CAR Impression Numerique Group

What CAR Impression Numerique Group does

CAR Impression Numerique Group (Groupe CAR) is a privately held French digital and offset printing services provider founded in 1974 and headquartered in Mundolsheim near Strasbourg. The group operates 8 wholly owned subsidiary agencies across the Alsace, Lorraine, and Rhône-Alpes regions, each functioning as both a production facility and a customer-facing point of sale; the subsidiaries include Centre Alsacien de Reprographie, Action Repro Couleurs, Repro Express 67, Repro Express 88, Centre Alsace Repro, Action Repro Services, Imprimerie de Saint Louis (offset), and OZA – La Cité du Document in Lyon.

The company's core offering is an end-to-end print and visual communication service covering paper-based printing (business cards, flyers, brochures, books, plans), large-format and rigid-substrate printing (FlatPrint®), creative shape cutting (C-CUT®), document digitization and electronic document management, exhibition stands and structures, and finishing services including PUR binding. Underlying technology spans digital and offset printing equipment from Canon/Océ (including a first-worldwide ColorWave 910 installation in 2016) and Mimaki, variable data and cross-media personalization built on Xerox XMPie (VarioData), and the IPCServ® online ordering and tracking platform. The MonBouquin.com e-commerce platform provides self-service on-demand book printing with no minimum quantities.

Revenue is generated primarily through per-job transaction fees for printing, finishing, signage, and digitization work, supplemented by professional services revenue from graphic design/studio (PAO) and cross-media campaign projects. Go-to-market combines field sales with dedicated commercial contacts per agency, an inside sales team ([email protected]), and the self-service MonBouquin.com channel. Customers span professional businesses, French public sector and local authorities (a major vertical given Imprim'Vert and FSC/PEFC certifications), architects and engineering firms, industrial firms, sports clubs, hospitality, museums/exhibitions, and self-publishing authors. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with payment in full required upon order validation. The company is independently owned with no disclosed external investors.

Name

CAR Impression Numerique Group

Legal name

CAR

Website

https://car.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143), Sign Manufacturing (33995)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Mobile & Vehicle Wrap Advertising (Fleet Graphics, Mobile Billboards) (BPAFALAG)

Keywords

• Digital printing services
• Large format printing
• Offset printing
• Graphic design services
• Document digitization services

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Digital printing services: On-demand digital printing for paper and flexible supports including business cards, flyers, brochures, posters, maps, invitations, tickets, and books. Primarily one-time transactional orders with per-job pricing.
2. Large-format and signage services: Grand format printing for banners, vehicle wrapping, rigid panels, adhesive lettering, and exhibition structures. Typically project-based per order.
3. Offset printing: Offset printing integrated into the group since 2010 (via ISL), used for higher-volume print runs.
4. Graphic design and prepress services (PAO/Studio graphique): Graphic design, layout, and document preparation services bundled with print orders or sold separately as professional services.
5. MonBouquin.com e-commerce: Self-service book printing e-commerce platform, accessible at MonBouquin.com, targeting authors and self-publishers with no minimum order quantity.
6. Cross-media and VarioData campaigns: Personalized cross-media marketing campaigns using variable data printing, email, SMS, and web portals, billed as project-based campaigns or retainer engagements.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CAR Impression Numerique Group is a French commercial printing services provider operating 8 agencies across Alsace, Lorraine, and Rhône-Alpes. The company delivers digital and offset printing, large-format and flatbed signage, document digitization and electronic document management (GED), exhibition stands, professional finishing, and graphic design. Branded platforms include MonBouquin.com for on-demand book publishing and VarioData for cross-media personalized marketing campaigns.

Product overview

CAR Impression Numerique Group is a digital and offset printing services provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of print and communication solutions. The core offering encompasses traditional printing services (photocopies, flyers, posters, business cards, brochures), large-format printing (banners, signage, vehicle wrapping), and finishing services (binding, cutting, laminating). The company operates several branded service lines: FlatPrint® for flatbed rigid printing, C-CUT® for creative shape cutting, GIGA prim Color® for wide-format color printing, VarioData for cross-media and variable data printing solutions, and MonBouquin.com for on-demand book publishing. The Group manages 8 agencies across Alsace, Lorraine, and Rhône-Alpes regions, with headquarters in Mundolsheim near Strasbourg.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• C'PRIM®: Flat printing on any substrate
• FlatPrint®
• GIGA prim Color®
• IPCServ®
• C-CUT®
• MonBouquin.com®
• VarioData

Products and services

• Impression et façonnage (Printing and Finishing) Core commercial printing service offering digital and offset printing on paper and flexible supports including photocopies, flyers, posters, business cards, letterheads, brochures, books, postcards, invitations, tickets, folders, labels, and binders for professional businesses and public sector clients across eastern France.
• Grand format et signalétique (Large Format and Signage) Wide-format printing and signage solutions for interior and exterior applications including banners, adhesive lettering, vehicle wrapping, ground adhesives, magnets, and rigid material printing on PVC Forex, Aluminium Dibond, PVC Alvéolaire, and Plexiglas PMMA for businesses, public sector, and architectural projects.
• Numérisation et GED (Digitization and Document Management) Document digitization and electronic document management (GED) services including scanning, classification, renaming options, and D.O.E (Dossiers des Ouvrages Exécutés) archival workflows for municipalities, schools, and businesses managing physical archives.
• Stands et structures (Exhibition Stands and Structures) Modular exhibition stands, display units (PLV), counters, document holders, image walls, outdoor structures, rollups, banners, totems, and flags for trade shows, retail environments, museums, and corporate events.
• Finition / Façonnage (Finishing and Processing) Professional finishing services including PUR perfect binding (Dos Carré Collé), spiral binding, saddle stitching, guillotine cutting, complex shape cutting (C-CUT), folding, scoring, perforations, lamination (pelliculage), contre-collage, binder assembly, and eyelet/hem finishing.
• Studio graphique et PAO (Graphic Design and Prepress) Graphic design, layout, and document preparation (PAO) services bundled with print orders or sold separately as professional services for clients needing creative direction, file preparation, and prepress production.
• MonBouquin.com Self-publishing e-commerce platform enabling authors and self-publishers to print books without minimum order quantities, providing PUR-bound, on-demand book production with single-copy publishing capability.
• VarioData Cross-media communication platform enabling variable data printing, personalized documents, image personalization, data mining, and multi-channel marketing campaigns (print, email, SMS, web portals) based on XMPie technology from Xerox, billed as project-based campaigns or retainer engagements.

Quantifiable outcome

• The group was the first site in the world to have the Color Wave 910 from Canon in its production fleet.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ELISEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroupe CAR cooperates with ELISE for the collection, sorting, and recovery of hazardous waste generated by its printing operations. This partnership supports the group's environmental commitments and Imprim'Vert certification.
• Xerox (Ecobox programme)coreTechnology or IntegrationGroupe CAR participates in Xerox's Ecobox recycling programme for the recovery and return of used Xerox toner and ink cartridges to Xerox sorting centers.
• CONIBI (Consortium Industriel Bureautique Informatique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroupe CAR uses CONIBI services to recycle ink and toner cartridges, supporting the group's sustainability commitments.
• GREEN France (Groupement pour la Reprographie et l'Edition Numérique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroupe CAR is a member of GREEN France, a national professional network of reprographics and digital publishing companies. The group participates in GREEN events, trade shows (Cprint), seminars, and industry working groups.
• Canon (OCE / Canon imageRUNNER)coreTechnology or IntegrationGroupe CAR has a longstanding partnership with Canon/OCE. The group was the first site in the world to deploy the Color Wave 910 large-format colour printer. Equipment includes Color Wave 700 and 910 printers, Colorado 1640 with UVgel technology, and Océ ColorWave systems.
• Xerox (XMPie)coreTechnology or IntegrationGroupe CAR's VarioData variable data printing and cross-media campaigns are based on XMPie solutions from Xerox. This partnership enables personalized print and digital communication campaigns.
• MimakicoreTechnology or IntegrationGroupe CAR uses Mimaki flatbed UV printers (UJF-3042 MkII and UJF-6042 MkII) with Kebab option for printing on cylindrical objects, and Mimaki machines for object personalization including printing on wood, sports balls, and promotional items.
• ChronopostminorOthersLogistics partner for parcel delivery services complementing the group's own delivery fleet.
• UPSminorOthersLogistics partner for package delivery services complementing the group's own delivery fleet.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lulu: Lulu is a print-on-demand self-publishing platform offering no-minimum book printing with global shipping. Directly comparable to CAR's MonBouquin.com offering, serving the same self-publishing author and micro-publisher customer base with on-demand book production.
• MOO: MOO is an online commercial printer specialising in premium business cards, brochures, flyers, signage, and branded marketing materials with on-demand ordering. Comparable as a direct competitor in the digital-print, business-card and marketing-collateral segment, especially for SMB customers that CAR also targets.
• Blurb: Blurb is a self-publishing and print-on-demand book platform enabling creators to produce and sell books without minimum orders. Closely comparable to MonBouquin.com as a DTC book-printing service for authors, photographers, and independent publishers.
• Saxoprint: Saxoprint is a European online commercial printer offering offset and digital printing of business cards, flyers, brochures, posters, and signage. Comparable as a pan-European online competitor in the same transactional B2B print categories CAR offers.
• Onlineprinters (Die Druckerei): Onlineprinters is a large European online commercial printer offering flyers, business cards, signage, and large-format print with offset and digital production. Comparable as a European direct competitor in online B2B commercial print, particularly relevant given CAR's exposure to French and German-bordering markets.
• AlphaGraphics: AlphaGraphics is a US-based franchise commercial printing network offering digital, offset, large-format, signage, and marketing-services to local B2B customers. Comparable as a multi-location commercial print business model serving SMB and enterprise clients with similar product breadth to CAR.

Broad incumbents

• Cimpress (Vistaprint): Cimpress is the parent of Vistaprint and a global mass-customisation leader in commercial printing and marketing materials. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering online ordering of business cards, signage, flyers, and book/print products — the same end-categories CAR serves, but at much larger scale and via a pure-online model.
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions: Konica Minolta sells production print hardware, software, and managed print services to commercial printers and in-house print rooms. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the production-print ecosystem that supplies both equipment and competes for production-print services work alongside companies like CAR.
• FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's): FedEx Office operates a large network of retail print and ship centres offering digital printing, large-format, signage, binding, and document services. Comparable as a broad incumbent in walk-in and on-demand commercial print, although US-focused and more retail than CAR's agency model.
• IN Groupe (ex-Imprimerie Nationale): IN Groupe is the successor to France's historic Imprimerie Nationale and provides secure printing, identity documents, and professional print services to public-sector clients. Comparable as a French broad incumbent in print services with particular strength in regulated and public-sector contracts — a customer segment CAR also targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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