Polytype SA
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Packaging decoration machine solutions |
| Founded 📆 | 1962 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Fribourg, Switzerland |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 300 |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.polytype.com/ |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Polytype SA is a Swiss company specialized in the design and manufacture of machinery for the direct decoration of packaging. Based in Fribourg, the company develops printing and finishing technologies for various types of containers, including tubes, cups, bottles, beverage cans.[1][2][3], lids, and cartridges used in the cosmetics, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrial sectors.
Founded in 1962[4], the company is part of WIFAG-Polytype Holding AG and markets its equipment internationally.
History
Polytype was founded in 1962 in Fribourg to develop printing solutions for the packaging industry.
From the 2010s onward, Polytype invested in the development of industrial digital printing technologies[5] and software[6] dedicated to industrial production.
Activities
Polytype designs and manufactures equipment for the direct decoration of packaging[1] like dry offset, prime offset[7], digital printing, flexo printing, screenprinting, varnishing and hot stamping technologies.
International presence
Polytype maintains sales and support operations in Switzerland, aux United States of America[8][9] and in Thailand[10][11][12].
Education and innovation
The company collaborates with universities of applied sciences[13] and industrial partners on research and development projects related to printing technologies[14], automation, and manufacturing processes.
Organization
Polytype's headquarters are located in Fribourg, where the company's research and development, engineering, manufacturing, and equipment assembly activities are centralized.
The company is a member of Swissmem[15].
Real Estate
Polytype maintains real estate activities through a dedicated company[16] responsible for the management and operation of certain property assets associated with its industrial activities.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Packager, The Metal (2026-04-07). "Beverage cans: Redefining decoration in a changing market". The Metal Packager. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ "Discover a New Possibility for Can Decoration". Futureprint. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ Cleary, Nessan. "Direct-to-Can Printing at MetPack". WhatTheyThink. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ Francis Granget (5 October 2012). "Polytype emballe depuis un demi-siècle". La Liberté (in français).
- ↑ "OPINION: Swiss precision reaching into digital". Digital Labels & Packaging. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ Olivier Wyser (24 June 2014). "Le calmar fait très bonne impression". La Liberté (in français).
- ↑ "Prime Offset: Redefining What Offset Printing Can Do". Futureprint. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ "Polytype America Corp". Bloomberg.com.
- ↑ "Polytype America Corporation". AZoM. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ "Study Trip to Bangkok 2023 | Chair for International Management | University of Fribourg". www.unifr.ch. Archived from the original on 2026-01-17. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ "PME suisses: la Thaïlande, un marché à saisir dès 2027". PME (in français). 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ "Membership Directory - Corporate | SwissThai Chamber Of Commerce (STCC)". www.swissthai.com. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ "Inkjet Straightness Sensing". www.heia-fr.ch. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ "Direct to Shape Inkjet Printing with Robots". www.heia-fr.ch. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ "Intralogistics, Graphic Machinery and Packaging Technology". Swissmem. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ François Mauron (9 June 2017). "Polytype crée sa société immobilière". La Liberté (in français).
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