Services
Your full-service provider: printing, finishing, and delivery from a single source. Over 150 employees produce media products in offset, digital, and large-format printing on more than 7,200 m² in Bexbach, Saarland. Whether it is a unique custom piece, a cost-effective small batch, or large-scale runs beyond the million mark, Kern is equipped for your requirements.
"In addition to prepress data preparation, Kern GmbH offers extensive agency services – encompassing the planning and conceptualization of your print products, design, and artwork finalization, as well as the development of self-mailers or POS display systems.
As a specialist in direct-mail production, Kern GmbH provides the full range of lettershop services: from data preparation and postage optimization to printing and personalization, through to processing and postal handling.
In addition to numerous print finishing options, processing and final conversion are carried out in-house. In our own logistics center, we offer fulfillment services such as storage, order call-off, picking, and shipping."
Our services at a glance
Download an overview of our service portfolio via our factsheet "Drucken im Saarland" (PDF, German).
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- Prepress
- Planning and conception
- Design and final artwork
- Structural design of self-mailers, display systems, and packaging
- Logo development and corporate design
- Accessible PDFs according to the PDF/UA standard
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- Over 8 million mailings per year
- Post-certified direct mailings
- Dialogpost, Postaktuell, Postwurfspezial
- Performance Partner of Deutsche Post
- DDV quality and performance seal for lettershops
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- Spot varnish, UV coating, dispersion varnish
- Film lamination
- Hot foil stamping, blind embossing
- Spot colors
- Letterpress
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- Banners, textiles, adhesive films
- Acrylic glass, aluminum composite, rigid foam, honeycomb cardboard
- Trade fair systems, displays
- Packaging materials
- Vehicle graphics (car wrapping)
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- Inventory management
- Order retrieval via online portal
- Picking and packing
- Postage and customs clearance
- Shipping and returns processing
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Product portfolio
Stickers, labels
Banners, signage
Books
(hardcover, softcover)
Vehicle lettering, car wrapping
Displays, packaging
Flags, promotional banners
Flyers, brochures
Business stationery
(envelopes, letterheads, business cards)
Calendars, wall planners, desk pads
Greeting cards, invitations
Loose-leaf collections, reports, documents
Magazines, journals, brochures, catalogs
Mailings
(enveloped, self-mailers)
Binders, folders
Posters, prints
Technical plans, maps
Index dividers, ring binders
Signs, wayfinding systems
Textiles, bags
... and much more.
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Equipment
With short investment cycles and as a reference customer of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Kern produces using state-of-the-art technologies on a modern machinery park, always at the cutting edge. Here you can find an overview of our technical equipment.
Quality
A standardized media production according to ISO 9001 and ISO 12647 (PSO) ensures consistently high quality that also meets your requirements. As a Performance Partner of Deutsche Post and a member of the German Dialog Marketing Association (DDV), Kern GmbH operates under strict data protection guidelines, which are regularly audited by external parties.
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- DE EN ISO 9001:2015
- Implemented since: 2014
- Reg. No.: 60314217/3
- Valid until: 29.03.2026
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- ISO 12647
- Qualified Color Management
- Standardized printing form production
- Sheet-fed offset print runs according to PSO
- Implemented since: 2011
- Valid until: 08/2027
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- Reference Customer since: 2012
- Use of field test machines in the areas of printing and print finishing
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- Report No. 36745
- Printing conditions in digital printing according to PSD
- Implemented since: 08.2025
- Valid until: 25.08.2026
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- Implemented since: 2006
- Certified sender for Brief International, Dialogpost and Dialogpost E+KW
- Certified sender for Postaktuell, Postwurfspezial, Presse Distribution
- Several certified mailings with DV franking
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- Compliance with legally required data protection and self-imposed data protection standards
- Observance of notice obligations (GDPR, Robinson list, opt-outs for advertising, etc.)
- Fulfillment of prescribed duties for managing IT processing
- Implemented since: 2014
- Valid until: 31.12.2027