Adkow B.V.
Adkow B.V. is a Dutch technical trading and service firm that serves as exclusive Benelux representative for ten industrial equipment manufacturers serving printers, bookbinders, and packaging converters across the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1990
- HeadquartersWaardenburg, Netherlands
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Adkow B.V. does
Adkow B.V. is a privately-held Dutch technical trading and service company, founded in the 1990s and headquartered in Waardenburg, the Netherlands. The company operates as an exclusive Benelux representative for ten international manufacturers of industrial equipment used in the printing, bookbinding, and packaging industries — including KOLBUS, Meccanotecnica, Daetwyler SwissTec, Daetwyler Graphics, Gämmerler, Hell, Kaspar Walter, Bauer, Schepers, and Schmedt. Its product portfolio spans automatic casemakers, book sewing machines, perfect binders, brochure lines, boxmakers, rotary diecutters, post-press systems, laser engraving machines for cylinders, and cylinder handling/logistics equipment, complemented by a consumables line of doctor blades, blade chamber seals, cleaning products, and filters.
Adkow B.V. firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Adkow B.V.
- Legal name
- ADKOW B.V.
- Website
- https://adkow.nl
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1990
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Adkow B.V. is a Dutch technical trading and service firm that serves as exclusive Benelux representative for ten industrial equipment manufacturers serving printers, bookbinders, and packaging converters across the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where Adkow B.V. is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Waardenburg
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Adkow B.V. business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Machine Sales: Revenue from selling new production machines from represented manufacturers (KOLBUS, Meccanotecnica, Daetwyler, Gämmerler, Hell, Kaspar Walter, Bauer, Schepers, Schmedt) to printers, binders, and packaging companies in the Benelux.
- Spare Parts and Consumables: Sale of original machine parts and consumables (doctor blades, cleaning products, filters, blade chamber seals, blade protectors) for represented manufacturers.
- Technical Services: Service revenue including troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, project management, technical department support, machine overhauls, and machine relocations. Can include integration of service technicians into customer's shift-based fault service.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels4 records
Adkow B.V. product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Adkow B.V. is a technical trading and service company that acts as the exclusive Benelux representative for multiple international manufacturers of printing, bookbinding, and packaging machinery (KOLBUS, Meccanotecnica, Daetwyler SwissTec, Daetwyler Graphics, Gämmerler, Hell, Kaspar Walter, Bauer, Schepers, Schmedt). The company sells new production machines, original spare parts, and consumables (such as doctor blades), while providing in-house mechatronic technical services including 24/7 emergency response, preventive maintenance, machine overhauls, relocations, and project management.
Product overview
Adkow B.V. is a technical trading and service company serving the printing, binding, and packaging industries in the Netherlands and Belgium. The company represents multiple international manufacturers (Bauer, Daetwyler Graphics, Daetwyler SwissTec, Gämmerler, Hell, Kaspar Walter, KOLBUS, Meccanotecnica, Schepers, and Schmedt) offering a comprehensive portfolio of industrial machinery including printing cylinder production equipment (Bauer, Daetwyler, Hell, Kaspar Walter), bookbinding machines (Meccanotecnica, KOLBUS, Schmedt), post-press systems (Gämmerler), packaging machines (KOLBUS), and laser engraving systems (Schepers). Beyond equipment sales, Adkow provides technical services including 24/7 emergency response, preventive maintenance, machine revision, project management, and machine relocation. The company also supplies doctor blades and consumables through its Daetwyler SwissTec partnership.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- KOLBUS Bookbinding Machines (DA Series)
Quantifiable outcome
- One Meccanotecnica book sewing line has exceeded 600 million sewing stitches in operations
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use Adkow B.V.
Customer profileNamed customers20 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Adkow B.V. technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
Adkow B.V. partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.
- KOLBUSflagshipGerman company founded in 1771 in Rahden, operating approx. 350 employees. Develops and produces machines for both graphic and packaging industry. ADKOW is exclusive Benelux partner for sales, spare parts, and full service/maintenance of KOLBUS machines. In September 2025, ADKOW expanded to represent KOLBUS in Belgium as well.
- GRU B.V.flagshipPer February 1, 2019, Adkow B.V. and GRU B.V. merged their operations. GRU (Graphic Rotation Utilities), established in 1993, specialized in rotogravure and flexographic industry with machines, materials, and technical advice. The merger combined Adkow's bookbinding and printing services expertise with GRU's form preparation knowledge, operating under Adkow B.V. name from Waardenburg. Aad Groot continued his activities within Adkow.
- MeccanotecnicacoreItalian company near Bergamo, world's leading manufacturer of bookbinding machines including ASTER book sewing machines. ADKOW is responsible for machine sales in the Benelux, while maintenance and spare parts are coordinated by Aster Europe from Darmstadt, Germany.
- Daetwyler SwissTeccoreHeadquarters in Bleienbach, Switzerland. Trusted supplier of high-quality doctor blades (rakels) and consumables for every print application. ADKOW has been representing Daetwyler for many years and since April 1, 2023 holds the complete Benelux representation for doctor blades and consumables, previously divided between two representatives. ADKOW provides on-site technical support to printing press users.
- Daetwyler GraphicscoreBased in Oftringen, Switzerland, part of Heliograph Holding. Leading producer of cutting and polishing machines for surface processing of rotating cylinders. ADKOW is Benelux partner, handling sales of machines and parts as well as coordinating maintenance.
- IN-LOG | GÄMMERLERcorePart of Merten Gruppe. Leading supplier of postpress solutions for retail, commercial, book, and newspaper printers. IN-LOG was established in 2001 as the postpress division. ADKOW is Benelux partner handling sales of machines and parts, with their technicians also responsible for machine maintenance.
- Hell Gravure SystemscoreFounded in 1929 by inventor Rudolf Hell in Kiel, Germany. Expanded electromechanical engraving expertise with direct laser engraving of cylinders for rotogravure, embossing, and relief applications. Examples include Cellaxy direct laser engraving machine and PremiumSetter technology. ADKOW is Benelux partner selling machines and parts, coordinating maintenance and engraving head revision.
- Kaspar Walter (K. Walter)coreHeadquarters in Krailling near Munich, Germany. On approximately 10,000 square meters, about 70 employees design and manufacture state-of-the-art electroplating machines for rotogravure cylinder production. Also develops efficient process technologies and customized system integration solutions. Competence center for automation, galvanizing, and process development within Heliograph Holding. ADKOW is Benelux partner handling sales, parts, and maintenance coordination.
- BauercoreFounded in 1941 in Hohen Lockstedt, Germany, part of Heliograph Holding. Specialized in transport and storage solutions for printing cylinders. Developed automated cylinder logistics lines and connections between storage racks and rotogravure/flexo presses in close cooperation with automation specialist K. Walter. ADKOW is Benelux partner handling sales, parts, and maintenance coordination.
- Schepers Laser TechnologycoreLocated in Vreden near Winterswijk, Germany. Since 1991 focused on designing and developing laser engraving systems for cylinders in rotogravure, flexo, decorative, rotogravure pad printing, and embossing. Developer of the Digilas universal laser platform. ADKOW is Benelux partner handling sales, parts, and coordinating maintenance.
- SchmedtcoreFamily business from Hamburg, Germany, with over 140 years of experience. Supplier of high-quality machines and materials for hardcover book production in small print runs. ADKOW is dealer of Schmedt for the Benelux since April 2025, providing machines, tools, and consumables.
Scale indicators2 records
Recent moves5 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Adkow B.V. competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Heidelberger Druckmaschinen: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen is the world's largest manufacturer of printing presses and post-press equipment with operations across the entire graphic industry value chain. ADKOW represents several of its competitors and serves many of the same Benelux printers, but Heidelberg operates at vastly broader scale as a broad incumbent.
- BOBST: BOBST is a Swiss global leader in packaging machinery and services for the folding carton, corrugated, and flexible packaging industries. ADKOW represents KOLBUS Autobox and similar packaging machinery into overlapping corrugated/solid-board packaging customers, making BOBST a broad incumbent peer in ADKOW's packaging segment.
- Manroland Sheetfed: Manroland Sheetfed is a German manufacturer of sheetfed offset printing presses serving commercial printers worldwide. ADKOW's Gämmerler post-press equipment often sits behind presses like Manroland's in customer printshops, making it a broad incumbent peer in the same Benelux and European printer customer base.
Direct peers
- Tecnau: Tecnau is an Italy/Swiss-based manufacturer of paper-handling, cutting, and bookbinding equipment (including the Trendbinder system). Its bookbinding and post-press product overlap with Meccanotecnica and KOLBUS lines represented by ADKOW positions it as a direct comparable peer.
- Müller Martini: Müller Martini is a Swiss-based global leader in bookbinding, saddle-stitching, and post-press machinery for graphic and book industries. ADKOW represents multiple comparable OEMs serving the same printer/binder customer base with overlapping product categories, making Müller Martini a directly comparable benchmark for product/market relevance.
- Horizon International: Horizon is a Japanese/German bookbinding and post-press equipment manufacturer offering perfect binders, saddlestitchers, and folder-gluer systems. ADKOW represents competing bookbinding brands (Meccanotecnica, KOLBUS, Schmedt) into overlapping customer accounts, making Horizon a direct comparable for product overlap and customer profile.
- Petratto: Petratto is an Italian manufacturer of bookbinding and packaging machinery for small-to-medium print runs, with direct overlap to ADKOW's KOLBUS and Schmedt hardcover and book-on-demand product positioning. Its presence in the European bookbinder customer base makes it a direct peer for niche product relevance.
- CP Bourg: CP Bourg is a Belgium/France-based manufacturer of bookbinding, perfect binding, and print finishing equipment. With its Benelux footprint and bookbinding product overlap with KOLBUS and Meccanotecnica represented by ADKOW, CP Bourg is a direct comparable in both product and geography.
- Mark Andy: Mark Andy is a US-headquartered manufacturer of narrow-web flexo and digital label printing machinery with global service. While more label-focused than ADKOW's core, it serves a comparable packaging/printer customer base with similar service-intensive go-to-market, making it a relevant direct peer for the packaging machinery overlap.
- MBO (Heidelberg): MBO is a German folding machine manufacturer (now part of Heidelberg) specializing in buckle and combination folders for the graphic industry. It overlaps with ADKOW's brochure and post-press product lines into the same commercial print customers, making it a direct comparable for product/customer relevance.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Adkow B.V. leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Adkow B.V. funding detail
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Frequently asked questions about Adkow B.V.
What does Adkow B.V. do?
Adkow B.V. is a technical trading and service company that acts as the exclusive Benelux representative for multiple international manufacturers of printing, bookbinding, and packaging machinery (KOLBUS, Meccanotecnica, Daetwyler SwissTec, Daetwyler Graphics, Gämmerler, Hell, Kaspar Walter, Bauer, Schepers, Schmedt). The company sells new production machines, original spare parts, and consumables (such as doctor blades), while providing in-house mechatronic technical services including 24/7 emergency response, preventive maintenance, machine overhauls, relocations, and project management.
Is Adkow B.V. a public or private company?
Adkow B.V. is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Adkow B.V. founded?
Adkow B.V. was founded in 1990. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Adkow B.V. based?
Adkow B.V. is headquartered in Waardenburg, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Adkow B.V. make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Machine Sales are the primary driver. The others are spare Parts and Consumables and technical Services.
Who are Adkow B.V.'s main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, BOBST and Manroland Sheetfed. Direct peers are Tecnau, Müller Martini, Horizon International, Petratto, CP Bourg, Mark Andy and MBO (Heidelberg).
Does Adkow B.V. have an API?
No public API is recorded for Adkow B.V..