalis, to handle plates for its MAN Roland Uniset newspaper web press. 20 Nov 2006


R6 million investment serves creatives' needs

Clarion Printed Products recently announced a R6 million investment into new digital printing technology, including wide format digital printers with a 360dpi capability (outdoor billboards, fleet graphics, and signage); digital medium format printers with true 720dpi and capable of up to 1440dpi photo-real images (POS display prints, exhibition display units, and retail, window and floor graphics); and a 1.6 metre wide, direct fabric sublimation printer. 17 Oct 2006


Green green green is the paper

Sappi Fine Paper South Africa, a division of the global Sappi group, recently announced a major upgrade at it Sappi Stanger Mill. 29 May 2006


Spekta quality now at Paarl Print

Paarl Print has acquired Spekta Hybrid FM/AM screening software to increase print quality in its computer-to plate (CtP) department. 15 Mar 2006


Third annual HSBC/SA Pen Literary Award encourages African writing

Young writers from South Africa and all other SADC countries are once again invited to submit original unpublished short stories for the third volume of the annual HSBC/SA Pen Literary Award by 31 July 2006. 12 Mar 2006


Mondi awards KwaZulu businesses

Unicopy and Stationery won two gold awards as Commercial Stationer of the Year and Black Business of the Year at the KwaZulu/Natal ceremony for the 2005 Mondi Business Paper Ithabise! Office Products Awards hosted by shop-sa and Mondi Business Paper. 9 Nov 2005


Free State goes digital

Oranje Drukkery, the oldest printing company in the Free State, has recently installed the first CTP system in the Free State. 25 Apr 2005


Sappi co-sponsors 'Great South Africans' book project

'Great South Africans' which launches on SABC 3 on 26 September, will also be available in print, thanks to the co-sponsorship of Sappi Fine Paper South Africa. 12 Sep 2004


ABC Press forging ahead

Cape Town based ABC Press, for years one of South Africa's leading printing companies, have recently installed their own dedicated computer to plate division. 13 May 2004


Caxton goes totally digital

Caxton Magazines has announced that from 1 October 2003 they will accept only digital advertising material, which must be in 'X1A PDF format'. 31 Aug 2003


Creda gives edge to Code with award

First Paper House recently bestowed Code with both a Merit and a Top Honours award for the Annual Reports category in their Grand Prix awards ceremony held in August. 11 Sep 2002


Creda leads first stage of Sappi Printer of the Year Awards

Creda Communications, one of South Africa's largest sheet-fed printers, has won five Bronze medals in the lead-up to the prestigious Sappi Printer of the Year Awards - more than any other entrant. 6 Jun 2002


Print & Repro Africa 2003

Print & Repro Africa 2003 will run alongside Graphics & Sign Africa and Communication Africa 2003, which will bring all aspects of the Print, Repro, Graphics & Media industries under one roof. 21 Nov 2001




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