We at Golden Era observe continuous change as a norm aiming at becoming a leading organization that alters and adapts to suit the changing business environment.
About Usour focus is always first on our customer’s needs
We believe there is no such thing as a typical package: every one of our customers’ products have specific requirements – package design, graphics, shelf life, machine compatibility, product visibility and protection. Working closely with our customers in team-based partnerships, we achieve creative, practical solutions which maximize results. In the competitive environment in which we operate, we strive to uphold high standards in flexibility, responsiveness and creativity is our critical success factors. Golden Era Printing, now comprises Golden Era Printing & Packaging, New Era Labels, New Era Packaging, New Era Paper Bags and Gayatri Paper Mills.
Our customer base extends throughout Southern Africa. To ensure the highest level of service in the entire area, reginal branches have been established in Durban, and Cape Town.
Technology
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower,” Steve Jobs, US entrepreneur
The culture of innovation within Golden Era Group has linked the company to many breakthroughs in the world of printing and packaging – including eight-colour flexo-graphic printing, in-line printing and laminating and holographic embossing – which target dominant market trends, improving quality and decreasing lead-time.
A pioneering approach to technology ensures that our list of achievements, developments and capabilities continues to grow and enable us to serve our customers with experience.
Industrial Expertise
Food and Beverage
The food and beverage industry are extremely competitive – and demands product attractiveness and innovation. We provide a wide range of aesthetically appealing and custom-made packaging, which both safely transports and promotes our product.
Golden Era Group also ensures that all food and beverage packaging meets customer requirements in terms of grease resistant grades, FDA approved grades or PIRA approved grades.
Other packaging products used successfully in this market include a wet paper label, self-adhesive labels, thermos-formed, vacuum-formed Mead packaging.
Industrial Products
Most Industrial products, from manufacturing centres to retail distribution, must be well protected; as a result, industry customers tend to opt for corrugated cases.
Golden Era Group
Meets this need with corrugated board in a popular range of fluting mediums.
Options available:
- Corrugated cases
- Litho-laminated cases
Health & Beauty
The health and beauty industry demands specialised packaging which reflects technical expertise together with aesthetic appeal and high salebility, where products are promoted in a competitive environment through their packaging.
Golden Era Group custom-produces a wide range of innovative packaging solutions, unique to each product.
Options available:
- Folding cartons
- Self-adhesive labels
- Paper Bags
- Wet Paper labels
The newly purchased HP Indigo WS6600 is the most productive, high-speed digital solution for a medium-run label production. It eliminates the need for a make-ready and gives the client a robust digital printing solution for a variety of jobs and ever-increasing lengths.
With the extra colours or orange, green, violet and what we can do any Pantone colour as well as offline metallic colours with cold foil finishing.
Perishables
Perishables require packaging which protects, preserves and promotes your product. We partner with our customers to design specialized solutions which meet specific packaging challenges.
Options available:
- Vacuum-formed containers
- Thermal farm containers
- Wax coated corrugated cases
- multi wall corrugated
A pioneering approach to technology ensures that our list of achievements, developments and capabilities continues to grow and enable us to serve our customers with experience.
Consumer Packaged Goods
The packaging of consumer goods is essential to the overall promotion of the product – packaging is an intrinsic element of the brand image. It is imperative that the packaging is eminently appropriate to the product. Gives us a golden opportunity to develop creative solutions to ensure that our products stand out in the crowd.
Golden Era Group can provide promotional assistance in the form of notepads and reverse side printing on both folding cartons and self-adhesive labels.
Options available:
- Folding cartons
Quality and Customer Service
Golden Era Group uses state-of-the-art technologies to produce world-class packaging. We adhere to uniform standards for quality and materials management with ISO 9000 standards as well as next couple Total Process Management. Our processes guarantee the quality of our products and services.
To ensure that this remains a constant at all times, our process management in accreditation is continuously updated and improved. To adhere to these standards and procedures, we continually conduct reliability checks and consistent proofing. As a result, our customers, who always benefit from our high standards, are offered consistent brand recognition and reduced cost.
Gayatri Cans manufactures a variety of plain and litho printed three-piece food and general line cans as well as ends.
Gayatri Beverage Cans manufactures two-piece aluminium cans for the beverage sectors.
Gayatri Paper Mills produces paper for corrugated packaging boxes.
New Era manufactures angles and/or cardboard corners for various sectors.