Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck

What Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck does

Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck GmbH is a German specialty printing company headquartered in Versmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, with brand heritage tracing to 1828. The firm operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the family-owned H.O.PERSIEHL-Gruppe and is led by Managing Director Stefan Klinksiek. Its offering is built around four printing processes — sheet-fed offset, roll label, screen, and digital — combined with an extensive suite of finishing services including scented lacquers, lenticular 3D effects, doming, thermoforming, foiling, embossing, and specialty coatings. The company frames its proposition as "sensory printing," producing point-of-sale displays, premium packaging, labels, and promotional materials that engage touch, smell, and visual perception.

The company sells to consumer goods manufacturers, publishers, and retail/brand marketing organizations primarily in Germany, using a quote-based direct-sales model staffed by dedicated product specialists. It maintains separate sub-brand web properties for roll labels, lenticular products, finishing services, and POS products, and holds ISO 9001 quality management and FSSC 22000 food safety certifications. The production workflow runs in-house from prepress through to logistics.

In 2024 Kolbe-Coloco committed €1.5 million to a new digital printing machine and began construction of a dedicated hygiene production area to serve food-industry customers, indicating active capacity and vertical buildout. The company employs 101-250 staff, has not raised external funding, and is wholly owned by H.O.PERSIEHL-Gruppe. No revenue has been disclosed.

Name

Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck

Legal name

Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck GmbH

Website

https://kolbe-coloco.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1828

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck is a German specialty printer in Versmold combining sheet-fed offset, roll label, screen, and digital printing with advanced finishing (scent, lenticular, doming, thermoforming). It serves consumer goods, publishing, and retail/brand marketing clients under H.O.PERSIEHL-Gruppe ownership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Commercial Printing

NAICS

Printing and Related Support Activities (323), Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing (322212), Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing (322219)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650), Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Contaners/Boxes) (2670)

akta.pro primary industry

Folding Carton & Paperboard Packaging Printing (IMALAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Prepress, Plate-Making & Artwork Services (IMALAKAM), Specialty Paper Packaging (Gift Boxes, Luxury Cartons, Composite Paper Cans) (IMALACAI)

Keywords

• Specialty commercial printing
• Point of sale displays
• Roll label printing
• Print finishing services
• Lenticular printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Versmold

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Specialty Printing Services: One-time custom printing orders for specialty printed materials including Point of Sale items, labels, promotional products, and packaging. Orders are quote-based and tailored to customer specifications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck is a German specialty printing company that produces custom, sensory marketing and packaging materials for business customers. It combines four core printing processes (sheet-fed offset, roll label, screen, and digital printing) with advanced finishing techniques such as specialty lacquers, lamination, foiling, embossing, Doming, lenticular printing, and thermoforming. Its product portfolio spans point-of-sale displays, stickers, roll labels, multi-layer labels, packaging, magnets, and interactive cards for consumer-goods manufacturers, publishers, and retail/marketing clients.

Product overview

Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck is a specialized printing company offering four core printing technologies: Bogenoffsetdruck (sheet-fed offset), Rollenetikettendruck (roll label printing), Siebdruck (screen printing), and Digitaldruck (digital printing). The company operates as a unified full-service printing operation with extensive finishing services including Lacke (lacquers), Duftlack (scent lacquer), Kaschierung (lamination), Effektfarben (effect colors), Prägung (embossing/foil stamping), Doming, and Tiefziehen (thermoforming). Their specialty product portfolio includes Lenticular products with 3D and animation effects, Ad Specials, stickers, POS displays, multi-layer labels, floor graphics, packaging, magnets, and interactive cards (Twistcard, Change-Card, Rubbelkarten). They work with materials including paper, cardboard, plastic, metallic foils, lenticular materials, and specialty substrates like Easy Dot and YupoTako adhesion films. The company recently invested 1.5 million euros in new digital printing capabilities and operates dedicated domain sites for roll labels (kolbe-rollenetiketten.de), lenticular products (kolbe-lenticular.de), finishing services (kolbe-druckveredelung.de), and POS products (kolbe-pos.de).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• kolbe-rollenetiketten.de: Specialized in roll labels printing
• kolbe-lenticular.de
• kolbe-druckveredelung.de
• kolbe-pos.de

Products and services

• Bogenoffsetdruck (Sheet-Fed Offset Printing) Traditional sheet-fed offset printing service for high-volume commercial printing applications, used as a core production process for marketing and packaging materials.
• Rollenetikettendruck (Roll Label Printing) Rotary label printing for roll-form labels used on bottles, cans, and packaging, including digital roll printing capabilities, marketed through a dedicated sub-brand site.
• Siebdruck (Screen Printing) Screen printing service for special effects including Braille, textures, and specialty coatings applied through a mesh-based process.
• Digitaldruck (Digital Printing) Digital printing technology for small to medium runs, personalized products, and quick turnaround, expanded with a €1.5 million newly invested digital press in 2024.
• Lenticular Products Lenticular printed products with 3D depth, flip-motion, zoom, morphing, and animation effects for eye-catching displays and cards, marketed through a dedicated sub-brand site.
• Druckveredelung (Print Finishing) Combined print finishing service covering lacquers, lamination, foiling, embossing, Doming, effect colors, and thermoforming, marketed through a dedicated sub-brand site.
• Point-of-Sale (POS) Products Point-of-sale displays, shelf stoppers, wobblers, counter displays, and promotional display materials marketed through a dedicated sub-brand site.
• Aufkleber (Stickers/Labels) Adhesive stickers, window stickers, floor graphics, metallic stickers, and specialty-material stickers for marketing and packaging use.
• Rollenetiketten (Roll Labels) Roll-form labels for bottles, cans, and packaging with various finishes including digital printing, foil stamping, and specialty coatings.
• Mehrlagige Etiketten (Multi-layer Labels) Booklet labels, sandwich labels, and peel-off labels with hidden information for packaging and promotional use.
• Verpackungen (Packaging) Folding cartons, transparent packaging, and decorated containers for consumer-goods and promotional use.
• Fußbodenaufkleber (Floor Stickers) Floor graphics for indoor and outdoor use on tiles, wood, carpet, and other surfaces for point-of-sale marketing.
• Deckenhänger (Ceiling Hangers) Suspended promotional materials for in-store advertising and attention-drawing displays.
• Magnete (Magnets) Printed magnets including 3D magnets with Doming finish, available in various strengths and formats.
• Rubbelkarten (Scratch Cards) Scratch-off cards for sweepstakes, couponing, promotions, and security features with various colored scratch coatings.
• Interaktive Karten (Interactive Cards) Interactive promotional cards including Twistcard (rotating product views), Change-Card (intelligent folding), Datenschieber (rotating data disclosure), and Sandwich cards with detachable overlays.
• 3D-Aufsteller (3D Displays) Deep-drawn plastic displays showing products in their actual 3D form for retail impact, produced via thermoforming.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Onlineprinters GmbH: Germany-based online commercial printer for B2B standardized print products (folding cartons, flyers, labels) — contrasts with Kolbe-Coloco via volume/automation model but competes for mid-sized brand marketing print orders.

Broad incumbents

• Constantia Flexibles: Austrian-headquartered flexible packaging and label group serving consumer goods with printed packaging — comparable buyer-side customer base in FMCG and food, with broader substrate and geographic reach.
• CCL Industries (now Aperture): World's largest specialty label company with healthcare, consumer, and electronics label businesses — provides the global scale benchmark for roll-label printing against which Kolbe-Coloco competes in regional roll-label work.
• Multi-Color Corporation: Global premium label solutions provider serving FMCG, wine & spirits, and personal care — comparable in premium label positioning and finishing-heavy mix, though operating at far greater international scale.

Direct peers

• Edelmann Group: German premium packaging and finishing printer offering folding cartons, labels, and luxury packaging with extensive print finishing — closest direct competitor in German high-end packaging printing with sensory finishing capabilities.
• Bauer Genuß- und Druckartikel GmbH (Albert Bauer): Major German specialty packaging printer producing gift cartons, folding boxes and premium print for confectionery/cosmetics — directly comparable in luxury paperboard packaging printing and finishing for consumer goods brands.
• Druckhaus Waiblingen: Southern German commercial printer specializing in folding cartons, labels, and print finishing — comparable mid-sized German printer serving consumer-goods brand owners with similar finishing-led value proposition.
• Anton H. Köster GmbH & Co. KG: German printing company focused on point-of-sale displays, packaging, and promotional print with finishing capabilities — direct overlap in POS display and branded promotional print for retail marketing.
• Nölken GmbH: German specialty label printer (self-adhesive labels, in-mould labels, shrink sleeves) serving cosmetics and FMCG — directly comparable roll-label printing capability with specialty finishing for personal-care and consumer-goods customers.

Others

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG: Global supplier of printing equipment and consumables to commercial printers including Kolbe-Coloco — not a direct competitor but a key supplier/adjacent enabler of the German specialty print ecosystem Kolbe-Coloco operates in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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