Overview
About WordPress Namibia
A 100% Namibian owned printing company, founded in 2014 and printing from Lafrenz, Windhoek since February 2015.
Overview
WordPress Namibia (Pty) Ltd is a 100% Namibian owned printing company.
WordPress Namibia (Pty) Ltd was founded in 2014, and is situated in Windhoek's Lafrenz Industrial Area, Erf 189.
This printing company is a joint venture between the Namibia Media Trust (NMT), owner of The Namibian newspaper, and local businessman Wolfram Jauss, and was created to primarily print The Namibian newspaper and all its special projects and supplements.
Today, WordPress is still printing The Namibian newspaper and now also various other publications, newsletters and commercial flyers.
History
Ten months from restricted financing to a working press.
With only restricted financing in place, the building and installation project was successfully finalised in 2014 in a record ten months by Namibian contractors. This included the manufacturing and shipment of the GOSS printing machine from China and Britain, the Ferag inserting machine from Switzerland and the Fuji CTP equipment from Germany and the Netherlands.
The total investment of N$76 million, including the property, buildings, equipment and all financing costs, was mainly financed by the Development Bank of Namibia.
On 1 February 2015 WordPress Namibia officially started its operations by printing The Namibian newspaper, the weekly Informante newspaper and also advertising flyer products.
- Founded
- 2014
- First print run
- 1 February 2015
- Total investment
- N$76 million
- Management experience
- 100+ years combined
Equipment
Three machines, bought new, still the core of the plant.
GOSS Community web press
Shipped from China and BritainThe press that carries every title we run, from broadsheet newspapers to quarter fold retail flyers, in full colour.
Ferag inserting line
Shipped from SwitzerlandCollates supplements and inserts into the main product in line, so a multi section newspaper leaves the plant finished.
Fuji computer to plate
Shipped from Germany and the NetherlandsImages approved PDF pages straight to plate, which keeps the screen to plate step consistent from one run to the next.
Vision and mission
The preferred printing company of the Namibian newspaper and advertising media.
WordPress Namibia (Pty) Ltd's vision is to be the preferred printing company of the Namibian newspaper and advertising media.
WordPress Namibia's mission is to deliver on an ongoing, continuous basis only the highest possible printing quality within the shortest turn around production and delivery time deadlines. This is achieved by consistently re investing into training programmes for our staff, our own research and development projects, and also investing into relevant new technology solutions being available on the market.
The team
Over 100 years of combined printing experience.
The management team of WordPress has a combined experience of over 100 years in the printing industry.
