Tandym

What Tandym does

Tandym is a Cape Town-based, family-owned commercial printing company founded in 1994 by the late Basil Morkel. It operates a single production facility at Western Province Park in Epping, offering three integrated service lines — commercial litho printing (Heidelberg Speedmaster presses), digital printing (including variable-data and the Book of One self-publishing service), and FSC-certified food-safe packaging (folding cartons, wine labels, pharma and FMCG packaging). The facility runs 24/7 with full backup power, delivering a stated 98% on-time-delivery rate and 100% uptime unaffected by South African load-shedding. Service offerings include CMYK plus spot colour in a single pass, inline aqueous coating, premium finishing (foiling, embossing, spot UV, soft-touch laminate), digital carton design with 3D rendering, and in-house binding, cutting, and dispatch.

The business operates on a project-based, quote-driven model. Customers in financial services (Investec, Allan Gray, Coronation, Old Mutual, Sanlam), FMCG (Heineken, BAT, Woolworths, Distell, Indigo Brands, Rooibos), telecoms (Vodacom), hospitality (Marriott), real estate (Pam Golding), education (Pearson), and government (City of Cape Town, Western Cape Government) engage via a website quote form, phone, or email, with quotes returned within 24 hours. A self-serve Webprinter Online platform (shop.webprinter.co.za) supports repeat orders. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies per project based on specifications, quantity, paper, and finishes.

Tandym's competitive position is anchored by a regulatory and certification stack — ISO 9001:2015, ISO 22000:2018, FSC Chain of Custody, and Level 1 B-BBEE — that functions as a procurement gatekeeper for South African enterprise and government contracts. The company has remained under family ownership for over three decades, with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity. Recognition includes 2022 GAPP Awards for Top Litho Book Printing and Top 5 Digital Book Printing. No revenue, headcount, or financial figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

Tandym

Legal name

Tandym

Website

https://tandym.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Tandym is a family-owned Cape Town commercial printer founded in 1994, offering litho, digital, and FSC-certified packaging services to enterprise, FMCG, and government clients across South Africa from a single 24/7 production facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cape Town

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Commercial Printing Services: Tandym generates revenue through providing commercial litho printing, digital printing, and packaging services. Services are quoted on a project-by-project basis based on specifications (quantity, paper type, finishes, etc.). The company operates on a project-based service model rather than subscription pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Tandym is a commercial printing company based in Cape Town, South Africa, providing litho (offset), digital, and packaging printing services for corporate, publishing, and government clients. The company runs an online ordering platform called Webprinter that allows customers to submit and manage print jobs digitally, alongside traditional direct-sales print production for long-run and short-run work.

Product overview

Tandym is a full-service commercial printing company offering three core product lines: Litho Print, Digital Print, and Packaging—all delivered from a single Cape Town facility. Litho Print provides high-volume commercial offset printing using Heidelberg Speedmaster presses with ISO 9001 certification. Digital Print covers fast turnaround, variable data printing, and the Book of One self-publishing solution. Packaging delivers FSC certified food-safe packaging from prototype to production for folding cartons, wine labels, and pharma/FMCG sectors. An online ordering platform (Webprinter Online) enables convenient self-service ordering. The company operates 24/7 with 100% load-shedding resilience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Webprinter Online: Online ordering platform for print products - shop.webprinter.co.za

Products and services

• Litho (Offset) Printing High-volume offset litho printing for books, magazines, corporate reports, marketing collateral, and other long-run commercial print jobs. Serves enterprise brands, publishers, and government clients in South Africa.
• Digital Printing
• Packaging Printing
• Webprinter Online Ordering Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% on-time delivery rate, measured daily
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Novus Holdings: JSE-listed Novus Holdings is South Africa's largest commercial printing group, with litho, digital, packaging, and book printing capabilities serving enterprise and government clients nationally — the closest direct competitor to Tandym within South Africa.
• Paarl Media: Major Western Cape-headquartered commercial printer with deep enterprise and retail-insert client base, offering magazines, retail inserts, books, and packaging — directly comparable in geography, capability, and customer profile to Tandym.
• Shereno Printers: South African commercial printer offering litho, digital, and finishing services with national distribution — overlaps Tandym's core litho/digital service mix and enterprise customer segments.
• CTP (Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers): Listed South African printing group with national commercial printing, publishing, and packaging operations — comparable in scale, services, and blue-chip customer base to Tandym.
• Graphica (Bidvest): Bidvest-owned commercial printing business serving corporate South Africa with litho and digital capabilities — directly comparable in customer profile (large corporates) and service offering.

Broad incumbents

• Cimpress (Vistaprint): Global mass-customisation printing platform with web-to-print scale across commercial, marketing, and packaging materials — comparable Webprinter Online–style e-commerce offering but at vastly larger scale and international reach.
• Quad/Graphics: Large US-listed commercial printer offering catalogues, magazines, retail inserts, packaging, and direct mail — comparable in litho/digital/packaging capabilities and enterprise customer focus but operating at national scale.

Others

• Deloitte Digital Print (and other in-house brand agencies): Adjacent service providers offering print procurement, brand activation, and creative services that bundle commercial print for enterprise clients — competes for the same wallet of marketing and brand spend.
• HP Indigo (HP Industrial Print): Digital press manufacturer whose Indigo equipment is widely used by commercial printers including Tandym; not a competitor but a strategic technology supplier whose roadmap and pricing directly affect Tandym's digital print economics.
• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen: Manufacturer of the Speedmaster litho platform at the heart of Tandym's production; not a competitor but a strategic OEM partner whose service, parts, and press pricing materially influence Tandym's capex and uptime economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/TandymPrint

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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