Premedia partner for consumer packaging · since 1925
From design to shelf. Digital, in 3D, first time right.
Getting a product on the shelf on time and on brand is complex. We combine a hundred years of print expertise with our own software, automation and 3D, so your packaging is right everywhere: on the shelf, in the app and on press.
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Trusted by A-brands, retailers and private label manufacturers
Empower, inspire & execute
Three words for how we work. They are in every packaging project we touch.
Empower
People, process and a century of craft behind your brand. Specialists who know your SKUs by name, not a ticket in a queue.
Inspire
We turn packaging challenges into opportunities. From a 3D mockup for the pitch to a packshot before your product exists.
Execute
Technically correct and on brand, for every pack and every market. Automated checks plus the eye of a craftsman.
Services
The whole route, from approved design to product on the shelf
Pick one service or combine them. Everything comes from one chain, with one source of data.
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Design adaptation
One master design, hundreds of consistent variants
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Prepress
From design to technical artwork, right first time
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Flexo printing plates
Printing in our DNA since 1925
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3D packshots
Your product online before it leaves the production line
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Brand asset management
Artwork Connect: one source of truth for all your packaging
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Project support
Through Rippl: our specialists in your team
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Mockups
Looks real. Really.
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Try it yourself
Your packaging as a digital twin
This is how we make packshots: first an exact 3D wireframe, then your artwork, then the light. Pick a pack format, drop your own artwork (JPG or PNG) onto the model and download your packshot. Everything happens in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
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One chain, one source of truth
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Design adaptation
Master design to every variant, language and market.
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Prepress
Colour, keylines and proof, tuned to your press.
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Printing plate
Plates and sleeves from our own production in Nijkerk.
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Shelf and screen
3D packshots and MOI, often before launch.
Artwork Connect links every step: versions, approvals and smart checks in one place.
Innovation
A hundred years old. Built for what is next.
We build our own software, with our own development team and AI specialists. More and more steps between design and print-ready file are automated: from checking copy and specifications to finding differences between artwork versions.
- AI-driven checks Copy, specifications and version differences checked automatically; a specialist does the final check.
- 3D digital twins An exact 3D model of your pack as the base for packshots, MOIs and mockups.
- Connected orders Order plates via portal or XML integration, with an automatically generated proof PDF.
In numbers
- Founded, now in its third generation
- 1925
- Artworks per year
- 25,000+
- Printing plates per year
- 40,000+
- Packshots per year
- 12,000
Cases
The proof is in the package
1925Family business since 1925
Trusted. Forward. Volkers.
In 1925 Henk Volkers started a plate-making company in Utrecht. A hundred years and three generations later we are a premedia partner with sites in Nijkerk and Barendrecht, our own software and a team that knows the craft from the inside.
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Frequently asked questions
What is premedia?
Premedia is everything between an approved design and the press: design adaptation, repro (prepress), colour management, proofing and making printing plates. Packshots and digital assets are part of it too.
What exactly does Volkers do in the packaging process?
We translate your design to every variant, make it print ready, produce the plates, check on press and create the packshots for online. With Artwork Connect you manage it all from one source.
What kind of companies does Volkers work with?
International A-brands, retailers with their own private label, private label manufacturers and printers. From hundreds of SKUs a year to a first product line.
When should I bring in Volkers?
As early as possible. The earlier we think along, the fewer correction rounds and the shorter your time to market.