A Family Business Built on Three Komori Printing Presses: Inside Nova Druck's Print Operation

Nova Druck, a family-owned print shop in Nuremberg, Germany, is opening its doors with a new video, offering the industry a rare look inside its operations and the family bond guiding the business into its next generation.

Nova Druck's relationship with its equipment supplier stretches back further than its most recent headlines suggest. The company's first press from the supplier, the GL-440, was taken into production in December 2018, and its installation was covered at the time as an early sign of the company's willingness to invest in its production capability. That first machine laid the groundwork for the trust that shaped the company's later, larger decisions.

Investment announcements are one thing; the real test is how equipment performs once installed. Nova Druck reports that all three machines have settled into reliable, productive service. The GL-440, now the longest-serving of the three, remains a steady workhorse within the operation, and the experience of running it gave the company a strong foundation for taking on the GL-840P advance and GL-529 together some years later. Staff describe a demanding but manageable adjustment period when the two newer machines arrived, having to adapt to two changes in working practice at once, but having planned workflows around the pair from the outset made the process smoother. All three machines are now embedded in standard production, each handling the work best suited to it. The company's satisfaction is expressed less in technical terms and more operationally: fewer surprises, more predictable scheduling, and growing confidence in committing to larger or more time-sensitive jobs.

Filmed on-site at Nürnberg, a new video puts all three machines to work, capturing production as it actually happens. This is not a behind-the-scenes piece but a straightforward showcase of production in action, letting the machines and their output speak for themselves. It shows the machines running live production, the first chance for viewers to see the full equipment line-up in operational context, rather than in static installation photographs spread across several years.

Still to come is the human story behind the machines: an interview with Hans Goppert and Julius Goppert, not yet published. Rather than a scripted promotional piece, the conversation covers genuinely reflective ground. What each has learned from the other over the years, and the key values Hans Goppert wanted to pass on to the next generation. It explores what responsibilities come with handing over a family business, and asks Julius Goppert directly whether his perspective on the company has changed as he has taken on more responsibility. The conversation also turns to business philosophy, asking what the pair expect from a partner beyond technology alone, and how they balance innovation with continuity and reliability.