Flag and banner printing company with embroidery, sewing and digital printing for flags, interior decorations and megaprints
Gebrüder Clasen OHG
DüsseldorfNew on Amplifa
About Gebrüder Clasen
Gebrüder Clasen OHG is a Düsseldorf family business founded in 1893, specialising in the manufacture of flags, banners and related accessories. The product range includes national, city and municipal flags, club and corporate flags, table banners, boat flags, pennant strings, stretch banners, megaprints for facade coverings as well as interior decorations and displays. Production ranges from design and printing on printing lines and digital flag printing machines to flag sewing, appliqué and embroidery including assembly; flagpoles and club supplies such as trophies, medals and embroidered badges are also offered. Customers come from clubs and marksmen associations, churches, cities and municipalities as well as companies. At the Düsseldorf site, the company operates a retail store of around 300 m²; the Duisburg flag factory was taken over in 1999.
- Site
- Düsseldorf
- Processes
- Flag printing (printing lines), Digital printing of flags, Screen printing (by hand), Flag sewing / appliqué sewing, Parament embroidery / custom embroidery, embroidered badges, Flag and banner printing (digital, print width 300 cm), Flag sewing, Appliqué
- Materials
- Flag fabric/textile, Screen printing, Digital printing, Embroidery/parament embroidery, Appliqué
- Founded
- 1893
- Industries
- Clubs/Marksmen associations, Churches, Cities and municipalities, Companies, Churches (historical/paraments), Companies (corporate flags, corporate honours)
- 01
Design
- 02
Printing (printing line/digital printing)
- 03
Flag sewing/appliqué
- 04
Embroidery
- 05
Assembly
Materials & Processes
Flag fabric/textile
Base material for flags, banners, interior decorations and facade coverings.
Screen printing
Flags are made by hand using screen printing.
Digital printing
Digitally printed flags with a print width of 300 cm, machines specially developed for the flag industry.
Embroidery/parament embroidery
Embroidered badges and custom embroidery, historically paraments for churches.
Appliqué
Flags made in appliqué sewing.
Sites
Düsseldorf
DERetail store and company headquarters
- Flag printing line (length over 50 metres)
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag printing (printing lines)Surface | – | – | – | – | Textile/flag fabric |
| Digital printing of flagsSurface | – | 300 cm (print width) | – | – | Textile/flag fabric |
| Screen printing (by hand)Surface | – | – | – | – | Textile/flag fabric |
| Flag sewing / appliqué sewingJoining | – | – | – | – | Textile/flag fabric |
| Parament embroidery / custom embroidery, embroidered badgesAssembly | – | – | – | – | Textile |
2 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag printing line | – | – | Length over 50 metres | – | Düsseldorf |
| Digital flag printing machine | – | – | Print width 300 cm | – | Duisburg (Duisburger Fahnenfabrik) |
Additional services
History
- 1893
Foundation of the company Maria Clasen & Co. by Maria and Ferdinand Clasen
- 1902
Division of the company; Ferdinand takes on his brothers Engelbert and Fritz as partners, renaming to Gebrüder Clasen OHG; approx. 40 embroiderers and seamstresses, exports to America and Europe
- 1942
Premises destroyed by bombing
- 1943
Rebuilt, then completely destroyed a second time
- 1945
Rebuilding on 15 October by Maria-Elisabeth and Engelbert Clasen jun.
- 1980
Bernd Clasen becomes a partner; conversion to flag printing and flag sewing, printing on printing lines
- 1999
Takeover of the Duisburg flag factory; digitally printed flags, reduction of delivery times from 3–4 weeks to 1–2 days