Engelberg print

What Engelberg print does

Engelberger Druck AG is a Swiss family-owned commercial printing company founded in 1896 and headquartered in Stans, canton Nidwalden. The company operates a full-service print production facility spanning offset and digital printing, finishing, prepress, logistics, and distribution. Its core technology stack includes Heidelberg Speedmaster offset presses — including the first LED-UV offset press installed in Switzerland in 2017, plus the new XL 106-8-P+LX3 installed in 2024 — alongside Xerox digital presses (Xerox Iridesse for six-color printing with metallic, gold, silver, white, and varnish effects, and Xerox Versant 4100 with automated quality control). Production capacity covers both high-volume offset runs and short-run, personalized digital work, with in-house finishing on a Stahlfolder KH 82-P PFX folder and a POLAR N 137 AT HD cutting system.

The company serves three primary customer groups: (1) businesses and organizations across German-speaking Switzerland needing business stationery, brochures, catalogs, books, marketing materials, and personalized communications; (2) individuals ordering cards and printed materials for life events such as weddings, births, and memorials; and (3) regional advertisers placing inserts in the company's own weekly Unterwaldner magazine distributed to households in Ob- and Nidwalden. Its go-to-market is primarily direct field sales supported by a small in-house sales team (Head of Sales & Marketing, Project Leader & Sales Consultant, and Customer Advisors), complemented by a 24-hour online ordering portal for repeat products and a proprietary delivery fleet.

Revenue is generated on a quote-based, project-by-project basis with net 30-day billing terms; no public pricing is disclosed. The company has remained under family control through multiple generations and is currently led by CEO Edi Engelberger Jr. (since 2009), with Edi Engelberger Sr. as Chairman of the Board. Operating subsidiaries include Unterwaldner (regional advertising magazine, acquired 2006), Aktiv Verlag (sports book publishing, acquired 2006), and the Digitaldruck division (Xerox-certified, founded 2001). The company has won multiple Swiss Print Awards annually since 2017, including gold, silver, and bronze recognition across 2018–2024, and celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2024.

Name

Engelberg print

Legal name

Engelberger Druck AG

Website

https://engelbergerdruck.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1896

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Engelberger Druck AG is a Swiss family-owned commercial printing company founded in 1896, based in Stans, operating offset and digital printing presses (Heidelberg, Xerox) to serve businesses, individuals, and regional advertisers across German-speaking Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Books Printing (323117), Printing and Related Support Activities (3231)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Printing (Short-Run, Variable Data) (MPAJALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF)

Keywords

• Offset printing services
• Digital printing services
• Print finishing services
• Commercial print production
• Prepress and publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Stans

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Offset Printing Services: Traditional offset printing services including business stationery, brochures, catalogs, books, prospectuses, flyers, personalized prints, memorial prints, cards, and advertising materials. Offset printing is a core capability with multiple Heidelberg Speedmaster presses including LED-UV technology.
2. Digital Printing Services: Digital printing services including small runs, personalized/addressed prints, and on-demand printing. The company operates dedicated digital print facilities with Xerox Iridesse and Xerox Versant 4100 presses. Services include specialized metallic effects (gold, silver, white) and varnish coatings.
3. Print Finishing and Processing: Further processing services including cutting, creasing, folding, die-cutting, embossing, drilling, perforating, block and adhesive binding, stitching, laminating, adhesive binding, spiral binding, and numbering.
4. Logistics and Delivery Services: Spedition, delivery, and pickup services for printed products. The company operates its own logistics with dedicated vehicles for regional and national deliveries.
5. Publishing (Unterwaldner Magazine): The company publishes and distributes the Unterwaldner magazine, a regional advertising magazine for Obwalden and Nidwalden, distributed weekly to mailboxes and available online.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Engelberger Druck AG operates a full-service commercial printing facility in Stans, Switzerland, producing offset and digital print materials including business stationery, brochures, catalogs, books, flyers, personalized prints, memorial cards, and advertising media. The workflow spans in-house data preparation/prepress, offset and digital printing on Heidelberg and Xerox presses, post-press finishing (folding, cutting, binding), and logistics including own-fleet delivery and a 24-hour self-service online ordering portal. The company also publishes the regional Unterwaldner advertising magazine covering Obwalden and Nidwalden.

Product overview

Engelberger Druck AG operates as a full-service printing company in Stans, Switzerland, offering both offset and digital printing services. The core offerings include the Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-8-P+LX3 and Speedmaster SX52-4 for offset printing, and two digital presses (Xerox Iridesse and Xerox Versant 4100 Press) for smaller runs and personalized work. Their product portfolio spans business stationery, brochures, catalogs, books, prospectuses, personalized materials, memorial printing, cards, and advertising materials. They also publish the Unterwaldner regional magazine. Services include premedia, finishing, logistics, and a 24-hour online ordering portal. The company positions itself as a comprehensive print partner for the Central Switzerland region, serving businesses, institutions, and individuals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Digitaldruck: Digital printing division offering personalized printing, six-color printing with metallic effects, and short-run production using Xerox Iridesse and Xerox Versant 4100 Press machines
• Unterwaldner
• Aktiv Verlag

Products and services

• Offset printing (Offsetdruck) High-volume offset printing of brochures, magazines, books, business stationery, annual reports and catalogs on Heidelberg Speedmaster presses with LED-UV drying; serves regional corporate customers, agencies, and publishers across German-speaking Switzerland.
• Digital printing (Digitaldruck) Small-run and on-demand digital printing on Xerox Iridesse (6-color with metallic, clear, white, gold and silver specialty inks) and Versant 4100 presses; serves customers needing personalization, variable data, short print runs, fast turnaround and premium metallic effects.
• Print finishing (Weiterverarbeitung) Post-press finishing services including folding, cutting, perforating, scoring and binding using Stahlfolder and POLAR systems, with additional options such as Hotmelt, Stanzen, Wasserlack and Banderolenkavermontierung.
• Prepress / Media preparation (Medienvorstufe) Data preparation, file checking, color management, plate output and PDF preflight services using Adobe Creative Cloud and callas pdfToolbox 11, supporting both customers' supplied files and the company's own Unterwaldner editorial pipeline.
• Editing and proofreading (Lektorat und Korrektorat) Standalone proofreading service for newspapers, magazines, trade publications, association periodicals and corporate documents; provides linguistic and orthographic correction as a paid offering separate from print production.
• myengelberg.ch online ordering portal 24/7 self-service web portal where registered business customers can place and manage recurring print jobs, with backend ERP integration into the company's production, logistics and quality-control workflow.
• Delivery, pickup and shipping (Spedition, Liefer- und Abholservice) Distribution service using the company's own delivery fleet for regional drops (within a one-hour radius of Stans), scheduled in-house pickup at the Stans site, and a logistics partnership with Spiegel Printmedien AG for end-product distribution.
• Unterwaldner advertising magazine Regional advertising and news magazine covering the cantons of Obwalden and Nidwalden; sold to advertisers as a paid media product and distributed to households across Central Switzerland.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reachable within one hour from most of German-speaking Switzerland

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• XeroxcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Engelberger Druck AG operates Xerox-certified digital printing equipment including the Xerox Iridesse (six-color press with metallic, gold, silver, white, and varnish capabilities) and the Xerox Versant 4100 Press. Staff are Xerox-certified professionals. The Xerox Iridesse was launched in 2019. The company leverages Xerox technology as a core differentiator in digital printing services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Druckerei Bloch AG: Swiss printing company with offset, digital, and finishing capabilities serving a comparable Swiss regional B2B and B2C client base.
• Hayoz Druck AG: Swiss regional printing company in Fribourg. Comparable in combining offset and digital print with finishing for Swiss regional businesses and institutions.
• Galledia Print AG: Swiss regional printing company headquartered in St. Gallen. Closely comparable in offering offset and digital printing, finishing, and publishing services to Swiss business customers.
• Druckerei Odermatt AG: Printing company based in Dallenwil, Nidwalden — the same canton as Engelberger Druck. Direct regional competitor for offset, digital, and finishing services to central Swiss SMBs and individuals.
• Caladruck AG: Swiss printing company offering commercial print, finishing, and related services to Swiss regional customers — directly comparable service profile and scale.
• Druckzentrum Zürich AG: Zurich-based Swiss commercial printing operation with offset and digital presses plus finishing — comparable in scale and offering to Engelberger, competing for the wider German-speaking Switzerland client base.
• Bruhin Druck AG: Swiss mid-market printing company based in Bäch near Rapperswil. Comparable in offering offset, digital, finishing, and regional Swiss commercial print services to similar customer profiles.

Broad incumbents

• Stämpfli AG: Long-established Bern-based Swiss printing and communications group. Larger and broader in scope (publishing, marketing services, digital), but overlaps materially with Engelberger on commercial print and finishing.
• Baumer AG: Swiss printing and packaging group headquartered in Frauenfeld. Comparable on industrial offset and digital printing scale, with a broader national and European footprint than Engelberger.
• Onlineprinters (CPM Group): Pan-European online commercial printing platform with Swiss operations. Competes on price and self-service ordering for standard print products, pressuring local Swiss printers' lower-value run work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/madeinnidwalden
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/engelberger-druck-ag
• Instagraminstagram.com/engelberger_druck

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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