Marvaco acquires FlexoPartner

FlexoPartner, with operations in Sunne and Örebro in Sweden, is a packaging repro house and manufacturer of flexo printing plates and laser engraved sleeves. It celebrated its 20th anniversary in the autumn of 2014.

Following the acquisition, FlexoPartner will now serve as a subsidiary of Marvaco, while the previous owners and employees will continue to participate in developing the company’s operations.

As such, managing director Leif Backman will continue to manage FlexoPartner, while Mats Lind will continue as the managing director of Marvaco and will be responsible for the group’s operations in Sweden.

Marvaco commenced its into Sweden 18 months ago with the acquisition of Linds Flexo, whose original owner and managing director was Mats Lind.

‘I believe that joining Marvaco offers us an opportunity to grow and refine our operations in Sweden,’ said Backman.’

Kai Lankinen, Marvaco managing director, said: ‘Our desire and need to better serve the brand and printing clients operating in the packaging industry in the Nordic region, as well as the capacity increase, is our reason for the investments.

‘The acquisition strengthens Marvaco’s operations in Sweden, especially in the corrugated board industry and laser engraving. What FlexoPartner and Marvaco have in common is the leading quality in the industry and successful client co-operation.’

‘The acquisition increases our development resources, and the co-operation between teams both expands our views and speeds up our reaction time to the service needs of clients,’ concluded Marko Valkamo, production and development director at Marvaco.

Pictured (from left): Kai Lankinen, Erik Rundqvist, Mats Johansson and Leif Backman of FlexoPartner, Mats Lind, and Tomas Eriksson and PerArne Haglund from FlexoPartner