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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 |
Footnotes / references [1] |
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.
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]
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. [3]
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. [8] [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 the same year, it 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. BuildASign will keep its company name as well as its website. [14] 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. [15]
In October 2020 the company acquired online marketplace 99designs based in Melbourne. [16]
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]
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Formerly |
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Company type | Public |
Nasdaq:
CMPR Russell 2000 Component | |
Industry | Mass customization |
Founded | 1995 |
Headquarters | Dundalk, Ireland |
Key people | |
Brands | Vistaprint, National Pen, Pixart Printing, WmD, ExaPrint |
Revenue |
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Total assets |
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Total equity |
|
Number of employees |
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Website | cimpress.com |
Footnotes / references [1] |
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.
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]
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. [3]
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. [8] [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 the same year, it 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. BuildASign will keep its company name as well as its website. [14] 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. [15]
In October 2020 the company acquired online marketplace 99designs based in Melbourne. [16]
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]