Imprimerie de bourg

What Imprimerie de bourg does

Imprimerie de Bourg is a privately held French commercial printing company (S.A.R.L.) founded in 1920 and headquartered in Narbonne, Aude, in the Occitanie region. It operates the full graphics chain in-house, from graphic design studio and prepress (CTP Screen 8900, Heidelberg Prinect Workflow, Prinect InPress Control color management) through offset production on Heidelberg presses (XL75 at 18,000 sheets/hour, CX 104, SM 52 with UV Low Energy), digital production on Heidelberg Versafire, large-format output (Epson, HP Page Wide, Canon Colorado, Canon Arizona), and post-press finishing including lamination, hot stamping, folding, and multiple binding styles (saddle stitch, PUR, perfect, wire-o, spiral). The firm serves local and regional businesses, regional publishing/editorial clients, and packaging/display buyers across southern France through a sales-led, quote-based model, with distribution handled by an in-house delivery fleet and the Impriclub cooperative referral network.

The business model is project-based and transaction-oriented rather than subscription-based: every order is initiated by a personalized quote (devis) valid for two months, work begins only against a signed quote, and payment is due on delivery unless otherwise agreed. Product revenue is generated across eight core categories (envelopes, stationery/cards, packaging, presentation folders, brochures, art books, large-format prints, plus graphic design and finishing services). The company is led by a small team of 18 professionals under publishing-direction signatory Nicolas Cayrol, and it differentiates on production capacity, color certification (ISO 12647-2), paper-chain certifications (FSC, PEFC), and environmental credentials (Imprim'Vert, Reflex Nature, 99% waste recycling, 2023 photovoltaic installation). Revenue is not publicly disclosed and no external funding, M&A, or leadership change activity is on record.

For a PE/VC/M&A audience, Imprimerie de Bourg is best understood as a sub-scale, regionally dominant, capital-intensive industrial print shop with stable operating economics, ESG-aligned infrastructure, and limited (mostly regional) expansion levers rather than a venture-backable growth asset.

Name

Imprimerie de bourg

Legal name

S.A.R.L. Imprimerie De Bourg

Website

https://imprimeriedebourg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Imprimerie de Bourg is a 1920-founded French commercial printer in Narbonne offering offset, digital, and large-format printing plus graphic design and finishing for SMBs, publishers, and packaging buyers across southern France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Books Printing (323117), Support Activities for Printing (32312)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Book Printing (2732)

akta.pro primary industry

Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Offset printing
• Digital printing
• Large format printing
• Packaging production

Headquarters

HQ city

Narbonne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Printing Services: Print-on-demand and custom printing services for business documents including brochures, catalogs, flyers, business cards, envelopes, packaging, and large format prints. Services include offset printing (small to large runs) and digital printing (1 to thousands of copies).
2. Graphic Design Services: Graphic creation studio services for file preparation, layout design, and pre-press consultation
3. Finishing and Enhancement Services: Post-press services including lamination (glossy, matte, soft touch), selective varnish, hot stamping, edge coloring, and various binding options (perfect bound, PUR, wire-o, spiral)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Imprimerie de Bourg is a commercial printing company providing offset, digital, and large format printing services for businesses, from 1 to thousands of copies. The offering covers the full graphics chain: graphic design studio, pre-press, imposition, printing, post-press finishing (lamination, hot stamping, binding), and in-house delivery. Core deliverables include envelopes, business cards, stationery, brochures, art books, packaging, and large format prints.

Product overview

Imprimerie de Bourg is a traditional printing company founded in 1920 offering a comprehensive range of printing services. Their core offerings span commercial printing (city work, commercial printing, publishing), digital and offset printing (from 1 to thousands of copies), and large format printing. The product portfolio includes envelopes, business cards and stationery, packaging solutions, presentation brochures, art books, and large format prints. Services include graphic creation studio, prepress, imposition, printing (offset and digital), finishing, binding, and delivery. The company uses both Heidelberg offset presses and Heidelberg Versafire digital presses, with finishing equipment for cutting, folding, binding, laminating, and die-cutting operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Envelopes (Enveloppe) Professional envelopes for daily correspondence and commercial mailings, including standard sizes (DL, C5, C4) and mechanizable options for mass communications. Targeted at businesses needing everyday stationery and bulk mailings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% waste recycled
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ImpriclubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative network of 102 printers across France, created in 1990. Provides supplier Referencing (40 in 2014), enables knowledge sharing among members to improve performance. Imprimerie de Bourg is a member of the Board of Directors.
• RCNMminorOthersSports team partnership renewed annually since 2001. Regional rugby club based in Narbonne.
• Defi WindminorOthersSponsorship of France's most popular windsurfing race held in Gruissan, Aude.
• Team Powerbike (David Barrot)minorOthersSponsorship of Dakar Rally competitor within the Powerbike team.
• Pascal BizernminorOthersSupport for artist's book exhibition at Centre d'Art Contemporain de Gruissan in October 2015.
• Club Soroptimist de NarbonneminorOthersSupport for 40th anniversary celebration of the local Soroptimist women's service club.
• Process PrintcoreTechnology or IntegrationCertification body for ISO 12647-2 color management standard, providing third-party verification of print quality processes.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nicolas_cayrol
• Facebookfacebook.com/imprimeriedebourg

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

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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