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Endpoint: Istra (Printer)



created on: 16/04/2026
by: bob (10713)
 
 

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Istra is the abbreviated business name of Istra Imprimerie Strasbourgeoise SA, a French printing business active from 1675 till 2010.
Founded in 1675 by Frédéric Guillaume Schmuck (1638-1721), originally from Ribeauvillé, it quickly became one of the city's most important printing houses, notably obtaining, after 1681 and the annexation of Strasbourg to the Kingdom of France, the title of printing house to the King and the Bishopric, as well as the privilege of printing a newspaper in French (in 1699). Located successively on Rue du Vieux Marché aux Poissons, Rue du Bouclier, and Rue des Pucelles, it finally settled on Rue des Juifs, where its headquarters remained until the 1980s.
In 1871, it became Strassburger Druckerei & Verlagsanstalt before being renamed Imprimerie Strasbourgeoise in 1918, a name later shortened to Istra. Simultaneously a printing house, publishing house, and bookstore, Istra reached its peak in the 1970s, having operated a factory in Schiltigheim since 1958.
The factory has been located in Schiltigheim since 1957, on the site of the former Strasbourg tile works, most recently the Bas-Rhin United Tile Works. In March 1957, a first 1,500 m² building with a gable end facing the street on Avenue de la Deuxième-Division-Blindée was constructed by the Strasbourg architect François Herrenschmidt. The gatekeeper's lodge and the entrance guardhouse date from the same period, as does the house of the former director and owner of the printing works. Industrial buildings proliferated between the 1960s and 1980s as industrial activity grew, employing 800 people in the 1970s compared to 60 in its final years. The factory's usable space covers 28,000 m².
The company underwent about ten restructurings during the 20th century, four of them in the last fifteen years. Until 2005, ISTRA IN was part of the Imprimerie Nationale (IN) group before being sold by the French government to the Opale-Partenaire group.
The final printing activity was specialized in four-color process printing of catalogs. It formerly produced a variety of items, including posters, magazines, chromolithographs, administrative documents, and bottle labels for local manufacturers.
Acquired in 1997 by the Imprimerie Nationale (National Printing Office) and then, in 2005, by the Opale group, it ceased operations permanently two years later and was liquidated in 2010.
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Item number : 72522

Submitted by : bob (10713)
on : 16/04/2026