Gravure

Name

Gravure

Legal name

Gravure, Inc.

Website

https://gravureinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Gravure Printing & Engraving Services

NAICS

Converted Paper Product Manufacturing (3222)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Prepress, Plate-Making & Artwork Services (IMALAKAM)

Keywords

• Gravure cylinder engraving
• Copper and chrome plating
• Color separations
• Embossing rolls
• Gravure printing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyman

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engraving Services: Custom engraving of cylinders and rolls for various printing applications including chemical engraving, electronic engraving, embossing, and specialty etching services
2. Plating Services: Copper and chrome plating services for cylinders, including mirror finish chrome plating for embossing applications and re-chrome work
3. Proofing Services: Proof press services using GMS proof press including spec sheets and cell pictures provided with all proofed rolls
4. Digital Printing: Wide format digital printing services on HP FB500 for diverse substrates including flooring, wallcovering, giftwrap, wood, plastic, and acrylic materials

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Gravure, Inc. provides comprehensive gravure cylinder engraving and printing preparation services for manufacturers across the wall covering, laminate, packaging, gift wrap, pool liner, decking, and paper plate industries. Service offerings include artwork scanning, color separations, chemical and electronic engravings, embossing, copper and chrome plating, proofing, and top & deepening, supported by Helio Klischograph engraving technology, GMS proof press, and HP FB500 digital printing capabilities.

Product overview

Gravure, Inc. is a traditional printing and engraving company offering a portfolio of engraved products across multiple industries. Their product line includes Applicator Rolls, Decking (vinyl membrane systems), Pool Liners, Wall Board, Wall Covering, and Paper Plates. Beyond physical products, they provide engraving services including Engraved Cylinders, K-Proofer Plates, Copper Plates, Flat Plates for Sampling, and Embossing Rolls. The company utilizes Helio Klischograph engraving technology, GMS proof press, and HP FB500 digital printing capabilities. They serve the wall covering, wallboard, gift wrap, laminate, packaging, adhesive, and various other printing markets with capabilities spanning artwork scanning, color separations, chemical and electronic engravings, embossing, copper and chrome plating, proofing, and top & deepening services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engraved Cylinders

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Digital Needs, Inc. (DNI)coreTechnology or IntegrationDigital Needs, Inc. is utilized as a partner for digital printing capabilities. DNI provides digital printing services that complement Gravure's traditional engraving and plating services, enabling the company to offer expanded digital printing options to customers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• INX International Ink Co. Manufacturer of printing inks and coatings for packaging, labels, and commercial print including gravure-compatible formulations. Comparable as an adjacent supplier in the gravure ink supply chain; Gravure's multi-ink system (UV, water-base, solvent base) intersects with INX's product portfolio.
• Sun Chemical: Global manufacturer of printing inks and coatings, including gravure-specific ink systems. Comparable to Gravure as an adjacent supplier within the gravure printing value chain — Gravure specifies UV-curable, water-base, and solvent-base inks, and Sun Chemical is a key vendor and technology partner across this stack.
• Flint Group: Global supplier of printing inks, plates, and consumables for packaging and commercial print, including gravure applications. Comparable as an enabling technology supplier whose ink and plate products support the same gravure workflow Gravure executes for its customers.

Broad incumbents

• HP (HP Indigo / HP FB500): Global digital printing equipment manufacturer whose HP FB500 wide-format press and HP Indigo lines serve packaging, labels, and decorative print end-markets where Gravure operates. Comparable as the broad incumbent driving the digital printing substitution that competes against traditional gravure for short-run and customized work.
• Quad/Graphics: Large US-based printing services conglomerate offering commercial, packaging, and specialty print solutions across multiple formats including gravure-adjacent work. Comparable as a broad incumbent in US printing services that competes for the same end-customer printing budgets as Gravure's gravure-engraved cylinders support.

Emerging players

• Shaw Industries: Large US flooring manufacturer producing laminate and resilient flooring products that historically rely on gravure-printed decorative surfaces. Comparable as a downstream customer archetype in Gravure's laminate flooring vertical whose engraving orders represent core Gravure revenue.
• Constantia Flexibles: Global flexible packaging converter producing gravure-printed candy wrappers, labels, and adhesive packaging — Gravure's packaging vertical. Comparable as a downstream customer type whose gravure-printed packaging represents the demand Gravure's engraving services support.

Direct peers

• Sotech (Southern Engravers lineage): US-based gravure engraving and prepress services firm serving decorative and packaging printing customers. Comparable to Gravure as a domestic gravure cylinder engraver with similar full-service prepress/plating workflow; Southern Engravers was referenced as Gravure's predecessor firm, making this a historically connected peer.
• Max Daetwyler (MDC): Swiss-based global leader in gravure cylinder manufacturing, engraving equipment, and prepress consumables. Directly comparable to Gravure as a gravure engraving services and equipment provider serving packaging and decorative print customers worldwide; the scale and technology benchmark Gravure competes against.
• Hell Gravure Systems: German manufacturer of Helio Klischograph engraving machines and provider of gravure cylinder preparation services. Directly comparable — Hell makes the Helio Klischograph engraving system that Gravure operates and offers competing engraving services globally across packaging and decorative print end-markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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