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UPP Director Turns 60 We are elated to celebrate the birthday of Universal Paper’s Managing Director / Chairman, Mr Barry Sher, who turned 60 on the 24th of May. The ladies who work in the admin office decorated Mr Sher’s office and desk and his wife stopped by with a beautiful cake for the specialRead more

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: It was a bizarre sight – 20 toilet rolls set on fire and lined up in rows after being drenched in fuel.   Recently, the Royal Australia’s Flying Doctor service had to come up with a unique landing solution for their King Air aircraft when making a midnight emergency landing at a remoteRead more

OWN YOUR GROWTH BY GG VAN ROOYEN Start-ups aren’t the only businesses that need to pivot. Large companies often need to do it as well. The difference, though, is that pivoting a large organisation is much more complex, and the stakes are much higher. Here’s how brothers Jonathan and David Sher, together with their father Barry, have takenRead more

Universal Paper partnership We had the privilege of having an American film crew visit Universal Paper in February 2017. They spent a little under a week filming our directors, factories and our processes. Watch the video below. Read the script below. Running a business with your family is a real blessing. You get to workRead more

Project Gold Eagle Universal Paper Manufacturers Green Field Tissue Mill in South Africa with PMP Intelli-Tissue® Advanced 1600 is Up and Running – A Gold Eagle spread its wings on Sunday 19th February 2017 at 11:20 a.m. local time. In December 2014, PMP (Paper Machinery Producer) signed a contract with Universal Paper Manufacturers (UPM), partRead more

Back to the Future – 67 Years Old To celebrate the 67th Birthday of Universal Paper & Plastics, we held a “Back to the Future” themed party on the 10th of February. As we did last year, particular emphasis was placed on our four core values. We incorporated the values into the decor. We alsoRead more

Universal Paper & Plastics is a family business that’s been around since 1950. Since 2006, however, it’s grown its revenue tenfold and evolved significantly.  By 2006 Universal Paper and Plastics had been in business for decades. But it had hit a roadblock. “The business was not in a bad shape financially, but it also wasn’t growing at the typeRead more

UPP boosts Inventory Management – Sage X3 Universal Paper and Plastics (UPP), one of South Africa’s leading manufacturers of tissue paper products, has improved inventory management, gained better control over its business processes and enhanced its access to management information by implementing Sage X3 and Sage Inventory Advisor. The business management solution was implemented byRead more

Once again for the 4th year running UPP brought home the gold at the annual Flexographic Technical Association of South Africa (FTA SA) awards held at Emperors Palace this year. The (FTA SA) hosts the annual awards event celebrating excellence in the flexographic print industry in South Africa. Any manufacturer in the flexographic print industryRead more

The FTA SA Print Excellence Awards was once again a successful outing for UPP this year. The Flexographic Technical Association of South Africa hosts an annual awards event celebrating excellence in the flexographic print industry in this country.  Anyone in the flexographic print industry can submit an entry with a product/s of their choosing with categories rangingRead more