Bloch

Name

Bloch

Legal name

Druckerei Bloch AG

Website

https://blo.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlesheim

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Printing Services: Offset and digital printing services for business cards, brochures, books, annual reports, advertising materials. One-time project-based with pricing varying by quantity and specifications.
2. Packaging: Development and production of packaging solutions including folding cartons for pharmaceuticals, counter displays, floor displays, and custom packaging in fine cardboard.
3. Consulting: Advisory services for print projects, from initial concept through final delivery, including design consultation and process planning.
4. Prepress and Personalization: Data preparation, layout, color management, scanning, retouching, and personalized printing from customer databases.
5. Storage Services: Warehouse storage for print materials not immediately needed, with delivery at specified times.
6. Transport and Logistics: Delivery services including in-house drivers delivering up to 30 shipments per tour, direct-to-recipient shipping, addressing, and mailing services.
7. Print Portal Management: Enterprise print portal for managing company-wide print materials, decentralized ordering, and inventory control.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bloch (Druckerei Bloch AG) is a Swiss family-owned printing and media services company offering a full range of commercial printing, packaging, pre-press, finishing, storage, transport, and consulting services. The company delivers offset, digital, and traditional letterpress printing, plus variable-data personalization and an enterprise print portal for multi-location customers. Subsidiary Gantenbein AG extends the offering into fine cardboard processing and pharmaceutical-grade folding cartons.

Product overview

Bloch (Druckerei Bloch AG) is a family-owned Swiss printing and media services company founded in 1932, now in its third generation under Thomas Bloch. The company offers a comprehensive suite of printing and finishing services organized around three main printing technologies: Offsetdruck (offset printing with 5-color and 4-color presses for large runs), Digitaldruck (digital printing for flexible, small-run personalized work), and Buchdruck (traditional letterpress for high-value products). Supporting services include Druckvorstufe & Personalisierung (pre-press with variable data personalization), Veredelung (finishing including embossing and foil stamping), Verpackungsentwicklung (packaging development through subsidiary Gantenbein AG), Einlagerungen (warehouse storage), Transport (logistics), Beratung (consulting), and the Druckportal (online portal for managing multi-location print orders). The company also offers Packaging services and serves the pharmaceutical industry with GMP-certified production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gantenbein AG: Subsidiary specializing in fine carton processing and packaging development, particularly known for pharmaceutical packaging such as folding cartons for tablets and tubes distributed globally.
• Druckportal

Products and services

• Offsetdruck (Offset Printing) Offset printing service for large print runs using modern 5-color and 4-color offset presses, producing high-quality print with sharp contours and color reproduction, with options for varnishes and special UV lacquer for partial embossing effects.
• Digitaldruck (Digital Printing) Digital printing service offering maximum flexibility with minimal setup time, producing formats from business cards to 320 x 700mm at near-offset quality, including personalization capabilities for variable data printing.
• Buchdruck (Letterpress/Book Printing) Traditional letterpress printing reviving classic printing craftsmanship, producing high-value products with distinctive optical and haptic qualities, from individual embossings to complete book production.
• Druckportal (Print Portal) Online self-service portal for managing print products across multiple locations, enabling decentralized ordering of standardized prints like business cards, inventory retrieval, and order approval workflows for larger organizations.
• Packaging Packaging services including folding cartons, counter and floor display stands, and custom packaging solutions produced in fine cardboard, with social engagement with regional disability organizations for assembly and finishing work.
• Beratung (Consulting) Advisory service from initial concept through final print approval, providing a dedicated personal contact to help realize customer ideas across the entire production process.
• Druckvorstufe & Personalisierung (Pre-press & Personalization) Pre-press services including professional scanning, retouching, image editing, and layout design. Personalization service enables variable data printing with customized text, images, colors, and language based on recipient profiles.
• Verpackungsentwicklung (Packaging Development) Specialized packaging development delivered through subsidiary Gantenbein AG, focusing on fine cardboard processing for pharmaceutical folding cartons (tablets and tubes distributed globally), display stands, and custom packaging solutions.
• Einlagerungen (Storage) Warehouse storage and inventory management services for excess print materials including books, brochures, and annual reports, with on-demand delivery at customer-specified times.
• Veredelung (Finishing) Post-press finishing services including cutting, folding, perforation, and binding with staples, glue, or wire, plus traditional letterpress embossing, blind stamping, and hot foil stamping.
• Transport (Delivery) Logistics and delivery services including quality control, packaging, and direct-to-recipient delivery, with in-house drivers delivering up to 30 shipments per tour and handling approximately 10,000 orders annually.

Quantifiable outcome

• Climate-neutral production with myclimate certification
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gantenbein AGcoreOthersGantenbein AG is part of the Bloch group and specializes in fine cardboard processing and packaging development. Located in Arlesheim, they have developed a strong reputation particularly in the pharmaceutical industry, producing folding cartons for tablets and tubes distributed globally.
• Regional Disability OrganizationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGantenbein AG engages regional disability organizations for assembly and packaging work, integrating people with disabilities into the value chain.
• Viscom (Schweizerischer Verband für visuelle Kommunikation)minorOthersSwiss Association for Visual Communication - leading employer and entrepreneur association of the graphic industry with approximately 750 member companies.
• AGIV (Arlesheimer Gewerbe- und Industrieverein)minorOthersLocal trade and industry association for Arlesheim.
• myclimatecoreOthersPartner since 2009 for climate-neutral printing services. myclimate is among the world's leading providers of voluntary climate protection measures.
• Wirtschaftskammer BasellandminorOthersUmbrella association for small and medium enterprises (KMU) from trade, commerce, services, and industry in Canton Baselland.
• Handelskammer beider BaselminorOthersLargest bicantonal economic association in northwestern Switzerland.
• Baselland TourismusminorOthersRoof organization for tourism service providers and local tourism associations promoting tourism in Baselbiet.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Landa Digital Printing: Israeli developer of Nanographic digital press technology targeting commercial offset-replacement print runs. Represents the disruptive technology direction that may eventually compete with Bloch's offset-led large-run book of business.

Broad incumbents

• Smurfit Kappa Group plc: Global paper-based packaging giant with corrugated, consumer, and pharma packaging divisions. Comparable on packaging production but serves a far larger, multi-region customer base than Bloch's pharmaceutical packaging niche.
• CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA: Major German printing and online-print platform with commercial, photo, and packaging divisions. Overlaps with Bloch on commercial offset/digital printing and packaging, but at substantially larger scale and with B2C plus B2B reach across Europe.
• Mondi plc: European-headquartered global paper and packaging business with significant folding-carton and pharma packaging exposure. Adjacent competitor to Gantenbein AG's pharmaceutical folding cartons at much larger integrated paper-to-packaging scale.
• Cimpress plc: Global web-to-print operator (parent of Vistaprint) specializing in customized print-on-demand for SMBs and enterprises. Competes with Bloch for multi-location enterprise print procurement and competes indirectly in digital and offset short-run work.
• Quad/Graphics, Inc. Large US-based commercial printing, marketing services, and media company serving enterprise clients globally. Overlaps with Bloch on commercial printing and enterprise print management but at significantly larger scale.
• Multi-Color Corporation: Global label and packaging converter serving consumer goods including pharma and food end markets. Overlaps with Bloch/Gantenbein AG's certified pharmaceutical and food-packaging focus but at much greater global scale.

Direct peers

• Stämpfli AG: Bern-based Swiss family-owned printer and publisher offering commercial printing, content, and communications services. Comparable as a similarly sized, multi-generation Swiss full-service print/media firm with B2B enterprise clients.
• Galledia Holding AG: Swiss full-service printing and media group with offset, digital, and packaging capabilities serving enterprise and publishing clients. Closely comparable to Bloch on geography (Switzerland), service breadth (concept-to-delivery), and mid-sized private ownership profile.

Others

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG: German manufacturer of offset and digital printing presses and related workflow software. Not a direct competitor, but the principal equipment supplier to commercial printers like Bloch and a key technology/ecosystem partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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