What Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing does

Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing LLC (AGPP) is a Dubai-headquartered B2B contract printing and publishing company founded in 1978 as the printing arm of the Al Ghurair Group conglomerate. The company operates the largest integrated printing and binding capacity in the UAE, running 10 multi-colour sheet fed offset presses, 4 web offset presses, and 5 highly automated binding lines on a 24/7/365 basis, producing up to 2 million sheetfed impressions, 3 million web offset impressions, and 500,000 bound books per day. Its service portfolio spans sheetfed and web offset printing, digital printing via Xerox iGen4 and Konica Minolta presses, PVC card production via MGI Jet Card Factory, security document printing with anti-fraud features (watermarks, OVI inks, RFID), braille embossing, newspaper printing in multiple languages, graphic design, and managed print fulfillment with warehousing and delivery.

AGPP serves enterprise customers across multiple verticals: educational institutions including Ministries of Education in the UAE and African countries, leading banks and financial institutions across the Middle East and UK, major retailers across grocery, furniture, automotive, entertainment and supercenter segments, newspaper publishers requiring multi-language capability, government entities, and corporate accounts. Revenue is generated primarily through per-job quote-based pricing on one-time print contracts, with a recurring managed-services layer for print fulfillment and inventory management. Geographic reach extends from Dubai across Abu Dhabi, Nairobi, Kabul, and representative offices in Maputo, Lagos, and Addis Ababa, with export capability to Africa, GCC, Pan Arab countries, Europe, and worldwide through dedicated logistics and freight partnerships.

The company holds ISO 9001:2015, ISMS ISO 27001:2013, and Mellow Colour Proficient Printer certifications (achieving the highest-ever 97% QMS score globally), and has won multiple Dubai International Print Awards across 2013 and 2014. AGPP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Al Ghurair Investment LLC, with no public listing, external funding rounds, or M&A activity disclosed in the available data.

Name

Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing

Legal name

Al Ghurair Printing & Publishing LLC

Website

https://alghurairprinting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing (AGPP) is a Dubai-based B2B contract printer and the largest integrated printing and binding operation in the UAE, serving publishers, banks, retailers, government entities, and Ministries of Education across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Printing and Related Support Activities (3231), Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Books Printing (323117), Support Activities for Printing (323120)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Book Printing (2732), Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF), Printing & Business Forms (continuous forms, checks, tickets) (IMAMAHAH)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Offset printing solutions
• Security document printing
• Braille embossing services
• Print fulfillment management

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Offset Printing Services: Sheetfed and web offset printing services producing books, catalogues, magazines, newspapers, commercial materials, and posters. Revenue is generated through per-job pricing based on print run length, substrate, and finishing requirements.
2. Digital Printing Services: Short-run printing using Xerox iGen4 and Konica Minolta presses. Xerox iGen4 can produce up to 3,750,000 pages per month, suitable for on-demand and short-run jobs.
3. Security Document Printing: Production of sensitive documents with security features for banks, financial institutions, and government sectors. Includes anti-fraud features like watermarks, guilloche, micro printing, and color-changing inks.
4. Print Fulfillment and Inventory Management: Cost-effective print fulfillment and inventory management services enabling corporate clients to minimize cost, maximize order flow, and reduce wastage. Includes easy ordering, tracking, controlled branding, and order management.
5. Braille Products: Production of braille books, reference materials, religious books, stationery, calendars, signs, and children's books with tactile graphics for educational institutions serving visually impaired individuals.
6. Graphic Design Services: Full range of graphic services including logo design, corporate branding, layout design for books, manuals, catalogues, annual reports, photo retouching, colour correction, and security document design.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing provides commercial contract printing services including sheetfed and web offset printing, digital printing, secure document printing, braille embossing, PVC card printing, and graphic design. The company operates as a full-service print management partner handling design, prepress, printing, binding, warehousing, and delivery for banks, retailers, publishers, educational institutions, government entities, and airlines across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

Product overview

AGPP is a comprehensive printing and publishing solutions provider offering offset printing (sheetfed and web), digital printing, PVC card printing, braille embossing, security document printing, and various finishing services. The core product portfolio includes Books (the largest book producer in UAE), Secure Documents (anti-fraud security printing), Diaries, Commercial Printing, and Stationeries & Fulfillments. These are supported by printing services including Digital Printing (Xerox IGen4), Sheetfed Offset Printing, Commercial Web Offset Printing, Newspaper Web Offset Printing, Plastic Card Printing (MGI Jet Card Factory), Braille Embossing, and Designing services. The company operates from Dubai with branch offices in Abu Dhabi, Nairobi, and Afghanistan, exporting to African countries, GCC, Pan Arab countries, Europe, and worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Books The largest book producer in UAE offering print-on-demand, short run, and long run jobs (1 to 100,000 copies per day) with multiple binding options including saddle stitched, perfect bound, PUR glued perfect bound, thread sewn, wiro bound, spiral bound, and hard case binding. Used by leading publishers and ministries of education in the UAE and African countries.
• Secure Documents Anti-copy and anti-fraud security document printing featuring overt and covert features including watermarks, guilloche patterns, micro printing, color-changing inks (OVI), UV inks, thermochromatic ink, RFID insertion, and conical laser number perforation for banks, financial institutions, and government entities.
• Diaries Leading manufacturer of diaries, organizers, notebooks, notepads, desk planners, and corporate executive products available in various sizes from pocket to A4 and desk diaries with personalized or unpersonalized options.
• Commercial Printing Full-color commercial products including banners, booklets, brochures, catalogues, calendars, flyers, greeting cards, magazines, menus, newsletters, posters, presentation folders, signage, and a wide range of paper and board commercial material for businesses and publishers.
• Stationeries & Fulfillments Business stationery and print fulfillment services including business cards, letterheads, envelopes, catalogues, brochures, continuous forms, labels, direct mailers, NCR pads, folders, custom business forms, and corporate welcome packs with inventory management. Used by banks, financial institutions, and corporate houses.
• Digital Printing Digital printing services using Xerox IGen4 press producing up to 3,750,000 pages per month with automated finishing options for booklet making, case binding, perfect binding, tape binding, or flat sheets for on-demand and short-run jobs.
• Sheetfed Offset Printing Sheetfed offset printing with capacity of 2 million sheet impressions per day (60 million per month) producing catalogues, books, magazines, posters, newsletters, postcards, pocket folders, business cards, and flyers.
• Commercial Web Offset Printing Highest web offset printing capacity in UAE printing up to 3 million forms per day using heat set presses for large runs with extensive versioning and fulfillment for retailers.
• Newspaper Web Offset Printing Contract newspaper printing in multiple languages (Arabic, English, Malayalam, Tamil, Chinese) with highly automated heat set production line ensuring quality and expedited turnaround for newspaper publishers.
• Plastic Card Printing PVC card printing using MGI Jet Card Factory capable of printing 8,000 cards per hour with features including pre-print coating, 4-6 UV colors, micro text, guilloché patterns, variable data printing, magnetic stripe encoding, and textured backgrounds.
• Braille Embossing Braille production services producing 300 braille books daily using equipment including Index 4 waves Pro, Index Basic-D, and Premier 100 Tiger Machine, producing educational books, reference manuals, religious books, stationeries, calendars, and tactile signs for visually impaired communities across Middle East and Africa.
• Designing Graphic design services including logo design, corporate branding, layout design for books, manuals, catalogues, and annual reports, photo retouching, color correction, and security document design software.

Quantifiable outcome

• Highest ever Quality Management Systems (QMS) score of 97% among Mellow Colour Proficient Printers worldwide (only 5 other printers worldwide scoring 90% and above)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cimpress plc: Global mass-customization printing platform (Vistaprint, WYNK) with broad commercial printing capabilities and a multi-country footprint. Comparable as a large established commercial printer competing for the same B2B marketing materials and stationery spend.
• Donnelley Financial Solutions: US-listed provider of financial communications and printing services to banks and corporates. Comparable in regulated-document printing, compliance-heavy security features, and recurring print-management relationships.
• Elanders AB: Swedish-headquartered global print and packaging provider with offset, digital, and supply-chain solutions. Comparable as an internationally scaled commercial printer serving enterprise customers across multiple regions.
• Toppan Holdings: Japanese printing and information conglomerate with extensive commercial, security, and packaging printing operations worldwide. Comparable in scope of offset/digital/security printing and large government-document accounts.

Regional players

• National Printing & Publishing Company: UAE government-affiliated printer producing official gazettes, stationery, and security documents. Comparable as a UAE peer chasing similar government and bank stationery contracts with similar security-print capabilities.
• Al Bayan Press: UAE newspaper publisher that also operates printing infrastructure for news production. Comparable as a UAE-headquartered competitor in contract newspaper and Arabic-language print production.

Direct peers

• Arabian Printing Press LLC: UAE-based commercial and security printer offering offset, digital, and security document services across MEA. Directly comparable as a fellow UAE-headquartered B2B contract printer chasing similar banking and government contracts.
• Dallah Printing Press: Saudi/GCC-rooted commercial printer serving enterprise and government clients across the Gulf. Comparable in target customers, offset/digital capacity, and pursuit of regional printing contracts.
• Snaghi Printing and Packaging: Egypt-based commercial and packaging printer with offset, digital, and finishing capabilities across MEA. Comparable as a regional offset/commercial printer serving enterprise and institutional clients in the Middle East and Africa.
• Walsworth Publishing Group: US-based book printing and binding specialist producing educational and trade titles at scale. Comparable as a long-run book manufacturer with comparable binding capacity and educational publisher customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 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

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

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