Elanders Americas history

1920 Directories are transported to the bookbindery on wagons drawn by men or horses.

1950 Elanders first sheet-fed offset print in production.

1962 Elanders was among the first companies in Europe with Fotolist, used to set directories.

1971 Elanders was one of the first companies in the industry to use computerized photo typesetting.

1978 Elanders started up its first company in Great Britain, Elanders Ltd in Scotland.

1982 Establishment of Elanders Electronic Printing which served customers who could put their information on a magnetic band or send it via the telephone lines.

1988 New, long contract with the Swedish Telecom created a platform for four-colour print of directories.

1996 Elanders started up in Poland.

1999 Turnover surpasses SEK 2 billion.

2004 Elanders started new operations in Hungary together with Hansaprint for the production of mobile telephone manuals.

2007 German Sommer Corporate Media, one of the largest suppliers of manuals to the German automotive industry was acquired in January.

2011 Elanders expands and takes over sections of the Swedish sheet fed printers Fälth & Hässler and NRS Tryckeri.

2013 Elanders acquires all the shares in the label printing company McNaughtan’s Printers Limited in Glasgow, Scotland.

2015 In line with its strategy to grow within the segment niched packaging products Elanders acquires Schmid Druck, a German packaging company.

2018 Elanders’ headquarter moves to new premises in Mölndal, Sweden.