Aksell expands its reach in an evolving market
We sat down with CEO Bjarte Hordnes of Norwegian Aksell to gain a clear picture of their 2025 financial performance, as well as an outlook on how 2026 is shaping up so far.
Looking at international expansion.

Finnish giant Punamusta is divesting its newspaper business, and will focus more on print and graphic communication going forward. The goal for the graphic communication business is a turn over of 140 mln euro within three years. This is reported by Branschkoll .
The “new” Punamusta aims at a turn over of 140 mln euro within three years from a wide range of graphical solutions.
Furthermore, Punamusta says that they are looking into an international expansion during the next years. The profit from the print business aims at 7 per cent, and 15 per cent from the large format printing and the agencies.
So far this year, Punamusta has already acquired two new print houses in Finland – Lehtisepät and I-print. Punamusta plans to close down both production plants.
We sat down with CEO Bjarte Hordnes of Norwegian Aksell to gain a clear picture of their 2025 financial performance, as well as an outlook on how 2026 is shaping up so far.
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