CLIP

What CLIP does

CLIP SA is a privately held French printing company founded in 1987 and headquartered in Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or in the Lyon metropolitan area (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region). The company specializes in fiduciary (secure) document printing and direct marketing/mailing services, operating four integrated in-house trades across a single 3,500+ m² production site: printing (offset and digital), personalization (laser and inkjet with datamatrix and up to 3 matching operations), finishing (cutting, booklet assembly), and routing (automated insertion of 1-7 documents and La Poste-accredited on-site postal franking). CLIP holds NF K 11-112 fiduciary certification required to produce French bank checks, checkbooks, and remittance slips, along with ISO 9001 (25+ years), ISO 14001, PEFC, Imprim'Vert, and UN Global Compact credentials, and has achieved Ecovadis Gold Medal status for two consecutive years.

The company's product portfolio centers on secure document printing for the French banking sector (CLIP states it works with "most of the banking market"), a secure diploma product (six anti-fraud features targeting the documented 10% diploma fraud rate), direct marketing campaign execution (print + personalize + insert + route), PVC cards (loyalty, student, membership), and specialized offerings for schools (apprenticeship tax campaigns, student cards) and associations (donation appeals). Security features include thermochromic ink, invisible fluorescent ink, gommable erasable ink, watermark paper, and CMC7 magnetic encoding. Named enterprise customers include Banque Populaire, Caisse d'Épargne, Banque de Savoie (banking); Harmonie Mutuelle (insurance/mutual health); bioMérieux (healthcare/life sciences); Wall Street Institute (finance/education); and Habitat Humanisme (non-profit/housing).

Revenue mechanics are built on bespoke project-based pricing: quotes are issued per job based on quantity, paper quality, security features, personalization complexity, and routing requirements, with no public price list disclosed. The go-to-market is direct B2B sales (consultative, relationship-led) into regulated verticals — banks, insurers, healthcare firms, higher education institutions, and associations — delivered through a single commercial site in the Lyon region. Distribution is augmented by the La Poste router partnership (Marketing and Gestion categories), which grants CLIP access to industrial postal tariffs and lets it function as a one-stop print-to-post node for direct mail clients. Ownership is founder-led: Christophe Mouret serves as Dirigeant (CEO). The company has no disclosed parent, no funding rounds, and no external investors.

Name

CLIP

Legal name

CLIP SA

Website

https://clip-sa.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CLIP SA is a French private printing company in the Lyon region specializing in secure fiduciary document printing (bank checks, diplomas) and La Poste-accredited direct mail routing services for banks, insurers, healthcare firms, educational institutions, and associations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secure Fiduciary Printing and Document Routing

NAICS

Printing and Related Support Activities (323), Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Manifold Business Forms (2761)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial & Offset Printing (Sheetfed/Web) (MPAJALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Printing & Business Forms (continuous forms, checks, tickets) (IMAMAHAH)

Keywords

• Secure fiduciary printing
• Bank check printing
• Direct mail services
• Secure diploma printing
• Document personalization routing

Headquarters

HQ city

Champagne-au-mont-d'or

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Secure Document Printing: Production of fiduciary documents including bank checks, checkbooks, remittance slips, and secure diplomas for banks and educational institutions. Revenue is generated through per-job printing contracts, likely on a project or recurring order basis.
2. Direct Marketing Services: Full-service direct mail operations including design consultation, printing, personalization, envelope insertion, and postal routing. Clients include companies running mass mailing campaigns for prospecting, administrative communications, and promotional mailings.
3. Educational and Association Products: Sale of student cards (PVC printing), secure diplomas, training tax management services, and donation call materials for schools, universities, and associations.
4. Routing and Postal Services: As a La Poste-approved router in Marketing and Management categories, CLIP earns margins on industrial postal rates for bulk mailings, providing clients access to discounted postal tariffs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CLIP is a French fiduciary printer that produces secure documents (bank cheques, checkbooks, remittance slips, secure diplomas, PVC cards) and provides integrated direct mail services (needs analysis, offset and digital printing, personalization, envelope insertion, and La Poste-accredited postal routing) from a single 3,500 m² workshop in Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or. The firm combines security inks, watermark paper, and CMC7 magnetic encoding with La Poste industrial postal rates to serve banks, educational institutions, associations, and corporate direct marketers.

Product overview

CLIP is a French printing company with 37 years of experience specializing in secure printing, direct marketing, and document routing services. The company operates a 3,500 m² workshop facility and offers four core service areas: Impression (printing), Personnalisation (personalization), Façonnage (finishing), and Routage (routing). Their primary offerings include secure printing for banking documents (cheques, remittance slips) and secure diplomas, direct marketing campaigns with personalized mailing services, and specialized products for schools and associations. The company uses offset and digital printing technologies with security features including thermochromic inks, fluorescent inks, and watermark paper.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ComClip: Customer portal for CLIP clients to access services

Products and services

• Secure Fiduciary Printing (Impression sécurisée) Secure document printing service for banks and official institutions, producing cheque letters, chequebooks, and remittance slips using thermochromic, invisible fluorescent, and erasable inks combined with watermark paper to resist fraud and falsification.
• Secure Diplomas (Diplômes sécurisés) Secure diploma printing for higher education institutions with six integrated security features covering reproduction protection, manual verification, technical tool verification, IT security, photocopy protection, and anti-forgery measures.
• Direct Marketing Service (Marketing Direct) End-to-end direct mail service for corporate clients covering needs analysis, printing, personalization (laser B/W or inkjet color), envelope insertion, and La Poste-accredited postal routing.
• Association Products (Produits Associations) Printed materials product line for associations including donation appeal campaigns and integrated cards, supporting non-profit communication and member loyalty.
• School Products (Produits Écoles) Specialized printing product line for higher education institutions covering PLV (point-of-sale display), secure diplomas, apprenticeship tax management campaigns, student cards, and PVC cards.
• Apprenticeship Tax Campaign Management (Taxe d'apprentissage) End-to-end apprenticeship tax collection campaign management for schools, including brochure printing, PND management, personalization, and envelope mailing.
• PVC Cards (Cartes PVC) PVC card printing service in black-and-white or color with text and photo personalization for loyalty cards, membership cards, access badges, and gift cards.

Quantifiable outcome

• 43% of direct mail readers take store visit action
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• La PostecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCLIP is an approved router accredited by La Poste in both Marketing and Gestion categories. This accreditation allows CLIP to frank mail on-site and offer clients access to industrial postal rates, providing a cost advantage for mass mailing campaigns. CLIP publishes annual tariff rules with La Poste pricing details and delivery timeframes.
• ESAT (Établissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail)minorOthersCLIP partners with a nearby ESAT (sheltered employment workshop) for manual insertion operations on non-mechanizable formats and complex personalization rapprochements, supporting social inclusion employment.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Antalis: European paper merchant and packaging distributor supplying substrates to commercial printers. Adjacent to CLIP as a primary supplier rather than a competitor, but central to the surrounding print ecosystem.
• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen: German manufacturer of offset and digital printing equipment that supplies much of the European commercial print industry. Enables CLIP's production platform rather than competing with it.
• BOWE SYSTEC: German-headquartered supplier of mail inserting and sortation equipment used in routing/fulfilment lines. Directly relevant to CLIP's automated envelope-insertion operations as an equipment provider.

Broad incumbents

• De La Rue: UK-listed global security printer producing banknotes, identity documents, and secure commercial print. While much larger and broader than CLIP, it overlaps on the secure-document category and benchmark fiduciary security capabilities.
• Docaposte: Digital and physical mail subsidiary of La Poste Group providing secure document processing, archiving and bulk mailing. Overlaps CLIP's mailing/routing workflows and is a connected channel partner through La Poste accreditation.

Direct peers

• Quadient: France-headquartered provider of customer communications management, mail automation and secure document solutions. Overlaps CLIP's direct mail / routing business and competes for the same enterprise communications budgets.
• François-Charles Oberthur (Oberthur Fiduciaire): French fiduciary printer historically focused on cheque books and secured banking documents. Competes with CLIP for the same French banking fiduciary volumes under comparable NF-type certifications.
• Graphius Group: Belgian commercial and secure printer with offset and digital capabilities serving European enterprise customers. Closely comparable in production model (offset + personalization + finishing) and customer profile.
• IN Groupe: French secure printing group (formerly Imprimerie Nationale) producing fiduciary documents, secure IDs, and certified printed materials for the French state and banks. Direct counterpart to CLIP in the French fiduciary print market.

Regional players

• Groupe SPRINT: French regional commercial printer offering offset, digital and direct mail services. Comparable in scope and geography to CLIP, competing for similar French B2B direct marketing and print buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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