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been to buy from recognised major producers around the world that follow acceptable and acknowledged environmental practices and who are renowned for their quality, and sell paper and board products to the printing industry in South Africa. “In essence, we supply the right size paper and board products which local print companies use, for example, in packaging, for the printing of magazines, company brochures, annual financial reports, flyers and business cards,” says Raymond Blake, Managing Director of Papercor. In addition to its Johannesburg operation, Papercor has opened facilities in Cape Town and KwazuluNatal which enabled the company to become known as a national paper merchant. Both of these operations are managed by knowledgeable people who have a number of years’ experience in paper merchanting.
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Our three branches are fully staffed and we have an experienced national sales force, boast fully stocked warehousing facilities and all the logistical capabilities to assure our ‘just in time’ service promise
A commitment and drive for the Papercor brand is what separates it from the competition
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“Andrew Flack and Craig Stevens in Kwazulu-Natal became shareholders in Papercor in 2014. Further to this, our three branches are fully staffed and we have an experienced national sales force, boast fully stocked warehousing facilities and all the logistical capabilities to assure our ‘just in time’ service promise. “The Johannesburg converting division has sheeting, slitting and guillotine capabilities while both Cape Town and Kwazulu-Natal are for the moment limited to guillotine only,” Blake adds.
Addressing the overcrowded market
Blake identified that the market for these kinds of paper and board products is very competitive which means Papercor has had to think of ways to make it stand out from the crowd. Its flagship coated-paper