About Us - Drukkerij DeStad

our history

Drukkerij DeStad was founded in 1975 by Ronald "Ronnie" Irausquin I and ownership of the company has since been handed down from generation to generation. This has continued to the present-day with current operations being run by the fourth generation of the Irausquin family. Our origin story began when the newspaper La Prensa was established on the island and didn't have access to an adequate printing house. Ronald Irausquin I, who was also a co-founder of La Prensa, then decided to establish a printing house to meet this demand. He then made the decision to dedicate himself fully to this endeavor while remaining a shareholder in La Prensa. The resulting business relationship between La Prensa and the newly established Drukkerij DeStad formed the launch point of our company history! We have since expanded into a newsprint specialist with a client portfolio that includes a host of newspapers in Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and Panama.

why choose us

We Treat You Like Family

The relationships we have built form an important cornerstone of the success of our company. We treat our clients and partners like family. And as a family business owned by the “Irausquin” family, we understand the immense value of nurturing relationships.

Our Trusty Printing Press

We are particularly popular for providing print on a web offset printing press. Due to our large and high caliber Goss Community printing press, we have a minimum of 3,000 newspapers per job.

Continuous Innovation

And we continue to invest in new technology to offer the best service to our international clients, so that they may continue to enjoy our exceptional hassle-free service.

WE ALWAYS DELIVER

At Drukkerij DeStad we work with two shifts to always deliver fast turnaround time: a night shift and a day shift. Our night shift is for our clients that want their publication in the hands of the readers as soon as 5 am. And our day shift is for special editions and other daily newspapers.

We can customize and make your end product in the exact dimensions you’re looking for. This includes A5, A4, Tabloid , and Quarter fold (standard newspaper).

And we also offer stitching to make your publication stand out more; due to us having a stitching machine and an inserter in house we can give you a publication of up to 64 pages full color!

Our amazing hassle-free service extends to our international clients. It doesn’t matter if they are located in Aruba, Panama, or The Netherlands. They can simply connect to our FTP folder and drop their files and we will make sure that those files turn into a one of a kind end product.