Ladegast GmbH

What Ladegast GmbH does

Ladegast GmbH, doing business as Druckerei Ladegast, is a German pharmaceutical packaging specialist headquartered in Reichenau, Baden, Germany. The company operates with approximately 15 employees and focuses on the production of serialized and coded folding boxes for pharmaceutical manufacturers, supporting international standards including Krypto-Code and Code 128c formats across European, Chinese, and Korean regulatory regimes. Its go-to-market is B2B enterprise field sales targeted at pharma manufacturers with multi-jurisdictional serialization compliance requirements.

The company's core product is serialized pharmaceutical folding boxes, complemented by ImageCompare, a proprietary inspection software product for quality control in pharma packaging operations (distributed via the standalone imagecompare.de domain). The technology stack centers on printing and coding machinery integrated with the in-house ImageCompare software for inline quality verification. Ladegast markets both products through a bilingual German/English website and direct enterprise sales rather than through third-party distributors or resellers.

Ladegast's revenue model is a hybrid: one-time printing/license revenue from serialized folding box production services, combined with a recurring subscription component from the ImageCompare software product. Both are sold directly to pharmaceutical manufacturers. No pricing is publicly disclosed, no customer logos are available, and the company has no disclosed funding events, no acquisitions, and no public ownership signals — consistent with a founder-owned, bootstrapped German Mittelstand specialist.

Name

Ladegast GmbH

Legal name

Ladegast GmbH

Website

https://ladegast.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ladegast GmbH is a German pharmaceutical packaging specialist that prints serialized and coded folding boxes for pharma manufacturers across Europe, China, and Korea, and sells the ImageCompare inspection software for quality control.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Pharmaceutical Packaging Printing: Printing services for pharmaceutical folding boxes with serialization and coding capabilities for regulatory compliance across international markets.
2. ImageCompare Software: Inspection software product for pharmaceutical packaging quality control.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Ladegast GmbH is a pharmaceutical packaging specialist that prints serialized and coded folding boxes (Faltschachteln) in compliance with international standards, including Krypto-Code and Code 128c formats, for pharmaceutical manufacturers targeting Europe, China, and Korea markets. In addition to its printing services, the company develops and sells ImageCompare, a proprietary inspection software for quality control in pharmaceutical packaging operations.

Product overview

Ladegast GmbH is a pharmaceutical packaging specialist offering serialized and coded folding boxes for the pharma industry, supporting international standards for Europe, China, and Korea markets. The company also develops ImageCompare, an inspection software product for quality control in pharmaceutical packaging operations. The portfolio consists of core pharma packaging services (serialization/coding of folding boxes) combined with proprietary inspection software tooling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Serialized and Coded Folding Boxes (Serialisierte / codierte Faltschachteln) Pharmaceutical folding boxes serialized and coded according to international standards, including Krypto-Code and Code 128c formats, for compliance in markets such as Europe, China, and Korea. Targeted at pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• ImageCompare Inspection software for quality control in pharmaceutical packaging operations, developed and sold by Ladegast as a specialized product for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Recent moves3 records

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Direct peers

• Rondo AG: Swiss pharmaceutical packaging specialist offering folding cartons, leaflets, and serialization services for global pharma manufacturers. Comparable niche positioning and serialized packaging offering for the same regulatory use cases.
• Knauer Druck: German pharmaceutical printer producing folding cartons, leaflets, and labels for pharma manufacturers. Overlapping product category (pharma folding boxes) and similar European customer base.
• August Faller Group: German pharmaceutical secondary packaging manufacturer producing folding cartons, leaflets, and labels for pharma customers. Closely comparable product offering (secondary pharma cartons) and customer base, with broader scale.
• Schreiner Group: German-headquartered specialist in functional labels and serialization solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. Directly comparable as a pharma-focused label/coding specialist serving similar regulatory-driven use cases in Europe and beyond.
• Edelmann Group: German-based packaging manufacturer with a strong pharmaceutical packaging portfolio including folding cartons and serialized solutions. Comparable product mix, customer type, and European market focus.

Broad incumbents

• CCL Healthcare: Healthcare-focused arm of CCL Industries, one of the world's largest specialty label converters, offering serialization, folding cartons, and inserts for pharma. Comparable end market and capability set but vastly larger scale and global footprint than Ladegast.
• Multi-Color Corporation (Platinum Equity): Global label converter with a healthcare segment providing serialization labels and folding cartons for pharmaceutical customers. Comparable pharma labeling/serialization capability at significantly larger scale and global reach.
• Constantia Flexibles: Global packaging group with a dedicated pharma division producing folding cartons, labels, and serialized packaging. Overlapping end customers and serialization use cases, with substantially larger geographic and production footprint.
• Aetna Group / Aenova: Large pharmaceutical CDMO and packaging group offering secondary packaging and serialization services. Comparable pharma serialization offering but part of a much broader manufacturing portfolio.

Regional players

• Sharp Packaging (Sharp Pharma Services): U.S.-based pharmaceutical packaging and serialization specialist serving North American markets. Comparable serialization/coding capabilities but primarily serves a different geography than Ladegast.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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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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