About Ribbon Place in South Africa

Ribbon Place is a family-owned, female only company that was registered in 2019, after spending the previous 13 years trading in the same industry under a different name (same owner).   

This means we offer you, our valued client more than 19 years experience in the South African manufacturing, importing and events markets. We specifically focus on decorative branded ribbons and related narrow fabric products like lanyards and clothing labels, but we also handle branded tissue paper and gift-wrap, all manufactured locally.

Ribbon Place consists of two integrated parts: 

The online decorative ribbon shop that carries stock of standard decorative ribbons:

Anyone can purchase from in the online shop as there is small rolls available with no minimum purchase requirements.

• Small rolls of a range of plain colour ribbon in satin, organza, petersham.
• Variety of decorative printed and woven ribbons for events, celebrations and holidays.
• Big bows for events and new cars,
• Standard options for ribbon cutting ceremony ribbons (unbranded)
• Awareness ribbons
• Standard Medal Award Ribbons

The B2B division:

Small minimum order quantities of 100m for custom printing, with a standard lead time makes this option great for corporate, events and marketing companies.

• Sales of custom branded ribbons, printed for corporate, events and decorative markets.
• Ribbon cutting ceremony kits.
• Medal award ribbons,
• Bow making services for corporates and retail customers.
• Rental services of stanchions, carpets and scissors for ribbon cutting events.
• Custom branded clothing brand labels, wash-care labels and size tags.
• Custom made lanyards and related products
• Custom branded gift-wrap and gift tissue paper (sheeted or in rolls) Bulk orders only.

These services and products work on quote and lead times attached to the various production types for the printing / manufacturing / import.  We also have minimum order quantities (quite low) related to each of these items.

Our Business Activities

Our business operations consist of a combination of the following activities to ensure the most reliable service with the best quality products:

• We print and manufacture selected custom-made ribbon products in-house.
• We also import some of our popular decorative- and branded products, that cannot be sourced or printed locally.
• Then we have strategic business partnerships with local weavers and manufacturers where we outsource some branding work to ensure the absolute best quality products, widest variety, in the biggest quantities that can be produced locally for our customers in the best possible time frames.

This approach enables us to reliably supply the best quality products in the biggest manufacturing volumes at the most affordable prices.  This makes us a trusted supplier for many of South Africa’s largest marketing, events and retail companies.

Our Print technologies

The print capabilities we utilize include

• Screen-printing for crispy single colour prints with ink that sits on top of the ribbon for a luxurious finish on satin, petersham, cotton ribbon and TPU tape.
• Rotary printing in up to 6 solid spot colours for colours that pop on white satin, petersham, cotton ribbon and TPU tape.  We also print gift-wrap with this method in up to 4 spot colours and tissue paper in up to 2 colours.
• Dye-sublimation in full colour on single or double sided satin and petersham ribbon for photo finished quality prints.
• Metallic Foil press printing that is done with a heat press and thermal transfer printing machines in a variety of beautiful metallic finishes on satin ribbons.
• Embroidery and hot vinyl press activities specifically related to our custom made to order car dealership bows.

Our Location

We physically see customers at our small showroom in Centurion, but we are available for online consultations for remote customers and often send samples of our work to new customers in other provinces to confirm the quality of our products before first time purchases.

All our products are shipped nationwide in South Africa, using a variety of courier partners and we offer the following shipping options that will suit every budget: We have partnered with The Courier Guy, SkyNet, BoB Box, RAM, Internet Express and Pargo.

Our Customer Base

Our current customer base for the B2B part of Ribbon Place consists of marketing, events, agencies and retail companies.  We also supply manufacturers in the fabric industry (clothing and linen) with labels for their products. Corporate companies such as medical, manufacturing in the food and beverage industry buy event and product promotional ribbon and lanyards from us. While MOQ’s do apply, it’s relatively small (starting at 100 meters).

Anyone can purchase from in the online shop as there is small quantities available with no minimum purchase requirements.

The online shop is aimed at anyone who wants ribbons shipped to them nationwide in South Africa.  Customers buy for wedding invites, décor and thank you gifts, birthdays and parties.  Small schools buy generic award ribbons and small retail companies stock some of my ribbon rolls.

View our digital catalogue here, or Contact Us to discuss your ribbon project today!