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To celebrate the 69th birthday of Universal Paper & Plastics this year, we held a “summer of sixty-nine” themed party on the 8th of February. The emphasis was placed on summer fun with the entire UP staff taking part in a variety of water-based games, the main attraction being the dunk bucket game.  Staff hadRead more

UPP once again raked in the prizes for the 7th year running bringing home 2 golds and 1 silver at the annual FTA SA Awards that took place at Emperors Palace on the 22nd of November this year.     The FTA SA (Flexographic Technical Association of South Africa) hosts the awards event celebrating excellenceRead more

For the 6th year running UPP brought home the gold at the annual Flexographic Technical Association of South Africa (FTA SA) awards held at Emperors Palace. The (FTA SA) hosts the annual awards event celebrating excellence in the flexographic print industry in South Africa. Any manufacturer in the flexographic print industry can submit their entriesRead 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

For the 5th year running UPP brought home the gold at the annual Flexographic Technical Association of South Africa (FTA SA) awards held at Emperors Palace. The (FTA SA) hosts the annual awards event celebrating excellence in the flexographic print industry in South Africa. Any manufacturer in the flexographic print industry can submit their entriesRead more