Cologne Book Manufactory

Sustainable Print Products

About us

Cologne Book Manufactory (CBM) stands for sustainable print & publishing. Our goal and ambition as a publisher and print production service provider: Sustainable print and paper products based upon full material and supply chain transparency via the assessments of the Responsible Publishing Net (RPN).

In our product portfolio we focus on print products with extraordinary quality and compliance requirements such as:

  • Children’s books, toys & games
  • Books plus accessories
  • Eco-friendly packaging
  • Promotional articles
  • Stationery & gift articles
  • Art books and prints
  • Individualised products

CBM Production Services

Cologne Book Manufactory provides print & production services to publishers, print buyers and manufacturers. This includes product development support and the organisation of print-runs in the predefined standards of the CBM Product Portfolio based upon the RPN Assessments.

CBM also supports companies on request on topics like product safety, sustainability, due diligence obligations and other quality management topics in print productions. For the organisation of audits and safety tests and other compliance topics, CBM cooperates with selected certifiers, testing laboratories and experts.

CBM Partners

Cologne Book Manufactory is collaborating with small and major manufacturers, material suppliers and customers. Further information on our partners and customers is available on request. Some of our recent customers have been

ars Edition   |  Bastei Lübbe   |   Kastner AG   |   moses Verlag   |   Münchner Verlagsgruppe   |   Penguin Random House   |   Verlagsgruppe Oetinger   |    Wiley-VCH

Sustainability & Compliance First

For the assessment of our materials, products and supply chains we consequently use the standardized RPN Assessments. The RPN Assessment Questionnaires try to cover the wide range of quality and compliance requirements which matter in the print & publishing sector, such as

Our Agenda

Cologne Book Manufactory was founded in 2017 by Annette Hillig, former Production & Purchasing Director at the Egmont Group, with this agenda:

  • The production of good & sustainable print and paper products based upon full material and supply chain transparency
  • The promotion of collaboration on sustainability in the print & paper sector at a global scale via the Responsible Publishing Net