What Unipress does

UNIPRESS, spol. s r. o. is a privately held Czech commercial printing company headquartered in Turnov (Liberec region), operating from a single production facility at Svobodova 1431. The company traces its roots to a printing house established in Turnov in 1871; the current legal entity was formed through privatization of the former state enterprise 'Turnovské tiskárny' in 1993. Unipress employs between 51 and 100 staff and is self-described as one of the largest and most modernly equipped printers in the Liberec region, offering B1 and B2 offset printing, supplementary digital printing, and a comprehensive post-press finishing stack.

The production platform is built around a Komori Lithrone GL-540HC+UV five-color B1 offset press with in-line coating, supported by Heidelberg CX 104-5+L and Heidelberg CD 74-5+L-C presses, an AMSKY Aurora T256-8 CTP system, an Easymatrix 106 die-cutter, a HIGHER SL-1060MT hot-foil stamping unit, a KOMFI Sagitta 76 laminator, and a Wohlenberg Quickbinder V2 glue binder. Unipress holds the first Czech certification for the Color-Logic Metallic Color System (May 2011), enabling proprietary metallic-effect printing, and offers specialized finishes including drip-off UV coating, hot-foil stamping with holograms at up to 106x76cm, blind embossing, lamination (gloss/matt/textured), and diverse binding configurations (V1–V8). Quality and compliance certifications include ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 12647-2 process color calibration, ISO 12647-7 digital proofing, and FSC chain-of-custody certification.

Revenue is generated job-by-job through a direct B2B sales motion led by a commercial representative (Josef Buzek) and a back-office quotation team, with custom pricing per print run based on format, paper grade, color configuration, finishing operations, and binding. The customer base is horizontally segmented across B2B companies requiring promotional, packaging, editorial, and corporate print materials, with reference customers including the Czech Senate and ŠKODA AUTO's service/training center. Marketing is conducted through a tri-lingual (Czech, English, German) content-driven website and technical print-preparation guides. Unipress is currently executing two EU-co-financed Industry 4.0 digitalization and robotization projects to modernize production capacity and competitiveness.

Name

Unipress

Legal name

UNIPRESS, spol. s r. o.

Website

https://unipress.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Unipress is a privately held Czech commercial printing company in Turnov offering B1/B2 offset and digital printing plus full finishing (metallic Color-Logic, foil stamping, UV coating, binding) to B2B customers across the Liberec region and abroad.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Turnov

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Offset and Digital Printing Services: Job-based printing services for a wide range of printed products including magazines, books, annual reports, leaflets, folders, postcards, presentation folders, business cards, calendars, binders, paper bags, boxes, packaging, billboards, and maps. Revenue is generated on a per-job basis with pricing determined by format, print run, paper grade, finishing operations, and binding type.
2. Finishing and Post-Press Services: Additional revenue streams from finishing operations including foil stamping, embossing, lamination, UV and drip-off coating, die-cutting, perforation, numbering, saddle stitching, spiral binding, and glue binding. These are typically charged as add-ons to the base printing service.
3. Graphic Design and DTP Services: In-house DTP studio provides graphic design services and print data preparation as part of the service offering, typically bundled with print orders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

UNIPRESS, spol. s r. o. is a Czech commercial printing house that provides offset and digital printing plus comprehensive finishing services. The company produces books, magazines, annual reports, promotional materials, packaging, and office print items for corporate and institutional clients. Production takes place at a single facility in Turnov, supported by an in-house graphic design and prepress team.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Offset Printing (B1 and B2 formats) High-volume offset printing service in B1 and B2 sheet formats for magazines, books, annual reports, promotional and office print items; produced for Czech corporate and institutional clients on Heidelberg Speedmaster presses.
• Digital Printing Short-run and on-demand digital printing service for smaller quantities, variable data, and quick-turnaround print jobs, executed on HP Indigo digital presses for Czech B2B customers.
• Metallic Color Printing (Color-Logic) Specialty metallic printing service using licensed Color-Logic technology to produce metallic spot colors and decorative effects on packaging, covers, labels, and premium print materials for brand owners and designers.
• UV Printing and UV Coating UV-cured printing and surface coating service that adds durable, high-gloss or matte protective and decorative finishes to printed sheets for covers, packaging, and premium commercial print products.
• Drip-off Coating Drip-off coating service that combines matt and gloss finishes on the same printed sheet to create contrasting textured effects, typically applied to covers, brochures, and premium packaging.
• Foil Stamping Hot foil stamping service that applies metallic or pigmented foil to printed materials for premium decorative effects on covers, packaging, business cards, certificates, and labels.
• Die-cutting Die-cutting service that produces custom-shaped cut-outs, creases, and folds in printed sheets, used for packaging, presentation folders, shaped cards, and display materials.
• Lamination Film lamination service (gloss and/or matt) applied to printed sheets to enhance durability, feel, and protection of covers, packaging, menus, brochures, and other commercial print products.
• Bookbinding Services Professional bookbinding service covering hardcover and softcover binding, thread-sewn and adhesive bindings, used to produce books, annual reports, manuals, magazines, and notebooks for publishers, corporate, and institutional clients.
• DTP / Graphic Design and Prepress Services In-house desktop publishing, graphic design, and prepress service that prepares customer files for printing, including layout, typesetting, color management, and proofing, primarily for corporate clients without dedicated prepress resources.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Color-Logic LLCcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2011In May 2011, Unipress became the first certified printer in the Czech Republic for the Color-Logic Metallic Color System. This technology license from Color-Logic LLC enables Unipress to offer metallic printing using a five-color press configuration combining CMYK with a metallic silver base. The partnership includes software licenses for Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Quark XPress, with licenses also extended to Unipress customers. The certification requires passing Color-Logic's test form validation process.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tiskárna Helbich, a.s. Helbich is a Czech commercial printer offering offset and digital printing plus finishing, targeting B2B customers in the Czech market. It directly competes with Unipress for regional print buyers and shares a similar mid-sized, multi-format service profile.
• Graphius Group: Graphius is a Belgian commercial printer specializing in books, magazines, and high-quality print products with finishing. It is comparable to Unipress in premium offset printing and book/magazine production for European customers.
• Grafobal Group: Grafobal is one of the largest printing groups in Slovakia/Czech Republic, operating offset and packaging printing plus finishing. It is a direct regional peer to Unipress given overlapping product mix (magazines, packaging, commercial print), customer base (Central European B2B), and comparable scale.
• Svitap J.H.J. spol. s r.o. Svitap is a Czech printing and packaging manufacturer producing printed paper and packaging products with extensive finishing capabilities. It is directly comparable to Unipress in geography, B2B customer base, and combination of printing with finishing/conversion.
• Walstead Group: Walstead is a European web offset and heatset printing group with operations across multiple countries. It is a direct peer in commercial printing scale and technology footprint, although it serves larger pan-European publishers and retailers.

Others

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG: Heidelberg is the principal supplier of offset presses to Unipress (Heidelberg CX 104, CD 74) and a global equipment OEM. It is relevant as an enabling technology and services partner rather than a competing commercial printer.
• Mondi plc: Mondi is a major European paper and packaging producer that supplies printing substrates (including FSC-certified papers) to printers like Unipress. It is an upstream ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor, but shapes input cost and supply security.

Broad incumbents

• R.R. Donnelley & Sons: RRD is a large global provider of commercial printing, packaging, and labels serving enterprise customers. It is comparable in core commercial offset and digital printing services but operates at a far larger scale and broader service portfolio than Unipress.
• Cimpress plc (Vistaprint): Cimpress is a global mass-customization printing and marketing services platform (including Vistaprint and several production entities). It overlaps with Unipress on commercial print buyers but competes mainly through web-to-print platforms and centralized production rather than regional finishing depth.
• Quad/Graphics: Quad/Graphics is a large North American and European commercial printing group offering offset, digital, and finishing across multiple plants. It competes with Unipress for large B2B print buyers in Europe but at significantly greater scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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