BPJ WIRE2026-10-08FEATUREMembers only12 min read
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Onlineprinters taps a 35-year veteran for its publisher push

Online grew 1.4%; Roll-up grew 23.0%. How much human expertise and logistics should remain in publisher services?

Onlineprinters is expanding its publisher business in the DACH region and has brought in a figure with 35 years of industry experience. Yet in the first half of 2026, it was not the Online segment but the division the company calls Roll-up that grew by 23.0%. The numbers show why people remain part of the model—and when logistics starts eating into profit.

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Onlineprinters taps a 35-year veteran for its publisher push

Onlineprinters has appointed a figure with 35 years of experience to its publisher business. The target is the three-country DACH market of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The company also said it plans to transfer the business model it built with publishers in Scandinavia to this region.…

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