Heritage · Since Gutenberg
A craft that shaped this country.
Since Johannes Gutenberg, the printing craft has been one of the foundations of our culture and economy. To this day, hardly any industry, public authority or company is conceivable without printed communication — the print and media industry is rightly considered largely essential. In Germany, around 6,300 mostly small and medium-sized businesses with about 99,000 employees carry this heritage forward, generating revenue of around 16.8 billion euros in 2024 (BVDM estimate).
Behind these numbers are people. Family businesses, often in their second or third generation. Owners who have led their companies through decades — through oil and financial crises, through the shift from hot metal to digital printing, through the pandemic and supply chain chaos. Anyone still running a print shop today has not merely survived crises, but mastered them. We have deep respect for this life's work. It is the starting point for everything we do.
And yet many businesses sense it: the wind has turned. Not because they did anything wrong — but because the market, the technology and the rules around them are changing at a pace hardly any business can manage alone. This is exactly where we come in.