Grafotronic reports record growth in Latin America

2012 was Grafotronic’s most successful year in Latin America, with the sale of its range of finishing equipment to multiple customers in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Chile.

Sweden’s Grafotronic is a supplier of finishing equipment to the converting and packaging markets. With over 40 years of experience in the market, Grafotronic has manufactured its machines in a joint-venture with Lesko Engineering in Poland since 2004, and today offers a wide range of flexible and options to label printing companies and narrow web flexible packaging converters.

ProFlexo International is Grafotronic’s exclusive distributor in Latin America and the Caribbean With offices in Miami, Santiago and Mexico City, ProFlexo International is a sales and service company that offers manufacturing equipment to the label, converting and packaging industries in these regions.

Mattias Malmquist, vice-president of sales at Grafotronic, said: ‘Grafotronic has focused on building finishing machines with the highest quality and best of industry components which, coupled with great value and reliability, has resulted in an attractive offering to our customers.

‘ProFlexo’s sales and service expertize in its market has proven to be a decisive factor to our success in Latin America and the Caribbean. We look forward in our continued growth in the region.’

Jaime Dagnino, president at ProFlexo International, commented: ‘With over 40 successful installations in the region during the last three years it is evident that our customers are realizing the excellent balance between high quality, affordability and expert local service. We are proudest of the fact that over a third of our sales are to repeat customers.’

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