Flint Group has acquired Italy’s Eston Chimica, in what it has described as a “tactical strategy to grow organically”.
Eston manufactures and sells water-based inks for flexo and gravure applications.
Kim Melander, vice president and general manager EMEA and global strategy, paper and board, at Flint, said, “Eston’s facility in Italy is fully automated providing Flint Group important geographic expansion plus full manufacturing capabilities in Southern Europe – an excellent complement to our established manufacturing facility in Europe.”
Eston’s inks support key paper and board applications, such as corrugated, shopping bags, paper bags, and various other water-based print jobs, and employs 32 people.
Nicola Mellon, CEO of Eston, stated, “The team at Eston Chimica is the principal reason for our business success thus far and we are very excited by the prospect of growing our business as part of Flint Group.
In combining our strengths, we are able to offer our customers cutting-edge innovations in both inks and coatings and customer-focused support. The water-based packaging print sector is growing and changing; this partnership gives us the opportunity to stay one-step ahead and effectively plan for the future.”