Clonex

What Clonex does

Clonex is a Polish visual communication and large-format digital printing company headquartered in Węgrzce near Kraków, founded in 2000 by Maciej Szumczyk as FHU KLONEX and rebranded to Clonex in 2016-2017. Operating under two main divisions — CLONEX LARGE FORMAT and CLONEX TEXTILE — alongside an eco-focused goGreen/RECyPET product line, the company produces banners, mesh, backlights, billboards, foils, exhibition walls, roll-ups, vehicle wraps, flags, beach flags, decorative textiles, suspended ceilings, and proprietary PVC-free alternatives including INTISSE (100% recyclable polyester non-woven) and WallTex (repositionable textile wallpaper). The company is led by CEO Joanna Szumczyk with founder Maciej Szumczyk serving as Chairman of the Board, and operates as a Polish limited partnership (Clonex Sp. z o.o. Sp. k.).

The company's production capability rests on an industrial machine park spanning solvent, ecosolvent, UV, and sublimation printing technologies, including 5-meter-width printers, a FabriVu340 3.4m textile printing line, a Durst P10 flatbed printer with white ink, a Kimla milling machine, and a Monti Antonio calender. Clonex was the first European installer of the DGI Space Jet 3.2m printer in 2004 and integrates the full project lifecycle in-house: DTP studio with automatic file verification, printing house, sewing room, assembly teams, and its own transport fleet. Marquee execution includes the 17,000 sqm Novotel Hotel Warsaw branding for Euro 2012 and ongoing sports event work for marathons, championships, and Olympic-level events.

Clonex operates a B2B project-based revenue model with quote-driven, non-publicly-disclosed pricing, selling to Polish and international enterprise clients across five core verticals: building/construction, retail/commercial facilities, sports facilities and events, conferences/corporate events, and fairs/exhibitions. Distribution is direct via dedicated account managers with separate domestic and export channels, supported by a trilingual website (Polish, English, French). The company is privately held by the founder family with no disclosed equity investment and has received multiple EU regional development grants plus the Polish Gazele Biznesu award in 2016 and 2017.

Name

Clonex

Legal name

Clonex Sp. z o.o. Sp. k.

Website

https://clonex.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Polish large-format digital printing and visual communication company producing banners, textile prints, exhibition systems, decorations, and eco-friendly advertising materials. It serves events, retail, sports, and construction clients across Europe through dedicated direct sales account management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Large Format Printing

NAICS

Converted Paper Product Manufacturing (3222)

SIC

Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Contaners/Boxes) (2670), Papers & Allied Products (2600)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycled Paper Converting & Finishing (Cut/Size, Coating, Laminating) (IMAMAKAL)

Keywords

• Large format printing
• Visual communication systems
• Exhibition display production
• Dye sublimation textile printing
• Eco-friendly advertising media

Headquarters

HQ city

Wegrzce

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Large Format Printing Services: Custom large format digital printing including banners, meshes, backlights, billboards, foils, blockout materials for outdoor and indoor advertising applications. Project-based pricing with full-service capability from design through installation.
2. Textile Printing and Decoration: Production of flags, decorative materials, exhibition systems, beach flags, and fabric-based products using sublimation printing technology. Includes custom finishing, cutting services, and exhibition wall systems.
3. Branded Merchandise and Promotional Items: Custom printed products including waterproof tablecloths, pillows, bags, and wallpapers for events, hotels, restaurants, and corporate branding purposes.
4. Eco-Friendly/GoGreen Product Line: Sustainable alternatives including RECyPET and PVC-free products for environmentally conscious clients, including flags, decotex, and polymesh materials made from recycled PET bottles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Clonex manufactures custom large-format printed advertising, exhibition systems, decorative textiles, and branded merchandise through solvent, ecosolvent, UV, and dye-sublimation printing. Its CLONEX LARGE FORMAT division produces banners, mesh, backlight, billboards, vinyl foils, and flat material prints, while CLONEX TEXTILE produces flags, beach flags, decor fabrics, satin, suspended ceilings, tablecloths, and pillows. The goGreen line supplies eco-friendly alternatives including RECyPET recycled-PET products, PVC-free frontlit and mesh materials, and the proprietary Intisse non-woven carrier.

Product overview

Clonex is a Polish large-format printing company with over 20 years of experience (established in 2000) offering comprehensive visual communication solutions. The company operates under two main divisions: CLONEX LARGE FORMAT and CLONEX TEXTILE. The product portfolio spans three main categories: Large Format Products (banners, mesh, backlight, foils, blockout, billboards), Advertisement Products (exhibition walls, roll-ups, elegant frames, vehicle wrapping, wallpapers, posters, bags), and Flat Material Products (PCV, Dibond, Plexi, Akylight, Pentaprint/Axprint/Hips, cardboard, glass). The textile division produces flags, beach flags, Decor, Microbacklight/Terralight/Samba, Non Woven (Intisse), Satin, Suspended Ceilings, Print on Fabric Bale, Knitted Polyester Mesh (Airtricot), Tablecloth Waterproof, and Pillows. Additionally, Clonex offers an eco-friendly goGreen product line including RECyPET products (FLAG 100, FLAG 30, DECOTEX 100, DECOTEX 30, PolyMesh 100), PolyMesh Type D and F, NonWoven Mesh, PVC-free Frontlit, and PVC-free Mesh—all made from recycled materials or designed to be PVC-free. The company also provides various foil types for different applications including monomeric, polymeric, cast, backlit, transparent, plotter vinyl, OWV, Easy Dot, and frosted vinyl. Clonex's machine park includes plotters for large format printing and finishing, a printing house, sewing room, assembly teams, transport fleet, and DTP studio with automatic file verification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CLONEX LARGE FORMAT: Large format digital printing division
• CLONEX TEXTILE
• goGreen
• RECyPET

Products and services

• Large Format Outdoor Advertising Prints Custom large-format printed banners, mesh, backlight, blockout, and billboards for outdoor advertising and building wraps, including common billboard formats up to 504x238cm, 600x300cm, 12x3m, and 12x4m. Roll widths up to 5m. Made from PVC, mesh-structured PVC, vinyl for backlight panels, and blueback paper.
• Backlight Prints High-quality vinyl material dedicated for backlight advertising panels with texture that effectively scatters light for sign boxes and illuminated advertising signs. Weather-proof.
• Vinyl Foils Self-adhesive vinyl foils printed in UV and solvent technology for indoor and outdoor advertising. Available as monomeric, polymeric, cast, backlit, transparent, plotter, OWV (one-way vision), Easy Dot, and frosted variants for vehicle wrapping, window graphics, sign boxes, and decorative applications.
• Exhibition Systems (Exhibition Walls, Roll-ups, Elegant Frames) Portable exhibition walls, roll-ups (including the Snake textile roll-up), and elegant frames for textile prints used in trade fairs and corporate events. Advantages include mobility, lightness, ease of assembly, and saturated fabric-printed colors.
• Vehicle Wrapping Cast film vehicle wrapping service suitable for all types of embossing and oblongness, exhibiting excellent plastic properties and durability. Lamination available for additional protection.
• Custom Wallpaper (Vinyl/Paper) Material on vinyl or paper backing printed on individual customer order, intended for wall application with wallpaper glue. Graphics of any size can be printed with maximum width of 125cm per ply.
• WallTex (PVC-Free Textile Wallpaper) Textile wallpaper without PVC, with adhesive layer printed with ecological inks. Can be applied to almost all flat surfaces including walls, textiles, shop windows, and furniture without surface damage. Available in Easy (removable adhesive) and Standard (permanent adhesive after 48-72 hours) versions.
• Flags and Beach Flags Flag material of polyester printed using transfer or direct dye-sublimation with nearly 100% fabric dye-through and vivid saturated colors. Beach flags available in many shapes, dimensions, and easy installation. Used for events and trade fair stands.
• Textile Printing (Decor, Satin, Suspended Ceilings, Tablecloths, Pillows, Bags, Knitted Polyester Mesh, Print on Fabric Bale) Custom printed textile products including decor fabric for aluminium frames, satin for interiors and retail, suspended ceilings for any room (including high humidity areas like bathrooms or pool halls), hydrophobic/waterproof tablecloths for events and hospitality, pillows as personalized gadgets, sublimation-printed non-woven bags, knitted polyester mesh (Airtricot) for sport events, and printing on client-supplied fabric bales up to 3.2m width.
• Microbacklight / Terralight / Samba (Backlit Textiles) Polyester fabrics for illuminated sign boxes and backlit ceilings with uniform light scattering and saturated, contrasted colors. Printed using dye-sublimation or UV method. Width up to 500cm.
• Flat Material Printing (PCV, Dibond, Plexi, Akylight, Pentaprint/Axprint/Hips, Cardboard, Glass) Flat material printing on rigid substrates for outdoor and indoor advertising: PCV (hard or foamed, 3mm/5mm), Dibond (multi-layered aluminium plate), Plexi with reverse-print depth effect, Akylight honeycomb lightweight panel, Pentaprint/Axprint/Hips flexible light materials, cardboard for store entrances, and tempered glass for kitchens/bathrooms with reverse-printed graphics for durability.
• goGreen Eco-Friendly Products (RECyPET, PVC-Free, Intisse, PolyMesh) Sustainable product line including RECyPET textiles (flags, decotex, polymesh) made from 100% or 30% recycled PET yarn with mechanical and durability properties identical to virgin fibre; PVC-free Frontlit and Mesh as alternatives to PVC frontlits; Intisse 100% recyclable lightweight (150g/m2) polyester non-woven carrier for short-term exposures replacing PVC materials; and PolyMesh Type D/F for high air-permeability event fencing and barricade covers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17,000 sq m of prints completed for single project (Euro 2012 Novotel Hotel)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pixartprinting (Cimpress): Large online printing services platform (part of Cimpress) offering large-format prints, banners, signage, and visual communication products across Europe. Closest comparable service-based business model focused on B2B large-format visual communication.
• Spandex: Pan-European supplier of visual communication materials and sign-making substrates, with growing services for print providers. Comparable as a channel and materials partner in the same large-format/signage value chain.
• Antalis (KPP Group): European distributor of paper, packaging, and visual communication substrates, serving sign-makers, printers, and visual-communications professionals — directly adjacent to Clonex's customer base and product portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Durst Group: Italian-headquartered industrial digital printing equipment manufacturer with growing print-service operations; comparable to Clonex because Durst equipment (incl. P10 flatbed) is used in Clonex's own production and the two compete in industrial visual communication.
• Agfa-Gevaert: Belgian manufacturer of digital printing inks, presses, and software for sign/display and industrial printing — an incumbent in the broader large-format printing value chain with overlapping customers and technologies.
• HP Inc. (Large Format): Global leader in large-format printers (HP Latex, DesignJet, PageWide XL) and supplies; overlaps with Clonex through shared customer base and competing equipment platforms across the large-format graphics industry.
• Roland DG: Japanese manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers, printer/cutters, and sublimation equipment used in signage, apparel, and visual communications — competes broadly with Clonex's installed equipment base and customer verticals.
• MIMAKI Engineering: Japanese manufacturer of inkjet printers, cutting plotters, and textile printers serving sign, graphic, and industrial printing markets — comparable technology stack and customer overlap to Clonex's solvent/UV/sublimation operation.

Others

• 3A Composites (3A Group): Manufacturer of display and signage substrates (e.g., Dibond, Forex) used by Clonex and its peers; comparable as a key upstream materials supplier in the visual-communication value chain.
• Avery Dennison: Global supplier of pressure-sensitive films, vinyls, and graphic materials used in vehicle wrapping, signage, and architectural applications — directly comparable as an upstream materials provider to Clonex's foil/wrap product lines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ClonexPrintExperience
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grupa-klonex

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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