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Our activities
We produce our high quality art postcards and notecards in close cooperation with renowned museums all over the world or with the artists themselves.
Working hand in hand with museum staff and our printing partners, our staff members are closely involved in defining the final layout and text design.
Our offices and warehouse are located in Feldmeilen near Zurich, from where we dispatch our products all over the world.
Distributing partners in various countries and on four continents assure a high level of market presence.
Our History
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Heinrich Vontobel establishes the printing company H. Vontobel & Co. in Meilen, Zurich.
The first colour postcards are printed in Switzerland using new techniques developed by Vontobel. |
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| 1929 |
The company moves to Feldmeilen.
Photochrome-offset-lithography with up to 12 operations allows high quality art printing. |
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| 1971 |
H. Vontobel & Co. changes its name into Vontobel Druck AG; construction of the new building for reproduction and printing at the current domicile.
Dynamic development of publishing activities in the field of art under the leadership of Gottfried Brütsch. |
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| 1992 |
Separation of printing and publishing activities - Registration of Vontobel Fine Art Publishing House Ltd. in its actual form. |
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| 1999 |
Elisabeth Schärer succeeds Gottfried Brütsch to become Managing Director of Vontobel Fine Art Publishing House Ltd. |
Our Strengths
We are successful in the market, because ...
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we have always pursued a consistent product policy based on specialization |
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our stringent quality requirements have become a widely recognized Vontobel characteristic |
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we continuously adapt our products and services to market requirements |
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we, as a Swiss enterprise, have always attached great importance to our export activities |
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we are, and will remain, competitive in terms of price/performance, despite our superior quality. |
Our company image ...
... is reflected by two statements:
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"We are a publishing company that specializes in the production and distribution of fine art cards and notecards as well as other high quality products based on our cards." |
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"We shall always make every effort to comply with the requirements of our most demanding customers and, therefore, commit ourselves to products of impeccable quality and the very best in services." |
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