Groupe Sprint x Advence x Leclerc Imprimerie

Led by Foad Rad, the group specializing in the production of premium communication media for large groups is the sector’s main leader. It has effectively signed its 8^th external growth operation in less than four years. The group, which now exceeds 30 million euros in turnover, is planning further acquisitions and to double in size by early 2021.

Founded in 2007, the Groupe Sprint is one of the leaders in commercial printing in France. The group’s companies work with a demanding customer, including more than half of the CAC 40 companies, requiring high-quality and complex communication support. They manage all their needs in terms of printed communication and marketing. The group relies on the expertise of its 140 employees spread over 5 industrial sites mainly based in the Ile de France region.

In 2017 and with the takeover of LFT-GMK and PSP, the group’s turnover will reach 5.8 million euros. 2018 is marked by the acquisitions of Grafeez, Ateliers Demaille and Suisse Imprimerie. The group then achieves a turnover of 14 million euros. In 2019, the Groupe Sprint signs the takeover of Rivaton, which brings to the group its Villepinte industrial site as well as an additional 7 million euros to the scope of consolidation, which reaches 20 million euros.

With Advence and Leclerc, Groupe Sprint now has additional sales of 10 million euros. These successive acquisitions do not only add up to the turnover. They combine expertise and make it possible to cover all the needs of print advertisers. Above all, they make it possible to limit recourse to subcontracting, achieve economies of scale and consequently increase margin.

The Groupe Sprint, now capable of covering all needs thanks to its numerous acquisitions, benefits from significant economies of scale that lighten its cost structure. The Foad Rad group is in fact very profitable and is actively studying opportunities for consolidation. The 9^th growth operation is expected at the beginning of 2021. The group, which will again double in size in 2021, expects to reach 100 million euros in turnover in the very near future and has the ambition to become the leader in its market.