Vol 98 issue 6 2014

JUNE 2014 R50.

inc vat

THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE STATIONERY, HOME AND OFFICE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION

PENS AND INKS ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND BACKUP TOOLS

ESSENTIAL FIRE SAFETY BREAKROOM APPLIANCES

Contents My Office Magazine is the official magazine of the Southern African Association for Stationery, Home and Office Products. It is read by over 25 000 buyers and sellers of stationery and office products each month.

PUBLISHER Rob Mathews - robm@icon.co.za Kathy Gibson - kathy@futurewave.co.za

Vol 98 | June 2014 www.shop-sa.co.za | www.facebook.com/shopsa.za

NEWS

34 | INDUSTRY NEWS Industry-related news and trade business announcements 36 | ECO PAGES A green sustainability update, sponsored by Mondi

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EDITOR Mercédes Westbrook - mercedes@shop-sa.co.za CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER Wendy Dancer - wendy@shop-sa.co.za NATIONAL OFFICE Web Master: Neil Caetano Design and Layout: Vanessa Bentley New Membership: Rachel Skink Reception: Ruth Montsho

06 | MURPHY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT Aki Kalliatakis reveals that Murphy’s Law is no excuse 26 | FURNITURE: STYLISH PAPER SAVERS Recycling paper in the office is a necessary and beneficial exercise – and it can be stylish too 30 | BREAKROOM: SKIP THE CHORES Life in the home and office has become mostly automated, thanks to light work appliances

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04 | LESS IS MORE Less is more is a tough concept when you are trying to do just about anything, says Gavin Moffat 08 WRITS OF EXECUTION Dr Ivan Israelstam shows how parties who are not happy with the decision of a CCMA arbitrator can apply to the Labour Court to review the arbitrator’s conduct 20 | POWER UP WITH A UPS Invest in a quality UPS system that will protect your data and your components 28| LEADERSHIP AS THE MANAGEMENT OF CULTURE Colin Browne focuses on what makes a good leader 29 | TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, CHANGE YOUR WORKDAY Rethink your habits to boost your productivity

THE LEGAL BIT Whilst every effort is made to ensure accuracy the publisher and editor cannot accept responsibility for supplied material. The opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of shop-sa. Copyright is strictly reserved and no part of this magazine

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AS INK IS TO A PEN

A look at pens as the worker bees of the stationery industry

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Full steam ahead

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e can safely say we have settled back down to business following a rather bumpy calendar of public holidays.

As you will gather from our cover, this issue casts the spotlight on Pens and inks (see page 10) - a subject close to my heart. In fact, I have a confession to make. I am a pen squirrel. I store them as fast as nuts in autumn - our furry friends have nothing on me! The second drawer in my desk console gives a wonderful pen-on-pen rattle when I open it, and having a “bad” pen (with leaky ink) can ruin my entire day. Ever since I was a girl with my first diary, I have felt a pen is a necessary item to have close at hand. In my early 20s, one of my most treasured gifts was a Lamy fountain pen.

Even jet-setting mobile workers would

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“Your income is directly related to your philosophy, not the economy.” – Jim Rohn

be stuck without a pen. Imagine trying to fill in those customs entry forms on the plane as you descend to land at a foreign airport; and what would happen if your retail cashier didn’t supply you with a pen when signing your credit card slip?

I live in the comfortable smugness that we will never live in a “penless” world. I would also like to applaud BIC who have offered the power of the pen – free to 3,4 million schoolchildren – in a spectacular sales campaign and started a generation of thinkers and knowledge-sharers with a simple pen.

Our business readers will be interested in Dr Ivan Israelstam’s column – in this issue he is offering readers a chance to win a free copy of his e-book Walking the New Labour Law Tightrope - Key provisions of the pending 2013 labour law amendments. Please turn to page 8 to read more about writs of execution.

Many of our long-term members will remember ex-shop-sa magazine editor Colin J. Browne. We are privileged to run a guest column written by him (see page

28). He has just released his book How to Build a Happy Sandpit about how South African business leaders are driving engagement, performance and loyalty.

Please turn to page 24 to read more about the influence of POPI on the mobile communications industry.

I would like to appeal to all office products industry players to please keep the industry informed of any criminal activity you might be experiencing and assist in the sharing of fraudsters’ details and modus operandi. Information is power, and very effective as a deterrent in preventing the spread of further criminal activity. You can do this by calling us on (011) 781 0372 or (021) 780 1209, or e-mailing editor@shopsa.co.za.

Until next time, keep up the hard work.

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Top tips to reduce retail risk Reduce retail risk by addressing these five key areas Remote access – ensure that you understand exactly who is accessing your network remotely at all times. If you have third parties managing your IT network, ensure they only access your systems when required and that you have full visibility of all their activities. You should insist they have dedicated user accounts for all their staff and confirm they use unique passwords. Ask and confirm that remote access is authenticated using two factors. This means that the remote user must provide two means of identification.

Firewalls – by segmenting general office or store systems that are used to access e-mail and the Internet away from business systems (such as back office payment systems), an organisation will significantly

reduce their risk of the payment systems being affected by unwittingly downloading malware via the Internet. Additionally, risks can be significantly mitigated by ensuring people on the network can only visit sites and locations you stipulate and explicitly allow for your business.

Passwords – ensure that passwords are never shared or used in more than one place. Passwords should be at least seven characters long and comprise of numbers, letters (upper and lower case), special characters or punctuation marks to make them harder to guess and therefore increase their strength. Also ensure passwords are implemented on the operating system and in the applications themselves.

Patching of systems – ensuring that your systems are fully up to date with software patches will reduce your business risk by eliminating the known vulnerabilities that software providers have identified and fixed. Hackers target systems that are out of date. Enabling auto-updates is a fairly simple task.

Partnerships – work with a security partner that understands the risks being faced by the industry and promotes best practice through simple solutions that cater to your business.

Contact Foregenix on support@ foregenix.com or (010) 500 8622 if you want more information, or if you suspect that your business has experienced a breach.

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business landscape ACKNOWLEDGMENT GAVIN MOFFAT can be contacted on gavin@puruma. com or follow him on www.twitter.com/gavinmoffat.com

Less is more Less is more: a tough concept when you are trying to do just about anything

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y eldest daughter Page is a budding artist. She has tremendous talent in a number of areas. When she began showing talent my wife provided her with a guiding principle that she took to heart: sometimes less is more.

A tough thing to learn at any stage in your life. Just that one extra stroke on the painting. One extra snip of the bush as you are pruning in the garden. Just that one extra layer of management in the company in order to make reporting lines easier.

It works more often than not, and fits in neatly with Ockham’s Razor - a wonderful principle from a 13th century Franciscan monk and philosopher

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which states: “when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better”.

We tend to complicate things. Not on purpose, but as part of our nature in believing that more is better. Take the labour legislation that we have. It is often maligned as being a direct cause of declining employment numbers.

Instead of allowing the labour market to ebb and flow as it should, it is over-regulated – and as a result, hiring happens less than it should and illegal hiring practices are rife.

With an inordinate number of rules and regulations around how your teams interact within their own business, let alone with your customer, the chances of successful, enjoyable and productive interactions are slim.

Overcomplicating a channel or loyalty plan can result in underutilisation.

Discovery Health’s Vitality programme is an example. It’s complicated to get into

but when you do there are benefits that can have a significant impact on your household. It is understanding the system that matters.

There is without doubt a need to have a framework; to provide guidelines or rules of engagement. But if you make yourself tough to deal with by creating unnecessary hoops to jump through, the outcome is inevitable.

When your rules, solutions, packages and products are simpler to understand, you should be able to sell more, all things being equal. Let’s not even get to banking products or mobile operator packages. Is there anyone who understands their cell phone package or medical aid plan?

It’s tough if you are working with legacy systems, policies and procedures, but it is definitely worthwhile revisiting them to see what can be carved off and what is critical to the success of your business.

To summarise: less is more. Do away with complications. Sell more. The end.

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Murphy

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AKI KALLIATAKIS is the managing partner of The Leadership LaunchPad, a company dedicated to helping clients become more customer driven. Visit www.DelightYourCustomers.co.za.

has nothing to do with it Murphy’s Law states that if anything can go wrong, it will.

It implies that bad luck and external factors beyond our control are the major causes of problems

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t’s not uncommon for companies to blame Murphy when things go wrong – even when it is pretty obvious that the event had nothing to do with bad luck or unpredictable external factors.

We’ve all heard the excuses: “We ran out of stock because there was unanticipated demand”; “the machine broke down unexpectedly”; “we had a power failure and nothing’s working”; or “there is something wrong with the computer system”. Of course, many managers blame mistakes on their staff too.

I don’t believe that Murphy and his law have anything to do with it. When things go wrong it’s because someone screwed up. The prime cause of error in companies is that someone did something wrong, or didn’t do what they were supposed to do. One moment of inattention can create havoc - at least 99% of defects, problems, mistakes and non-conformances are preventable.

There is the reality that people are prone to mistakes because, after all, we are human. But this is when we need to build the right parameters into systems and processes to make sure that when “zero defects” are necessary, then it is guaranteed.

One of my favourite examples comes

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from Earl Sasser. He had always been a loyal BMW fan, but in his lectures he kept hearing students talking about the legendary service of Lexus. One day he took his BMW in for a standard service.

When he collected the car and got home, he realised the cigarette lighter was missing. Fearing that they would accuse him of losing the lighter, he called them, explained what was wrong and waited for them to come back to him. The service manager called later to say they had located the missing lighter, and that it was waiting in an envelope at reception for Sasser to collect.

Sasser wondered how Lexus would respond. He telephoned the local Lexus dealership to enquire. They assured him that it wouldn’t happen at Lexus, so he challenged them.

“Come on. Nobody is perfect, there must be some things that slip through.”

“Not here,” they said. When he enquired further, the service manager replied: “Because before we hand over a car to the client, our two most senior technicians inspect each vehicle with a checklist to make sure of zero defects.

If by one chance in a million we didn’t pick it up, I would personally collect a new lighter from the spares division and deliver it to your home or office.”

As W Edwards Deming wrote, “quality is an attitude.” How often is it acceptable for a surgeon to amputate the wrong leg,

or remove the wrong kidney? How many times out of every 1 000 births is it okay for the midwife to drop a new-born on its head? When is it acceptable for a bus driver to change the regular route he drives, or for a captain of an aeroplane to land at the wrong destination?

When it’s important enough, we always seem to make sure we get it right. It doesn’t always seem that our customers are important enough.

In most companies there are no consequences when people make mistakes and customers become unhappy – at least not in the short term. The long term results of poor quality, poor service, mistakes and problems that recur can prove very costly.

Give up blaming “bad luck” and good ol’ Murphy, and instead have a look in the mirror. Challenge people around you when they make excuses. Keep asking questions like “how can we guarantee prevention?”.

Measure and publicise all nonconformances. Ensure that everyone fully understands the negative consequences and true costs when things go wrong.

There is a lovely ending to Earl Sasser’s story. A few hours after his call to the Lexus dealership, they called him back, and the service manager identified himself. He said, “Sir, I’m going to be driving past the BMW dealership this afternoon, and wondered if I could pick up your lighter for you?”

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Writs of execution

ACKNOWLEDGMENT IVAN ISRAELSTAM is the chief executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. Go to www.labourlawadvice.co.za for more. This article first appeared in The Star.

Parties who are not happy with the decision of a CCMA arbitrator can apply to the Labour Court to review the arbitrator’s conduct

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hile the arbitrator’s decision itself is not subject to appeal, the Court has the right to set aside awards and rulings of CCMA arbitrators where such decisions were made as a result of the arbitrator’s misconduct.

The legal procedure for setting aside an arbitrator’s award is as follows: • •

• Section 145(1) of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) states that: “Any party to a dispute who alleges a defect in any arbitration proceedings under the auspices of the Commission may apply for an order to the Labour Court for an order setting aside the arbitration award …”

According to the LRA, “defect” means that the commissioner “committed misconduct in relation to the duties of the commissioner as an arbitrator; committed a gross irregularity in the conduct of the arbitration proceedings; or exceeded the commissioner’s powers; or “that an award has been improperly obtained”.

It is therefore not the arbitrator’s decision that is in question but the way it was arrived at.

As evidenced by numerous successful reviews at the Labour Court, arbitrator misconduct can and does occur in many different forms.

Employers are warned, however, that the legal procedure for setting aside the award of an arbitrator is extremely complicated, beset with bureaucratic processes and riddled with large and hidden dangers.

In view of the uncertainty of the law, the complexities of the legal procedure and the fact that there is a lot at stake, employers and employees are advised not to enter into this terrain without substantial legal expertise at their fingertips.

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The arbitrator, for example, makes an award to the effect that the employer must pay the employee R100 000 in compensation for an unfair dismissal.

However, even if the employer believes that the employee had not been dismissed at all and left of their own accord, the employer cannot appeal against this decision.

All is not lost because the employer could take the matter further if there is proof that there was a defect in the way the award was made because, for example, the arbitrator ignored key evidence that pointed to the fact that there was no dismissal.

The employer may therefore decide, instead of adhering to the award and paying the R100 000, to take the arbitrator’s conduct on review to the Labour Court.

The employer is required, in making this review application, to adhere strictly to the rules of the Labour Court which are many and complex.

Even if the employer gets the process for the review correct this is only the beginning because the employee does not have to wait for the review case to be heard before claiming his R100 000. That is, the employee has the right to apply immediately for the arbitration award to be confirmed by the director of the CCMA and to apply for a writ of execution.

Through this writ the employee gets the Labour Court to instruct the sheriff of the court to take possession of the employer’s property and sell it in order to make R100 000 and to then give the money to the employee. This writ can be obtained by the employee even if the employer’s application for review is still pending.

That is, it is no longer the case that the existence of a review application automatically stays (delays) a writ of execution. This means that, as soon as the employer gets wind that the employee is applying for a writ of execution, it needs to put in another application to court.

That is, in order to prevent the writ from being carried out and the employer’s property from being sold in execution, the employer needs to make a special application for the writ to be stayed. This the employer does in the hope that the sheriff, on seeing proof of the filing of the stay application, will hold back on executing the writ.

If the sheriff ignores the stay application then the employer needs to make an urgent application for the writ to be stayed.

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As ink is to a pen Writing, drawing, marking, colouring and highlighting: pens are the worker bees of the stationery industry

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eople, from presidents to toddlers, have all held a pen in their hands – a humble, instrument used for self-expression, knowledge sharing and creativity.

Even in the muchlauded age of the digital device, the pen still holds its own as the final and most personal - seal of approval.

Everyone can afford to own a pen, and use it to make their mark. Today, the pen remains both necessary and affordable.

“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”

- Malala Yousafzai

Spoilt for choice Whether an everyday ballpoint or an expensive fountain pen, there is a writing instrument to suit every need.

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A ballpoint pen spreads the ink via a small, hard ball – usually made of brass, steel or tungsten, fitted into the point. It is the most commonly used pen since it first replaced the fountain pen. The ink is oil-based and comes in a variety of colours including red, blue, black, green, pink and violet. There are either disposable or refillable varieties.

A rollerball pen uses a similar tip to the ballpoint pen but the ink is waterbased and saturates the paper better.

This makes for a smoother, faster action when writing. The ink comes in a range of colours, which include metallic and fluorescent.

A fountain pen features a nib tip with a fine slit to assist in dispersing its waterbased ink onto the paper. The ink flows via a combination of gravity and motion. Either ink refills or replaceable cartridges are used.

A marker or felt-tipped pen is made up of porous, pressed fibres. The tips come in a variety of shapes, such as Vol 98 - June 2014

lead feature bullet or chisel; sizes and thicknesses, depending on the intended use. Their tips can be retractable, triangular, multicoloured or twist up. The inks come in a variety of colours, including a transparent fluorescent or wax fluorescent style for highlighters, and can be permanent or non-permanent. They are used by artists and crafters, children and business people alike, to address packages, highlight important text, write on white boards or draw. Coloured art pens are also referred to as kokis in South Africa.

Special security markers use an invisible, fluorescent ink to mark money or valuables in case of theft.

South Africa’s recent elections saw the use of indelible ink markers to tag voters who had cast their votes. These pens are also used in the medical field when vaccinating in rural communities.

Technical pens, such as radiograph pens, are used by architects, drafters and engineers when creating detailed drawings. They use either a refillable ink reservoir or a replaceable ink cartridge.

Multi-function pens have developed over recent years to accommodate interactivity with personal organiser or touchscreen

devices. Examples include an all-in-one stylus and pen or a pen nib that can click through four different coloured inks.

Archival pens contain inks that won’t fade or lighten over time and offer the best choice for fine artists who want to ensure the longevity of their work.

“The pen is the tongue of the mind.”

- Horace

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Drawing pens are filled with either pigment ink or dye ink and should be smudge-proof, water-proof and bleed-proof.

Ergonomic pens feature thicker barrels, or offer three-sided cylinders for improved grip.

Recycled pens are made from cardboard, newspaper and reclaimed plastic. There are also bio-degradable versions available locally.

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lead feature Choosing the perfect pen When choosing which pen is best for you, consider whether quality or quantity is more important. Will it be used by the CEO or upper management in the boardroom to sign important contracts, or at an entrance boom security point to sign in visitors?

Does the environment require the pen to be hardy or finely crafted?

What type of grip is required and what width and shape of cylinder is preferred?

Do you require special inks, such as a permanent marker or interesting colours?

Do you need a refillable pen or will a disposal pen suffice?

Did you know?

Do you require a fine, medium Papermate pens got their or bold point or ink mark? If your name in 1949 when the handwriting is small, you may prefer company created an ink which a fine point. Medium or broad points dried instantly. Many will are preferred by those with larger remember and recognise the handwriting or those iconic “two hearts” logo. who write quickly, as it allows a faster flow of ink.

Do you prefer a Did you know? rollerball or ballpoint tip?

The ink cartridge was Finally, how invented by Petrache Pocomfortably does it fit enaru to solve the problem of in your hand and how ink stains that resulted from using well does it write? You old-fashioned inkpots. His creation, will need to find a pen patented in France in 1827, was a that writes smoothly success and cartridge pens were without requiring a lot of being mass-produced by the pressure.

1880s.

“The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.”

- Terry Pratchett

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Did you know?

In 1965 Paul C. Fisher patented a pen that worked in zero gravity.

It contained thixotropic ink, which is semi-solid until the movement of the ball-bearing liquefies it. The pen could be used to write upside-down, underwater and in extreme heat or cold. It was quickly adopted by the US Space Program.

Did you know?

The nib of a pen gives handwriting a personal character, unique to each one of us.

The more valuable the material of the nib, and the more elaborate the workmanship, the easier writing will be.

Did you know?

Ballpoint pens are often easier to use as an “everything” pen because they don’t dry out and they can have retractable tips. Rollerball pens require a cap to prevent the water-based ink from drying up. The cap also protects clothing and other objects from ink stains.

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Papermate, under Frawley Pen, was the first to have a multi-million dollar advertising budget for a pen product; Flexgrip was one of the first rubberised pens on the market in 1987; Refillable pens were created in 1994 with the Lubriglide brand; and Erasable ink was brought to market in 1979.

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The ballpoint pen, also known as a biro, was born when László Jozsef Bíró wanted to develop a pen using quick-drying newspaper ink.

Newspaper ink was too thick to be used with a standard nib, so Bíró experimented with a tiny ball-bearing which rotated as the pen was moved along the paper, pulling the ink from the cartridge and successfully transferring it to the paper. By 1943, ballpoint ink cartridges were pressurised to allow the ink to flow evenly.

This made them ideal for high-altitude use and the Royal Air Force began using them in 1944.

A few noteworthy milestones relating to pens include: •

Yellow is the preferred colour for highlighters because it does not produce a shadow when photocopied.

Unorthodox uses for pens include: • • • • • • • •

As a weapon in an emergency; To neaten up scuffed shoes; To touch up chipped paint or scuffed furniture; For doodling in magazines; To open, scratch or reach things; To chew on; As a bead storage holder; and As a table number holder.

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Montegrappa and Mandela Pens remain a very personal instrument of self-expression. Their everyday value has been recognised by a number of world-class brands who have mastered the fine art of pen craftsmanship. These include Montegrappa, Lamy and Parker.

Since 1912, Montegrappa has been manufacturing high-quality writing instruments in the same historic building in Bassano del Grappa, northeast Italy.

Today, Montegrappa holds an agreement with the Mandela family and The Long Walk to Freedom brand for the rights to produce collections of pens, watches and cufflinks using Nelson Mandela’s name.

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“Nelson Mandela is a global icon, one of the most respected and revered human beings of the past century.

Montegrappa feels privileged to be selected by the Mandela family as a partner to recognise the achievements of Nelson Mandela through the development of a limited edition range of pens, watches and cufflinks,” says Giuseppe Aquila, Montegrappa’s CEO. The Nelson Mandela Limited Edition includes customised versions of NeroUno pens, watches and cufflinks, distinguished by a tribal motif in rose gold-plated trim on the cap’s band, while the top of the cap is engraved with the map of South Africa. The side

of the cap features a metal plaque engraved with Mandela signature. The clip boasts a diamond, mined in South Africa.

During the period researching Nelson Mandela’s life, a heart-warming discovery was made. In a letter to his daughter Zindzi, written on 10 February 1980 while still imprisoned on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela eloquently echoed the ethos behind Montegrappa’s writing instruments: “A good pen can also remind us of the happiest moments in our lives, bring noble ideas into our dens, our blood and our souls. It can turn tragedy into hope and victory.”

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The BIC Cristal Easy Glide is available in medium point 1mm, in black and blue. It provides the same quality, durability and value that has made BIC one of South Africa’s best loved brands. Get yours at quality stockists and stationers everywhere.

PENTEL Pentel has always been synonymous with innovative and high quality products, such as the iconic Superb-BK77, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2014.

Pentel is also the first company to launch the Hybrid gel pens (Milkys and Metallics).

The Energels are the latest in gel ink technology with rich vivid colours and revolutionary super-smooth and quick-drying gel inks.

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energy management

Power up with a UPS Don’t be caught short when faced with power outages. Rather invest in a quality UPS system that will protect your data and your components

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outh Africans are all too familiar with violent thunder storms, power outages and the energy saving blackouts, or loadshedding, instituted by Eskom.

We have all felt frustrated when our routers lose power, taking the Internet and WiFi with them, and putting a serious dent in the day’s productivity.

These disruptions are not only frustrating, but can cause harm to sensitive electrical equipment – particularly during the critical processing or production stages of an operation. Even small power spikes can degrade the internal circuitry of equipment and dramatically shorten the lifespan of electronic devices.

If you are serious about protecting your data and your hardware, you may need to reassess your current set-up or invest in new equipment to ensure a reliable, stable supply of electricity.

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) provides both surge protection and

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emergency backup power by giving users time to save critical files and properly shut down the computer until power is restored. UPS units range from small desktop models to container size units used in data centres, which can keep an entire bank of servers running for hours.

A UPS is typically used to protect hardware such as computers, data centres or telecommunication equipment where an unexpected power outage could otherwise cause injuries, fatalities, serious business disruption or data loss.

A UPS differs from an auxiliary or emergency power system or standby generator in that it will provide nearinstantaneous protection from input power interruptions, by supplying energy stored in batteries, super-capacitors or flywheels.

There are three principle UPS designs available: • A standby UPS unit contains a battery which is charged off mains electricity. Once the battery is fully charged, the unit waits on standby for power to drop. When this happens, it automatically activates, switching from a normal electrical supply to the backup unit. The switchover takes about 20 to 100

milliseconds - generally well within the tolerance threshold of most electronics.

A standby UPS provides a high degree of efficiency, is small in size and relatively low in cost, making it a popular option for personal computing and peripherals.

• A line-interactive UPS unit has a similar design to standby UPSes, but includes a special transformer, known as automative voltage regulation (AVR), which makes it better at handling dips and surges in power. If the UPS detects a drop in voltage, it draws on its own battery to boost power. If it detects a surge, the UPS automatically trims power. This ensures that connected equipment receives properly regulated power at all times. A tapchanging transformer is sometimes included, allowing the UPS to provide voltage regulation which prevents the unit from prematurely switching to battery.

These are reliable, highperformance computer and network UPSes suitable for the small to medium size business.

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An online UPS is the most expensive type of UPS as it completely isolates the devices attached to it from the supplied power by filtering the wall power through the battery system, converting incoming AC power to DC, then converting it back to clean, regulated AC. This ensures there are never power interruptions. An online UPS acts like an electronic firewall between your devices and the outside world, stabilising all the electricity your devices are exposed to.

These type of units provide the highest level of power protection and are used for large network and server environments. They offer power protection with scalable runtimes for servers, points-of-sale, routers, switches, hubs and other network devices.

When choosing a UPS for your business, ask yourself the following questions: • • • • •

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How much power do my devices require?

How long do I need to run on battery?

What features do I want?

How good is the warranty?

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energy management Backup generators Generators are the most widely used source of power when the national grid goes down. They offer long-term protection in the event of an interruption of service, and provide continuous power as long as there is enough fuel.

When deciding on a generator, SMEs should choose one that is designed to start automatically as power is lost. Depending on the size of the generator, this usually takes 30 seconds or less. The generator will shut down once power is restored.

While generators are reliable, they do need to be maintained. A facilities manager should be appointed to check that it is operating efficiently, has battery power, is using fuel free of contamination, and is cooling and exhausting itself properly.

Solar renewable energy systems A solar-assisted UPS has a battery, inverter, charge controller and transfer switch. It also has a solar panel to charge the battery. The device can generate both alternate current (AC) and direct current (DC) without using any mechanical interfaces.

The panel converts sunlight into DC power to charge the battery, and is controlled by a solar regulator which ensures it is charged properly. DC appliances can then be powered directly from the battery. The control circuitry will be different and the battery larger, because the battery is only charged partially by the AC power supply, leaving enough capacity for daily solar charging. Solar UPSes offer a noiseless alternative to that of generators.

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data security ACKNOWLEDGMENT DR PETER TOBIN is a consultant at IACT-Africa. He can be contacted on 083 922 3444 or petert@iact-africa.com.

Mobile data devices and POPI

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n 11 April 2014, the government initiated the first steps towards the full implementation of the POPI Act (2013) across South Africa.

One aspect that is receiving particular attention is how mobile digital devices capable of storing personal information (PI) and data are deployed.

“South Africa, in common with other countries, has seen an explosive growth in the use of mobile data devices (MDD) in line with the BYOD trend, from smartphones to tablets, all impacted by the need for personal information (PI) protection as demanded by the POPI Act,” says Dr Peter Tobin, consultant with IACT-Africa.

“Now that PI is stored on privatelyowned devices used for business

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If you have a business which uses mobile data devices, POPI will affect you purposes, the demands placed on the information officer as defined in the POPI Act represent a major challenge and a significant component of the overall risks associated with protection of PI.” Tom Carter, business development manager at iStorage-Africa, has firsthand experience of the value that comes from securing such mobile data devices. “Many of our clients recognise the negative impact that data loss or inadvertent destruction can have on vital business data. That’s why the range of secure mobile devices we offer has proved so successful with clients with demanding applications such as militarygrade mobile data protection.”

Colin McCarthy is MD of Uthanda ICT, a Microsoft partner and managed service provider which offers professional IT support for small to medium sized businesses. He is adamant about the need to treat MDD seriously. “Our company policy clearly states that we will ensure that mobile devices with on-board storage, such as laptops and tablets, need to be encrypted as just one of the steps to secure the data they contain.”

“Not only that, we recognise that flash drives (memory sticks) are often ignored or forgotten, and we have evaluated the best way to ensure that devices such as these and other portable back-up devices need the same level of encryption.

Uthanda has begun advising its clients about POPI Act compliance as part of their broader approach to adding value in client service delivery,” says Eben Müller, IT director at Uthanda.

“We know our clients treat us as trusted advisors, and we are not willing to put our reputation at risk in this key area of data privacy and POPI Act compliance, so what we say is what we do,” adds Colin.

From the perspective of one of South Africa’s leading growth areas, advocate Louis Nel says POPI is upon us and the entire spectrum of travel, tourism and related industries and their use of MDD are affected.

“Each sector, from the travel agent (face-to-face or online), to the conference organiser, conference venue and accommodation and transport providers, capture personal information addressed

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data security take stock and implement urgent steps to ensure proactive compliance, or face extremely adverse implications ranging from R10-million fines and imprisonment to civil action and publication of IT breaches with concomitant, severe reputational damage.”

Digital forensics is another area impacted by the POPI Act. Alan Evan-Hanes, forensic investigator and consultant with Althair, has extensive experience in the implications of poor security practices in the area of MDDs. “My colleagues and I have seen too many cases where regret overwhelms forethought. Too often clients realise too late that a more formal approach, such as the use of encrypted technology, while appearing to be a significant investment in the shortterm, actually pays huge dividends very quickly. Just one incident of loss or data breach could destroy a huge amount of value and reputation (hard to build and too easy to destroy) which could easily have been avoided.”

Frik Kitching, forensic investigator of CLAMP, says, “Clients need to track MDD movement, for devices such as laptops, tablets and cell phones, not only for the potential physical asset value loss but increasingly because of the value of the data contained in those devices. Our forensic work has taken on an additional dimension now that POPI Act compliance demands organisations take seriously how and where they store personal information, protect it from unauthorised access and recover it intact whenever possible.”

Information security and privacy governance mechanisms for MDD also need to be put into place, says John Cato, Information Security and Governance consultant at IACT-Africa. He says that many organisations believe that by implementing technologies such as encryption and data loss prevention they are protected against losing information. While this is true to an extent, good security and privacy governance steps also need to be taken as many information leakages are caused by staff members, either unintentionally or for malicious reasons.

Good governance for MDD starts with building mobile device responsibilities into information security, privacy and BYOD policies. By making staff members aware of their responsibilities for protecting PI (and other company information), the risk of losing information will be reduced as they know they will be held accountable for any information losses.

So what should organisations do about personal information protection on mobile data devices?

“Take minor steps to avoid a major data breach,” suggests Dr Tobin.

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Five tips to avoid a data breach: • Minimise the amount of PI stored on MDD; • If you must use an MDD, ensure you know what PI you are storing on your MMD in case it is lost or stolen; • Notify your information officer as soon as a loss of your MDD with PI occurs; • Only use an MDD with device encryption for storing PI; and • Remember to comply with POPI, or suffer the consequences.

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Stylish paper savers Recycling paper in the office is a necessary and beneficial exercise – and it can be stylish too

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ccording to PRASA (Paper Recycling Association of South Africa), paper recycling is one of the simplest ways that we can green our future.

As one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable products, paper is made from farmed plantation trees which help to absorb carbon dioxide and release life-giving oxygen into the atmosphere. Trees, and thus paper and

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wood products, store this carbon as solid matter. By recycling paper, we can ensure that this carbon is kept out of the atmosphere for longer.

A tonne of recycled paper can save up to three cubic metres of landfill space, and subsequently can reduce transport costs for local municipalities.

Trends show that as South Africans we really care – the volume of paper recovered for recycling in South Africa has increased by almost a third over the past decade, and we are starting to see a culture of paper recycling take place in both home and office environments.

While the largest source of recovered paper is from the paper converting industries, such as printers, box manufacturers, large businesses,

industries and shopping centres, a growing opportunity is recovering paper from schools, households and offices.

Part of this process is ensuring there is a handy bin – or as some might term it, a File 13 – for the quick deposit of all unwanted waste paper. With a variety of products on the market to choose from, each home or office can make a choice to suit their needs and style.

Usually hidden away in a corner or under the desk, your office recycling bins can now stand proudly in view to blend in with existing décor, and make a statement regarding a company’s corporate social investment.

For form and function, pick your perfect recycling bin today and keep making a difference to the environment.

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furniture decor Krost As the leading manufacturer of steel accessories, and recognising the need for affordable steel recycling solutions, Krost Office Products is proud to announce the availability of their range of steel recycle bins.

These units are manufactured in mild steel and are available in single, two- and three division bins. The bins can be customised with seven-year vinyl decals to suit all your recycling needs.

The lids open to expose three bag holders to separate waste.

These bins are ideally suited for schools, company canteen or pause areas, and other public spaces.

For more upscale applications, Krost has created a white bin with laser-cut wording and coloured backing which can be customised to suit your clients’ needs.

For larger applications, Krost have increased the dimensions of the bin, creating a recycling “bank” which houses 140 litre wheelie bins instead of the bag holders. These units also can be customised using seven-year vinyl decals.

Working with customers and their clients, Krost have also designed bins for special applications, including high confidentiality and charity bins.

Give Krost a call to discuss your recycling requirements.

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human resources ACKNOWLEDGMENT COLIN J. BROWNE is the author of How to Build a Happy Sandpit, a book about the organisational culture of South African organisations.

Buy it now at www.happysandpit.com.

Leadership as the management of culture There are many definitions of leadership, but I would like to suggest that most of them miss the mark: leadership is nothing but the management of culture

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ince the things we desire most from employees - performance, engagement and loyalty - are so hard to come by despite constant efforts to achieve them, it is obvious we could benefit by looking at things differently.

It’s worth noting, for example, that one result of the development of systems, processes and policies has been an increasing feeling of control, constraint and limitation at the employee level. By shackling the essential humanness of people, we limit the chances for the very engagement we desire.

Think for a moment about the way we write policies for customers and employees - designed for protection from the 3% who would wrong us, even though it means we handcuff the 97% who wouldn’t. This betrayal of trust - for

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it is that - is one of the keys to the lack of engagement we find in people. If this represents the context in which people are required to relate to the organisation, how do we expect to create those behaviours?

My own independent research among South African companies reveals the hallmarks of those that achieve higherthan-average levels of engagement, loyalty and performance: • A willingness to extend trust; • A taste for adult conversations (leadership that listens to, and acts upon, the voices within the organisation); • A lack of emphasis on hierarchy (where many organisations spend lavishly on trappings of luxury on the executive floor, some genuinely surprising ones do precisely the opposite); • Respect for the two-way street (growth that improves employee’s lives); and • Values that are properly supported (as opposed to a few fancy words on posters dotted around the place).

When leadership focuses on these things, their results are simply different.

These things change the context of the way in which people relate to their work, their employer and the leadership alike, in ways that more money, shorter working hours and pizzas on Fridays can never achieve.

This isn’t about managing operations any more. It’s about managing culture.

The culture of your organisation is a complex mixture of things. It’s not only possible to identify what the most important things are, it’s essential. Your culture enables you to understand who you are as a collective, so that you may make informed decisions about who you are as individuals.

People who are able to inherently embrace the culture because their underlying values match those of the company are substantially less likely to require micromanagement or to get involved in divisive office politics.

Although the concept of the selfmanaging team or self-policing employee may sound like the stuff of fantasy, evidence abounds that leadership teams with an overarching focus on culture can achieve precisely that.

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To change your life, change your workday

ACKNOWLEDGMENT Business Management Daily at www.busienssmanagementdaily.com.

Rethink your habits to boost your productivity

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t work and at home, everyone develops habits and routines. The problem is, while those patterns may be familiar, they aren’t helping you become more efficient or successful.

Habits that worked for you five years ago may no longer work now.

That’s why it’s important to reflect on patterns that may be sabotaging your day.

“To start reclaiming the goals that once inspired and excited you, you’ll have to change the way you approach your day,” says Andy Core, author of the new book Change Your Day, Not Your Life: A Realistic Guide to Sustained Motivation, More Productivity, and the Art of Working Well.

Here are tips from Core on thriving in a to-do list-dominated world: 1. Focus on the day, not the big picture.

When people set out to change their lives, they often fail because the goal is too big.

Instead, re-engineer your daily routine, a bit at a time. Cut out a small stressor here, add in a more productive habit there.

Make small, doable changes that would, over time, create unstoppable momentum.

“Create goals that can be accomplished in the space of a day,” says Core. Challenges are best tackled a piece at a time.

2. What you do first matters. Ever notice how your morning sets the tone for your whole day? As Sir Isaac Newton said, “Objects in motion tend to stay in motion.”

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momentum throughout the day. So get as much done as possible before 9am.

3. Own up to your junk hours.

“Junk hours” are like junk food. While they provide short-term pleasure, they contribute to long-term imbalance and exhaustion. Junk hours include things like chasing rabbit trails on the Internet and checking e-mail to avoid other work.

Exchange your low-value “junk” activities for ones that build greater health and value in a workday. For example, go for a walk during lunch instead of reading sports blogs.

4. Instead of adding to your to-do list, build a new pattern. Changes that build momentum are rooted in new decisions, not additional tasks. For example, if you want to be more productive at work, replace aimless procrastination with scheduled breaks.

“It isn’t sufficient to simply trigger the start of a new behaviour,” adds Core. “You need to make sure that you have a motivating reason to make this change.”

5. Start with one thing. Then add another. Then another. Break each goal down to its smallest components. Pursue this change until it becomes a habit.

6. Seek to serve, not shine. It’s human nature to look out for number one. But, ironically, the key to shining is putting others first. “When you help others reach their goals and become their best, you’ll usually find that the same things happen to you,” says Core.

7. Fill up your energy bank so you can make withdrawals when needed. Know your needs and capacities and try not to exceed them on a regular basis.

“In other words, get enough sleep. Eat nutritiously. Exercise when time permits.

That way, when you do find yourself

needing to push the limits, you’ll have a healthy margin of energy, motivation, or whatever to draw on,” says Core.

“Manage what you can manage as often as possible in order to compensate for what you cannot manage.”

8. Forgive yesterday so you can work on today. Many successful people are hard on themselves - often to an unproductive level.

They are their own worst critics and spend valuable time lingering on mistakes.

Treat yourself with the same compassion and generosity you’d extend to another person who has messed up or fallen short of a goal.

Use the two-hour rule. When you have a bad performance or make a mistake, you have two hours to pout, scream, cry or wallow. But when 120 minutes have passed, it’s time to start moving forward again.

9. Create a big-box checklist every day.

You probably have a daily to-do list. It’s also likely that your list isn’t as useful as it could be. Too often, you get stuck doing the urgent instead of the important.

A solution to this is to make an onpaper checklist each afternoon for the following day. Put a check-box next to each task; the more important the task, the bigger its box should be.

“I focus first on my big-box tasks,” Core explains. “At the end of the day, if most of them have check marks, it’s generally been a good day. Yes, prioritising my daily list by the size of the boxes may sound simplistic, but it has made me feel much more accomplished and satisfied with my day. It also has helped me relax in the evenings because it is easier to remember the big boxes I’ve checked off, thereby making it easier to leave work at work.”

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break room

Skip the chores

Life in the office and home has become mostly automated now. We thank our lucky stars for light work appliances

Just now storage: urns, thermos and hot trays. Keep food and beverages hot and on standby.

Push button technology - vending machines, coffee machines and water dispensers. At the touch of a button, staff are kept hydrated and at their productive peak.

Fast foods: microwaves, snackwiches, toasters, deep fryers, steamers and ovens. Quick heat makes for tasty, fast food in the office, whether steaming fresh corn, baking bread or making a toastie.

Hygiene hype: soap and towel dispensers, automatic air fresheners and bins.

Chill zone: refrigerators and ice makers. Use these appliances to keep office food fresh and edible with a dash of panache.

Good and clean and fresh: washing machines, dishwashers and tumble dryers.

Why let dishes pile up in the sink or let hand towels stay damp when office cleanliness is now so easy?

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janitorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT www.securitysa.com and www.chubb.co.za.

Fire risk Displaying the correct signage in a building can save lives

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ne only has to think back to the tragedy of 9/11 to realise the devastating effect fire has on human life. It is fast, frightening and deadly, which is why employers need to educate employees and display signage in the workplace for everyone who enters the building.

As set out in the 1994 Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), all employers have a legal and moral obligation to ensure the safety of their employees and anyone visiting their premises. Non-compliance can result in stiff penalties.

The first step is awareness. Continued training and education is vital, since most of us tend to go about our daily routine unaware of looming disasters.

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urns and heaters, and checking that cigarettes haven’t been put out in paperfilled bins?

“You hear a lot about electrical fires.

While wires do short on occasion, most of the time people at the end of a work day or week forget to shut off a microwave, a coffee pot or a computer,” says George Capko, vice-president and engineering hazards manager with FM Global. “The fire starts because the coffee pot dries out, a person sneaks a cigarette and snuffs it out, or someone leaves four inches of paper on a laptop.”

Businesses spend large amounts of their budget on hardware such as laptops and hard drives, yet fire detection, suppression and prevention solutions seem to remain a grudge purchase. Recent studies have found that the buildings of today burn hotter and faster, due to the increased use of synthetic materials in manufactured goods.

The polyurethane foam in furniture, such as mattresses found in hotels, is one example.

Fire response tools, such as hoses, sprinklers, extinguishers and fire detection sensors, are necessary to provide a warning system. While they are not meant to put raging fires out, they do provide people with enough time to evacuate the building safely. Having these tools will result in lower insurance

premiums due to decreased risk.

Industry standards regarding monitoring and maintenance of this type of equipment is essential, and only South Africa Qualification & Certification Committee (SAQCC)-registered companies should be used. All companies selling and servicing fire equipment need to be registered with them. To check if your service provider is a qualified member, visit www.saqccfire.co.za.

There are also requirements for safety signage, including font, size of lettering, height of wall fixture and luminosity (or how long it can glow in the dark). The common standard says that signs must be visible and must be able to hold their light for as long as possible – 60 minutes is the absolute minimum. Signs also need to be able to withstand heat so they do not melt in a fire. All safety signage must carry an SABS stamp of approval.

According to Chubb, it is estimated that a large percentage of companies in South Africa do not comply with the basic requirements for safety within their organisations. Company executives may not be aware that they could be held liable for employees who are injured or killed in a fire on company premises.

They can also face hefty fines or prison sentences for non-compliance.

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international news ACKNOWLEDGMENT ANDY BRAITHWAITE This article was first printed in the OPI Magazine.

For more information visit www.opi.net.

Going direct Metsä Board has a new go-to-market strategy in Europe selling directly to resellers rather than via the merchant channel. OPI asked Metsä marketing director Simon Guffogg to explain more

Your new go-to-market strategy has certainly grabbed everyone’s attention. What was the rationale behind it?

We think the office paper category is failing both resellers and end-consumers. Consumers can’t make the right choices because what’s on offer is so poorly represented, and resellers can’t get the right offers from manufacturers to build quality positions. Plus, the whole supply chain is too complex.

So you obviously saw a problem as well as an opportunity to address it. But what were your primary motivations to be the ones to do it?

We wanted to offer resellers something a bit different and our motivation is threefold. Firstly, the office paper category is dominated by private label offerings. For consumers this is a difficult situation in which to make informed purchasing decisions, as most offerings are neither relevant nor differentiated. We feel the end-consumer is not served in this situation and we want to change that.

Secondly, we believe the independent dealers or dealer groups are interested in offering their customers a well-marketed and valuable proposition in the paper category, but find it difficult to secure a solution which is both cost-effective for them and interesting for their customers.

And finally, for a long time now we have listened to dealers complaining that the paper supply chain is too complex with too many people touching the product adding cost at every turn. By buying directly, the reseller can simplify both the supply chain and reduce costs.

And thus was born officepapershop.com?

Exactly. We came up with officepapershop.com as an online platform to purchase office paper directly from the manufacturer, from as little as one pallet, thereby streamlining and simplifying the supply chain and freeing availability for our office paper brands.

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personAbility Nashua Limited is a leading provider of both managed document services (MDS) and digital office automation printing products in southern Africa. Visit www.nashua.co.za.

Q&A

with Gareth Jay

Meet Gareth Jay, strategic and business development manager at Nashua Describe what you do?

I like to involve myself in change. For Nashua this means measuring where we are versus where we want to be. I like to take a view on transformation and see how we can implement change in the business. For me, it starts with the customer in mind, and how are we best positioned to service that customer.

How have the past five years prepared you for your current role?

Global markets offer a great perspective on how business is done – cultures, ethics, behaviour and people. I have learnt how to observe the shifts in the economy and business and put this into a perspective which will lead to change.

What strategies do you intend to put in place?

My formula for strategy is built on people, processes and systems, supported by technology. Our medium-term focus is to deliver a managed services strategy. This will allow us to meet the needs of our customer by having a greater degree of flexibility in our offerings. We are interested in how we can help our clients transform themselves.

If you could change one thing in your industry, what would it be?

The culture of the print industry needs to change. We have been pushed into playing with the big system integrators of this world. Print services are taken on more quickly than we can traditionally transform ourselves into offering their service range.

We need to react faster to the change and upskill our people, transform our systems and drive our processes in line with these requirements – or face becoming redundant in the near future.

How do you believe a company should best market itself?

The marketing and branding game is in constant flux. Social media is an important platform to drive behaviour forward. You have to be relevant and attractive to the app generation, or you

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will lose your message within seconds. Big brands of the past are falling and new entrants are created overnight. Nashua has been an iconic brand for 40 years, representing the copy/print market. We need to change that view into that of an IT managed services provider going forward. This is going to be the greatest challenge. At this stage, we are shifting our organisational mindset.

How are you helping dealers win tenders in this tough market?

At Nashua we build a customer-centric approach and drive this across the vertical. In the proposal generation process we have a centralised Bid Office. We are hoping to document best practice in terms of our response, from solution design, pricing and implementation and take this knowledge into future opportunities.

In what way has the recessive economy changed the local industry?

We have seen changing technology be aggressively adopted by people. For example, BYOD places extreme pressure on companies to meet staff and security requirements. Printed documents are now being transformed into digital media. How Nashua supports its customers in transforming these processes is critical for future success.

What are your predictions for the office products market in 2015?

MPS is now an accepted way to manage a company’s print output. It’s driven on a pay-as-you-use model. Nashua is now taking this a step further, asking “why print at all?” by looking to see which print workflows can be digitised. I believe this is an easy migration for print companies as they have been in the workflow environment since the networked digital printer was released. It’s now about commanding all the steps before and after the print job.

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Dulux selling point

IEC distributes 60-million ballot papers The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) printed and distributed 62,8-million ballot papers for the recent general elections in May, announced IEC Chairperson Pansy Tlakula recently.

According to Tlakula, 31,4-million were national ballot papers, while 31,5-million were provincial ballot papers. The ballot printing required in excess of 500 tonnes of paper.

“The national ballot paper is the longest yet for an election in South Africa, containing 29 contesting parties. This is three more than contested the 2009 General Elections,” she says.

Other materials that have been distributed included over 220 000 ballot boxes; 412 000 staff ID stickers; 83 000 banners; demarcation tape for over 100 000 voting stations; and almost 60 stationary packs.

“In such packs we included over 580 000 pens; 116 000 rulers; 2,9 tonnes of twine; 2,9km of tape; 4,65-million sheets of note paper; 2,9 tonnes of rubber bands; over 58 000 permanent markers; 11,7 tonnes of re-usable rubber putty; and almost 3-million paper clips.”

Tlakula says security materials – including 120 000 security stamps to mark ballot papers; over 27 000 tamper-evident tapes for sealing sensitive documents and boxes; and 118 000 indelible ink pens to mark voters’ fingers – were handled separately from the mainstream of electoral material deliveries.

The certified voters roll for the elections contained 25,39-million names.

The master voters roll, which was printed for use in the voting stations, involved over 24 000 unique and separate segments of the voters roll, totalling 1,8-million pages and requiring 8,6 tonnes of papers.

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The GBCSA is a full member of the World Green Building Council and the official certification body of buildings under the Green Star SA Rating System. Says Brian Wilkinson, CEO of the GBCSA, “Green Star SA recognises and rewards excellence in environmental leadership, with rating tools marking the mainstream acceptance of green building practices in a number of global markets.”

In South Africa there is a maximum of 100 points awarded via strict credit criteria and technical manual specifications, across a number of build and design elements. A total of three points are conferred when paints, adhesives and sealants, and carpets and flooring meet prescribed benchmarks.

The aim of the credit is to encourage and identify the specification of interior finishes, which minimise the contribution and levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in buildings. There is no local legislature dealing with VOC levels in paint, but misleading affirmations on green issues has become pervasive.

According to Mayan Desai, Dulux Trade South Africa marketing manager, a maximum of one point is awarded where at least 95% of all painted surfaces contain 16g or less of VOCs per litre. For walls and ceiling in the EU, the guideline is 30g per litre. Many low VOC paints currently available on the SA market fall safely within these acceptable margins.

Eager to communicate the wider impacts of the decorating process on the environment, Desai looks forward to the GBCSA evaluating and measuring alternate ways in which the building community can incorporate environmentally friendly products and services.

“In time, we hope that every construction site will be encouraged to utilise a waste management system, such as the Envirowash, for the washing of its applicators. Too often, many hundreds of thousands of kilolitres of water are wasted in this process, which ultimately finds its way into our water systems and water table. Products should never be manufactured and applied, at the cost of the environment, nor shareholder value,” concludes Desai.

For more information on decorative paint solutions which will allow you to achieve your sustainability targets, please contact Dulux South Africa on (011) 861 1000.

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Kärcher wins at 2014 ISSA/Interclean awards, Amsterdam Kärcher has won the Innovation Award at ISSA/Interclean 2014 in Amsterdam, the bi-annual trade show for cleaning professionals, for its MopVac B60/10C. Out of a total of 66 entries, the international jury chose the unique machine, the first of an entirely new product category created by Kärcher, as the overall winner.

Says Blaine Carstens, MD of Kärcher South Africa, “Innovation is a very important growth factor for Kärcher. In SA our vast dealer and professional customer base have come to expect inventive, top-class performance and innovative solutions from us.

“The MopVac B60/10C clearly stood out at ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam 2014 where the most innovative products on the

Inovocom Office Club welcomes new members Bloem Papier, Bloemfontein; M.I.M Stationers, Boksburg; OLM Office Solutions, Orlando West; Thuthukani Paper, Turfontein; and Phezulu Office Supplies from Westville in Durban.

Fly Stationery has resigned and all suppliers are requested to kindly ensure that any preferential deals, pricing or incentives that are offered to Office Club members are withdrawn with immediate effect.

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market today were placed under the global media spotlight.”

The Kärcher B60/10C is designed to fill the gap between a mop and bucket and a scrubber dryer. The convenience of manual cleaning machines is raised to a hygienic, safe and ergonomic level. The new MopVac looks and works like a compact scrubber dryer – without the need for a power source.

Easy to use, the machine only needs to be pushed forward, while cleaning solution from the fresh water tank is applied to the mop with cleaning pad. An internal mechanical pump driven by an additional wheel under the machine sucks up the dirty water in a single pass. The dirty water is picked up by suction lips on the mop and collected in a separate container.

This machine is more hygienic than a mop as it only uses clean water. It also cleans five times faster than the traditional mop-and-bucket method, and floors stay cleaner longer. An additional benefit is that floors are immediately dry after cleaning – reducing the risk of slipping.

Kärcher, a family-owned enterprise established in 1935, is the world’s leading provider of cleaning technology. It employs over 10 000 people in 60 countries, including 72 in South Africa. In 2013, Kärcher reached sales figures of R35,5-billion and 12,5-million units sold, the highest number in its history.

Kärcher South Africa offers a Home and Garden range, distributed at various retail outlets, as well as a Professional range distributed at leading companies. Kärcher is celebrating 30 years in South Africa this year. “We’re proud to bring products that are recognised by international awards to the South African market,” says Carstens.

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Green is good for business Sustainability Week advances the green economy in South Africa

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ith the roll-out of major renewable energy, green building and sustainable transport projects in 2013, South Africa is steadily becoming the leading green economy in Africa. To highlight the actions and interventions of thought leaders, policy-makers, practitioners and producers within the country and beyond, alive2green will once again host Sustainability Week from 17 to 19 June 2014 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria – undoubtedly the highlight of the annual environmental calendar.

The event offers various opportunities for investors, businesses and consumers to learn, share and help improve environmental and economic performance. The Green Building Conference will feature the sharing of knowledge and best practice ideas, displays of technologies and materials, and master classes and case studies of exceptional buildings by international thought leaders such as Dr Elizabeth Farrelly from the Sydney Morning Herald; built environment designer Alberto Kalach

from Mexico City; and leading South African green building experts.

The Sustainable Energy Seminar will explore the idea that every effort should be made to redesign and reconfigure processes to be more energy efficient and reduce peak demand.

The Sustainable Transport & Mobility Seminar will look at how marine pollution, tail pipe emissions, profound degradation of secondary roads and high road accident fatalities are the most obvious signs that our transport sector is not operating in a sustainable manner. South African cities are designed around the car, and this has a massive environmental and social impact.

The Sustainable Water Resource Seminar will see leading experts present the latest water efficiency technologies and best-practice solutions. Halting the depletion of existing water resources by cutting wastage and pollution, and finding solutions to silting of dams and algal build up, are key strategies that will be explored.

The Green Business Seminar will focus on harnessing the market in order to drive South Africa towards a green economy.

The Vision Zero Waste Seminar, in partnership with the National Recycling Forum, will invite leading industry, government and related NGO executives to report on actions and initiatives undertaken to step up recycling in South Africa.

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Call Wadoeda Brenner on (021) 477 4733 or wadoeda.brenner@alive2green.com.

For more information visit www.sustainabilityweek.co.za.

eco news GOING GREEN WITH COW POWER The emissions from cows are rich in methane - a greenhouse gas that has been identified as a valuable source of fuel. Researchers in Argentina are tapping into this potential by capturing methane gas with specially-designed collection backpacks. A tube siphons gas from a cow’s rumen, or primary stomach, and stores it in an inflatable sack on the back. The methane is later purified and compressed so it can be used to generate electricity, or run a refrigerator, stove or car. While the concept still needs more testing and development, and a look at the ethics involved, this is the beginning of cow power - the newest form of renewable energy.

Methane is a very potent greenhouse gas and, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, accounts for 9% of all greenhouse gases in the US – due in part to a thriving livestock industry. A herd of cattle can emit a large amount of methane, and up until now accounting for these emissions has been a matter of contention. Methane is a useful, combustible gas, and our inability to harness it means we are letting this energy source go to waste.

Argentina also has a large cattle industry and researchers at the INTA decided to try and capture the methane emissions. The team developed a methane collection backpack consisting of an inflatable bag set on the animal’s back. Tubes were inserted into the rumen through a small puncture in the cow’s side. The

animals received local anaesthetic for the procedure.

As the cow eats and digests grasses, gases are created, which then move through the tube into the bag. Once the bag is full, the methane is harvested and used to power various devices.

The concept has proved to be viable.

“A cow emits about 300 litres of methane per day, which can be used to operate a fridge with the capacity of 100 litres at a temperature of between two and six degrees for a full day,” says Ricardo Bualo, a technician involved with the project.

Success for the team now hinges on expanding the concept into a working model for a large farm. Ethical questions aside, collecting the gas could lead to a viable alternative energy source, while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gases.

Adapted from www.liveeco.co.za.

Think outside the can challenge Unsightly and unhealthy litter can be turned into an opportunity for schools to win their share of R60 000 in the annual Collect-a-Can CAN Craze Competition, while also encouraging learners to be more eco-conscious.

The competition, which officially kicks off on 1 June, encourages students to build creative structures from 300 or more used cans. The structures can take any form - the wilder the learners’ imaginations, the better.

The competition shows that what may seem like trash can be a valuable resource when creating artworks, and that these can then be recycled to prolong the lifespan of raw materials and preserve natural resources and energy.

The cans used in these structures need to be collected by the participants, after which they will be recovered by Collect-a-Can and processed for recycling.

“We are encouraging learners to think outside the can, and to realise that there is more to used cans than trash. Cans represent

opportunity,” says Zimasa Velaphi, PR and marketing manager at Collect-a-Can. Photographs of the structures need to be submitted to Collecta-Can, along with a completed entry form.

These are available at Collect-a-Can branches or from www.collectacan. co.za.

The most inspired constructions are chosen by a panel of judges.

The winning structure will receive R30 000; the second place winner will receive R20 000; and the third place winner will receive R10 000.

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REXEL QUARTET 3-IN-1 COMBINATION CALENDAR Perfect for the home or small office to stay organised. This combination calendar board features a magnetic dry-erase surface with a monthly calendar grid and lower cork noticeboard.

Includes mounting kit, a black magnetic Re-writable dry-erase marker and two magnets. Black and silver frame. Size:430mm x 585mm

Tel: 011 226 3300 Fax: 011 837 9489 Web: www.rexelsa.co.za

REXEL COMBBIND 200 BINDING MACHINE Ideal for offices with regular binding requirements. With unique low force punch & sheet alignment indicators,binding documents is easier than ever. Punch a maximum of 20 sheets (80gsm) and binds up to 330 sheets (80gsm). Maximum comb size 38mm. 2 year guarantee. Replaces the C20.

Tel: 011 226 3300 Fax: 011 837 9489 Web: www.rexelsa.co.za

REXEL COMBBIND 210 BINDING MACHINE Ideal for offices with frequent binding requirements. Unique gravity fed low force paper punching makes binding documents easier & faster than ever. Punch a maximum of 25 sheets (80gsm) and binds up to 500 sheets (80gsm). Maximum comb size: 51mm. 2 year guarantee.

Replaces the C210.

Tel: 011 226 3300 Fax: 011 837 9489 Web: www.rexelsa.co.za

PD16 KENTON EDUCATIONAL TAB • • • • •

Protective rubber Case Cortex A9 dual core Android 4.1 7 inch TFT 16:9 (1024 x 600) Up to 32 GIG extendable memory

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PHILIPS DVT7000 – OPTIMIZED FOR MEETINGS The Voice Tracer meeting recorder 7000 captures every meeting in excellent and noise-free audio quality. The recorder also comes with a wireless remote control for convenient recording. Just put the 360° meeting microphones on the table, push record on the remote control and capture all voices from every angle. Perfect for disciplinary hearings and small company meetings.

Tel: 011 887 1056 Email: info@speech.co.za Web: www.speech.co.za

PARROT LF9050R A4 LAMINATOR • • • • • • •

2 Roller - PFT Technology Hot and cold lamination Energy efficient Detachable paper tray Quick release system Pre-heating time :3 - 5 Minutes Laminating Speed - 300mm/min

Tel: 0861 262 737 * Fax: 0861 262 777 Web: www.parrot.co.za

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THE PORTAL The IT-Online Portal is a one-stop resource for any reader wanting to find out literally anything that’s going on in the IT industry. The easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate style means readers are never more than three clicks away from the information they need.

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SOURCE PRODUCTS HERE A ADDING MACHINE, POINT OF SALE AND MACHINE ROLLS BSC Stationery - Treeline PaperGeni Rotunda ADHESIVES, GLUES AND SPRAYS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Correction Fluid, Glue sticks & Super Glue BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Bostik, Ponal, Pritt, Pentel, Staedtler Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave Freedom Stationery - Marlin ADHESIVE NOTES 3M SA PTY Ltd - Post-it ® BSC Stationery - Stick ‘n Notes

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ART, CRAFT, GRAPHIC AND DRAWING MATERIALS BSC Stationery - Treeline, Pentel, Pilot, Henkel, Bostik, Staedtler, CTP Stationery - A4 coloured poster boards Freedom Stationery - Marlin Max Frank - Uni, Artline Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd. - Oil pastels and watercolour paint

B BAGS AND CASES BSC Stationery - Treeline, Penflex, Gotcha, Staedtler D.O.S - iStay Flip File - Business cases.

Freedom Stationery - Space Case and Marlin Global Bag And Sportswear Manufactures Custom schoolbags ,tracksuits Kolok - Kenton Topmark - School Bags, Laptop Bags, Pencil Cases, Sports Bags, Luggage BATTERIES BSC Stationery - Eveready Nikki Distributors - Duracell Batteries Nikki Distributors - Energizer Batteries BIN RANGE Krost Office Products

BINDING ACCESSORIES AZ Trading - Plastic Comb, Wire, Thermal & Covers Beswick Office Products - Fellowes BSC Stationery - Treeline, Rexel CTP Donau - Donau files and slide binders, A4 poster board Parrot Products - Parrot Comb Binding Machines Rexel Office Products - Rexel and GBC W Vos & Co - Renz covers & combs, ringwire BINDING MACHINES AZ Trading - DSB, Neorel Beswick Office Products - Fellowes D.O.S - Prima, DSB Parrot Products - Parrot Comb Binding Machines Rexel Office Products - GBC and Rexel ranges W Vos & Company - Renz.

BOARDS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - BIC Velleda School Whiteboards BSC Stationery - Bestboards, Pentel, Pilot, Artline, Penflex CTP Stationery - Flip Chart Pads Hortors Stationery - Legal Notices i.e. Basic Conditions & OSH Act and Leave and Absence Chart Freedom Stationery - Marlin Max Frank - Artline Flipchart Markers, Artline, Maxi whiteboard markers Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave Parrot Products - Full range of boards and accessories. Custom boards printed to your specification.

Rexel Office Products - NOBO whiteboards, pinboards, easels and accessories BOOK COVERS CTP Stationery - Poly Prop Donau heavy duty covers Empire Toy & Stationery - Butterfly paper Freedom Stationery Gordon’s Productions - contact paper woodgrain, marble, pattern designs. Magic cover back to school clear and coloured self adhesive paper. (4M rolls, A4 and lever arch).

Plastic coated brownkraft rolls and pre-cut polythene covers.

Grafton Paper Products Palm Stationery Manufacturers - brown paper rolls, poly rolls, gift-wrap RBE - Papersmart BOOKS AND PADS BSC Stationery - Treeline CTP Stationery - Impala and premier books and pads Freedom Stationery - Manufacturers Hortors Stationery - Legal registers Impala Vuwa Stationery Manufacturers Palm Stationery Manufacturers Power Stationery - Powerstar RBE - NCR Business Books BOXES AND CARTONS Beswick Office Products - Bankers Box to Boxes and Cartons CTP Stationery - Archiving Systems Rexel Office Products Specialised Filing Systems - Archive and Off-Site Tidy Files - Acid free archiving products

C CALCULATORS BSC Stationery - Treeline, Kaiser, Sharp Freedom Stationery Kolok - HP Nikki Distributors - Truly calculators Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave Power Stationery - Powerstar Rexel Office Products - IBICO CALENDARS CTP Stationery - Diaries assorted sizes CALLIGRAPHY Max Frank - Artline CANTEEN Kolok - Tea, Coffee, milk etc, Sunbeam(appliances), Cleansui (water filters and refills)

Effortless binding with perfect results CombBind C12

CombBind C20

CombBind C340

CombBind C150 Pro

buyers’ guide CARBON PAPER AND FILMS RBE - NCR Business Books CD’S, DVD’S AND DISKETTES Kolok - Verbatim, Kenton CLIP BOARDS CTP Stationery - DONAU brand Parrot Products - Masonite and whiteboard CLIPS, FASTENERS AND PINS Freedom Stationery - Marlin Grip Binders Essentials, Stephens, Penguin Tidy Files - Filing solution COLOURING BOOKS Empire Toy & Stationery - Empire books Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave COMPUTER ACCESSORIES Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok - Verbatim, Kenton Krost Office Products Pyrotec - Tower Inkjet-laser labels, business cards and photo paper COMPUTER CLEANING Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Pyrotec - Tower computer cleaning range Kolok - ComputerCare COMPUTER CONSUMABLES CTP Stationery - Full range of DONAU files KMP - for computer consumables Kolok Unlimited - Penguin (Ribbons, Toners, Inkjets,) ,Till and fax rolls Redfern Print Services - Redfern inkjet/laser/ copier labels and a full range of stationery labels COMPUTER HARDWARE Kolok Unlimited - Blazer UPS systems, Geha (Interactive white boards) CORPORATE STATIONERY & GIFTING Star Stationers and Printers CRAYONS AND CHALKS BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Henkel, Faber Castell, Staedtler Freedom Stationery - Marlin

WireBind W20

MultiBind 230 Comb & Wire

See page 46 for contact details Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Chalks and Crayons Power Stationery-Powerstar

Envelopes, Peel and Seal PaperGeni RBE - Papersmart

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ERASERS & ERASING / CORRECTION FLUIDS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Tippex tape, bottle and Pen BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Artline, Faber Castell, Pentel, Pilot, Staedtler, Pritt Freedom Stationery - Marlin Max Frank - Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Tape/Erasers Pentel S.A (PTY) LTD - Hi-Polymer and Ain eraser, correction tape and pens Power Stationery-Powerstar

DESK SETS AND ACCESSORIES BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Desk Set Solo Delux BSC Stationery - Treeline Freedom Stationery - Marlin Krost Office Products Ledger Systems - Falcon Products Rexel Office Products - Rexel Eco Range DIARIES, PLANNERS AND ORGANISERS CTP Stationery - CTP Brand Hortors Stationery - Legal diaries Rexel Office Products - NOBO planners, refills and T-card kits South African Diaries - For all your diary needs DICTATION - TRANSCRIPTION Olympus Audio S.A - Digital Voice Recorders, Transcription Kits and Accessories.

Powerhouse Dictation for Philips - Dictation, transcription, meeting recording, mini-tapes, foot pedals, accessories DRAUGHTING AND DRAWING OFFICE SUPPLIES CTP Stationery - A4 Poster Boards

E EMBOSSERS AND ENGRAVING Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Ideal & Trodat Embossers (pocket, desk and electronic), Trotec ENVELOPES AND MAILING BSC Stationery - Leo Envelopes, Jiffy CTP Stationery - Commercial envelopes Global envelopes Grafton/Star KZN ENVELOPES Merpak Envelopes - Simplistic, full range of printed and plain envelopes Narayan Wholesaler - Wholesaler of Quality

F FAX ROLL MANUFACTURERS Rotunda FILES AND FILING African Filing Systems - Top retrieval filing and arching products BSC Stationery - Treeline, Mobifile CTP Stationery - Full range of quality DONAU brand Flip File - Executive display files, expanding files, Document folders, dividers Freedom Stationery - Edo / Unifile Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Lever arch, Ringbinder files, Manilla flat folders Grafton/Star Kolok - Geha (Binding machines) Palm Stationery Manufacturers - leaver arch, ring binder files, manilla flat folders.

Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd. - Display book Vivid, document file, clip file and presentation file Rexel Office Products - Prima and Rexel ranges Specialised Filing Systems - Top Retrieval, Archive and Off-Site Tidy Files - Filing solutions

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FOLDERS BSC Stationery - Treeline, CTP Stationery - DONAU Brand Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers - View files, polypropylene & board folders Tidy Files - Specialised

www.rexelsa.co.za ClickBind 15

ThermaBind T400

SOURCE PRODUCTS HERE FORMS - LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS Hortors Stationery - complete range of custom, company, miscellaneous, magisterial, etc.

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FURNITURE - OFFICE & SCHOLASTIC Krost Office Products - accessories New Era Office cc - Specialising in all office furniture desks, chairs, credenzas, boardroom tables, etc Reboni Furniture Group - Manufacturing and distribution of educational and office furniture Specialised Filing Systems - Cabinets, Shelving and Hi-Density

JANITORIAL Kolok - Goldenmarc (Cleaning products), Brooms, Mops and equipment.

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GUILLOTINES AND TRIMMERS AZ Trading - DSB, Kobra Beswick Office Products - Fellowes, Vivid Rexel Office Products - SmartCut and ClassicCut W Vos & Co - Ideal

I INDEX TABBING AND DIVIDERS 3M SA - Post-it flags, Flag pen and highlighter BSC Stationery - Treeline, Flip File CTP Stationery - DONAU Brand board and P.P Flip File - Index Tabs, Flip tabs Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers Grip Binders Rexel Office Products - Rexel, Mylar and Prima board INKS KMP - for computer consumables.

Max Frank - Shachihata, Artline Rexel Office Products - Numbering machine ink Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Trodat, Noris fastdry, security, numbering, franking. Laundry.

INTER-SCREWS / BINDING SCREWS Ledger Systems - Sole suppliers of Inter screws

L LABELS BSC Stationery - Treeline, Tower, Midmadex Freedom Stationery - Marlin Nor Paper Pyrotec - Tower stationery, inkjet-laser labels Redfern Print Services - Redfern Inkjet/laser/ copier labels and a full range of stationery labels Specialised Filing Systems - Filing Tidy Files - Filing solutions LABELLING MACHINES Kemtek Imaging Systems - Distributor of Brother P-Touch Labelling System LAMINATING MACHINES AZ Trading - DSB, Speedlam, Lamiace Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok - GEHA and Galaxy Parrot Products - Parrot A4 and A3 Laminators Rexel Office Products - GBC and Rexel ranges W Vos & Co - PEAK & Renz.

LAMINATING POUCHES AND MATERIALS AZ Trading - A0 to ID card size Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Kolok - GEHA, Penguin laminating pouches and rolls Parrot Products Rexel Office Products - GBC

MARKERS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Permanent Markers, Highlighters, whiteboard BSC Stationery Sales - Treeline, Collosso, Penflex, Artline, Maxi, Pentel, Pilot, Bic Freedom Stationery - Marlin Interstat Agencies - Edding Max Frank - Artline , Maxi, Uni Parrot Products - White board, permanent and OHP markers. Wide range of highlighters Penflex - White board, flipchart, permanent markers, highlighters Pentel (Pty) Ltd. - Maxiflo, white board marker and paint marker Power Stationery - Powerstar MATHEMATICAL GEOMETRY SETS & ACCESSORIES Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers Power Stationery-Powerstar

MINUTE AND GUARD BOOKS Hortors Stationery - Company registers, minute books and other legal registers Ledger Systems - Falcon products

N NUMBERING MACHINES Rexel Office Products Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Reiner Dater/ Numberer (manual/electronic), Trodat

LEGAL STATIONERY Hortors Stationery - All legal registers, forms, diaries etc

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LETTER TRAYS Krost Office Products

OFFICE ERGONOMICS Beswick Office Products - Fellowes Back/ Wrist/Foot support; Notebook riser stand

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Introducing the new line of Fusion Laminators

Fusion 1000L

Fusion 1100L

Fusion 3000L

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Rexel Office Products - Kensington copyholders, risers, footrests, Rexel range of electric staplers and punches which reduces chances of RSI (repititive strain injury) OFFICE FURNITURE IXAXA Office Furniture - Office furniture (Desks and Chairs) from reception to CEO’S office OVERHEAD PROJECTION AND ACCESSORIES 3M SA (Pty) Ltd. - Overhead film, transparency, multimedia Kolok - Penguin Transparencies Max Frank - Artline Parrot Products - Data Projectors, OHPs, screens and rear projection film Penflex - Penflex Overhead projector pens Rexel Office Products - NOBO

Atlantis Clutch, BU4 Clutch BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Pilot, Pentel, Uni, Staedtler, Henkel Freedom Stationery - Marlin / Edo Max Frank - Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd - Hotshot, Mechanical Pencil, Techniclick Pencil.

Power Stationery - Powerstar Rexel Office Products - Rexel HB & Derwent Staedtler SA (Pty) Ltd - Tradition, Wopex, Technical, Clutch Pencils and lead PENCIL LEADS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Criterium 0.5mm leads Freedom Stationery - Marlin Max Frank - Uni Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd - Ain lead, standard lead - various grades

P PAPER AND BOARD Antalis South Africa - Office paper and packaging solutions BSC Stationery - Apex Paper - Typek,Rotatrim CTP Stationery - DONAU A4 poster boards Empire Toy & Stationery - Butterfly paper Freedom Stationery Grafton/Star Kolok Unlimited - Geha (paper media), EPSON, HP, CANON, Nor Paper Palm Stationery Manufacturers - Cubes and board Paper World Handmade Paper, Embossed Paper, Specialty Papers, Scented Paper Board, Paper Products Power Stationery-Powerstar RBE - Papersmart Rexel Office Products - Prima Paper & Board TRIBE - TRIBE Inkjet Paper and Film PAPER FOLDING MACHINES W. Vos & Co - Ideal PENCILS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - BIC Evolution Graphite, BIC Matic Clutch ,Velocity Clutch,

PENCIL SHARPENERS Freedom Stationery Palm Stationery Manufacturers Power Stationery - Powerstar PENS BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Clic, Crystal, Orange and Prismo BSC Stationery - Treeline, BIC, Pilot, Pentel, Uni, Staedtler, Henkel, Lexi, Penflex Freedom Stationery - Marlin and Edo Max Frank - Artline, Maxi, Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers Penflex - Penflex ballpoints and rollerballs Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd - Superb Ballpoint, Energel Pen Power Stationery - Powerstar Staedtler SA (Pty) Ltd - Ball point, Fineliner, Gel and Pigment liner pens PEN CARBON BOOKS BSC Stationery - Treeline, RBE Freedom Stationery - Marlin Power Stationery - Powerstar RBE - NCR Business Books PERSONAL STATIONERY CTP Stationery - Home office and personal filing system, diaries Grafton/Star

PLANNING BOARDS AND ACCESSORIES Parrot Products - Range of year planners, term planners, maps and in/out boards. custom printed boards designed to specification.

Rexel Office Products - NOBO planners POINT OF SALE PRINTER ROLLS PaperGeni Rotunda PRINTING Olivetti Imports - Distributors of Multifunctional Printers / Copiers Star Stationers and Printers Kolok - Epson, Lexmark (Hardware), Hp Printers, Oki (Hardware) PRINTER CONSUMABLES Impression Management - Prinart, Logic, Q-Ink, Sanchi, Oliser and ATIKMP - For computer consumables.

Ink Spot Suppliers - Suppliers of all brands of inkjet and LaserJet cartridges Kolok - EPSON (inkjet, large format etc), LEXMARK, HP, Brother (Toners and Inks), Oki (Toners, inks and Ribbons), Tally Genicom (Ribbons), Seikosha (Ribbons), Panasonic (Toners and Ribbons), Kyocera (Toners), Printronix (Ribbons), IBM (Ribbons), Ricoh (Toners), Fujitsu (Ribbons) Nor Paper PaperGeni Royce Imaging Industries - Remanufacturers and suppliers of inkjet and laser cartridges

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Technical Systems Engineering - Suppliers of quality compatible cartridges and bulk inks for Epson, Canon, Lexmark, HP and Samsung PUNCHES AND PERFORATORS Beswick Office Products - Kangaro BSC Stationery - Treeline, STD, Rexel Freedom Stationery - Marlin Krost Office Products Parrot Products - Parrot range of punches Power Stationery-Powerstar Rexel Office Products - Rexel

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SCRAPBOOKING Rexel Office Products - Trimmers and guillotines Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Making memories, Clearsnap, Marvy, Ranger, Bazzill, Carl

RUBBER STAMPS Max Frank - Schachihata X Stampers Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co. - Trodat

RUBBER STAMP MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - AZ Liquid polymer, TROTEC laser engraver, flash system RULERS Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers Power Stationery-Powerstar Penflex - PENFLEX rulers

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SLATES Freedom Stationery - Marlin Parrot Products - Whiteboard and chalk board

SCHOLASTIC SUPPLIES BSC Stationery Sales - Treeline CTP Stationery Empire Toy & Stationery - Butterfly Flip File - Flip File display books A5, A4, A2, A3 Freedom Stationery - Marlin and Edo Gordon’s Productions - contact paper woodgrain, marble, pattern designs. Magic cover back to school clear and coloured self adhesive paper. (4M rolls, A4 and lever arch).

Plastic coated brownkraft rolls and pre-cut polythene covers.

Grafton Paper Products Impala Vuwa Stationery Manufacturers Max Frank - Artline, Maxi, Uni Palm Stationery Manufacturers Parrot Products - chalk boards/slates Power Stationery - Powerstar Pyrotec - Tower Adhesive Book Cover 45cm x 2m SCISSORS AND CUTTERS Freedom Stationery - Marlin Palm Stationery Manufacturers Power Stationery-Powerstar Rexel Office Products

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SHREDDERS AND ACCESSORIES AZ Trading - DSB, Kobra, Roto, Repairs to all makes Beswick Office Products - Fellowes D.O.S - Kobra Kolok - GEHA entry level and high-end shredders Nikki Distributors - Nikki shredders Parrot Products - Parrot range of value shredders Rexel Office Products - Rexel range W Vos & Co - Ideal.

SPECIALISED STATIONERY AND BOOKBINDING Ledger Systems - Law reports and periodicals SPIKE FILES Grip Binders STAMPS, STAMP PADS AND INKS Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Trodat, preinked stamps, stamp and fingerprint pads STAPLING MACHINES AND STAPLES Beswick Office Products - Kangaro BSC Stationery - Treeline, STD, Rexel Freedom Stationery - Marlin Krost Office Products Interstat Agencies - Genmes Parrot Products - Parrot range of staplers Rexel Office Products - Rexel range STATIONERY SUNDRIES - SCHOLASTIC BSC Stationery - Treeline, Pritt, Henkel, Staedtler, Pentel, Pilot, BIC, Artline, Penflex CTP Stationery - DONAU Scissors and cutting knives Freedom Stationery - Marlin, Edo and Unifile Palm Stationery Manufacturers - New Wave

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Power Stationery-Powerstar STENCILS Freedom Stationery STORAGE SYSTEMS CTP Stationery - Archiving Systems Suspension Files Kolok - VERBATIM (hard drives, USB sticks etc), HP Specialised Filing Systems - Filing Tidy Files - Filing solutions

T TABLET AND ACCESSORIES D.O.S - Clarys, iStay TAPES 3M SA (Pty) Ltd. - Brand Scotch® MagicTM BSC Stationery - Sellotape, Brother Freedom Stationery Palm Stationery Manufacturers TELECOMMUNICATIONS NIKKI Distributors - Siemens office phones TELEX ROLLS AND TELETEX PAPER Rotunda THERMAL ROLLS Rotunda TONERS AND CARTRIDGES KMP - Computer consumables Kolok - PENGUIN (Inkjets and Laser toners), EPSON, LEXMARK, HP. PaperGeni TOP RETRIEVAL FILING Optiplan a div of Waltons - Paper based top retrieval filing systems Specialised Filing Systems - Total Solution and more Tidy Files - Complete onsite and offsite filing solutions TOYS, HOBBIES AND GAMES Freedom Stationery Pyrotec - Toby Tower Stickers and Activities

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TRANSFER LETTERING AND SIGNS Parrot Products - Vinyl lettering TRANSPARENCIES Kolok - Penguin transparencies for inkjet and laser OEM, Penguin and HP Transparencies Rexel Office Products - NOBO range

V VISITORS BOOKS/REGISTERS Ledger Systems - Falcon Products - visitors books, hotel guest register, restaurant reservation registers

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Interstat Agencies - Port Elizabeth 011 844 9202

PvtBag X926, Rivonia, 2128

(

041 453 2558

Box 27693, Greenacres, 6057

(

012 250 1477/8

info@paperworldsa.com.

7

011 806 2388

Customer Serv: 0800 118 311

7

041 453 8504

pe@interstat.co.za

7

012 250 0322

www.paperworldsa.com

African Filing Systems

Parrot Products

IXAXA Office Furniture

(

011 896 5279

www.africanfiling.co.za

7

086 540 6892

info@africanfiling.co.za

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd

(

011 392 3628

14 Isando Road Isando

(

011 607 7600

debbie@parrot.co.za

IXAXoffice@gmail.com

7

011 615 2502

www.parrotproducts.biz

Penflex

Kemtek Imaging Systems

(

011 688 6000

Box 6893, Johannesburg, 2000

(

011 624 8000

Box 86173, City Deep, 2049

(

021 521 2400

Box 36964, Chempet, 7442

7

011 688 6162

marketing.office@antalis.co.za

7

0866 101 185

labelling@kemtek.co.za

7

021 521 2402/3

info@penflex.co.za

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Cape Town (

021 959 9600

7

021 959 9640

Box 19231, Tygerberg, 7505

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Durban (

031 714 4000

7

031 700 9253

Box 284, Umhlanga, 4320

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Pretoria (

012 379 0060

7

012 379 0052

Box 4013, Pretoria, 0001

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Bloemfontein (

051 447 8681

7

051 447 6765

Box 1795, Bloemfontein, 9300

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Port Elizabeth (

041 486 2020

7

041 486 2219

Box 9088, Estadeal, 6012

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Pietermaritzburg (

033 386 2078

7

033 386 2078

Box 1425, Pietermaritzburg, 3200

Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Botswana (

00267 391 2139

7

00267 397 5459

Box 1705, Gaborone

AZ Trading

Kemtek Imaging Systems - Cape

Pentel S.A (Pty) Ltd

(

021 521 9600

Box 181, Cape Town, 8000

(

011 474 1427/8

Box 202, Crown Mines, 2025

7

021 551 5032

brenth@kemtek.co.za

7

011 474 5563

www.pentel.co.za

Kemtek Imaging Systems - KZN

Powerhouse Dictation

(

031 700 9363

Box 15685, Westmead, 3608

(

011 887 1056

info@speech.co.za

7

031 700 9369

Sandim@kemtek.co.za

7

086 555 3833

www.speech.co.za

Kemtek Imaging Systems - PE

Power Stationery

(

041 582 5222

Box 15685, Westmead, 3608

(

032 533 4003

Box 1305, Verulam, 4340

7

041 582 5224

clinth@kemtek.co.za

7

032 533 3254

powersta@netactive.co.za

Kemtek Imaging Systems - PTA

Pyrotec

(

012 804 1410

PO Box 816, Silverton, 0127

(

021 787 9600

PvtBag X1, Capricorn Square, 7948

7

012 804 4286

johlettat@kemtek.co.za

7

021 787 9791

tower@pyrotec.co.za

RBE Stationery Manufacturers (Pty) Limited

KMP (

021 709 0190

Box 183, Steenberg, 7947

(

011 793 7321

7

021 709 0199

kmppty@iafrica.com

7

011 793 7348

Kolok Unlimited - Head Office

sales@rbe.co.za www.rbe.co.za

Reboni Furniture Group

(

011 248 0300

Box 4151, Johannesburg, 2000

(

086 173 2664

www.reboni.co.za

7

011 248 0381

infojhb@koloksa.co.za

7

086 627 7737

sales@reboni.co.za

Kolok Unlimited - Cape Town

Redfern Print Services - Cape Town

(

021 597 2700

Box 6385, Roggebaai, 8012

(

021 552 9680

Box 403, Milnerton, 7435

7

021 297 2799

infoctn@koloksa.co.za

7

021 552 9681

sales@redfern.co.za

Redfern Print Services - Durban

Kolok Unlimited - Durban

(

086 111 4407

www.aztradingcc.co.za

(

031 570 4900

Box 4206, Riverhorse Valley East, 4017

(

031 205 9598

dbnoffice@redfern.co.za

7

011 792 9732

sales@aztradingcc.co.za

7

031 569 6880

infodbn@koloksa.co.za

7

031 205 7092

www.redfern.co.za

Beswick Office Products

Redfern Print Services - Johannesburg

Kolok Unlimited Polokwane

(

011 433 2686

Box 82319, Southdale, 2135

(

015 298 8795

Box 862, Ladanna, 0704

(

011 837 4119

Box 1445, Crown Mines, 2025

7

011 680 2166

info@beswick.co.za

7

015 298 8315

infopol@koloksa.co.za

7

011 837 8917

jhboffice@redfern.co.za

BIC South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Kolok Unlimited - Port Elizabeth

Rexel Office Products

(

011 474 0181

PO BOX 43144, Industria, 2042

(

041 406 9900

Box 3163, North End, 6056

(

011 226 3300

www.rexelsa.co.za

7

011 474 6068

16 Maraisburg Road, Industria, 2042

7

041 406 9920

infope@koloksa.co.za

7

011 837 2781

admin@rexelsa.co.za

BSC Stationery Sales

Rotunda

Kolok Unlimited - Namibia

(

011 420 3250

Box 278, Brakpan, 1540

(

00264 (61)370500

Box 40797, Ausspannplatz, Namibia

(

021 552 5135

Box 189, Maitland, 7404

7

011 420 3322

sales@treeline.co.za

7

00264 (61)370525

valne@kolok.com.na

7

021 551 3070

rotunda@iafrca.com

CTP Stationery

Kolok Unlimited - Nelspruit

Royce Imaging Industries

(

011 226 5600

Box 43501, Industria, 2042

(

013 758 2233

Box 4338, White River, 1240

(

011 792 9530

www.royceimaging.co.za

7

011 474 9242

sales@versafile.co.za

7

013 758 2235

infonel@koloksa.co.za

7

011 792 9480

sales@royceimaging.co.za

D.O.S (Denton Office Solutions)

Kolok Unlimited - Bloemfontein

Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Head Office

(

060 000 1777

info@dosptyltd.com

(

051 433 1876

PvtBag X01, Brandhof, Bloemfontein

(

011 262 1400

Box 931, Wendywood, 2144

7

086 237 4614

www.dosptyltd.com

7

051 433 2451

infobfn@koloksa.co.za

7

011 262 1414

trodat@rse.co.za

Empire Toy & Stationery

Kolok Unlimited - Botswana

Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Cape Town

(

011 614 2243

Box 261524, Excom, 2023

(

00267 393 2669

PvtBag B0226, Bontleng, Gaborone

(

021 448 7008

Box 931, Wendywood, 2144

7

011 614 3075

empire@netactive.co.za

7

00267 317 0762

clemencem@vbn.co.bw

7

021 448 7014

cpt@trodat.co.za

Flip File

Rubber Stamp & Engraving Co - Durban

Krost Office Products

(

021 638 3105

Box 2190, Clareinch, 7740

(

011 626 2067

Box 75401, Gardenview, 2047

(

083 377 4109

Box 931, Wendywood, 2144

7

021 633 6942

ashly@flipfile.co.za

7

011 626 2912

sales@krost.co.za

7

031 266 1082

dbn@rse.co.za

Freedom Stationery - Johannesburg

South African Diaries

KZN ENVELOPES

(

011 314 0953/4

Box 6459, Halfway House, 1685

(

031 465 3992

P O Box 41259, Rossburgh, 4072

(

021 442 2340

Box 4862, Cape Town, 8000

7

011 314 0957

gpsales@freedomstationery.co.za

7

031 465 1669

info@kznenvelopes.co.za

7

021 442 2341

phoneyman@sadiaries.co.za

Freedom Stationery - Cape Town

Staedtler SA (Pty) Ltd

Ledger Systems

(

021 557 9152/3

36-38 Silverstone Rd Killarney Gardens

(

011 433 1808

Box 82586, Southdale, 2135

(

011 579 1600

www.staedtler.co.za

7

021 557 9155

cptsales@freedomstationery.co.za

7

011 433 8863

info@ledgersystems.co.za

7

011 608 3497

admin@staedtler.co.za

Freedom Stationery KZN (Head Office)

Specialised Filing Systems

Max Frank

(

032 459 2820

Box 478, Mandini, 4490

(

011 921 1811

Box 200, Isando, 1600

(

011 477 0640

7

032 459 3255

sales@freedomstationery.co.za

7

011 921 1569

sarah.schoeman@tigerbrands.com

7

011 477 3528

Freedom Stationery - East London (

043 731 2422

Box 14111 West Bank 5218

7

043 731 2421

elsales@freedomstationery.co.za

Global Bag And Sportswear Manufactures

Maynards - Olympus Audio S.A / Olivetti Distributors (

0860 00 1922

www.specfiling.co.za

Star Stationers and Printers

sales@maynards.co.za

(

031 569 1061

luke@starstat.co.za

www.maynards.co.za

7

031 569 1094

www.starstat.co.za

Technical Systems Engineering

Merpak Envelopes

(

031 305 6507

P.O Box 18586, Dalbridge, 4014

(

011 719 7700

sales@merpak.co.za

(

011 708 2304

Box 1532, Northriding, 2162

7

031 301 6553

www.globalbags.co.za

7

011 885 3174

www.merpak.co.za

7

011 708 1799

sales@tse.co.za

Global Envelopes

Tidy Files

Narayan Wholesaler

(

031 465 5544

envelopes@absamail.co.za

(

083 444 0959

7

031 465 5634

www.envelopes.co.za

7

011 869 7243

Gordon’s Productions

narayantextiles@gmail.com

(

011 943 4210

www.tidyfiles.co.za

Topmark

New Era Office cc

(

011 837 8045 011 837 7442

info@topmarksa.com

(

031 705 8713

Suite 69, PvtBag X4, Kloof, 3640

(

011 334 2013

Box 10383, Lenasia, 1821

7

7

031 705 8714

jacquie@gordons.co.za

7

011 334 7358

kuban@neweraoffice.co.za

Tower (Division of Pyrotec) - Cape Town

Grafton/Star Paper Products

Nikki - Cape Town

(

021 787 9600

(

011 262 0777

Box 550, Bergvlei, 2012

(

0860 006731

cpt@nikki.co.za

7

021 787 9791

7

011 262 0780

sales@graftonpaper.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Tower (Division of Pyrotec) - Johannesburg

Grip Binders (

011 421 1300

Nikki - Durban orders@tigerpaper.co.za

Hortors Stationery

PvtBag X1, Capricorn Square, 7948

(

011 611 1820

59 Lepus Rd, Crown Mines, 2025

(

0860 006731

dbn@nikki.co.za

7

011 611 1834

tower@pyrotec.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Tower (Division of Pyrotec) Durban

(

011 620 4800

Box 1020, Johannesburg, 2000

Nikki - Johannesburg

(

031 701 0192

Box 594, Pinetown, 3600

7

086 612 4663

orders@hortors.co.za

(

0860 006731

jhb@nikki.co.za

7

031 701 1285

tower@pyrotec.co.za

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Tribe (

011 314 4746 (Jhb)

Box 6280, Halfway House, 1685

021 386 4261 (Cpt)

tribe@global.co.za

Impala Vuwa Stationery Manufacturers (

036 634 1535

Box 389, Ladysmith, 3370

Nikki - Pretoria

7

036 634 1890

impalastat@mweb.co.za

(

0860 006731

pta@nikki.co.za

7

7

0800 204868

www.nikki.co.za

Versafile

Impression Management (

DBN 031 777 1222

www.impression.co.za

Nor Paper

(

JHB 011 708 7743

sales1@impression.co.za

(

011 011 3900

(

CPT 021 592 0847

7

011 011 4099

Ink Spot Suppliers (

011 854 3013

7

011 852 3013

sales@nor.co.za

Optiplan a division of Waltons info@inkspotsuppliers.co.za

Interstat Agencies - Durban

(

011 620 4000

Pencil Park, Croxley Close, Herriotdale

7

086 681 8256

rcurrin@gp.waltons.co.za

031 569 6550

Box 201707, Durban North, 4016

(

031 507 7051

viran@palmstat.co.za

7

031 569 6559

interstat@mweb.co.za

7

031 507 7053

www.palmstat.co.za

011 226 5600

Box 43501, Industria, 2042

7

011 474 9242

sales@versafile.co.za

W. Vos & Company (

011 493 7139

www.wvos.co.za

7

011 493 8807

info@wvos.co.za

PaperGeni

(

021 551 9555

Box 36696, Chempet, 7442

(

011 011 3900

info@papergeni.co.za

7

021 557 5456

Capetown@interstat.co.za

7

011 011 4099

www.papergeni.co.za

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