




Who We Are
“Your Print Supply Partner For Almost 40 Years!”
Our Company

We are Flexographic Printers that have been printing flexible packaging for the Pharmaceutical and other industries for almost 40 years. Our aim is to provide a high quality print with short lead times at affordable prices.
Our Staff

The key to our success is teamwork. We achieve this by valuing the qualifications, experience and enthusiasm of each employee. Training at all levels is a high priority to improve quality, effectiveness, service and productivity.
Our Quality

We have a fully documented Quality Management System in place and are audited on a regular basis by our pharmaceutical customers.
Our History
1986
The birth of Labprint came about when Mervyn and Gail Thompson started a small family business with an inoperative Uhlmann on-line printing machine. Through tenacity and perseverance, the impossible was achieved – an excellent quality print on aluminium blister foil. Word of mouth brought more pharmaceutical clients to Labprint – the niche was the ability to print small quantities of foil with quick delivery times.
1989
The business grew to accommodate the purchase of 2 additional printing machines. Labprint moved up from single colour to 4 colour print work. The components for a full, in house, machine shop was purchased to build a 900mm wide, 4 colour printing machine from scratch. A second wide web machine was completed in 2010 and a third on the drawing board by 2013.
2014
Introduced by the mutual accounting firm, Paperchase, Labprint was taken over by Resulta Exporters, owned by Eric Juncker and Marlis Arkcoll. This was the start of a new era for Labprint with a brand new company logo which marked a complete Quality make-over.
2015
The first phase of Labprint’s quality make-over was well underway with the segregation of the Flammable Store, Machine Shop, Canteen and Dressing Rooms. The print presses were re-arranged to allow for line clearance and segregated areas for stock. The dispatch area was also separated from the rest of the factory and the internal QMS was in the process of being written, guided by GMP and ISO9001 Standards.
2016
Labprint was now ready for the second phase of the quality make-over. Guided by our pharmaceutical customer’s requirements, we installed a water air cooler to manage the environmental conditions as well as a dust filter. The factory was also sealed off with a one way in-and-out flow for staff and products. The PS9000 standards were included as an additional guideline for writing Standard Operating Procedures.
2017
This was a year to start celebrating Labprint’s success. Eric and Marlis introduced our first long service awards with acknowledgements of 5; 10 and 15 years of service.
2017
At Labprint we enjoy having fun and the team opted for a day at Gold Reef City with most of the staff spending much time on the Anaconda! This was a first for many of our team.
2018
This marked the year of the Customer for Labprint and we introduced our very first “Customer Open Day.” Many of our key customers joined us for a tour of the production factory, explanation of our internal artwork systems and had the opportunity to meet with our print operators and ask questions.
2019
Proud of what we have achieved without ever having to advertise, we decided it was time to take Labprint out into the marketplace. With our very first exhibition at the SAPHEX, we gained much interest and broadened our exposure to the industry.
2019
The second long service awards were celebrated with an outing to the Lion Park. 5; 10; 15 and 20 years service was acknowledged!
2020
Now, we realize that as a 30 plus year old company, we need to keep up with the times. So, we entered the social media space on Facebook; Instagram and Linked-in and also have the pleasure of introducing you to our brand-new website. Please like us, join us and follow us and feel free to leave us a comment.
2021
Printing Excellence For 35 Years!
2021
After two years of lockdown, Labprint enjoyed a wonderful day of team building and long service awards at Montecasino.
2022
Taking control of the electricity situation, we installed a 25kWA generator, with the capacity to support all our print pressess as well as the office simultaneously. So no more down time during the frequent load shedding we experience.
2022
Exhibiting for the first time at Propak Afrika in 2022. Hall 5 Stand G20.
2022
2022 marked the year for diversification. We acquired and introduced our new foil lidding line for printed, embossed and cut lids for the small Dairy, Food, Beverage, Cosmetic and other industries.
2023
Another Long Service Celebration where our oldest member of staff, Frans Tswai, is acknowledged for loyal service to Labprint for 25 years!
2023
In May, LabPrint visits Interpack in Dusseldorf, Our longstanding material supply partners, Constantia Patz in Austria and other potential suppliers in Europe.
2024
In June LabPrint forms a supply partnership with ACME graphics, well known for their professional and expert service in the Pharmaceutical Industry, for the supply of Artwork and Plates.
2025
2025 is the year for optimisation and restucturing. Increasing efficiency, turnaround time and transparency and reducing waste and minimising NCR’s, we are transitioning to Quick Easy Enterprise Resouce Planning (ERP) System.