Berlin printing house for sheetfed offset and digital printing, finishing, print finishing and dialogue marketing, from business card to poster.
Buch- und Offsetdruckerei H. Heenemann GmbH & Co. KG
Bessemerstraße 83-91, 12103 BerlinNew on Amplifa
About the printing house H. Heenemann
Buch- und Offsetdruckerei H. Heenemann GmbH & Co. KG is a Berlin full-service printing house with its own prepress (CtP), pressroom, print finishing and shipping department. Products manufactured include brochures, catalogues, magazines, annual reports, art catalogues, posters up to A0, flyers, calendars, cards, mailings and individualised small batches from a quantity of one. Production takes place in sheetfed offset with 2 to 8 colours (half-sheet to IIIb format, Heidelberg Speedmaster XL) as well as in digital printing, among others on an HP Indigo 10000 for press sheets up to 70×50 cm; express printing with same-working-day production complements the offering. Web offset supplies are produced in a long-standing cooperation with a partner company. In addition to print services, the company offers cross-media dialogue marketing, direct mail personalisation, branded marketing portals and e-commerce solutions. Customers include publishers, industry, automotive, retail, tourism, banks and insurers as well as federal bodies such as the Bundestag, Bundesrat and the DGUV. The company employs over 100 staff in 3-shift operation at its headquarters at Bessemerstraße 83–91 in Berlin-Tempelhof.
- Site
- Berlin
- Processes
- Sheetfed offset printing, Digital printing, Print-on-Demand (PoD), Web offset printing, Prepress CtP (Computer-to-Plate), Bookbinding / bookbinding print finishing, Finishing, Hot foil stamping
- Materials
- Uncoated white offset paper, Glossy/matt coated art paper, Metapaper Extrasmooth white, Metapaper Extrarough white 2.0, Metapaper Recycling white, Chromo board, matt coated, Tintoretto Gesso, Perlmutt white
- Certificates
- ISO 12647-2 ProzessStandard Offsetdruck, FSC, PEFC, ClimatePartner, EMAS, FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), ClimatePartner (climate-neutral production)
- Founded
- 1906
- Employees
- over 100
- Industries
- Automotive, Industry, Publishers, Lifestyle/Fashion/Art, Retail, Tourism/Hotels
- 01
Prepress CtP
- 02
Sheetfed offset printing / digital printing
- 03
Web offset in cooperation
- 04
Finishing
- 05
Bookbinding / print finishing
- 06
Shipping and logistics
Papers and materials
Uncoated white offset paper
Standard paper for flyers, letterhead and everyday print products.
Glossy/matt coated art paper
Coated paper for image-heavy products such as catalogues, brochures and posters.
Metapaper Extrasmooth/Extrarough/Recycling
Paper series in various surfaces including a recycled variant for demanding print products.
Chromo board, matt coated
Board for postcards, folded cards and sturdy promotional items.
Tintoretto Gesso
Textured paper for premium cards and print products with a tactile feel.
Poster paper (Affichen), matt coated
Poster paper for posters and large-format applications.
Metapaper Recycling white
Recycled paper for sustainably oriented print products.
MunkenLynx rough
Natural, slightly rough paper for fine print products.
SymbolFreelife gloss
Coated paper for sharp image reproduction.
Imitlin Tela Neve
Linen-textured paper for high-quality covers and cards.
Irisleinen
Linen material for bookbinding cover and spine applications.
Locations
Berlin (Bessemerstraße 83-91)
DEHead office, production, administration and logistics
- Part weight / size
- Press sheets up to 70×50 cm in digital printing
- Lot size
- Small batches from 1 copy up to large print runs
- Materials
- Papers and boards 90–350 g/m², linen
- Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-5-P3+L (sheetfed offset)
- HP Indigo 10000 (sheetfed digital press 53×75 cm)
- Polar L-R-X-T cutting system
- Polar 56 NET cutting machine
- Sheetfed offset and digital printing presses, 2 to 8 colours
Print products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheetfed offset printingPrinting | – | – | – | – | Paper (various grades 90–350 g/m²) |
| Digital printingPrinting | – | – | – | – | Paper, Board |
| Print-on-Demand (PoD)Printing | – | – | – | 1 copy | Paper |
| Web offset printingPrinting | – | – | – | – | Paper |
| Prepress CtP (Computer-to-Plate)Prepress | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bookbinding / bookbinding print finishingPrint finishing | – | – | – | – | Paper, Board, Linen |
| FinishingFinishing | – | – | – | – | Paper |
| Hot foil stampingFinishing | – | – | – | – | Paper, Linen |
| Screen printingPrinting | – | – | – | – | Linen (spine tape) |
| Thread sewingPrint finishing | – | – | – | – | Paper |
| Backstitch bindingPrint finishing | – | – | – | – | Paper |
| Perfect binding (softcover)Print finishing | – | – | – | – | Paper |
| Wire-O bindingPrint finishing | – | – | – | – | Paper |
| Folding (parallel fold, roll fold, zigzag fold)Print finishing | – | – | – | – | Paper |
| CuttingPrint finishing | – | – | – | – | Paper |
| Express printing same day (flyers, business cards, postcards, folded cards, posters, press sheets)Printing | – | 70,0 cm (Indigo press sheet) × 50,0 cm (Indigo press sheet) | 90 g/m² – 350 g/m² | 1 piece – 1000 pieces (flyers) | Uncoated offset paper, Glossy/matt coated art paper, Metapaper, Chromo board, Tintoretto, Recycled paper, Poster paper |
| Indigo printing (digital printing)Printing | – | 70,0 cm × 50,0 cm | – | 1 sheet | Offset paper, Art paper, Metapaper, Chromo board |
| Poster printing up to DIN A2 / MAXX 47,0 x 67,0 cmPrinting | – | 67,0 cm × 47,0 cm | 100 g/m² – 350 g/m² | – | Offset paper, Art paper, Affichen matt, Metapaper, Chromo board |
| Personalisation / direct mail (digital printing)Printing | – | – | – | 1 | Paper |
| Sheetfed offset printing in half-sheet to IIIb formatPrinting | – | – | – | – | Paper |
5 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheetfed offset press | Heidelberger Speedmaster XL 106-5-P3+L | 1 | – | 2010 | Berlin (Bessemerstraße 83-91) |
| Sheetfed digital press | HP Indigo 10000 | 1 | 53 x 75 cm | 2013 | Berlin |
| Cutting system | Polar L-R-X-T | 1 | – | – | Berlin |
| Cutting machine | Polar 56 NET | 1 | – | – | Berlin |
| Sheetfed offset and digital printing presses, 2 to 8 colours | – | – | – | – | Berlin |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and certification
Heenemann is a certified quality operation under ISO 12647-2 (ProcessStandard Offset Printing) and works with experienced prepress, modern machine technology and established inspection procedures. Environmental standards such as FSC, PEFC, ClimatePartner and EMAS complement quality and process assurance.
| Evidence | Berlin |
|---|---|
| ISO 12647-2 ProzessStandard Offsetdruck | |
| FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) | |
| PEFC | |
| ClimatePartner (climate-neutral production) | |
| EMAS |
History
- 1906
Foundation of the book printing house Berlin-Wilmersdorfer-Zeitung by Hans Heenemann on Uhlandstraße, Berlin
- 1924
Death of the founder; his wife Gertrud Heenemann continues to run the company
- 1930
Son Dr. Horst Heenemann takes over the management
- 1939
145 employees by the outbreak of the Second World War
- 1945
Operation dismantled by a Soviet reparations column; reconstruction at Wilhelmsaue
- 1948
Back to 19 employees
- 1952
Return to Uhlandstraße after the departure of the British occupation printing house
- 1957
The city of Berlin claims the site; relocation to Bessemerstraße 83-91 (1969)
- 1968
Together with Druckerei Brüder Hartmann, start of computer phototypesetting; creation of SRZ Satz-Rechen-Zentrum Hartmann+Heenemann
- 1976
H. Heenemann takes over Druckerei Brüder Hartmann
- 1997
Entry into digital printing; joint venture DDZ Digital-Druck-Zentrum GmbH
- 2008
Receipt of FSC and PEFC certificates; climate-neutral production under ClimatePartner
- 2010
Investment in Heidelberg Speedmaster XL
- 2013
Acquisition of HP Indigo 10000 (sheetfed digital press 53×75 cm)
- 2024
Launch of the besscom sustainability initiative (BENE 2 funded)
- 2025
EMAS certification in summer