LE COLIBRI IMPRIMEUR

What LE COLIBRI IMPRIMEUR does

Le Colibri Imprimeur is a privately held, traditional printing company based in Cesson-Sévigné, Bretagne, France, operating continuously since 1939. The company produces commercial printed materials — including business cards, correspondence cards, postcards, letterheads, posters, bus shelter posters, flyers, brochures, perfect-bound books, Wire'O-bound notebooks, self-copying pads, flap folders, easels, shelf stoppers, stickers, ticket sheets, and roll-up banners — for local businesses, communication agencies, associations, public administrations, and individual professionals across the greater Rennes metropolitan area (Cesson-Sévigné, Rennes, Chantepie, Betton, Saint-Grégoire, Pacé, Bain-de-Bretagne, Châteaubourg).

The company's production infrastructure consists of a 2,200+ m2 facility equipped with 11 offset printing groups alongside digital printing capabilities, enabling both medium-to-high volume offset runs and short-run or personalized digital jobs. In-house finishing services include lamination, selective varnish, embossing, custom small-series and shape die-cutting, and binding (Wire'O and perfect binding), as well as routing and addressing services for direct mail campaigns. The company emphasizes eco-responsible practices, using FSC/PEFC certified papers and ecological inks and recycling over 50 tonnes of materials annually. Multi-supplier paper sourcing (Antalis, Inapa, Torraspapel, Siproudhis, Campion) supports input flexibility.

The business model is sales-led and based on quote-based, pay-as-you-go pricing (no public pricing). Customers engage via phone, email, in-person consultation, and an online customer portal (ftp2.imp-colibri.fr). Revenue is generated from one-time print production jobs, finishing/processing services, and routing/distribution services. The company is privately held with no public ownership, no disclosed funding, and a small 7-employee headcount, operating from a single production site in Cesson-Sévigné.

Name

LE COLIBRI IMPRIMEUR

Legal name

Le Colibri Imprimeur

Website

https://colibri-imprimeur.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1939

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le Colibri Imprimeur is a family-owned traditional printing company founded in 1939 in Cesson-Sévigné, France. It provides offset and digital printing, finishing, and routing services to local businesses, agencies, associations, public administrations, and individuals across the Rennes metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Printing (32311)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Security & Specialty Print (Anti-Counterfeit, Secure Docs, Watermarks) (MPAJALAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Prepress, Plate-Making & Artwork Services (IMALAKAM)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Offset printing
• Digital printing
• Print finishing services
• Direct mail routing

Headquarters

HQ city

Cesson-Sévigné

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Print Production Services: One-time print production for various materials including business cards, correspondence cards, postcards, letterheads, posters, bus shelter posters, flyers, brochures, perfect bound books, Wire'O binding, notebooks, self-copying pads, flap envelopes, easels, rimbacking, shelf stoppers, stickers, sticker sheets, tickets, and roll-ups
2. Finishing and Processing Services: Additional finishing services including cutting, lamination, varnish, embossing, and binding that can be added to print orders
3. Routing and Distribution Services: Document routing and distribution services for targeted mailings and campaigns

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Le Colibri Imprimeur is a regional commercial printing company offering offset and digital printing of business communications materials (business cards, letterheads, brochures, flyers, posters, books, stickers, roll-ups) together with in-house finishing (lamination, varnish, embossing, cutting, Wire'O and perfect binding), large-format printing, and direct-mail routing/distribution. Production is carried out in a 2,200+ m² facility in Cesson-Sévigné with 11 offset press groups, serving local businesses, agencies, associations, public administrations and individual professionals across the greater Rennes area.

Product overview

Le Colibri Imprimeur is a traditional offset and digital printing company based in Cesson-Sévigné, France, established in 1939. The company operates from a 2,200+ m² production facility with 11 offset press groups and recycles over 50 tonnes of materials annually. The product portfolio consists of core printed products (business cards, correspondence cards, postcards, letterheads, posters, bus shelter posters, flyers, brochures, bound books, wire-O binding, notebooks, self-copying pads, folders, easels, shelf stoppers, stickers, tickets, and roll-ups) supported by production services (digital printing, offset printing, small-series die-cutting, custom shape die-cutting, envelope stuffing, routing, addressing, large format printing, finishing, catalog printing, and print communication services). The company positions itself as a full-service printer with eco-responsible practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business cards (Carte de visite)
• Correspondence cards (Carte de correspondance)
• Postcards (Carte postale)
• Letterheads (Tête de lettre)
• Posters (Affiche)
• Bus shelter posters (Affiche abribus)
• Flyers
• Brochures
• Advertising brochures (Plaquette publicitaire)
• Square-bound books (Livres dos carré collé)
• Notebooks (Carnets)
• Notebooks with flaps (Carnets avec rabats)
• Self-copying pads (Liasses d'autocopiant)
• Folders with flaps (Pochette à rabats)
• Easels (Chevalet)
• Easels with tear-off sheets (Chevalet avec feuillets)
• Shelf stoppers (Stop rayon)
• Stickers (Autocollant)
• Sticker sheets (Planche d'autocollants)
• Tickets
• Roll-up banners
• Lamination / edge covering (Rembordage)
• Catalog printing
• Offset printing service
• Digital printing service
• Large-format printing
• Wire'O binding
• Finishing services
• Small-series die-cutting (Découpe petite série)
• Custom-shape die-cutting (Découpe à la forme)
• Envelope stuffing (Mise sous enveloppe)
• Direct-mail routing (Routage)
• Addressing service (Adressage)
• Print communication services

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• AntalisminorOthersPaper supplier providing paper and cardstock materials for printing production
• InapaminorOthersPaper distributor supplying paper materials for printing operations
• TorraspapelminorOthersPaper manufacturer supplying specialized paper products
• SiproudhisminorOthersPaper and printing materials supplier in the regional network
• CampionminorOthersPaper and cardstock supplier for printing production

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Exaprint: French commercial printing company offering offset, digital, and large-format printing plus finishing services to businesses. Comparable as a French-headquartered commercial printer serving B2B customers with a similar offset + digital production model, though at significantly larger national scale.
• Copy-Top: French commercial printer with retail locations and online ordering for business cards, flyers, brochures, and marketing materials. Directly comparable in product mix (business cards, flyers, brochures) and SMB customer focus, though with broader geographic coverage.
• Imprimerie de Bretagne: Bretagne-based regional commercial printer offering business cards, brochures, posters, and finishing services. Directly comparable as a Brittany-region competitor serving the same geographic market and SMB customer base with similar offset and digital production.
• Groupe France Imprim: French regional printing group offering offset and digital printing plus finishing services to local businesses. Comparable as a multi-site French commercial printer targeting similar SMB and public-sector customers with analogous offset + finishing capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Onlineprinters: European online commercial printing platform with French-language presence serving SMBs with offset and digital printing. Overlaps with Le Colibri on product types and B2B customers, but competes via centralized online production rather than local relationships.
• Cimpress (Vistaprint): Global online print platform serving SMBs with business cards, marketing materials, signage, and promotional products. Comparable as a major commercial-print incumbent targeting the same end customers (French SMBs), but operating at massive scale through web-based ordering rather than local production.
• Cultura: Major French retail chain selling stationery, art supplies, books, and printing services. Comparable in that it offers on-demand printing services to French consumers and SMBs, though primarily as a retailer rather than a production-focused commercial printer.

Others

• Antalis (paper supplier relationship): European paper and packaging distributor that supplies Le Colibri's production. Listed as a partner relationship, but more accurately an upstream supplier/integrator of paper inputs into the printing workflow rather than a peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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