Paper Cafe in Melrose Estate, Johannesburg

Category:

Wedding Invitations & Stationery in Johannesburg

Address:
32 Glenhove Road, , Melrose Estate , Johannesburg

Locality:

Melrose Estate

City:
Johannesburg

Country:
South Africa

Pincode:

2122

Phone:

011 8806707

Fax No.:

086 659 2790

Email:

papercafe@papersmith.co.za

Website:

http://www.papersmith.co.za

Description:

It was a string of tedious, all-day and unproductive board meetings that prompted Jo Haden-Smith to break away...View more
It was a string of tedious, all-day and unproductive board meetings that prompted Jo Haden-Smith to break away from the corporate world and start his own business. And thus, the first truly independent, designer-focused paper merchant was conceived.View less

About us

Two weeks after resigning he flew overseas to source the papers currently in fashion in the European Market. While there, he was able to secure the exclusive distribution rights from some of the largest speciality mills. With the existing paper merchanting trade being dominated by a few large, international companies, many quality suppliers in Europe and the States were disenchanted with their ability to enter the market. The large merchants all had existing ranges and were unwilling to expand their range for fear of “conflict of interest” with existing suppliers. This opened up the whole world of paper to a new hungry merchant. In 2003, Jo handed over the reins of his business to his son, Rob Haden-Smith who is currently the Managing Director. Since its inception, Papersmith has continued to grow its range of products exponentially. Cyclus from Dalum (now owned by Arjo Wiggins), is considered to be the most environmentally friendly paper in the world scoring an incredible 98 points on the WWF Paper Scorecard. Papersmith also represents both of the leading speciality mills in Italy, Fedrigoni and Gruppo Cordenons, with trend-setting products like Wild, Plike, Savile Row, Stardream, Natural Evolution and most of our CSI grades coming from them.