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| Industry | Mass customization |
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| Founder | |
| Headquarters | Venlo, Netherlands |
| Products | Print, signage, apparel, gifts and more |
| Brands | Albelli, Drukwerkdeal, Exagroup, Pixartprinting, Vistaprint and others |
| Revenue | $1.5 billion |
Number of employees | 6200 (2015) |
| Website | cimpress |
Cimpress N.V. is a Dutch company that specializes in mass customization. The company brings its products to market through a portfolio of brands that serve businesses, graphic professionals and consumers. [1] Founded by Robert Keane in 1995, the company eventually acquired a number of other companies in various countries. [2] It adopted its current name, Cimpress, in 2014 when the company reorganized with the intention of unifying its operational systems into a platform that would serve across its subsidiary brands. [3]
Business
editCimpress is based in Venlo, Netherlands and employs 6200 people globally. [1] Approximately 1,000 employees work at the company’s U.S. offices in Waltham, Massachusetts, having relocated from Lexington, MA in August 2015. [4] It also has offices and manufacturing facilities throughout Europe as well as in India, Australia, China and Japan. [2]
Through the use of its own patented technology, Cimpress aggregates, via the Internet, large volumes of small, individually customized orders for a broad spectrum of print, signage, apparel and similar products. [1]
History
editThe company was founded under the brand Bonne Impression in 1995 in Paris, France by current President and CEO Robert Keane. [5] In 1999, the company moved its business to the internet and changed its name to Vistaprint. [5] This was followed by its initial public offering in 2005 when it began trading on the Nasdaq under VPRT. [6] The company built its first manufacturing facility in Venlo, the Netherlands, in 2003. [7]This was followed by a North American production facility in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, in 2005.[8]
In November of 2011, Cimpress acquired Albumprinter, a company based Amsterdam, Netherlands that produces photobooks and Webs, a company based in Silver Spring, Maryland, that enables users to create free websites. [9]
In 2014, Cimpress acquired People & Print Group (renamed Printdeal as of January 1, 2015), an online printing company based in Deventer, Netherlands.[10] In the same year, it acquired Pixartprinting, an online printing company based in Quarto d'Altino, Italy. [11] Also that year, the company changed its name to Cimpress N.V. to clarify the distinction between the corporate entity's manufacturing platform and the company’s portfolio of customer-facing brands. [1]
In 2015, Cimpress acquired three additional online printing companies that serve the needs of resellers and graphic designers in Europe: Druck.at, Easyflyer, Exaprint and Tradeprint. [1]
Manufacturing
editCimpress has manufacturing facilities in several countries and a total manufacturing footprint of over 100,000 square meters (1,100,000 square feet). [1] Through the use of its own patented technology, Cimpress is able to aggregate large numbers of customized orders from each of its brands and print them in automated production facilities. [1] The company holds more than 224 patents many that are related to printing and computer integrated manufacturing. [1]
Brands
editCimpress goes to market via a portfolio of brands that include: [1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Form 10-K". Cimpress Investor Relations. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ a b Cagle, Erik (25 March 2015). "Cimpress (Parent of Vistaprint ) Is Building a Global Mass-Customization Platform". NAPCO Media. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ "Form 8-K". Cimpress Investor Relations. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ Castellanos, Sarah (22 July 2015). "Cimpress, formerly Vistaprint, to leave Lexington HQ this year". Biz Journals. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ a b "From Startup To 500 Million Dollars: VistaPrint CEO Robert Keane". One Million to One Million. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "Initial Public Offering Filing". NASDAQ. Cimpress Investor Relations. Retrieved 30 September 2005.
- ^ "VistaPrint Proposes Change in Place of Incorporation from Bermuda to the Netherlands". Sec.gov. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- ^ "Form 10-Q". Cimpress Investor Relations. Cimpress.
- ^ Brown, Rodney (9 December 2011). "Vistaprint to acquire Webs.com for $118 million". American City Business Journals.
- ^ "Vistaprint to Acquire Dutch Firm - Analyst Blog Read more: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/vistaprint-to-acquire-dutch-firm-analyst-blog-cm328076#ixzz3lplvaqod". 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
{{cite news}}: External link in|title= - ^ Nias, Simon. "Vistaprint acquires Pixartprinting in €127m deal". Retrieved 03 April 2014.
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