Elanders is a Swedish
printing
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...
company doing business in ten countries and directing a number of subsidiaries. Since 1989 the company has been listed on the
OMX Nordic Exchange.
History
Elanders was created from a print office founded in 1908 by Otto Elander, Nils Hellner and Emil Ekström in Sweden.
In January 2007 Elanders acquired the ''Sommer Corporate Media'' in
Waiblingen
Waiblingen (; Swabian: ''Woeblinge'') is a town in the southwest of Germany, located in the center of the densely populated Stuttgart region, directly neighboring Stuttgart. It is the capital and largest city of the Rems-Murr district. , Waiblin ...
, Germany.
5 years later, in March 2012 the acquisition of the ''fotokasten'' and the ''d, o, m Deutsche Online Medien GmbH'' in
Waiblingen
Waiblingen (; Swabian: ''Woeblinge'') is a town in the southwest of Germany, located in the center of the densely populated Stuttgart region, directly neighboring Stuttgart. It is the capital and largest city of the Rems-Murr district. , Waiblin ...
followed.
Elanders continued its strategic enterprise development in the area of
photo finishing
Photographic processing or photographic development is the chemical means by which photographic film
Photographic film is a strip or sheet of transparent film base coated on one side with a gelatin photographic emulsion, emulsion containing m ...
by acquiring the Berlin-based photobook manufacturer ''myphotobook GmbH'' with business operations throughout Europe in 2013.
See also
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Finidr
FINIDR s.r.o. is an offset and web-fed offset printing house. FINIDR specializes on book-making and other printing production. FINIDR exports over 70% of its production to Western European markets, such as Germany, France, Austria, Great Brita ...
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Printuful, Inc
References
External links
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Mass media companies of Sweden
Printing companies
Publishing companies established in 1908
Swedish companies established in 1908