Druckerei Schmerbeck

What Druckerei Schmerbeck does

Druckerei Schmerbeck e.K. is a family-owned sole proprietorship operating a full-service printing and media house from a single site in Bad Säckingen, Germany, under management of the Schmerbeck family since 1974 with over 60 years of continuous operation. The firm offers an end-to-end print production stack including graphic design, prepress with continuous PDF workflow and ICC-based color management, high-definition offset printing using Agfa :Sublima 340 CtP plate imaging, digital color and black-and-white printing with quickprint and print-on-demand options, finishing services (die-cutting, creasing, embossing, bookbinding), personalization and lettershop/mailing services, and an in-house publishing imprint (Buchverlag 'Der Trompeter von Säckingen'). The company is ISO 12647-2 (ProcessStandard Offsetdruck / PSO) certified, one of only two printers in Germany certified with Agfa's Sublima 240 photorealistic raster technology, and the sole PSO-certified half-format operator in Southern Baden and Northern Switzerland. Customer segments include precision-industry enterprises (dental technology, pharmaceuticals, industrial fixtures), financial and municipal institutions, regional SMBs, and private individuals across the Germany–Switzerland cross-border corridor, with all sales executed directly via website, email, and in-person consultation under a quote-based pricing model. No external funding, no public listing, no disclosed headcount, and no revenue figures are available.

Name

Druckerei Schmerbeck

Legal name

Druckerei Schmerbeck e.K.

Website

https://druckerei-schmerbeck.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Druckerei Schmerbeck is a family-owned sole proprietorship in Bad Säckingen, Germany, offering ISO 12647-2-certified offset and digital printing, prepress, finishing, and mailing services to enterprise and private customers across Southern Baden and Northern 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 (323), Support Activities for Printing (323120)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Book Printing (2732), Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders & Bookbindg & Relatd Work (2780), Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF), Mailing, Inserting & Distribution Services (Addressing, Direct Mail, Kitting) (MPAJALAH)

Keywords

• Commercial offset printing
• Digital printing services
• Prepress graphic design
• Print finishing binding
• Mailingservice personalization

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Säckingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Offset Printing Services: Offset printing services including photorealistic offset printing as standard and optional extended color space printing. Serves both small and large print runs for private and business customers.
2. Digital Printing Services: Digital color and black-and-white printing, quickprint, and print-on-demand services for short runs and rapid turnaround.
3. Prepress and Graphic Design Services: Graphic design, advertising material creation, typesetting, database publishing for language servers, data and image processing, fine scans, and data management across multiple formats.
4. Finishing and Post-Press Services: Finishing services including die-cutting, creasing, embossing, and bookbinding, as well as personalization, lettershop, and mailing services.
5. Publishing: Publishing of Buch 'Der Trompeter von Säckingen' and artist cards featuring motifs from Bad Säckingen and surrounding area.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Druckerei Schmerbeck is a full-service printing house offering offset and digital printing, graphic design and prepress, finishing/binding, personalization, and mailing services, alongside its own book publishing imprint. It serves both private individuals and business customers with ISO 12647-2 PSO-certified photorealistic offset printing as a standard, utilizing Agfa :Sublima 340 high-definition CtP plate imaging and continuous PDF workflows with ICC color profiles. The company operates as a family-owned sole proprietorship in Bad Säckingen, providing end-to-end print production from data preparation through to finished mailings.

Product overview

Druckerei Schmerbeck ist ein klassisches Medienhaus und Grafikbetrieb mit über 60 Jahren Geschichte, spezialisiert auf Offsetdruck und Digitaldruck für private und geschäftliche Drucksachen. Das Leistungsspektrum umfasst Grafik-Design, Prepress/Druckvorstufe mit durchgängigem PDF-Workflow und ICC-Farbprofilen, Offsetdruck mit Agfa :Sublima 340 Feinstraster-Technologie, Digitaldruck (Quickprint, Print on Demand), Weiterverarbeitung (Stanz-, Rill-, Prägedruck, Buchbinderei) sowie Personalisierung und Mailingservice. Zusätzlich betreibt das Unternehmen einen eigenen Buchverlag mit dem Titel „Der Trompeter von Säckingen".

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Buchverlag "Der Trompeter von Säckingen": The company's own publishing imprint, producing books under the title "Der Trompeter von Säckingen" and artist cards featuring motifs from Bad Säckingen and the surrounding area.

Products and services

• Grafik-Design (Graphic Design)

Quantifiable outcome

• Photorealistic offset printing quality certified under ISO-12647-2 standards — results are reproducible across print runs, regardless of which machine or resolution was used for the original job.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 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

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Agfa (Agfa :Sublima 340 / Sublima 240)coreTechnology or IntegrationDruckerei Schmerbeck utilizes Agfa's Sublima 340 high-definition CtP plate imaging technology with fine screening, and achieved its ISO-12647-2 PSO certification using Agfa's Sublima 240 photorealistic raster technology. The company is one of only two printing operations in Germany certified with this technology. Agfa's workflow solutions such as ApogeeX are referenced in the company's industry articles.
• Fogra (Forschungsgemeinschaft Druck)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFogra, the German research association for printing technology, co-developed the ISO 12647-2 (PSO) standard and serves as one of the independent certifying bodies that evaluates and approves Druckerei Schmerbeck's PSO certification. Fogra's expertise underpins the entire PSO certification framework used by the company.
• Bundesverband Druck & Medien (State and National Associations)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe German Printing and Media Industries Federation (Bundesverband Druck & Medien) and its state associations co-developed the PSO standard and serve as the other independent certifying body for Druckerei Schmerbeck's ISO-12647-2 certification. The company was also supported by training specialists from the association's Stuttgart training facility during PSO implementation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Flyeralarm: One of Europe's largest online commercial printers, offering offset, digital, and large-format printing via a web-to-print platform. Competes with Druckerei Schmerbeck for the same business customers on standard commercial print jobs but at vastly greater scale and lower price points.
• Onlineprinters (diedruckerei.de): Large German online print platform offering offset and digital commercial printing across Europe. Comparable as a same-category competitor in offset/digital printing but serving customers at national/European scale via a web-to-print model versus Schmerbeck's consultative regional service.
• CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA: German photo and commercial printing group best known for CEWE PHOTOBOOK but also active in commercial printing and photo finishing. Comparable as a German printing operator with broader retail and consumer exposure; competes indirectly for offset/digital commercial print contracts.
• Saxoprint (Die SAXOPRINT GmbH): Online offset and digital printing platform based in Dresden, Germany, serving SMB and enterprise customers across Europe. Comparable as a same-category competitor but with an online/web-to-print go-to-market versus Schmerbeck's local consultative model.

Direct peers

• Druckerei C.H. Beck: German printing operation tied to the C.H. Beck legal publisher, providing offset book and commercial printing services. Comparable in offset printing technology and finishing/binding capabilities, though at significantly larger scale and tied to publishing.
• Druckhaus Waiblingen: Mid-sized family-owned German commercial offset printer with PSO certification, providing offset and digital printing plus finishing services. Closely comparable in scale, family ownership structure, regional German focus, and PSO-certified offset positioning.
• Bechtle Druck & Services: German regional commercial printer offering offset and digital printing, finishing, and mailing services to B2B customers. Comparable as a similarly sized mid-market regional German printer competing for the same commercial print accounts.
• Optimal Media (Glückstadt): German book and commercial printer offering offset printing, book production, and finishing services. Comparable in offset and book-related printing capabilities, though typically serving larger publishers and corporate accounts.

Others

• Agfa-Gevaert (Graphics segment): Supplier of the :Sublima 340 CtP technology and Sublima 240 raster technology used by Druckerei Schmerbeck, and a strategic technology partner. Adjacent, ecosystem-relevant comparison for the upstream print technology and workflow stack that Schmerbeck depends on for its quality differentiation.
• Fogra (Forschungsgemeinschaft Druck): German printing research association that co-developed the ISO 12647-2 / PSO standard and serves as an independent certifying body for Druckerei Schmerbeck. Adjacent, ecosystem-relevant comparison as the standards body whose framework underpins Schmerbeck's quality moat.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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