What Coldset Printing Partners does

Coldset Printing Partners is a Belgian B2B printing company founded in 2010 as a joint venture between the coldset printing operations of media groups Corelio and Concentra. Following the merger of Corelio and Concentra into Mediahuis, the company became a subsidiary of the Mediahuis group. It operates three production sites: its headquarters in Paal-Beringen (Belgium) equipped with KBA Commander and KBA Cortina presses, and two Netherlands units in Amsterdam (Mediahuis Nederland Drukkerij, 4 MAN Colorman presses) and Leeuwarden (Mediahuis Noord, 3 MAN Geoman presses). It self-describes as the largest newspaper printing company in Belgium, with stated daily capacity exceeding 500,000 newspapers, and references more than 100 enterprise customers across Belgium and the Netherlands.

The company's core offering is newspaper and magazine printing built around a proprietary waterless offset technology that eliminates moisture from the printing process. This approach is supported by KBA Cortina presses (2018/2019 vintage) capable of Nordic, Rheinisch, and Berliner formats up to 128 pages, with complementary KBA Commander presses for broader format coverage. The process is differentiated by environmental credentials — waterless printing reduces pollution and paper waste, supported by FSC Chain of Custody, ISO 14001 (since 2011), and Imprim'Vert (since 2018) certifications, plus roughly 50% on-site wind energy. Finishing (post-fold, mechanical inserting, trimming, heatset covers) and distribution preparation (stacking, palletizing, foil wrapping) extend the offering into an end-to-end service. A client portal at drukcentrum.be enables self-service order and file submission.

The business model is a transaction-fee, quote-based B2B service. Pricing is customized per project based on paper, format, page count, finishing options, and quantity, with a stated 48-hour quote response time. Revenue is generated per print job with no subscription or recurring component. Customers are primarily enterprise newspaper and magazine publishers (including De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, Telegraaf, De Limburger) plus nonprofit (Wablieft) and corporate clients producing internal communications. Go-to-market is sales-led via direct relationships and a request-a-quote funnel, supplemented by facility visits, content marketing (blog), and earned-media positioning around INCQC international color quality awards and Trends Gazelle recognition.

Name

Coldset Printing Partners

Legal name

Coldset Printing Partners

Website

https://coldsetprintingpartners.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Coldset Printing Partners is a Belgian B2B coldset printing company specializing in newspaper and magazine production using proprietary waterless printing technology. It serves Belgian and Dutch publishers from three production sites as Belgium's largest newspaper printer.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Printing and Related Support Activities (323), Printing and Related Support Activities (3231)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Book Printing (2732)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial & Offset Printing (Sheetfed/Web) (MPAJALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Coldset printing services
• Newspaper printing
• Magazine printing
• Waterless offset printing
• Commercial printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Paal

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Printing Services: One-time transaction-based printing services for newspapers and magazines. Revenue generated per print job based on specifications including paper type, format, page count, finishing options, and quantity. No recurring subscription revenue model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Coldset Printing Partners is a B2B printing services company that produces high-volume newspapers and magazines using proprietary waterless offset printing technology. The company operates three production sites across Belgium (Paal-Beringen) and the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Leeuwarden), printing more than 500,000 newspapers per night for enterprise publishers such as Het Belang van Limburg, Gazet van Antwerpen, De Standaard, and Het Nieuwsblad. Service scope spans prepress file conversion, printing in Nordic/Rheinisch/Berliner formats, finishing (post-fold, inserting, trimming, heatset covers), and distribution preparation.

Product overview

Coldset Printing Partners operates as a B2B printing service provider offering two core products: newspaper printing and magazine printing. Both products are produced using the company's proprietary waterless printing technology, which distinguishes it from conventional offset printing by eliminating water/moisture from the process. The company provides end-to-end services encompassing prepress, printing on KBA and MAN presses, finishing (post-fold, inserting, trimming, heatset covers), and distribution. A client portal enables customers to manage orders. The company operates from three production sites in Paal-Beringen (Belgium), Amsterdam, and Leeuwarden (Netherlands).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Newspaper Printing Coldset printing of newspapers in Nordic, Rheinisch, and Berliner formats for major Belgian and Dutch publications, including Het Belang van Limburg, Gazet van Antwerpen, De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, De Limburger, Telegraaf, De Gentenaar, and Wablieft, with daily capacity exceeding 500,000 copies.
• Magazine Printing Coldset printing of magazines for companies and institutions, supporting internal publications, lookbooks, product catalogs, and promotional materials in various trim sizes.
• Finishing Services Post-fold, mechanical inserting of up to three products, trimming, heatset cover application, and memo stick insertion for newspapers and magazines.
• Distribution Preparation Services Stacking per specified quantity with under-sheets, binding rope, automatic palletizing with labels, and foil wrapping with cardboard or wooden protection for transport preparation of printed newspapers and magazines.
• Client Portal Online portal at drukcentrum.be/portal that enables customers to manage print orders and submit print-ready files for newspaper and magazine production.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500,000+ newspapers printed daily
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship.

• CorelioflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Co-founding joint venture partner. Corelio, a Belgian media group, partnered with Concentra to establish Coldset Printing Partners in 2010 as the largest newspaper printing company in Belgium.
• ConcentraflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Co-founding joint venture partner. Concentra, a Belgian media group, partnered with Corelio to establish Coldset Printing Partners in 2010 as the largest newspaper printing company in Belgium.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Erpe Group: Belgian commercial offset printer focused on books, magazines, and catalogs. Competes with Coldset for Belgian and Benelux publisher contracts, especially in the magazine and corporate print segment.
• Graphius: Belgian printing group with strong book and magazine printing operations. Directly comparable as a Benelux print services provider serving publishers with similar coldset/offset capabilities.
• Roto Smeets: Dutch newspaper and commercial printing company with deep roots in offset newspaper production. Most direct geographic and product peer to Coldset, operating web offset presses for major Dutch publishers.
• Drukkerij Tielen: Dutch commercial and newspaper printer serving publishers in the Netherlands. Directly comparable Benelux peer with overlapping newspaper and magazine printing capabilities.
• Kröger Druck: German newspaper printing company with comparable coldset offset operations serving major German newspaper publishers. Functional peer despite operating in a different national market.
• Scan Sverige: Swedish newspaper printing company operating large-scale coldset web offset presses. Direct functional peer despite Nordic regional focus, demonstrating the same scale-driven, sustainability-certified newspaper printing model.

Broad incumbents

• Bertelsmann Printing Group (Arvato): Global printing services arm of Bertelsmann with broad offset, digital, and magazine printing capabilities. Larger incumbent with overlapping Benelux and European publisher relationships but a much wider service portfolio.
• Cimpress (Vistaprint): Global mass-customization printing platform serving small business marketing and printing needs. Broad incumbent in commercial print with overlapping capabilities but fundamentally different customer base and business model than Coldset.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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