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  • Shipped to 35 countries across 6 continents
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  • Container loads on FOB & CIF terms
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Markets — Africa

Tombstones by the container.
Plot sets in one shade.

Memorial shops across the continent buy the same four things — uprights, covers, surrounds and plaques — and judge them on shade, lettering and whether the set still matches in ten years. All four come off one block run here.

Blank stock for local lettering Mixed containers Crated for a long road leg FOB or CIF your port Terms stated in writing

Twelve markets
across the continent.

Memorial shops, monument dealers and stone traders. What each usually orders is listed beside it.

  • South AfricaFull-cover tombstones, headstones, kerb surrounds
  • NigeriaTombstones, surrounds and plaques
  • GhanaTombstones and memorial plaques
  • KenyaHeadstones, plaques and markers
  • TanzaniaHeadstones and memorial plaques
  • UgandaGrave markers and plaques
  • EthiopiaMemorial plaques and markers
  • EgyptPlain markers, covers and plaques
  • MoroccoMarkers and plaques, French lettering
  • AlgeriaMarkers, covers and plaques
  • SenegalTombstones and plaques
  • Côte d'IvoirePlaques and grave markers

Four regions,
four habits.

The product is the same across the continent; what changes is the form it takes and how it is lettered.

Southern AfricaMemorial-ledFull-cover tombstones and headstones, usually in black granite with white or gold lettering. Blank stock moves fastest for shops that letter locally.
West AfricaUprights and plaquesUprights and plaques in black granite, usually lettered locally, with surrounds added as the family can afford them.
East AfricaSmaller sizesUprights and plaques, often smaller sizes, with blank stock moving fastest for shops that letter themselves.
North AfricaMarkers and coversPlain markers, covers and plaques with Arabic or French lettering, cut here or shipped blank.

A first container does not have to be one stone or one size. Uprights, covers and plaques travel in the same load, marked and listed separately, so a new buyer can test a range on one shipment instead of gambling on a single line.

Four lines,
one works.

Tombstones, covers, surrounds and plaques — all cut from the same block runs, so a whole plot stays one shade.

Granite tombstone with a polished upright and base Tombstones QuotedPer piece Uprights with bases, single and double, lettered or blank
Full cover granite tombstone over a grave with a headstone Full-cover tombstones QuotedPer set Cover slab over the grave with a headstone, the southern African standard
Granite kerb surround framing a grave plot Grave surrounds QuotedPer set Kerb sets, corner posts and infill for the plot
Engraved granite memorial plaque Plaques & lettering QuotedPer piece Name plates, church and civic plaques, blank or engraved

Eight steps,
nothing assumed.

Every piece is photographed before crating, and the crates are built for the road leg after the port — which on this market is often the longest part of the journey.

EnquirySizes, quantity, portQuotationFOB or CIF, in writingDrawingSigned before cuttingSampleShade approvedProductionCut, finished, letteredInspectionPhotographed piece by pieceCratingBuilt for a long road legShippingDocuments and loading photos
  1. 01EnquirySizes, quantity, port
  2. 02QuotationFOB or CIF, in writing
  3. 03DrawingSigned before cutting
  4. 04SampleShade approved
  5. 05ProductionCut, finished, lettered
  6. 06InspectionPhotographed piece by piece
  7. 07CratingBuilt for a long road leg
  8. 08ShippingDocuments and loading photos

Black carries
the whole trade.

Lettering reads on black better than on anything else, which is why most of this market orders it — with grey, brown and red for families who want something different.

Tombstones Absolute BlackWhite and gold lettering read at the greatest distance Premium Black GalaxyGolden speckle, popular on family memorials Volume Steel GreyEven grey for covers and surrounds Light stone Kashmir WhitePale headstones and plaques Warm Tan BrownRed-brown tombstones and covers Colour Imperial RedFeature panels and coloured memorials
Blank stockShapes polished and shipped blank for your own shop to letter — the fastest way for a memorial shop to hold inventory and price its own work.
Lettering hereOr we cut it: names, dates and emblems in English, French, Portuguese, Arabic or local scripts, proofed at full size.
Mixed containersUprights, covers, surrounds and plaques in one load, each marked and listed separately on the packing list.
CratingBuilt for handling at the port and on the road after it — faces boarded, arrises taped, crates weighed and numbered.
TermsFOB or CIF with unit rates, container quantity and lead time in writing. No rate changes after the proforma.
Repeat ordersBlock numbers and drawings kept on file, so a second container matches the first rather than merely resembling it.

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