History

1935
Founded in Zürich-Höngg by Konrad Neidhart

1941
Robert E. Schön joins the company as a partner at its “new” domicile on Waidstrasse in Wipkingen

1947
Relocation to own premises on Albisriederplatz

1955
Conversion of partnership into a joint-stock company

1958
Purchase of real estate on Dorfstrasse 27/29, Zurich-Wipkingen

1958 – 1960
Planning and construction of “modern” letterpress printing facility, relocation

1962
Christian Neidhart joins company; introduction of 1-color offset printing

1970
The era of hot-metal machine composition ends; introduction of photocomposition

1973
Introduction of computer-based accounting and statistics

1974
Commissioning of the first 4-color MAN Roland RVF Ob offset press, 52x72 cm

1977
René Schön joins the company

1979
Death of founder Konrad Neidhart at 65

1980
Production begins with the second 4-color MAN Roland RVF Ob offset press, 52x72 cm

1984
Installation of an IBM S/36 computer system for accounting, administration, and job costing.

1985
Replacement of one 4-color offset press by the first 6-color Roland RSK offset press 72 x 102 cm with CCI on the occasion of the company’s 50th anniversary; automation of platemaking with the first Dainippon step-and-repeat machine

1988
Commissioning of second Dainippon step-and-repeat machine and 4-color Heidelberg GTO offset press, 36x52 cm.

1990
Replacement of the second 4-color offset press by the latest-generation 6-color MAN Roland RSF offset press with CCI 2; installation of a PC network with 15 workstations

1991
New prepress resources; reconfiguration and installation of the new equipment in an Ethernet network (Scantext 2000, Macintosh IIfx, and DOS-PC 486 with matching infrastructure)

1992
Olivier Neidhart joins the company; installation of Prosys-Print management system on a Unix network

1993
A new high-performance computer-controlled Roland 705TL press with CCI 2 goes online

1995
Incorporation of the subsidiary AAA AG für Digital Printing; commissioning of Switzerland’s first Xeikon digital printing machine in a printshop; installation of Switzerland’s first Purup ImageMaker Magnum large-format imagesetter

1997
The 7-color MAN Roland 707 offset press and the reversible 5-color MAN Roland 705 offset press (5/0 1/4 3/2) go online. Both presses are computer-controlled and equipped with CCI 2

1998
Death of Robert E. Schön

1998
Commissioning of a Xeikon DCP-50D by subsidiary AAA AG für Digital Printing.

2000
Incorporation of via one! Multimedia Solutions AG as a step into the new-media era. The spectrum of services includes consulting, planning, design, and implementation of online and offline multimedia projects.

2001
Incorporation of Neidhart + Schön Group AG (NSG): the Group, with Neidhart + Schön Group AG as the holding company, and its three subsidiaries Neidhart + Schön AG (offset printing), AAA AG für Digital Printing (digital printing), and via one! Multimedia Solutions AG (interactive media), was retroactively incorporated and registered effective January 1, 2001.

2002
Neidhart + Schön Group rebuilds its market presence: With an innovative and future-oriented corporate identity, NSG and its subsidiaries position themselves as quality leaders. The new corporate design expresses the affiliation of the Group’s members and at the same time symbolizes the functions of the individual companies.

2006
First PSO/ISO 12647-2 certification gained in Switzerland, by the printing centre of the Neidhart + Schön Group

2006
Standardised logo family within the Group: via one! Multimedia Solutions AG, formed in 2000, is given a new logo in line with the Group identity and renamed Multimedia Solutions AG.

2007
New corporate identity for the Neidhart + Schön Group: with the claim “United by ambition” the company positions itself as a partner for upmarket image and product publications, financial publications, and CI and CD solutions. All product packages are handled by Neidhart + Schön AG, the specialist for high-quality offset printing, AAA AG für Digital Printing, the specialist for innovative digital printing, and Multimedia Solutions AG, the specialist for computer-aided content-management and publication systems, on an integrated basis.

2007
FSC certification gained by the Neidhart + Schön Group.

2007
Quantum leap in digital printing with an HP Indigo 5000.

2008
Market leadership achieved with the ns»publish› publishing system.

2009
Neidhart + Schön Group implements climate-neutral printing.

2009
The Comprinta printing centre for sustainable media production opens in Schwerzenbach near Zurich in partnership with Druckerei Feldegg and Bühler Druck. Decision made to install innovative printing technology with two KBA 106 Rapida presses.

2010
75th anniversary of the company. Start of production at the new printing centre for sustainable media production, Comprinta AG, in Zurich-Schwerzenbach: www.comprinta.ch. Co-initiator of the Annual Report Symposium – together with Eclat and Swiss Leadership Forum: www.gb-symposium.ch. First TV appearance in the company’s history: www.nsgroup.ch/ECO

2011
Neidhart + Schön wins iF Gold Award for Communication Design 2011 in the category print media. More...

2011
Another milestone in the history of Neidhart + Schön: Neidhart + Schön Group and Swissprinters sign a partner contract. More…