H.R.G.

H.R.G. (formally H. R. G. spol. s r.o., with the abbreviation said to stand for "Horse Radish Graphics") is a Czech offset and digital printing company headquartered in Litomyšl. It describes itself as an offset and digital printer and offers a broad portfolio of printed products: advertising and corporate print, magazines and books, packaging and point-of-purchase materials, specialities, and flat-sheet work, supported by in-house graphic services and finishing technologies for bookbinding and packaging. The company positions itself not merely as a supplier of printed sheets but as a producer of finished, high-quality printed goods — books, magazines, calendars, posters and packaging. The business traces its roots to the period just before the Velvet Revolution, when its founder Petr Lorenc, a trained letterpress printer, began working in the polygraphic industry. The company H.R.G. itself was founded in 1992 in Litomyšl with roughly eight employees. Rapid growth in the following years was enabled by its own patent for a collating/interleaving device. In 1997 a large production hall was built and the first printing press was purchased from the German firm Heidelberg, establishing H.R.G. as a standard medium-sized printer. By 2007 it was regarded as the most modernly equipped medium-sized printing house in the Czech Republic. Although H.R.G. has formally existed only since 1992, it de facto continues the five-hundred-year printing tradition of Litomyšl, since most of its employees at the time came in the 1990s from the failing Augusta printing house (known under that name from 1852, but founded as early as 1503 as one of the oldest printing houses in the Czech lands). The owner and founder of H.R.G., Petr Lorenc, himself trained at the Augusta printing house. Ownership in 2014 was held by Petr Lorenc (66%) and Leoš Tupec (34%). The registered capital of H. R. G. spol. s r.o. as recorded in the commercial register on 5 April 2024 amounted to 4.9 million CZK. The company operates a production facility in Litomyšl and sales and proofing offices in Prague and Brno, as well as a sales and graphic-work office in Leiden, the Netherlands. Its work has been recognised by regional awards, including Firm of the Year 2007 for the Pardubice Region and Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 for the Pardubice Region awarded to founder Petr Lorenc.

The history of the printing house reaches back to just before the Velvet Revolution, when its founder Petr Lorenc, himself a trained letterpress printer, began doing business in the field of polygraphy. The company H.R.G. was founded in 1992 in Litomyšl, when it had approximately 8 employees. Rapid growth in the following years was made possible by its own patent for a collating/interleaving device. In 1997 a large production hall was built and the first printing press was purchased from the German firm Heidelberg, by which H.R.G. established itself as a standard medium-sized printing house. In 2007 it was considered the most modernly equipped medium-sized printing house in the Czech Republic. Although H.R.G. has formally existed only since 1992, it de facto continues the five-hundred-year printing tradition of Litomyšl, because most of its employees at that time came in the 1990s from the failing Augusta printing house (known under this name from 1852, but founded as early as 1503 as one of the oldest printing houses in the Czech lands). The owner and founder of H.R.G., Petr Lorenc, himself trained at the Augusta printing house. In terms of ownership structure, the owners in 2014 were Petr Lorenc with 66% and Leoš Tupec with 34%. The total amount of the registered capital of H. R. G. spol. s r.o., recorded in the commercial register as of 5 April 2024, amounted to 4.9 million CZK. The company's activities have received recognition: Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 for the Pardubice Region, awarded by Ernst & Young and the Pardubice Region to the founder of the H.R.G. printing house, Petr Lorenc; Firm of the Year 2007 for the Pardubice Region, awarded by Hospodářské noviny and the Prague Stock Exchange; and Entrepreneur of the Year 2004 for the town of Litomyšl, awarded to the H.R.G. printing house by the town of Litomyšl. The company operates branches in Prague (sales representation, proofing), Brno (sales representation, proofing), Litomyšl (production facility), and Leiden, the Netherlands (sales representation, graphic work).

• 2024

  Registered capital recorded in the commercial register as 4.9 million CZK as of 5 April 2024.

• 2014

  Ownership recorded as Petr Lorenc (66%) and Leoš Tupec (34%).

• 2008

  Founder Petr Lorenc awarded Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 for the Pardubice Region.

• 2007

  Awarded Firm of the Year 2007 for the Pardubice Region; regarded as the most modernly equipped medium-sized printing house in the Czech Republic.

• 2004

  Awarded Entrepreneur of the Year 2004 for the town of Litomyšl.

• 1997

  Large production hall built and first Heidelberg printing press purchased.

• 1992

  H.R.G. founded in Litomyšl with approximately 8 employees.

Medium-sized Czech printing house positioning itself as a producer of finished, high-quality printed goods with in-house finishing and packaging capabilities.

• Advertising print materials

• Corporate print materials

• Magazines and books

• Packaging and POP

• Specialities

• Flat-sheet printing

• Graphic services

1. 1HRG, ofsetová a digitální tiskárna Litomyšl | www.hrg.czhrg.cz
2. 2H.R.G. – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Tiskárna H.R.G. – Wikipediacs.wikipedia.org