History
On the 4th July 2005 (Graham Sycamore’s Independence Day) Norman and Christine Jones took over ownership of Sycamore Print.
Norman had been Production Manager at Sycamores since 1997 and has been in the printing trade for many years before that, first completing a Bookbinding Apprenticeship after leaving school, and then later completing a Sheet Fed Printing Apprenticeship with Trade and Advanced Trade Certificates. Christine has come from an accounting and administrative background and has also gained a good knowledge of the printing trade having had several months training as a Typesetter before the changeover.
We consider ourselves privileged to be just the third owners of this well established and respected Printing Company, one of Invercargill’s oldest dating back to 1928.
We have a highly qualified and much valued staff of 12 and continue to give the public friendly, efficient service that Sycamore Print has been known for.
Our 5 presses are all Heidelbergs, well known to have reliability second to none, although the majority of our work is offset we have maintained our letterpress department allowing us to offer a complete service to clients. We also have a new Xerox digital printer which has become more and more utilized due to it's outstanding capabilities, Xerox have proven to be the perfect compliment to the Heidelbergs and allow us to work efficiently and offer our customers the most cost effective solutions for their printing needs.
The Beginning of Sycamore Print
This company dates back to 1928 when Mr R.H. Waddell started printing in a spare room in his Melbourne Street house. He had recently emigrated from Belfast where he had been a printer since 1885.
Mr Waddell moved to Liffey Street in the 1930s, operating from a shed at the rear of the family home. The present company was formed in 1946 when R.H. Waddell and his son, John, purchased the old established Invercargill printing company of Lyon Brothers. The Waddells moved to the Lyons' factory at 6 Tay Street and formed a new company, R.H. Waddell and sons Ltd.
Graham Sycamore joined John Waddell in 1966 and the firm changed to Waddell and Sycamore Ltd. They moved to the present site in 1968 and became Sycamore Print Ltd in 1974.
A change to offset printing in the 1970s began a rapid growth phase and the company has continued to maintain modern production facilities, utilising state of the art technology.
In recent years the company has expanded its operations and regularly services clients throughout New Zealand and Australia.
