Flint Group News & Information

03 May 2012

1835 Pluri Market

Flint Group announces PluriTech™ Shrink-U, the next generation of solvent-based packaging inks for the North American Gravure Shrink Sleeve Market. Over the last five years the Shrink Sleeve market has become more complex and new film technologies have driven printers to acquire multiple ink systems to compete. High fidelity graphics are also pushing the limits of the con...

03 May 2012

1830 Flint Group Receives W...

Flint Group receives Work – Safety – Health Award 2012 Employer’s liability insurance association award for the chemical industry assigned to employees of the Willstaett (Germany) site Health and safety for its employees is the highest priority for Flint Group. Therefore, the company is dedicated to doing everything possible to avoid accidents, detect potential sources of dang...

16 Apr 2012

1825 Flexo Symposium

Flint Group Flexographic Products holds distributor symposium Distributors will be informed on new trends and developments in the flexo industry before drupa Flint Group Flexographic Products has invited distributors from all over the world to a symposium, which will take place on 2 May 2012 in Stuttgart. Informative lectures on market challenges, new trends and technologies, ...

02 Apr 2012

1820 Flint Group North Amer...

Flint Group North America Raises Prices on Spot Color Inks, Varnishes and Pressroom Chemistry for the Print Media Market Major driver: raw material supply and demand imbalance, rising oil costs Prices increase 8% on spot color inks and varnishes, US/CAD$0.75 - $1.25 on washes Plymouth, MI USA (March 30, 2012) – Flint Group North America has announced an 8% price increase o...

28 Mar 2012

1815 Flint Group Introduces...

Flint Group introduces next generation of NC-based inks for future-oriented high quality flexo printing Presenting innovations in Flexo inks: FlexiStar MV and FlexiPrint MV. FlexiStar MV and FlexiPrint MV, Flint Group’s next generation of Nitrocellulose-based inks, have been developed and optimised to meet the current and future demands of high quality flexo printing. The nex...

28 Mar 2012

1810 Flint Group Europe Ann...

Flint Group Europe announces price increases for all white inks for packaging and labels effective April 1st Raw material costs have been a significant issue in 2011 and many of the key feed stocks are still continuing their upward trend. A number of resins and solvents, and particularly Titanium dioxide, continue to escalate in price, with producers announcing prices to incr...

26 Mar 2012

1805 Flint Group Puts Susta...

Flint Group puts sustainability and innovation in the spotlight Ink series Premo®Film SXS and nyloflex® NExT technology offer a sustainable innovation to the flexible packaging market. The desire to produce sustainable packaging brings an increasing interest in water-based inks for the flexible packaging market. Innovative, eco-friendly solutions for solvent-free print...

23 Mar 2012

1800 North America Price In...

North America: Flint Group announces April 1st price increases for solvent based packaging inks and all white Packaging and Narrow Web inks in North America Continuing raw materials cost increases as well as other operations and logistical cost increases in 2012 requires Flint Group to increase prices of solvent based packaging inks and all packaging and narrow web white inks ...

16 Mar 2012

1795 Agreement With

Flint Group Flexographic Products sign agreement with Shanghai Publishing and Printing College An additional step to develop the Chinese flexo industry Flint Group is dedicated to further develop the Chinese flexo market and to improve the talent and education within this industry. Therefore, in February 2012, Flint Group Flexographic Products and the esteemed Shanghai Publish...

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