Graphic Arts
The Riccobono Group, the French leader in printing, is organized around three divisions: Press, Magazines & Retail, and Finishing. With 8 Press printing centers, 4 Magazine & Retail printing centers, 5 Binding centers, and 7 Routing centers, it has been established since the 1970s and combines quality, technological agility, and continuous innovation.
Activities
Pole Presse : leader in printing the national daily press.
Pole magazines & Retail : major player in commercial printing, printing of magazines, catalogs and leaflets.
Pole Finishing : expert in shaping, broaching and routing in France.
Main Customers
Publishers
Local authorities
Companies
Government
Subsidiaries
Press: L’Imprimerie. Midi Print. Paris Offset Print. CIRA. CILA. CIMP. NancyPrint. Euclès Daily
Mag & Retail: Riccobono Technology. Hélio Print. Newsprint
Finishing: France Routage. Sodicom. HP Broaching
In a few figures
8
press printing centers
4
magazine & retail press printing centers
5
broaching centers
7
routing centers
PRESS CENTER
Printing daily newspapers is the founding activity of the Riccobono Group and remains a key pillar today. Since the 1970s, the group has built a network of national printing plants, bringing production closer to readers and ensuring fast and reliable distribution throughout France.
This industrial network has made the group one of the undisputed leaders in daily newspaper printing.
Faced with market changes and declining print runs, the Press division has been able to reinvent itself by prioritizing the pooling of resources, optimizing production capacities and increasing the skills of its teams.
This ongoing transformation not only guarantees publishers the best print quality and compliance with deadlines, but also anticipates new cooperation with the regional press to strengthen national coverage.
"The group is the printer of all national daily press titles, representing a production of 28 million copies per day."
Wilfried Souchet, Press Department
MAGAZINES & RETAIL DIVISION
The Riccobono Group's Magazines & Retail division produces magazines, catalogs, and printed materials. Spread across four French sites equipped with rotogravure and offset presses, it produces more than 50 periodical titles, as well as catalogs and brochures for mass retailers and specialty stores, with print runs of up to several million copies.
Combining technical know-how, innovation and agility, the division constantly adapts its equipment and teams to respond to rapid market changes, gradually moving from gravure to offset when necessary, while maintaining the quality and reliability of production.
Faced with the obsolescence of certain technologies, the group relies on its internal expertise and specialized partnerships to ensure maintenance and continuity of deliveries, making this “magazines & retail” division of the Riccobono Group a major and essential player in graphic production in Europe, capable of supporting publishers and advertisers in their projects.
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"It is important in our businesses today to be agile. In other words, we must be able to resize our production tools and our teams in the space of a few months."
François-Xavier Luchart, Magazine & Retail division
FINISHING POLE
The Riccobono Group's Finishing division brings together three units specializing in binding, routing, direct marketing, packaging and pilot packaging, processing more than a billion copies of magazines, catalogs and advertising prints each year, making it a major player in addressed distribution in France.
Equipped with stitched and square back binding lines, shrink-wrapping, flowpack and co-packing machines, it covers the entire chain, from preparation to routing, including packaging and returns management.
The division also develops innovative solutions such as the Press Label, a patented, lightweight and economical packaging, and supports the transition from plastic to paper, while implementing optimized addressed distribution using artificial intelligence.
In the face of market developments, it supports publishers and advertisers in optimizing their productions, integrating stitching and routing in a single operation, guaranteeing reliability, quality and competitiveness, and preserving the value of print as an information and communication medium.
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"We recover 80% of what the group produces. We also accept other volumes delivered to us by other printers for both bookbinding and routing. The router business is undergoing rapid growth."
Xavier Maisonnave, Finishing Department