Antezza Tipografi’s challenge: combining quality and green commitment
The pursuit of maximum efficiency and quality, and a constant drive to personalise content before it goes to print — turning each piece into a kind of calling card for the client. At Antezza Tipografi — a group with six million euros in turnover and 30 employees in 2020 — the goal every day is to go one step further, offering clients a product that stands apart from the standard, including through the use of offset rotary presses capable of producing truly unique colour results. This approach, characteristic of the Matera-based SME, is grounded in attention to detail and a commitment to innovation that never loses sight of sustainability — always ready to meet whatever the market demands.
“In the late 1980s, my brothers Enzo and Dario and I decided to set up a print facility in La Martella — the green area that houses modern Matera — one that could offer clients something technologically advanced and unlike anything seen in our region up to that point,” explains Eustachio Antezza, co-owner of the Lucanian company. “Printing is an ancient industrial process, but it still performs its function extremely well even in the age of mixed media. Paper remains a fundamental element in today’s multifaceted world of print.”
Steady growth has allowed Antezza Tipografi to build a reputation both in Italy and abroad, drawing on expertise accumulated over the years. “We offer products from high-quality rotary presses capable of printing millions of copies, as well as precision catalogues produced on other types of equipment, right through to equally high-end output from the latest generation of digital machines,” Antezza notes (pictured on the cover, from left: brothers Enzo, Dario and Eustachio). “We can deliver very high-demand quantities to our clients, while keeping a constant eye on the quality factors that contribute to the success of everything that leaves our La Martella plant. We don’t just meet the specific standards of the graphic arts — we also pay very close attention to environmental protection, something we care deeply about.”
Among the first in the Basilicata region to take environmental responsibility seriously, Antezza Tipografi continues its commitment to the planet by sourcing paper from trees grown in sustainably managed forests. “We have also been the subject of research — alongside furniture companies — for our efforts to minimise environmental impact. Over the past eight years we have prevented just under six million kilograms of CO₂ from entering the atmosphere. And we did this before it was fashionable. Because sustainability is not a green coat you put on when it suits you — it is, above all, a matter of mindset.”
With work reaching the Benelux, Switzerland and other parts of Europe, the Antezza brothers confirm the continued demand for Italian print expertise. “The market in our sector is changing extremely fast and becoming increasingly global, with large-scale industrial players entering the picture. In the coming years, only medium-to-large companies will realistically be able to take on the challenges posed by this new kind of competition,” Eustachio Antezza notes.
Among the company’s core commitments is continuous training — pursued internally, but also expressed outwardly through the Knowing and Printing programme, open to clients, corporate marketing teams, communication agencies and buyers. “Beyond communicating through what we do and what we set out to do, these events are an opportunity to share what innovations are on the horizon,” says one of Antezza Tipografi’s founders. “We are also already giving some clients the ability to transform their printed materials into augmented reality experiences — communicating through a blend of print and web.”
