Inkon’s teamwork bags four awards AFTER attending the FTASA Print Excellence Awards luncheon for the first time in 2019 to obtain an understanding of what the benchmarks are and how things work, Sasolburg-based Inkon Labels entered for the first time in 2021. ‘We were always aware of this prestigious awards programme, but didn’t bother to enter as we produce printing plates by means of conventional/traditional flexo with film and analogue plates,’ explains studio manager Ferdie Odendal. ‘However, we entered after finding that we were producing higher quality work than leading repro...

Inkon Labels in sasolburg specialises in labels for the FMCG, chemical and industrial markets. The company recently upgraded its factory and invested in new technology and machinery to improve its efficiencies and basket variety, helping to increase its appeal to a broader corporate customer base and spread its risk. CEO, Loyiso Ngqameni, explains that firstly the company’s old Mark Andy equipment has been running flat out for the past few years prohibiting it from being as flexible as it would like to have been. ‘Secondly, our existing customers have been encouraging us to diversify our...