ROPRESS Druckerei

What ROPRESS Druckerei does

ROPRESS Druckerei is a Zurich-based commercial printing cooperative (Ropress Druckerei Genossenschaft) founded in 1970 out of the Swiss 68er movement, organized as a self-managed Genossenschaft with a stated mission of practicing economic democracy through its printing business. The cooperative operates from a single facility at Baslerstrasse 106 in Zurich-Altstetten, staffed by approximately 13 team members, and serves B2B clients in the Swiss domestic market with no disclosed international activity.

The company's core offering spans offset printing, digital printing, and newspaper printing, supported by an in-house prepress data preparation workflow, chemical-free plate production since 2006, and post-press finishing services including cutting, folding, stapling, perforating, die-cutting, and envelope inserting. It bundles printing with personalized mailing and postal route-sorted shipping (postroutensortiert), positioning itself as a one-stop shop for B2B direct mail and corporate print materials such as brochures, business stationery, posters, flyers, and envelopes.

ROPRESS pursues a sales-led, direct-to-customer go-to-market model in which pricing is quote-based and generated through an online product configurator rather than published rate cards. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the company has raised no external funding, consistent with its cooperative structure and member-governed Vorstand (President René Studer, Managing Director Aaron Hürlimann, Deputy MD Stephan Andriollo, Management Board Silvio Lötscher). Its competitive identity is anchored in long-standing ecological credentials — printing on recycled paper since 1974, the world's first FSC certification in 2000, 100% renewable hydropower electricity supplemented by on-site solar panels, and a myclimate CO2-compensation partnership since 2008 — yielding a deliberate craft-scale, mission-driven operating profile rather than a growth-investor orientation.

Name

ROPRESS Druckerei

Legal name

Ropress Druckerei Genossenschaft

Website

https://ropress.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ROPRESS Druckerei is a Zurich-based printing cooperative founded in 1970, offering offset, digital, and newspaper printing plus finishing and personalized mailing to Swiss B2B clients, differentiated by multi-decade ecological and FSC-certified production practices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Direct Mail Advertising (541860), Printing and Related Support Activities (323)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Services-Direct Mail Advertising Services (7331), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Mailing, Inserting & Distribution Services (Addressing, Direct Mail, Kitting) (MPAJALAH), Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF), Prepress & Composition Services (Typesetting, Layout, Color Management, Proofing) (MPAJALAA)

Keywords

• Offset printing services
• Digital printing services
• Newspaper printing services
• Commercial print finishing
• Personalized direct mail

Headquarters

HQ city

Zurich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Offset printing services: Traditional offset printing for medium to large print runs using printing plates. Suitable for magazines, brochures, catalogs, and commercial print materials.
2. Digital printing services: Digital printing for small runs where expensive setup processes are avoided, keeping unit prices low even for small quantities.
3. Newspaper printing: High-speed newspaper printing using large paper rolls, focused on volume and speed.
4. Print finishing services: Post-press finishing including cutting, folding, gathering, inserting, stapling, die-cutting, perforating, and enveloping. Delivered via in-house equipment and external partner network.
5. Personalized mailing services: Personalized mailings with postal route-sorted shipping for smooth delivery. Includes personalization with tailored text and QR codes for specific target audiences.
6. Custom print product manufacturing: Custom-made products based on customer specifications via product configurator. Products include brochures, letterhead/business cards, posters/flyers/cards, envelopes, and posters in various formats.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ROPRESS Druckerei is a Zurich-based printing cooperative providing offset, digital, and newspaper printing. It complements these core printing technologies with in-house prepress and data preparation, post-press finishing, and personalized mailing services, enabling customers to produce a wide range of commercial print products from file preparation through to postal delivery.

Product overview

ROPRESS Druckerei is a Zurich-based printing cooperative offering a comprehensive portfolio of printing services centered around three core print technologies: offset printing, digital printing, and newspaper printing. These are supported by pre-press data preparation services and personalized mailing capabilities. The company also provides extensive in-house post-processing/finishing services including cutting, folding, collating, stitching, die-cutting, perforating, and envelope inserting. The product range includes brochures (in various A formats with wire stitching or adhesive binding), business stationery, flyers, posters, envelopes, and custom-made products. A climate compensation add-on via myclimate allows customers to offset CO2 emissions from their print orders. ROPRESS differentiates itself through a strong environmental focus, emphasizing recycling paper since 1974, FSC certification since 2000, and chemical-free plate production since 2006.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Offset Printing Commercial offset printing service for brochures, business materials, books, and other medium-to-large print runs. Uses chemical-free plate production and alcohol-reduced printing processes for environmentally responsible output. Targets Swiss and regional B2B customers needing high-quality, volume-driven commercial print.
• Digital Printing On-demand digital printing service for short runs and personalized print jobs. Supports fast turnaround and small-quantity orders that are uneconomical on offset presses. Used by Swiss B2B customers needing rapid, flexible commercial print production.
• Newspaper Printing High-volume newspaper and periodical printing service on dedicated newspaper presses. Serves publishers, media companies, and organizations producing newspapers, magazines, and journals that require time-sensitive, large-volume runs.
• Print Finishing and Post-Processing In-house finishing service covering folding, binding, cutting, and other post-press operations to deliver print products ready for distribution. Enables customers to receive finished products directly from ROPRESS without coordinating additional suppliers.
• Personalized Mailing Services Personalized mailing service combining variable-data printing, machine enveloping with sensor-based handling, and post-route sorting to deliver mailings at lower postal rates. Targets Swiss organizations running direct marketing campaigns, member communications, or transactional mailings.
• Prepress and Data Preparation

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90% of waste recycled
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• myclimatecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Since 2008, ROPRESS offers customers the option to compensate CO2 emissions from their print orders through myclimate climate protection projects. This partnership enables environmentally conscious customers to achieve carbon-neutral printing.
• External production partners networkminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of external partner companies for specialized finishing work and production. Partners selected based on quality, price, and ecological criteria. Allows ROPRESS to offer comprehensive production capabilities even for specialized work not possible in-house.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• CEWE Stiftung: Large European printing and photo services group with commercial printing operations — broad incumbent operating at significantly greater scale across multiple print segments.
• Flyeralarm: One of Europe's largest online commercial printers offering offset, digital and large-format print at scale — broader incumbent competing on standard SKUs where ROPRESS's configurator operates.
• Onlineprinters (CEWE Print): European online commercial printing platform part of CEWE with extensive standard SKU catalog — broad incumbent that competes on price, selection and delivery speed for standardized print products.

Direct peers

• Stämpfli Druck: Established Swiss commercial printing and communications services group providing offset, digital and large-format print plus finishing and publishing services to B2B clients — comparable in product mix and Swiss B2B customer base, though at larger scale.
• Bubu Druck AG: Small Swiss commercial printer focused on ecological and quality offset printing — directly comparable as a like-sized Swiss B2B printing peer with sustainability credentials.
• Druckerei Kaufmann: Swiss commercial printing company offering brochures, business stationery and finishing — comparable as a regional Swiss B2B printing peer with overlapping product portfolio.
• Vögeli Druck GmbH: Swiss commercial printer with a strong sustainability and quality focus, similarly offering offset and digital print plus mailing services to B2B customers in Switzerland — directly comparable in mission, scale and ecological positioning.
• Druckerei Lenzburg: Swiss offset and digital commercial printer serving regional B2B customers with brochures, magazines and direct mail — directly comparable in product offering, geography and customer segment.

Regional players

• Möller Druck und Verlag: German commercial printer with offset, digital and finishing capabilities and a sustainability-oriented offering — comparable product mix but operating primarily in Germany rather than Switzerland.
• Druckerei Klink: German sustainable commercial printer with CO2-neutral offset and digital production and FSC certification — highly comparable in sustainability positioning but operates primarily in the German market rather than Switzerland.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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