Triple Success at the German Brand Award 2021

Every year, the German Brand Institute and the German Design Council honor the most innovative brands and best strategies for consistent brand management and sustainable brand communication. snoopstar won three of the coveted trophies this year.
Together with ALDI SÜD, snoopstar won gold in the Digital Solutions & Apps category. Also, the jury was so impressed by the successes of the last two years that it awarded snoopstar "Excellent Brand" in the categories Telecommunications & IT (Winner) and Digital Brand of the Year (Special Mention).

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We Plant Your Trees

You snooped – we donated. More than 50 trees are the result of our augmented reality Christmas campaign, which supported PLANT-MY-TREE® reforestation projects in Germany. For us, digital climate protection also means using augmented reality in sustainability communication. Combining digital and analog storytelling, and communicating topics transparently and emotionally. Enriching printed materials from packaging to flyers with multimedia content – up-to-date on a daily basis and without additional paper consumption, but with an infinite plus in information, interaction and entertainment.

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Wow! We are Düsseldorfers of the Year

Every year, the Rheinische Post newspaper honors people who have rendered outstanding contributions to the regional capital in a remarkable way. This year’s prize in the innovation and sustainability category went to Klaus and Chris Finken.
We feel deeply honored to have a place in Düsseldorf’s history among this line-up of great personalities. We proudly accept the award with the warmest thanks to our entire team at LSD, snoopstar, and cool artwork, and to our valued customers and long-time partners. Their trust and personal commitment give us the chance to keep setting new trends and creating innovations that shape the future.

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We are Entrepreneurs of the Year

As part of the SME Day, the Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf awarded Klaus Finken and Chris Finken the 11th Düsseldorf Entrepreneur Prize. This prize honors the innovative strength and future orientation of companies as well as entrepreneurs who have rendered outstanding merits to the region.
In his laudatory speech, Sparkasse board member Uwe Baust praised: “When I first came into contact with your company, I was really deeply impressed by the consistent transformation you carried out many years ago – from a classic typesetting company to a pioneer in high-quality digital printing, which today has matured into a media full-service provider with its own platform myWorkflow and the innovative app snoopstar!”
We are particularly honored by the personal greeting message from Minister of Economics Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart. The award spurs us to stay courageous and to offer our customers the attention and innovations they expect from us.
Our sincere thanks go to the entire team, and to our customers and partners, who have placed their trust in us for many years and make innovations like snoopstar possible.

Digital Annual Reception at iD-CIRCLE

At our location iD-CIRCLE, the Digital Annual SME Reception of the BVMW – Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft e. V. – took place for the first time. The topic: "Gaining TRUST – and preventing becoming distrustful".
More than 500 SME entrepreneurs listened to an exciting keynote speech by trust consultant Jan Ditgen as well as a talk with Susanne Bielen and Georg Wilms. The two senior mayors Dr. Stephan Keller (Düsseldorf) and Felix Heinrichs (Mönchengladbach) and four mayors from the Heinsberg district were also actively involved.
In the future, room renting at our location will be available to all industrial companies that want to go a professional route. The iD-CIRCLE is a unique network of resident companies – and offers rooms that you can book for your events.

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LSD at the 12th SME Day 2021

Under the slogan “Understanding Artificial Intelligence”, the 12th SME Day of the Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf will take place on March 10th. And the LSD Group will be part of it! This virtual event will provide all participants with exciting insights into best practices, profitable solutions and an interactive exchange with experts on the topic of AI.
In this new blog, the associated partners now share their knowledge – and regularly highlight expert opinions and news on current topics. From now on, you will find exciting information, stories, interviews and videos on categories such as Print & Packaging, Apps & Digital. Always new, up-to-date and surprising.

Düsseldorf media campus iD-CIRCLE launches blog series "New Workflow"

The Düsseldorf media campus iD-CIRCLE, where, in addition to LSD GmbH & Co. KG, five other companies from the creative and media sector are located, focuses on topics such as Flexible Office and New Workflow in its new iD-BLOG.
In this new blog, the associated partners now share their knowledge – and regularly highlight expert opinions and news on current topics. From now on, you will find exciting information, stories, interviews and videos on categories such as Print & Packaging, Apps & Digital. Always new, up-to-date and surprising.

LSD produces powerful dummies

Clear the ring for new dummies from LSD: The boxing heroes Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed will be the faces of the new Chio Chips Limited Edition from May 2020! The idea behind it: Rocky Balboa follows the stony path “from dishwasher to millionaire” and wins as an underdog against the until then unbeaten champion Apollo Creed – the story of a big dream for everyone. LSD produces dummies you can bite into.

Networked all around

Climate change, packaging waste, influencers. At the 14th foodRegio Trend Day in Lübeck, important topics were discussed and new trends were presented. LSD inspired the visitors with its broad digital range and practical solutions. On stage, we explained all the integrated processes from planning to print production to the audience.
The special thing: the marketing processes are interlinked. Central data management enables us to prepare various data from a single source. No matter if dummies, translations, animations, videos, websites, e-commerce or Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Visitors were quite astonished when suddenly a package was brought to life and moving images appeared out of print. The LSD Group is digitally networked all around and combines traditional and digital media.

LSD produces unique pieces for the Super Bowl

As one of the leading companies in packaging development and media production, LSD GmbH & Co. KG has produced packaging dummies for “ran Football: NFL Super Bowl 2020”. The chips bags are shown in a commercial of the snack brand Chio, which was produced especially for the big football season final. The special thing: the snack brand is the first in Germany to exclusively produce a commercial for the final night. Premiere is on 2 February.

Excellent! FOCUS-BUSINESS selects LSD among the “TOP Medium-Sized Employers 2020”

For the third time now, FOCUS-BUSINESS and the employer rating portal kununu have awarded prizes to the best medium-sized companies in Germany. And LSD GmbH & Co. KG is one of the “TOP Medium-Sized Employers 2020”. With around 900,000 company profiles, kununu is the largest employer rating portal in Europe. Among other things, employees evaluate the work-life balance, the working atmosphere and the environmental and social awareness of their company. Based on these surveys, FOCUS-BUSINESS has now selected the “TOP Medium-Sized Employers 2020”. LSD could convince in all categories and thus secure a place in the coveted list of “TOP Medium-Sized Employers 2020”. In the past, LSD has already been awarded the “Top Company” seal by kununu and was most recently ranked among the top 10 employers in the printing and media industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the major 2019 employer ranking of Druck & Medien magazine. The most employee-friendly companies in Germany and thus “TOP Medium-Sized Employers 2020” will be presented in November in a FOCUS-BUSINESS special issue.

Certification for compliance with the ProcessStandard Offsetdruck (PSO)

We are PSO-certified again. Every two years, the seal of approval documents anew our quality in the manufacture of print products, which is firmly established in our internal processes. Frank Wipperfürth from Verband Druck + Medien Nord-West, consultant for technology and examiner for PSO certification (front right), presented the award to our colleagues.
Sitting in front: Torsten Krings (LSD, Print Production).
Standing at the back (from left to right): Markus Hermanns (LSD, Quality Management) and Nico Frank (LSD, Color Management).

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LSD fascinates with new technologies in Hamburg

With the slogan “Welcome to the Future – Augmented Reality as a powerful marketing tool”, LSD invited the participants of the Marketing Club Hamburg e. V. to look behind the scenes of a trend-setting media production – from “handmade” prototypes to modern marketing resource management and virtual supermarkets.
How completely new dimensions of interaction and spectacular product experiences can be created with the help of Augmented and Virtual Reality, the participants were able to experience up close in the so-called “New Dimension Lab”.
When reality and digitalization are well connected, the door opens to the fascinating world of Augmented Reality. The power of the concrete, complemented by the almost limitless possibilities of additional digital information.

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LSD on the largest playground for adults

The DIGITAL KINDERGARTEN on 6 June 2019 in Hamburg’s Millerntor Stadium is all about discovering new digital trends and technologies in marketing and communication. Clearly, LSD as an actor should not be missed. It is easier to understand how innovations can be used if you try them out for yourself.
Visitors to the New Dimension Lab at the booth go on a virtual journey of discovery and get up close with augmented realities. Thanks to snoopstar, the gadget playground has one more dimension. The augmented reality app makes exhibition stands, roll-ups and floor stickers a virtual experience. The offline world is combined with the online world to create a unique AR adventure.

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LSD rocks the table soccer tournament of the packaging design agencies

Clear the ring for team SNOOPERS! At the table soccer tournament “Kick Off” of the packaging design agencies in Hamburg, the LSD team showed what it could do in terms of speed and skill. 31 teams took up the challenge and competed against each other. All their physical effort was required to get the ball into the opponent’s goal. In the end, the SNOOPERS took 4th and 5th place. Besides lots of fun and action, LSD as main sponsor raffled a superb WEBER gas grill among all the guests. It was great to combine the real game world with the digital one. At the booth, the guests were kidnapped into the virtual world and experienced Augmented Reality live.

snoopstar at Mintel's Europaen Roadshow

At Mintel’s European roadshow, snoopstar proves that augmented reality is capable of reconnecting consumers and brands. AR is a real-time information courier. And it’s much more! It’s the bridge between the analog and digital world, between offline and online, that opens up completely new dimensions of interaction and communication. As a kind of “animatrice social” it provides direct contact with the environment and things. This promises not only unheard-of, vivid experiences, but also new – and emotional – bonds. We invite visitors to step into augmented reality live at our snoopstar booth. Discover how AR opens windows on our mobile displays to the really relevant information. Scan (i.e. “snoop”) objects with your smartphone camera and experience how brands and companies succeed, for example, in expanding customer “journeys” by bringing products to life with virtual elements such as moving images, animations, 3D, video and audio clips. Immerse yourself in a beautiful new world.

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LSD produces unique pieces for the Super Bowl

As one of the leading companies in packaging development and media production, LSD GmbH & Co. KG has produced packaging dummies for “ran Football: NFL Super Bowl 2020”. The chips bags are shown in a commercial of the snack brand Chio, which was produced especially for the big football season final. The special thing: the snack brand is the first in Germany to exclusively produce a commercial for the final night. Premiere is on 2 February.

Together for the region: LSD at the 150th anniversary of “Düsseldorf IN”

On 16 April, personalities from politics, business, athletics, art, and culture came together at the invitation of the Rheinisch Post MedienGruppe and SIGNA to network in a stylish atmosphere. We had exclusive representation at the anniversary event of “Düsseldorf IN” in the form of a booth in the old boiler house (Böhler premises).

LSD recognized as an exemplary company leading the way for the NRW economy of the future!

LSD wins an award in the corporate competition “NRW Business Change”. An expert jury of first-rate judges chose LSD as one of the 10 outstanding companies representing the structural transformation of the state on its path to becoming a versatile economic area with a strong future. The award will be presented by Minister of Economic Affairs Pinkwart, on September 3 at the Ministry for Business, Energy, Industry, Mid-Sized Enterprise, and Handicrafts in Düsseldorf.

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DESIGN MEETS INDUSTRY – exclusive future and networking event

On 6-7 September, we will be bringing together the big players of the consumer goods industry with the greats of the design industry at our new media campus in Düsseldorf. Spread across 6,000 square meters, we will be focussing on the future of packaging and the consumer goods industry. We will be preparing ourselves – with 50 years of pioneering spirit behind us – for the most rousing trends of the future with keynote speakers, presentations, exhibitors, AR and VR experiences, VIP evening events, and much more.

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Campus opening party: Starting summer off with Booster!

In addition to some great treats, there was also a little something to delight the ears at this year’s summer festival: The band Booster got LSD staff and their partners going in just the right way. A fantastic evening with an informal atmosphere!