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Eunique Printing offers printing services, including comb and glue binding, creasing, perforating, punching, cutting, folding, silkscreen printing and much more.
With a view to fulfilling its supplier and enterprise development requirements while at the same time freeing up internal resources, Konica Minolta South Africa approached Printing South Africa, requesting a list of potential entrepreneurs trained by the association in both printing and silkscreen printing.
“Of the three candidates interviewed, we decided to partner with Eunice Ngwenya; not only had she excelled in the silkscreen training, she had also already used this skill to establish a small, informal business within her area. Eunice was eager to learn more and to expand her existing setup into a fully fledged business,” explains Laetitia Coetzer, special projects manager at Konica Minolta South Africa.
And so, Eunique Printing was born. The new company purchased two production machines from Konica Minolta South Africa, one colour and one black & white, while the organisation also assisted in setting up the copy shop with the offline finishers required to deliver an array of printing services. Furthermore, a number of Konica Minolta South Africa employees helped Eunique to correctly specify equipment needed for the shop, as well as providing training in graphic design and print run management. Konica Minolta South Africa’s Johannesburg branch was involved in the installation of Eunique Printing’s equipment and will also be handling its servicing.
“As a new entrepreneur, we have enrolled Eunice on a 12 month learnership, ‘Management for Entrepreneurs NQF3’,” Coetzer continues. “We are currently in the process of setting up a stock control, quote and invoice system using Cloud Register, that is provided and supported by Fine Print, and hope to have this up and running soon.
“Konica Minolta South Africa has outsourced a large chunk of our internal printing, such as business cards, brochures and flyers, to Eunique Printing. In addition, we were able to assist with office space for the new business within our office park, the ideal spot due to its proximity to Soweto. This means that Eunique can accommodate shorter print runs and provide general printing services for the many small businesses in the area.”
Other Bidvest companies, including DEVELOP South Africa, Bidvest Medical and Bidvest Business Technologies, are also utilising the new print shop for business cards, brochures, training manuals, silkscreen printing and so on.
“Konica Minolta South Africa has helped me to realise the dream of growing my own business and continues to assist my team in growing from strength to strength,” says Ngwenya.