Stämpfli

Stämpfli Group is a Swiss family-owned company combining graphic production, publishing, publishing technology, and communications services. Based in Bern, the group traces its origins to 1599 and is described as one of the oldest continuously operating companies in the world. Its long history began in the printing trade and developed over successive generations into a broader business serving organizations that need to create, manage, produce, distribute, and maintain complex publications and information products. The group's principal production activities are conducted through Stämpfli AG. These activities extend beyond conventional printing: they include the conception and design of publications, editorial and production workflows, physical manufacturing, logistics, and the integration of publishing systems. This positioning gives the company a role across the publication value chain rather than limiting it to press production. Its customers can use the group for printed materials as well as digital and multichannel publication processes. Technology became an important part of the group's activities through Stämpfli All Media AG, which developed and licensed database-based communications and content-management solutions, provided hosting, and delivered related information-technology services. In 2012, the All Media activities were integrated into Stämpfli Publikationen AG. The group also operates Stämpfli GmbH in Bregenz, Austria, a specialist in product-information-management solutions. That subsidiary develops, implements, and maintains standardized or individually configured PIM systems and continues the development of the mediaSolution3 software platform. Publishing remains another core pillar. Through Stämpfli Verlag AG, the group publishes print and electronic works, particularly in law and political science. The publishing business is associated with a mail-order operation and is a co-owner of the Swiss legal database Swisslex. Stämpfli Verlag is also the Swiss member of LPE Law Publishers in Europe, linking the company to a broader network of specialist legal publishers. The group has an international production and service dimension through Stämpfli Polska Sp. z o.o., which produces printed and electronic publications for Polish customers and operates as a communications agency and media-prepress provider. Together, the businesses cover printing, publishing, digital content management, product information, prepress, logistics, and related technical services. Stämpfli Group remains a family-controlled enterprise. The referenced company description identifies brothers Rudolf and Peter Stämpfli as the sixth generation running the business. The group includes five subsidiaries and employs approximately 420 people according to the cited reference material. Its distinctive positioning is therefore based on continuity, specialist publishing expertise, integrated production capabilities, and the combination of traditional print know-how with software and digital information-management services.

Stämpfli's history reaches back to 1599, when the business was established in Bern in the printing and publishing tradition. Over more than four centuries, the enterprise remained associated with the Stämpfli family and developed from a traditional printer into a diversified communications and information company. The continuity of family ownership is central to the company's identity: the referenced account describes the business as being run by the sixth generation, represented by brothers Rudolf and Peter Stämpfli. The company's original printing activity provided the foundation for its later expansion. As publishing requirements became more complex, Stämpfli broadened its capabilities from the manufacture of printed matter to publication design, editorial and production coordination, logistics, and the integration of technical systems used to manage publishing workflows. Stämpfli AG became the group's principal operating company for these integrated production services. A significant later development was the creation of technology-oriented activities through Stämpfli All Media AG. That subsidiary developed and licensed database-driven communication solutions and content-management systems, while also offering hosting and related IT services in Switzerland and abroad. In 2012, All Media was integrated into Stämpfli Publikationen AG, bringing the activities closer to the group's publication operations and reflecting the convergence of print and digital publishing. The group expanded its information-management capabilities through its Austrian subsidiary, Stämpfli GmbH in Bregenz. The company specializes in product-information-management systems, including standardized and individually configured implementations. It also continues the development of mediaSolution3, a PIM software product intended to help organizations structure, maintain, and use product information across communication channels. Publishing remains an important part of the group through Stämpfli Verlag AG. The publishing house focuses particularly on law and political science and issues both printed and electronic information. Its activities include an associated mail-order business, co-ownership of the Swiss legal database Swisslex, and participation in the European specialist-publishing network LPE Law Publishers in Europe. These links extend Stämpfli's role from production supplier to information publisher and distributor. The group also developed a presence in Poland through Stämpfli Polska Sp. z o.o. That company serves Polish customers with printed and electronic publications and operates as a communications agency and media-prepress provider. This adds an international production and service component to a group whose historical base remains in Switzerland. By the period covered in the cited reference material, Stämpfli Group comprised five subsidiaries and employed approximately 420 people. Its modern structure combined traditional printing, specialist publishing, digital content and publishing systems, product-information management, prepress, and logistics. The company's historical significance comes from the unusual length of its operating continuity, while its contemporary business model rests on adapting that printing heritage to integrated physical and digital communications.

• 2012

  Integration of Stämpfli All Media activities

  [1]Stämpfli (publisher)en.wikipedia.org

  Stämpfli All Media AG, which developed database-based communications and content-management solutions and provided hosting and IT services, was integrated into Stämpfli Publikationen AG.

• 1599

  Business origins in Bern

  [1]Stämpfli (publisher)en.wikipedia.org

  The origins of the Stämpfli business date to 1599, establishing the historical foundation for the family's printing and publishing activities in Bern.

A long-established Swiss family enterprise positioned at the intersection of graphic production, specialist publishing, digital publishing systems, and information management. Stämpfli differentiates itself through continuity, end-to-end publication services, legal and academic publishing expertise, and the ability to support both physical and electronic information products.

• Specialist publishing

  Stämpfli Verlag publications

  Stämpfli Verlag AG publishes printed and electronic information, with a particular focus on law and political science. The publishing activity is supported by distribution-related operations, participation in the Swiss legal database Swisslex, and membership in the LPE Law Publishers in Europe network. Its output extends the group beyond contract production into the creation and distribution of specialist information.

• Product-information-management software

  mediaSolution3

  mediaSolution3 is a product-information-management software platform developed and further maintained by Stämpfli GmbH in Bregenz. The subsidiary provides standardized and individually configured PIM solutions, together with implementation and maintenance services. The system forms part of the group's broader offer in structured information, publishing workflows, and multichannel communications.

• Printing and communications services

  Integrated publication production

  Stämpfli AG provides an integrated set of publication services covering design, creation, production, logistics, and publishing-system integration. The offer is intended for organizations that need to coordinate the preparation and delivery of complex publications across physical and electronic channels, rather than purchasing only standalone printing.

• 2012

  Consolidation of publishing-technology operationsStrategy

  Background

  Stämpfli All Media AG operated in database-based communications, content management, hosting, and related IT services, alongside the group's publication activities.

  Action taken

  The All Media business was integrated into Stämpfli Publikationen AG.

  Aftermath

  The move brought the technology activities into the publication organization and supported a more integrated print-and-digital publishing model.

  Source

1. 1Stämpfli (publisher)en.wikipedia.org
2. 2Stämpfli Group official websitestaempfli.com