Keith Michael · CEO · Lebone Litho Printers · Investing in Fujifilm

Keith Michael is the founder and owner of Lebone Litho in Johannesburg, and many sides to this story are surprising. First and foremost, what should one expect when driving through a city that has slums and the most beautiful buildings? We arrive at a street where it seems Lebone has taken over most of it. The facades are renovated, and when we arrive at the reception, you realize before even entering the company that Lebone is beyond most printing companies.

In the board room, we meet with Keith Michael – a fantastic personality whose background is in plastics, and you soon realize a person who has an eye for detail. No dust and no mess. Wherever we go in the large facility, his eyes are everywhere, and his people know it.

Lebone has about 600 employees and though we “only” visit Lebone Litho, the next door buildings have large format, multi-media, publishing, and across the street a super optimized production of exam papers, including scanning facilities to afterwards scan the submitted papers and deliver an electronic output – and I can go on – but we are at Lebone covering Fujifilm Jetpress S750 and some of Fujifilms highly acclaimed print bars, mounted on various printing and finishing machines.

Keith Michaels is obviously proud of what he has achieved for good reasons, and when listening to his personal story, everything becomes even more impressive, as he lived in a township before the end of apartheid.

Besides the continued growth of Lebone, Keith Michael is also giving back to his community, having donated to the construction of five churches.

We are impressed.