Flint Ink expands China presence

Flint Ink has taken its first steps toward the construction of a fluid ink manufacturing company to serve the Chinese package printing market. Flint opened a news and heatset manufacturing center in Beijing early last year.
Subject to local government approval, the new company will be called Flint Ink (Guangzhou) Printing Ink Co., Ltd. A plant is to be built in Guangzhou, China, in the southern part of the country, not far from Hong Kong. In addition to manufacturing water- and solvent-based inks for the packaging market, the new plant will serve as a blending site for sheetfed inks.
According to Henry Leong, president, Flint Ink Asia, the building project will be carried out in two phases. Phase 1, which includes company registration, land acquisition, and detailed engineering design work, has already begun.
‘The Chinese packaging market is expected to grow 10 to 12 per cent in the next decade,’ says Leong. ‘This plant, together with the plant in Beijing will allow us to serve printers in all of the primary printing markets in China. In addition, Guangzhou is a strategic foothold for expanding our business into the broader Southeast Asian market.’