Geostick BV

What Geostick BV does

Geostick BV is a Dutch family-owned label printing company founded in 1924, headquartered in Uithoorn with production facilities in Uithoorn and Heumen and a specialized dangerous-goods sales unit in Rotterdam. The company designs and manufactures self-adhesive labels, specialized labels (dangerous goods, healthcare, RATAGS plastic labels for drums/IBCs, multi-layer booklet labels, tickets and tags), flexible packaging, and linerless labels, alongside the proprietary DGOffice compliance software for dangerous-goods documentation.

Production relies on a mix of Flexo (conventional), Indigo, and Inkjet (digital) printing technologies, consolidated in a dedicated Digital Printing Center (DPC) opened in 2020 in Uithoorn and built to BREEAM Outstanding standard. Geostick emphasizes color precision (Delta E<2), multilayer and embossed effects, silver-ink decoration, HP SmartStream Mosaic variable-design printing, and a stack of certifications covering ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FSSC 22000, ISO 26000, BS5609 Section 2, and EcoVadis Silver. Sustainability is operationalized through 3,214 solar panels generating 932,000 kWh/year and a backing-paper recycling partnership with Cycle4green and Lenzing.

The commercial model is a hybrid: direct enterprise sales for custom label and flexible packaging projects, a B2B webshop with KVK-validated accounts for standard products (free domestic shipping above EUR 250), a separate dangerous-goods webshop (gevaarsetiketten.com), recurring-revenue DGOffice software subscriptions, and hardware/print&apply system sales. The customer base spans ten verticals, including chemicals, healthcare, food & beverage, automotive, oil, paint, transport & logistics, retail, fresh produce, and home/personal care, with named Dutch and European enterprise users such as Barenbrug, Rymax, Eurol, MCPP, Marcel's Green Soap, Bottel Beer, Saus.Guru, Synerlogic, and BedrukteFles.

Name

Geostick BV

Legal name

Koninklijke Geostick B.V.

Website

https://geostick.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Geostick BV is a Dutch family-owned label printing company, founded in 1924 and headquartered in Uithoorn, producing self-adhesive labels, dangerous-goods labels, flexible packaging, and compliance software for European enterprise customers in chemicals, food, healthcare, automotive, and logistics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Label Manufacturing and Packaging

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Printing and Related Support Activities (3231), Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261)

SIC

Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650), Wholesale-Paper & Paper Products (5110)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty & Functional Labels (Linerless, RFID/NFC, Braille, Smart) (IMALAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Folding Carton & Paperboard Packaging Printing (IMALAKAH)

Keywords

• Self-adhesive labels
• Dangerous goods labels
• Flexible packaging
• Label printing
• RATAGS labels

Headquarters

HQ city

Uithoorn

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Label Solutions: Custom self-adhesive labels, flexible packaging, and specialized labels including healthcare labels, dangerous goods labels, RATAGS, and multi-layer labels tailored to customer specifications.
2. Standard Product Sales (Webshop): E-commerce sales of standard dangerous goods labels, blank shipping labels, linerless labels, and label printers with volume-based pricing. Orders over EUR 250 ship free.
3. Print and Labeling Solutions: Sale and supply of labeling systems, label printers, print & apply equipment, and supplies including accessories and consumables.
4. DGOffice Software: Software as a service for dangerous goods documentation with transport, handling, storage, and production modules. Modular structure customizable to customer needs, accessible online anywhere.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Geostick BV manufactures and supplies self-adhesive labels, specialty labels (RATAGS, dangerous goods, healthcare, multi-layer), flexible packaging, and tickets/tags for B2B customers across multiple industries. The company also offers print & labeling hardware systems and the DGOffice SaaS software for dangerous goods documentation. Production uses Flexo, Indigo, and Inkjet printing technologies, with color precision at Delta E less than 2.

Product overview

Geostick BV is a family-owned printing company established in 1924 offering a comprehensive portfolio of labeling and packaging solutions. The core offering includes self-adhesive labels (with customization in shape, size, colors, and encoding capabilities for barcodes/QR codes) and specialty labels such as RATAGS for challenging surfaces, dangerous goods labels compliant with ADR/RID regulations (Classes 1-9), healthcare labels, and multi-layer labels (twin, triple, booklet). The product line extends to blank/shipping labels, linerless labels for sustainability, flexible packaging, and print & labeling equipment (labeling systems, printers, print & apply). A complementary software product, DGOffice, provides dangerous goods documentation management for road, rail, sea, air, and inland waterways transport. The company operates production facilities in Uithoorn and Heumen, utilizing Flexo, Indigo, and Inkjet printing technologies, with a Digital Printing Center (DPC) for exclusive digital printing operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Self-adhesive labels

Quantifiable outcome

• Delta E-value of less than 2 for color precision
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered supporting.

• Cycle4greensupportingOthersPartner for backing paper recycling program. Backing paper (carrier/liner) is collected for reuse, reducing CO2 emissions, raw material use, and waste disposal costs.
• LenzingsupportingOthersPartner for backing paper recycling program. Lenzing participates in the sustainable reuse of label backing materials.
• KIDV (Knowledge Institute for Sustainable Packaging)supportingOthersKIDV approval for Aqualine labels for PE and PP packaging. Hot and cold washable labels that can be recycled. This approval makes labels eligible for lower waste management fee (tariff discount for packaging).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Leonhard Kurz: Leonhard Kurz is a German-based global specialist in hot-stamping foils, coating, and decorative finishing for labels and packaging. Comparable as a specialty finishing supplier into the label value chain that Geostick serves, though with broader industrial finishing scope.
• Avery Dennison: Avery Dennison is a global materials science leader for labels and packaging, with both pressure-sensitive label materials and converter operations. It is a broader incumbent whose label converter business overlaps directly with Geostick's self-adhesive and specialty label franchise, while also serving adjacent RFID/apparel markets.
• Constantia Flexibles: Constantia Flexibles is a major European flexible packaging producer with overlap into labels and folding cartons for FMCG and pharma customers. It serves the same brand-owner customers as Geostick but at substantially larger scale and a broader packaging portfolio.

Direct peers

• Multi-Color Corporation: Multi-Color Corporation (acquired by Platinum Equity in 2023) was a global label converter serving home & personal care, food & beverage, wine & spirits, and industrial customers — a comparable business model and customer mix to Geostick in self-adhesive and specialty labeling.
• Herma: Herma is a German self-adhesive label specialist (materials, printing, and labeling systems) with deep specialty expertise in pharma, food, and logistics applications. Its integrated materials-plus-printer offering mirrors Geostick's labels-plus-equipment model in a directly competitive European footprint.
• Skanem: Skanem is one of Europe's largest label converters (Norway-headquartered, multi-country production) supplying self-adhesive labels to FMCG, beverage, and personal care customers. Comparable to Geostick in multi-vertical specialty label printing, but with broader European geographic reach.
• Rako Etiketten: Rako Etiketten is a German self-adhesive label converter serving food, beverage, cosmetics, and industrial customers across Europe. Closely comparable to Geostick in mid-market European self-adhesive label printing with similar vertical exposure.
• CCL Industries: CCL Industries is the world's largest specialty label converter (CCL, CCL Healthcare, CCL Container), directly comparable to Geostick in serving consumer and regulated end-markets across multiple verticals — often cited as the global benchmark for multi-vertical label converters.

Regional players

• Bopack Group: Bopack is a Dutch label and flexible packaging converter with production in the Netherlands, overlapping directly with Geostick's Dutch customer base and label/packaging positioning in a smaller-scale regional competition.

Others

• Label Traxx: Label Traxx is an MIS/workflow software vendor for the label industry. Not a converter, but comparable to Geostick's DGOffice move into software — both push downstream from physical label production into digital workflow tools for label customers and converters.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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