ScandBook Holding
ScandBook Holding AB is a Swedish book-production group with operating subsidiaries in Sweden, Lithuania and Denmark. The company produces black-and-white books in hardback, paperback and pocket formats, and also provides related finishing and display services for publishers and other book buyers.
Fiscal year 2025 · change from previous year
Development 2022–2025
Business
Share of revenueProduction of hardbound books for publishers and other customers.
Production of softcover and pocket-format books in black-and-white print.
Digital and offset printing, typesetting, paper selection and production support.
Special effects, surface treatments and book displays for finished products.
Customers
ScandBook sells primarily to book publishers in the Nordic region and northern Europe, with additional customers in North America. It also serves organizations and private individuals that need books or catalog-style printed products, typically through order-by-order arrangements for smaller accounts and contract-based pricing for larger publishers.
Buy hardback, paperback and pocket production for fiction and other titles; they value cost, quality and delivery reliability.
Core regional customer base that uses ScandBook for short-run and flexible book manufacturing.
Buy book production services for titles distributed outside ScandBook's home markets.
Order books and catalogues for communication, documentation or branded publishing needs.
Use the company for smaller custom print runs and special book orders.
Strategy
ScandBook's strategy is to be the preferred production partner for publishers by combining cost efficiency, flexible delivery and a clear environmental profile. The company also aims to broaden its service offering and expand into additional northern European markets through both organic growth and acquisitions.
Publisher customers compare suppliers on unit economics and turnaround time.
Broader market reach reduces dependence on the Nordic core and supports scale.
More integrated services can deepen customer relationships and raise switching costs.
Geography
ScandBook is headquartered in Falun, Sweden, and operates production subsidiaries in Falun, Klaipeda and Viborg. Its commercial focus is the Nordic and broader northern European book market, while the company also serves customers in North America; geography matters because the business depends on efficient cross-border production, logistics and paper supply.
Risks
The business is exposed to publisher demand cycles, shorter print runs and pricing pressure in a competitive book-manufacturing market. It also faces supply-chain, currency and macroeconomic risks because paper, logistics and cross-border production are important inputs, while the company uses acquisitions and multi-country operations to support growth.
The company serves publishers in a market where smaller editions require flexible production planning.
Exposure: Book manufacturing volumes and capacity utilization
Book production depends on paper, printing inputs and timely logistics across countries.
The group operates across Sweden, Lithuania and Denmark and sells into multiple regions.
Exposure: Cross-border costs and reported earnings
Management highlights tariffs, Middle East conflict and global slowdown as external uncertainties.
Exposure: International book and paper flows
Accounting
Judgemental itemsThe group uses the simplified IFRS 9 approach and estimates lifetime losses on customer receivables.
Impact: Can change reported operating profit and net receivables
Raw materials, work in progress and finished goods are key assets in a print business.
Impact: Affects gross margin and working capital
Derivative instruments are carried at fair value through profit or loss.
Impact: Can create period-to-period volatility in financial items
Acquisition-related goodwill must be tested against discounted cash flow assumptions.
Impact: Could lead to non-cash impairment charges
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Last updated: 24/09/2026