Ramströms Tryckeri

What Ramströms Tryckeri does

Ramströms Tryckeri is a fourth-generation, family-owned commercial printing company headquartered in Sunne, Sweden, founded in 1917 by Lars Ramström. The company provides offset and digital printing services along the full production chain, including typesetting and image processing (repro), printing (4-color offset press plus two 2-color offset presses), and finishing/bookbinding (cutting, folding, scoring, drilling, picking and stapling, with capacity for up to 80-page newspaper production). A Computer-to-Plate (CTP) digital plate-making system was installed in 2005, replacing film-based production. Customers are served through a direct, quote-based sales model with no public pricing; orders are submitted via a Dropbox-based file upload system and managed through named sales and production contacts (Olle Ramström for sales/quotes, Johan Ramström for production, Kerstin Holmblad for repro). The company employs 7 people and serves a primarily regional customer base in Värmland, producing business cards, stationery, envelopes, brochures, packaging, newspapers, and specialty printed items for both commercial/institutional clients and individual consumers.

Name

Ramströms Tryckeri

Legal name

Ramströms Tryckeri

Website

https://ramstromstryckeri.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1917

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Ramströms Tryckeri is a fourth-generation family-owned commercial printing company in Sunne, Sweden, providing offset and digital printing, typesetting, and bookbinding services to regional commercial and consumer customers in Värmland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

akta.pro primary industry

Prepress, Plate-Making & Artwork Services (IMALAKAM)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Offset printing
• Digital printing
• Bookbinding services
• Typesetting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sunne

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Printing Services: One-time transaction-based printing services for various printed materials including commercial printing, newspapers, packaging, and specialty items. Revenue generated through individual print job orders rather than recurring contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ramströms Tryckeri is a family-owned commercial printing company that produces printed materials for businesses, organizations, and individual customers. The company operates offset and digital printing presses alongside in-house typesetting, image processing (repro), Computer-to-Plate plate production, and bookbinding finishing, delivering business cards, brochures, newspapers, packaging, and specialty printed items across the Värmland region of Sweden.

Product overview

Ramströms Tryckeri is a traditional printing company offering a unified suite of print production services. The core offering combines offset printing (4-color and 2-color offset presses) and digital printing capabilities, supported by in-house typesetting and image processing (repro) departments. A significant technology milestone was the 2005 installation of Computer-to-Plate (CTP) technology. Bookbinding services provide finishing capabilities including cutting, folding, scoring, drilling, and stapling. The company positions itself as a provider of 'trycksaker' (printed materials) for customers needing both offset and digital print production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Offset Printing Traditional multi-color offset printing using a 4-color offset press and two 2-color offset presses for commercial print runs, suitable for businesses needing business cards, brochures, packaging, newspapers, and other high-volume printed materials.
• Digital Printing Digital printing services for shorter print runs and personalized/print-on-demand jobs, complementing the offset production line for customers needing smaller quantities or variable data.
• Typesetting and Image Processing (Repro) Full typesetting, image processing, and digital original-work service through the company's repro department, preparing customer files into print-ready artwork that feeds the offset and digital production lines.
• Bookbinding and Finishing Services In-house bookbinding finishing services covering cutting, folding, scoring, drilling, gathering, and stapling, with picking/stapling capacity for multi-section jobs up to 80-page newspaper production.
• Computer-to-Plate (CTP) Plate Production Computer-to-Plate (CTP) plate-making service installed in 2005 that eliminates film production and feeds directly into the offset presses for accurate, fast plate production.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Others

• Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG: Global manufacturer of offset and digital printing presses, post-press/finishing equipment, and related consumables and service. Comparable as an adjacent participant in the commercial-printing value chain: supplier of the offset and post-press equipment (including CTP-era systems) that Ramströms operates, and a bellwether for capital-investment cycles and industry direction.

Broad incumbents

• Bording A/S: Scandinavian printing and marketing-services group with production across the Nordics, offering offset/digital print, direct mail, signage, and merchandising. Comparable as a regional commercial-print incumbent operating in the same Nordic customer base, with overlapping product (brochures, business stationery, commercial print) and substantially larger scale.
• V-Tab AB: Swedish printing house producing newspapers, weeklies, and commercial print, traditionally serving regional media in Sweden. Comparable as a domestic Swedish commercial-and-newspaper printer with a similar product mix (offset print, publications, local commercial accounts); larger scale but same regional structure and exposure to newspaper secular decline.
• R.R. Donnelley (Donnelley Financial Solutions): Long-established US/global commercial printing and communications services provider, historically one of the largest printers in the world. Comparable as a broad incumbent illustrating the structural realignment (digital substitution, consolidation) that the entire commercial-print sector including Ramströms is exposed to.
• Elanders AB: Sweden-based, much larger commercial printing, packaging, and supply-chain solutions group with Nordic and global operations. Comparable because it serves the same Swedish commercial-print customer base as Ramströms, but at vastly broader scale and a wider service portfolio (logistics, labels, web-to-print). Functions as a regional incumbent whose large customers occasionally seek out smaller, more flexible printers.
• Quad/Graphics: One of the largest commercial printers in North America, offering offset/digital print, packaging, and marketing services for retail and consumer brands. Comparable as a broad incumbent in commercial printing operating on similar offset/digital models; serves as a global benchmark for pricing, capacity, and industry consolidation pressure facing smaller regional printers like Ramströms.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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