Flint Ink announces major global investments

Flint Ink has announced manufacturing investments in Asia, Europe, and India/Pacific. Of particular interest to label and packaging printers in Europe, the company’s Flint-Schmidt business unit has made a major investment in fully-automating its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Vienna, Austria, creating efficiency and productivity improvements. The facility produces process color inks for commercial and packaging sheetfed applications.
Flint-Schmidt’s liquid inks manufacturing site in Kodz, Poland, is also undergoing a significant upgrade, reflecting the company’s commitment to the Central and Eastern European market. New blending facilities for water and solvent-based flexographic and gravure printing inks have been installed and are fully operational.  The Kodz facility also serves as a distribution center for the region. Flint-Schmidt has also invested in new blending equipment installations at key distributor centers, including Aras in Istanbul, Turkey and AVT Poligraf Ltd in Moscow, Russia.
Flint Ink meanwhile has consolidated its Auckland, New Zealand, facility’s manufacturing, product development, and warehousing into one site, creating efficiencies and improved capacity. The Auckland plant manufactures conventional and UV paste inks, screen inks and water-based and solvent-based dispersions for the commercial, publication, news and packaging markets. The plant services New Zealand, Australia, India, China and South East Asia.