Cimpress
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| Company type | Public |
| Nasdaq: CMPR Russell 2000 Component | |
| Industry | Mass customization |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Dundalk, Ireland |
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| Brands | Vistaprint, National Pen, Pixart Printing, WmD, ExaPrint |
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| Website | cimpress.com |
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Cimpress plc is an American Irish-domiciled[2] company that invests in and operates a wide variety of businesses that use mass customization to configure and produce small quantities of individually customized goods. Those products are sold to small businesses, graphic designers and consumers[3] through a number of customer-facing brands that Cimpress operates.
Business operations
[edit]Cimpress is a conglomerate that specializes in mass customization, based in Dundalk, Ireland employing more than 10,000 people globally across manufacturing, marketing, technology, software development, sales and support functions.[4] It has offices and manufacturing facilities throughout Europe, North and South America, India, Australia, Philippines, China and Japan.[3][5]
Cimpress aggregates, via the Internet, large volumes of small, individually customized orders for a broad spectrum of print, signage, apparel and similar products.[3]
History
[edit]The company was founded under the name Bonne Impression in 1995 in Paris, France by current President and CEO Robert Keane.[6] It was a direct marketer of desktop publishing software and pre-printed laser-printer-compatible specialty papers for printing brochures, stationery and business cards from the desktops – focused on small business customers. In 1999, the company moved its business to the internet and changed its name to Vistaprint.[6]
This was followed by its initial public offering in 2005 when it began trading on the Nasdaq under VPRT.[7]
In November 2014, the company changed its name from Vistaprint N.V. to Cimpress N.V. to clarify the distinction between the corporate entity and the company's portfolio of customer-facing brands.[8][3]
Acquisitions
[edit]Cimpress has acquired several companies that specialize in online printing and mass customization.
In November 2011, Cimpress acquired Albumprinter which it later divested in 2017, a company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands that produces photobooks and Webs, a company based in Silver Spring, Maryland, that enables users to create free websites.[9]
At the start of 2014, Cimpress announced it had acquired People & Print Group (renamed Printdeal as of January 1, 2015), an online printing company based in Deventer, Netherlands.[10] In April of the same year, the company acquired Pixartprinting, an online printing company based in Quarto d'Altino, Italy.[11] Later that year in October 2014, Vistaprint acquired acquired a $25 million minority position in Brazilian web-printing startup Printi.[12] In 2020, the company acquired a majority stake.[citation needed]
In December 2016, Cimpress acquired National Pen, a marketer and manufacturer of custom writing instruments.[13]
Four years later, in 2018, Cimpress acquired BuildASign, an online printing company based in Austin, Texas for $280 million.[14] BuildASign will keep its company name as well as its website.[15] That same year, the company also purchased a majority stake in VIDA & Co., a San Francisco-based company that provides on-demand apparel, accessories, and home decor products.[16]
Manufacturing
[edit]Cimpress businesses have manufacturing facilities in North America, South America, Asia, Europe and Australia.[3] In 2016, the company opened its first US manufacturing plant in Reno, Nevada.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "US SEC: Form 10-K Cimpress N.V." U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- ^ "Tracking Tax Runaways". Bloomberg.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Form 10-K". Cimpress Investor Relations. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Q3 2016 Financial and Operating Metrics". ir.cimpress.com. Cimpress. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Cimpress Total Employees (Annual) (CMPR)". ycharts.com. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ^ a b "From Startup To 500 Million Dollars: VistaPrint CEO Robert Keane". One Million to One Million. 24 June 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "Initial Public Offering Filing". NASDAQ. Cimpress Investor Relations. Retrieved 30 September 2005.
- ^ "Vistaprint Changes Name, Ticker to Cimpress (CMPR) (revised)". Yahoo Finance. 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ Brown, Rodney (9 December 2011). "Vistaprint to acquire Webs.com for $118 million". American City Business Journals.
- ^ "Vistaprint to Acquire Dutch Firm - Analyst Blog". 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ Nias, Simon. "Vistaprint acquires Pixartprinting in €127m deal". Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ Mac, Ryan. "American Investors Find Brazilian Comfort In Exit From Printing Startup Printi". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ "Cimpress to Acquire National Pen". Ink World. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ Ali, Fareeha (2018-09-25). "Cimpress acquires online-only retailer BuildASign". Digital Commerce 360. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ Cronin, Mike. "Vistaprint owner acquires BuildASign for $280M". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ Central, A. S. I. (2018-08-29). "Cimpress Makes Majority Equity Investment in VIDA & Co". www.asicentral.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ Sally, Roberts (7 November 2016). "Cimpress, mass-customization printing company, is coming to Reno". Northern Nevada Business Weekly. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2017.