Silber Druck oHG

What Silber Druck oHG does

Silber Druck oHG (legal entity: Silber Druck GmbH & Co. KG) is a third-generation, family-owned commercial offset printer founded in 1965 in Lohfelden near Kassel, Germany. The company runs 28 printing units and a 130+ person organization spanning prepress, offset production, finishing, lettershop/fulfillment, and field and inside sales. It produces brochures, magazines, catalogs, and periodicals, with a stated portfolio of 245+ recurring periodical titles, and serves corporate marketing departments, publishers and media companies, and direct-mail clients across Germany. Its core technology stack is offset printing using Auraria raster technology (in which the company was an early German adopter), combined with automated digital prepress for quality assurance, and a proprietary paper-based shipping solution called PaperWrap.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market model. On the direct/enterprise side, field and inside sales teams quote custom and large-scale print projects and run integrated lettershop fulfillment, including address management and direct-mail distribution. On the self-service side, the Printnow.de e-commerce platform (launched 2019) enables 24/7 ordering of standardized brochures, magazines, and catalogs. Revenue is generated primarily through per-job print production (one-time transactions) and lettershop services, supplemented by premium paper and finishing add-ons. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. In 2024 the company committed 9.4 million EUR to equipment modernization, partly funded by a 500,000 EUR EFRE grant, targeting energy efficiency, reduced setup times, lower waste, and higher print speed. The company is privately held, with no external institutional investors, and is managed by siblings Wolfgang, Martin, and Peter Silber.

Name

Silber Druck oHG

Legal name

Silber Druck GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://silberdruck.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Silber Druck is a third-generation, family-owned German offset printer (founded 1965) producing brochures, magazines, catalogs, and 245+ periodicals for corporate marketing and publishing clients via direct sales and its Printnow.de e-commerce platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lohfelden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Print Production Services: One-time print production services for brochures, magazines, catalogs, and periodicals. Customers pay per print job based on quantity, paper type, format, and finishing options.
2. Lettershop & Fulfillment: Mailing and shipping services including lettershop operations, address management, and direct mail fulfillment for periodicals and marketing materials.
3. E-commerce Print Shop: Online self-service ordering platform (Printnow.de) for standard print products available 24/7.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Silber Druck oHG is a family-owned German offset printing company that produces brochures, magazines, periodicals, and catalogs. Operating 28 printing units from Lohfelden near Kassel, the company offers end-to-end print production including prepress, finishing, lettershop/fulfillment services, and a 24/7 online ordering platform (Printnow.de) launched in 2019.

Product overview

Silber Druck is a family-owned printing company (founded 1965) operating a multi-service portfolio built around its core offset printing operation. The company produces brochures, magazines, and catalogs with 28 printing units across 245+ periodical titles. The offering combines a core offset printing service (with prepress, finishing, and further processing) with supporting add-on services including a Lettershop, paper-based shipping via PaperWrap, and premium paper options (Munken). Since 2019, the company has also operated Printnow.de as a consumer-facing online print shop platform for direct ordering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Printnow.de: Online webprintshop operated by Silber Druck for ordering brochures, magazines, and catalogs online.

Products and services

• Offset Print Production (Brochures, Magazines, Catalogs)

Quantifiable outcome

• Produces over 245 different periodicals with consistent quality and schedule reliability.
• +1 more outcomes

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

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Flyeralarm GmbH: Large German online commercial printer offering brochures, magazines, catalogs and marketing print via a self-serve e-commerce platform — highly comparable business model and product set to Silber Druck.
• Westermann Druck GmbH: German commercial printer producing books, catalogs, and periodicals — comparable product mix and publisher customer base.
• Mohn Media Mohndruck GmbH: Major German commercial printer producing magazines, catalogs, and advertising print for publishers and retailers — closely comparable customer segments and core offset magazine/catalog capabilities.
• Schlütersche Druck GmbH & Co. KG: German commercial printer with offset production for magazines, books, and periodicals — comparable scale, technology stack, and publisher-customer base to Silber Druck.
• Onlineprinters GmbH: Online commercial printer serving SMBs across Europe with offset and digital print for brochures, magazines, and catalogs — directly comparable to Silber Druck's Printnow.de channel and core product mix.
• Optimal Media GmbH: German offset and digital printer specializing in books, magazines, and catalogs — directly comparable production focus, customer mix (publishers), and centralized German production footprint.
• Bonifatius GmbH Druck | Buch | Verlag: German printing and publishing company producing books and periodicals — comparable offset print and binding operations for publisher customers.
• Kröger Druck GmbH & Co. KG: Family-owned German offset printer focused on books and magazines — comparable mid-sized regional offset commercial printer serving publishers.

Broad incumbents

• Bertelsmann Printing Group (Arvato / Girindus): Large international commercial printing group covering books, magazines, and marketing print — overlapping products and customer segments but with substantially broader scale and geographic reach than Silber Druck.
• CPI Group (Clays / CPI Books): International printing group with book and magazine printing operations across Europe — overlapping publisher customer base and product categories, but with a much larger multi-country footprint than Silber Druck.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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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