Print & Direct Mail for Birmingham, Made in Yorkshire
Birmingham buyers often manage print for audiences far beyond the West Midlands: a national retail promotion, a dealer network or a customer base spread across the UK. Fretwell produces commercial print, packaging and direct mail at our single factory in Keighley, West Yorkshire, and can deliver finished work or mail it straight to recipients.
We do not have a Birmingham office or pressroom. What we offer is a production site where litho and digital print, finishing, data processing and mail enclosing sit under one roof, so a multi-part campaign is planned by one team rather than split between several suppliers.
Built for national campaigns and multi-site businesses
Large Birmingham marketing teams and agencies frequently run the same campaign in several versions: by region, by customer segment or by store. Our Heidelberg Versafire and Konica Minolta AccurioPress digital presses handle versioned and personalised work, while the Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 covers longer B2 litho runs where the content is fixed. We can help decide which parts of a campaign belong on which process.
For agencies, our trade print is white-label and unbranded under NDA, so you stay the client-facing partner. For brands and manufacturers, we can coordinate price lists, catalogues, point-of-sale and printed packaging so stock, colour and finish are consistent across the pieces.
From the factory floor to the customer’s doorstep
The West Midlands has a long manufacturing tradition alongside large retail, professional services and public-sector employers. A components manufacturer may need a technical catalogue for distributors; a retailer may need a seasonal mailer to loyalty customers; a professional services firm may need consistent client literature. Each calls for a different format, stock and distribution route, and we will ask about the end use before recommending one.
Where the job is addressed mail, our data team prepares the file, the printed pieces are enclosed on Buhrs lines, and eligible UK mail is sorted for Royal Mail Mailmark. ISO 27001 information security certification is relevant when the mailing list contains customer data your procurement team needs to protect.
Catalogue printing
Product ranges and price lists for distributors, dealers and trade customers.
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Leaflets, vouchers and enclosures printed to fit your mailing pack and enclosing route.
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Data preparation, personalised print, enclosing and Mailmark sortation for national campaigns.
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Getting from Birmingham to our printworks
Central Birmingham is roughly 120–135 miles from Keighley by road, typically around two and a half to three hours by car depending on the route and traffic. We produce everything at Goulbourne Street, Keighley BD21 1PX and do not offer a Birmingham collection point; finished work can be delivered or mailed directly.
Distances and journey times are approximate, not a delivery or turnaround estimate. For a specific job, please discuss the destination and date with our team.
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Questions about print in Birmingham
Tell us what you need to make
Share your artwork, format and distribution plans. We will discuss the right production approach for your Birmingham project from our Keighley factory.
- Print, data and mailing under one roof in Keighley
- ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001 and FSC certified
- Royal Mail Mailmark and PostAim (Ireland) mailings
- Family-owned and producing since 1980