Business Review

The company has undertaken a review of its business with a view of repositioning it for sustainable growth and has procured the machine: Bielomatik P1590/265 exercise book production machine capable of running on 500 meters per minute with an average of 240,000 books in eight (8) hours. The first phase of the review has transformed the company into a major player in the Prints sector with the ability to effectively service commercial prints. The Heidelberg DI (Direct Imaging) Quick Master 46 DI and Speed Master 74DI Machines have been acquired and installed since the month of October, 2006 for this purpose.

Envelope Production

The company has acquired additional envelope machines, 381 RB W&D machine. These machines are equipped to print and insert windows (multiple windows possible) online thus ensuring consistency of production at the rate of 800 envelopes per minute. In addition the company has acquired 149L to replace its carlaw and die cutting machine. Our current daily envelope production capacity is not less than two million (2,000,000) envelopes.


Printing

The printing section has been upgraded with new printing and finishing equipment. The upgrade runs from Pre-press to Post-Press which currently delivers high quality printed materials.

IT

The business is in the advanced stages of a restructure of the IT infrastructure with up-to-date hardware platform as well as work group applications; internetworking various physical branches of the company for an efficient and improved information flow process which is designed to enhance the overall productive output of the company.

Go -4ward
Onward launched an in-house newsletter: ‘Go-4ward’. With a quarterly publication frequency, the newsletter is designed to enlighten staff and management on the trends of the industry as well as the publication of internal news articles.