PBtisk a.s.

What PBtisk a.s. does

PBtisk a.s. is a privately held Czech joint-stock company (akciová společnost) founded in 1990 and headquartered in Příbram, Czech Republic. It operates a single-site book production facility with 29 employees, offering end-to-end book manufacturing services — prepress, printing, binding, and finishing — to publishers, galleries, museums, and other institutional clients. The company self-describes as "one of the leading producers of books in Central Europe."

The company's product portfolio consists of three offerings: (1) Complete Book Production, the core full-service book manufacturing line; (2) Climate-Neutral Book Production, an environmentally sustainable add-on that offsets carbon emissions for eco-conscious publishers; and (3) Book Models from One Piece, a short-run and print-on-demand service enabling production from a single copy. The underlying technology is conventional book production and printing technology, with no proprietary AI, digital platform, or software components disclosed. The firm operates a multi-language website (English, Czech, French, German), supporting outreach to non-Czech-speaking European markets.

PBtisk's business model is a B2B services model: it generates revenue by charging printing clients for book manufacturing jobs of varying volumes, from single-piece prototypes to large runs. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company distributes directly through its own sales and account management teams, with no disclosed channel partners, resellers, or named customer logos. The company is independent, with no parent company, no external funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no publicly disclosed leadership team. The overall profile is that of a stable, mid-sized, traditional specialty printer rather than a technology-driven growth business.

Name

PBtisk a.s.

Legal name

PBtisk a.s.

Website

https://pbtisk.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PBtisk a.s. is a privately held Czech book printer founded in 1990, headquartered in Příbram with 29 employees. It provides complete book production, climate-neutral printing, and short-run book models to publishers, galleries, museums, and other institutions across Central Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Příbram

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

PBtisk a.s. is a print manufacturing company that provides end-to-end book production services for publishers, galleries, museums, and other institutions. Its core offering covers prepress, printing, binding, and finishing, with supporting options for climate-neutral production and short-run book models starting from a single piece. All work is produced at the company's Příbram facility in the Czech Republic.

Product overview

PBtisk a.s. is a printing company offering a portfolio of book production services. The core offering is Complete Book Production, which provides full-service manufacturing from prepress through binding. This is complemented by Climate-Neutral Book Production as an environmental add-on, and Book Models from One Piece for short-run and on-demand printing starting at single copies. The company serves publishers, galleries, museums, and institutional clients in Central Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Complete Book Production Full-service book production covering prepress, printing, binding, and finishing for publishers, galleries, museums, and other institutional clients.
• Climate-Neutral Book Production Environmentally sustainable book printing service that offsets carbon emissions, providing climate-neutral production for eco-conscious publishers and institutions.
• Book Models from One Piece Short-run book printing service starting from a single copy, enabling print-on-demand and prototype capabilities for authors, small publishers, and project proofs.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Finidr: Czech-based book and commercial printer serving European publishers with full-service production. Directly comparable as a Central European book specialist with overlapping publisher customer base.
• Tiskárna Helbich: Czech book printing company offering hardcover and softcover book production for publishers. Directly comparable in scale, geography, and product focus.
• Optimal Media: German book printer offering complete book production for publishers across Europe. Comparable on book manufacturing services and European publisher customer base.
• CPI Books (Clays / CPI Group): Large European book printer with operations across multiple countries. Directly comparable on book production services, though at materially larger scale.
• Graphicom: Italian book and art-book printer serving European publishers and cultural institutions. Comparable on book production and art/cultural-institution client overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Mohn Media (Bertelsmann Printing Group): Major German book and commercial printer within the Bertelsmann group. Broader incumbent with significantly larger scale and a comparable book printing portfolio.
• Mondi Group: Large international paper and packaging group. Tangentially comparable as a broad incumbent in European print-related production, though not a direct book-printing competitor.

Regional players

• Grafobal: Slovak printing group with book and commercial printing capabilities. Comparable on book production services, with primary geographic focus on Slovakia and adjacent Central European markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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