Africa Print expo organisers Practical Publishing have announced the 2026 dates, with events to be hosted in Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg. Visitors to the 2026 Africa Print events can see the latest opportunities in digital printing presses, binding equipment, digital packaging solutions, screen printing, digital textile printing, finishing equipment, ink, software, pad printing, paper and board, litho print solutions, encapsulating / laminating and digital label printing. A major theme of the Africa Print Expos will be live on-stand demonstrations by product experts from all the leading brands [...]

Teresa Adinolfi, Managing Director at Redfern, a company with decades of experience in labelling, printing and distribution, discusses her career highlights, the key to business success, as well as industry developments and changes. How did you get into the printing industry and what are your career highlights? Adinolfi’s passion for paper started when she was a toddler. ‘My Mom would give me magazines and I revelled in paging through them and tearing them up into tiny shreds, loving the texture of paper and all the pictures and colours,’ she [...]

Jermaine Naicker, Managing Director of Printing SA, discussed his goals for the federation, how the industry is navigating a tough economy and what the keys to a successful economic turnaround strategy are. Naicker explained that it has been an exciting time driven by a dynamic team, but it has also had its challenges, filled with a period of significant changes. Right from the onset, he was tasked to come to the organisation to disrupt, implement a myriad of changes, and challenge the status quo, which came with support and [...]