What ctp printers isando does

Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Limited is a Johannesburg-headquartered, JSE-listed diversified print and media group founded in 1980 by Terry Moolman and Noel Coburn, employing approximately 5,500 people across South Africa. It operates through five divisions — Publishing, Printing, Packaging, Stationery, and Digital Assets — running production at six or more plants including Isando (Johannesburg), Durban, Cape Town (Parow and a second site), Wellington, Philippi, and Selby (House of Print). Core physical-print assets include a WIFAG 72-page press capable of 35,000 revolutions per hour, web-offset and heatset capacity, and Computer-to-Plate pre-press technology, supporting both commercial print contracts and the company's own community-newspaper portfolio of 140+ titles with more than 3.7 million weekly copies.

The group generates revenue from multiple streams: contract printing and packaging for enterprise customers (including major retailers such as Edcon and JD Group and publishers of titles such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and CAR); advertising sales across its 140+ community newspapers and 12 Get It magazines (combined circulation 237,000); stationery under the Flip File brand, which has become a generic term for laminated folders in South Africa; and digital-media assets including Private Property, Hive Digital, and Cognition Holdings. The company has been included in the JSE SRI Index since December 2010, signaling a formal ESG positioning alongside an operational focus on energy efficiency (including a GCX-linked energy-measurement pilot and reported 2% emissions reduction).

Strategically, the group is currently in a defensive posture: in December 2024 it filed an interdict against Media24 to prevent community-newspaper closures, and in 2024 it made submissions to the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry regarding Google's conduct in news. An April 2025 shareholder circular points to an upcoming corporate action. The combination of a diversified but print-heavy revenue base, exposure to secular print-advertising decline, and active diversification into digital media shapes the company's current investment profile.

Name

ctp printers isando

Legal name

Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Limited

Website

https://ctpjhb.co.za

Company type

Public

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Limited is a JSE-listed South African print, packaging, publishing, stationery, and digital-media group operating multiple production plants and serving retailers, magazine publishers, advertisers, and consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Printing (32311), Books Printing (323117), Stationery Product Manufacturing (32223), Printing and Related Support Activities (323)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Book Printing (2732), Wholesale-Paper & Paper Products (5110)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial & Offset Printing (Sheetfed/Web) (MPAJALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Production & High-Volume Printing Systems (HDACAEAJ), Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF), Direct-to-Container & Digital Printing (Inkjet/Laser) (IMALAKAF), Printing & Business Forms (continuous forms, checks, tickets) (IMAMAHAH)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Web offset printing
• Magazine and book printing
• Newspaper printing
• Packaging and stationery manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Johannesburg

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Publishing: Publishing regional community newspapers (over 140 publications), The Citizen daily newspaper, Farmer's Weekly agricultural magazine, and Get It community magazines. Revenue from advertising (run-of-paper advertising, inserts, national brand leaflets) and subscriptions.
2. Commercial Printing: High-quality heatset commercial web offset printing for newspapers, tabloids, magazines, retail newspaper supplements and pamphlets. Services major retailers and commercial clients with production ranging from 50,000 to over 3 million copies.
3. Magazine and Brochure Printing: Long-run magazine printing and commercial brochures including titles like Finesse, Woman & Home, Your Family, Garden & Home, Rooi Rose, Glamour, CAR and Cosmopolitan. Also prints corporate brochures for Edcon and JD Group.
4. Stationery Manufacturing: Manufacturing of stationery products including Flip File brand plastic pocket files (South Africa's leading brand), recognised even generically as 'flip files' by South Africans.
5. Digital Assets: Building permission-based marketing strategies, property platforms (Private Property - first property brand in South Africa), and local community website networks through Hive Digital Media.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CTP Printers Isando operates as the Johannesburg commercial web offset printing facility of Caxton & CTP, producing high-quality heatset newspapers, tabloids, magazines, retail newspaper supplements and pamphlets in run sizes from 50,000 to over 3 million copies. The site offers computer-to-plate pre-press, gate-fold and roll-fold formats, plus bindery, polywrap and mailing services as a turnkey solution for enterprise publishing and retail clients.

Product overview

Caxton & CTP is a diversified print media conglomerate structured as five interlocking divisions. The Publishing Division operates 140+ community newspapers (The Citizen daily, Farmer's Weekly magazine, Get It Community Magazines) supported by Spark Media for advertising and Hive Digital Media for digital presence. The Printing Division encompasses four production facilities (CTP Gravure Durban, CTP Printers Johannesburg, CTP Printers Cape Town, House of Print) offering web offset, sheetfed offset, digital, and gravure printing for magazines, books, commercial print, and newspapers with production capacity from 50,000 to 3+ million copies. Stationery manufacturing produces CTP Stationery products and the Flipfile pocket file brand. The Digital Assets Division manages online platforms including Private Property (property listings), Cognition Holdings (marketing/analytics), and Hive Digital Media's 54+ local news websites. Packaging services are operated through a separate division at ctppackaging.co.za. This integrated structure enables turnkey print and packaging solutions with centralized distribution across South Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Citizen: Flagship daily newspaper with quality content across various editorial pillars
• Farmer's Weekly
• Get It
• Private Property
• Hive Digital Media
• Cognition Holdings
• Flip File
• CTP Stationery
• Spark Media
• CTP Gravure Durban
• CTP Printers Johannesburg
• CTP Printers Cape Town
• House of Print

Products and services

• Commercial Heatset Web Offset Printing (CTP Printers Johannesburg / Isando)
• Long-Run Magazine Printing (CTP Gravure Durban)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3.7 million weekly newspaper copies printed
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Novus Holdings: Novus Holdings (formerly Paarl Media) is one of South Africa's largest commercial printing groups, directly comparable to CTP in web offset printing, magazine production, and newspaper printing across multiple facilities. It is CTP's primary head-to-head competitor in the SA commercial print market.
• Media24: Media24 is South Africa's largest newspaper and magazine publisher and a major print customer/competitor to CTP, publishing titles that compete with Caxton's publications and frequently uses CTP's printing capacity while competing in advertising sales.
• Arena Holdings: Arena Holdings (formerly Tiso Blackstar) is a major South African newspaper and magazine publisher competing directly with Caxton's community newspaper portfolio and The Citizen in the local publishing and advertising market.
• Independent Media: Independent Media is a South African newspaper publisher operating IOL and several titles that compete with Caxton's publishing division for readers and advertising spend, making it a comparable peer in the SA publishing space.

Broad incumbents

• Quad/Graphics: Quad/Graphics is a large global commercial printing company with magazine, catalog, and commercial print capabilities directly comparable to CTP's commercial printing division, though operating at much larger international scale.
• Bertelsmann Printing Group: Bertelsmann's printing subsidiaries (Arvato, Mohn Media) operate large-scale offset and digital commercial printing businesses serving publishers and retailers globally, comparable in technology stack and customer base to CTP Printers.
• Transcontinental Inc. TC Transcontinental is a Canadian packaging and printing company operating in commercial print, flexible packaging, and media, comparable to CTP in offering integrated printing, packaging, and publishing services to enterprise clients.
• Donnelley Financial Solutions: A large global commercial printing and financial printing services company offering high-volume offset and digital print comparable to CTP's commercial printing capabilities, though focused on different end-markets.

Regional players

• Shereno Printers: Shereno Printers is a South African commercial printer offering web offset and digital printing services comparable to CTP's commercial printing division, though at smaller scale and focused primarily on the SA market.

Emerging players

• Vistaprint (Cimpress): Cimpress/Vistaprint operates a global mass-customization printing platform for marketing materials and commercial print, representing the digital-print competitive threat to CTP's traditional offset printing volumes in small-to-medium commercial orders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ctp-printers

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries12 records

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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