History
Flint Group family tree
Significant Dates
| Date | Region | Company | Event | Subject Matter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Europe | Flint Group | Flint Group, a leading global solutions provider to the Packaging and Print Media industries, acquired Torda, a leading manufacturer of printing inks for the packaging markets in Northern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East with a substantial presence in Eastern Europe. | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2009 | Europe | Flint Group | Flint Group, a world-leading supplier to the printing and packaging industry, and Unirep, a major supplier to the Turkish paper and packaging industry, establish joint venture | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2009 | Global | Flint Group | New customer-orientated organisation structure announced | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2008 | Global | Flint Group | Flint Group acquires specialist anti-set-off manufacturer Russell-Webb Ltd | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2008 | ANZ | Flint Group | Flint Group and Lindgens sign joint venture agreement for metal decorating business in Australia and New Zealand | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2008 | Global | Flint Group | Introduction of nyloflex® Seal F Digital – the first photopolymer coating plate based on polyester foil for digital imaging | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2008 | Europe | Flint Group | Introduction of the new ink-coating system INULINE | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2008 | Global | Day International | Day International acquires Hydro Dynamic Products (HDP), a well-established manufacturer of pressroom chemicals | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2008 | ANZ | Flint Group | Flint Group acquires Siegwerk’s packaging ink business in Australia and New Zealand | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2008 | Global | Flint Group | Combination of the Flint Group Printing Plates business with the rotec sleeve business and formation of a new division Flint Group Flexographic Products | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2008 | Global | XSYS Print Solutions | XSYS Print Solutions changes name to Flint Group Narrow Web | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2007 | Global | Flint Group, Day International | Flint Group acquires Day International, a world leader in manufacturing and distributing printing blankets, sleeves, pressroom chemicals and printing supplies. | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2007 | Global | Flint Group | Flint Group appoints Charles Knott as Chief Executive Officer | Personnel |
| 2006 | Global | Flint Group Printing Plates | Flint Group Printing Plates introduces the first digital coating plate | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2006 | Global | Flint Group Printing Plates | Flint Group Printing Plates launches nyloflex infinity® technology for manufacturing seamless polymer sleeves | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2005 | Global | Flint Group | Flint Group forms from the union of Flint Ink Corporation and XSYS Print Solutions. | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2004 | Global | Day International | Introduction of the compressible layer DurazoneTM | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2004 | Asia | Flint Ink | Flint Ink establishes News Ink plant in Beijing, China | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2004 | Global | BPS / ANI | XSYS Print Solutions is formed from the merger of BASF Printing Systems and ANI Printing Inks | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2004 | Global | BPS | BASF launches direct laser engravable flexo plates | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2004 | Global | ANI | Akzo Nobel Inks changes its name to ANI Printing Inks | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2003 | Asia | Pigments | Flint Ink opens Arrowhead Trading, supplying pigments to the Asia and India/Pacific markets and increasing its vertical integration | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2003 | EU | ANI | ANI acquires the Belgian company Trenal, which is integrated into the News Ink division | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2003 | Global | BPS | BASF introduces the first digital letterpress plates | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2003 | Global | Flint Ink | Flint Ink acquires the coldset and heatset business of SICPA and in return divests its worldwide business of security inks used on currency and other negotiable instruments | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2003 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink forms an alliance with KBA North America | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2002 | Asia | Flint Ink | Flint Ink opens a liaison office in Shanghai to support supply chain activities | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2002 | EU | Flint-Schmidt | Flint-Schmidt GmbH & Co. KG is formed through the merger of Gebrüder Schmidt Druckfarben and Flint Ink's European operations | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2002 | Global | ANI | Akzo Nobel Inks is privatised following a management buy-out | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2001 | EU | Flint Ink | Flint Ink Europe opens its state-of-the-art sheetfed ink mother plant in Helmond, the Netherlands | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2001 | IP | Flint Ink | Flint Ink Europe acquires a majority interest in Incowax, a Bangalore, India-based flexible packaging ink specialist | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2001 | LA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink Latin America Corporation acquires INKS-Chemicals B&T, SA, a paste ink manufacturer based in Caracas, Venezuela | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2001 | NA | Flint Ink | An alliance is established with Flint Ink and MAN Roland to enhance product and service offerings to North American customers of both companies | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2000 | EU | Flint-Schmidt | Gebrüder Schmidt opens the largest fully automated production plant in Europe for newspaper inks in Cologne | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2000 | EU | Flint Ink | Manders Premier adopts the Flint Ink identity of Flint Ink Europe | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2000 | Global | Flint Ink | Flint Ink introduces GlobaLink, a sophisticated colour replication system permitting remote colour matching on a global basis | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 2000 | IP | Flint Ink | Flint Ink acquires Creanova Inks in the India/Pacific region | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 2000 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink acquires Alper Ink Group in the Americas, including Progressive Ink, Patriot Ink, Alper Dispersions, Arcar Graphics and Kromos SA | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1999 | Global | BPS | BASF launches digital flexo plates | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1999 | LA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink acquires Argentina-based Polychem S.A., a packaging ink manufacturer; The Ink Company, a California-based ink manufacturer; and Companhia Quimica Industrial Brasileira (CQIB), a Brazilian-based manufacturer of inks for news, packaging, publication and commercial printing applications | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1998 | EU; IP | Flint Ink | Flint Ink acquires UK-based Manders Premier, adding to Flint Ink's operations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India/Pacific. Pacific Rim operations unite to form Flint Ink Asia/Pacific | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1998 | Global | ANI | Akzo Nobel Inks acquires Louis Werneke, USA, and Label Inks, UK | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1997 | EU | BPS | BPS receives ISO 9001 certification | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1997 | EU | BPS | BASF Lacke + Farben AG is liquidated, and BASF Printing Systems (BPS) is formed | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1997 | Global | Flint Ink | Geographic restructuring brings Canadian and US operations together as Flint Ink North America; Rendic International and Flint Ink Mexicana S de RL de CV form Flint Ink Latin America | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1996 | EU | ANI | Casco Nobel Inks changes name to Akzo Nobel Inks | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1996 | EU | Flint-Schmidt | Gebrüder Schmidt opens innovative new purification plant in Frankfurt | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1996 | EU | Flint-Schmidt | GS Berlin is merged into Gebrüder Schmidt Druckfarben | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1996 | Global | ANI | Akzo Nobel Inks is the first company in the world to receive triple certification: ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 for quality, health, security and environment | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1996 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink acquires BASF Corporation's North American Graphics Group | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1995 | EU | ANI | Casco Nobel Inks acquires Lindgens Druckfarben, Germany | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1995 | EU | ANI | Nobel Industries merges with Dutch company Akzo. The Akzo Nobel group is born | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1995 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink begins the process of ISO 9002 certification for its sites | Marketplace/Product Advancements |
| 1995 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink Corporation acquires Continental Inks Corporation | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1995 | NA | Pigments | CDR Pigments & Dispersions receives ISO 9002 Certification | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1994 | Europe | Rotec Hülsensysteme | The rotec Blue Light Sleeve success story makes its market debut | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1994 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink of Canada purchases Lester Ink and Coatings Company | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1994 | NA | Flint Ink | Three acquisitions increase Flint Ink's global presence: Rendic International, a Miami distributor of graphic arts supplies to Latin America and Asia Pacific markets; North American Printing Ink Company (NAPIC); outstanding shares of Flint Mexicana, assuming full ownership | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1993 | EU | Flint-Schmidt | Gebrüder Schmidt receives Quality Management System certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001 | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1992 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink establishes digital printing ink division | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1991 | NA | Pigments, Flint Ink | Flint Ink is reorganised: S&V Printing Ink, Capitol Printing Ink and Cal/Ink begin operating under the Flint Ink Corporation name; Chromatic Color, Ridgeway Color and Drew Graphics begin operating as CDR Pigments & Dispersions; S&V Screen Inks become Summit Screen Inks; LeMaster Litho Supply is acquired | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1990 | Europe | Rotec Hülsensysteme | Rotec Hülsensysteme is founded in Ahaus/Germany | Early beginnings |
| 1990 | EU | ANI | Nobel Industries purchases Blark&Mahrt, Denmark, and Crown Berger Irlam Inks, UK | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1990 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink establishes Environmental Health & Safety Department | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1990 | NA | Flint Ink | Leveraged buyout of Allied-Signal's Sinclair & Valentine division is completed, giving Flint Ink a strong presence in the commercial and packaging printing ink segments. The S&V acquisition includes David M blanket supplier | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1989 | EU | ANI | Nobel Industries merges AB G-Man with Sadolin Printing Inks, forming Casco Nobel Inks | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1989 | Global | BPS | BASF introduces the first chlorine-free washout solvent for processing of flexo plates (nylosolv®) | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1988 | NA | Flint Ink | First rub-free black news ink is introduced by Flint Ink | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1987 | EU | ANI | Swedish firm Nobel Industries buys Sadolin & Holmblad | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1987 | EU | Pigments | Lineco B.V. is founded, originally to serve the line-marking business primarily with dry pigment powder and pigment dispersions, but growing to supply many colourants to many markets, including the paper, latex, viscose, agro and ink industries | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1986 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink acquires Capitol Printing Ink, providing a larger presence on the East Coast of the US, particularly in the commercial and heatset markets | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1985 | Global | BPS | BASF acquires the Inmont Group (USA), Fishburn (Great Britain), and Icificis (Italy) | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1985 | NA | Flint Ink | Completion of Flint Ink's second varnish plant furthers vertical integration | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1984 | NA | Pigments | Flint Ink acquires Drew Graphics, manufacturer of water dispersions for ink, paper, paint and coatings industries | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1982 | Europe | Day International | Varn Products, the Chemical Division of Day International is established in the UK | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1980 | NA | Pigments | Chromatic Color is incorporated and begins to produce dry and flushed colour in a move towards vertical integration | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1978 | Global | BPS | BASF begins producing flexo plates | Early beginnings |
| 1978 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink pioneers use of conductivity to monitor concentration of fountain solution | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1977 | LA | Flint Ink | Joint venture between Flint Ink and Sun-Fast results in Flint Mexicana SA de CV, the second-largest ink manufacturer in Mexico | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1975 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink acquires Cal/Ink, boosting heatset and sheetfed business, especially on the West Coast of the US | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1972 | EU | BPS | BASF Farben + Fasern AG (later BASF Lacke + Farben AG) is founded, incorporating BASF's two 1970s acquisitions | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1970 | EU | BPS | BASF AG buys Siegle as well as Kast & Ehinger | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1970 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink pioneers the use of alkaline fountain solutions for newspaper printing in the 1970s | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1969 | EU | BPS | Kast & Ehinger takes over the Falck-Roussel Group in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Tunisia | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1965 | Global | BPS | BASF enters the printing plate business | Early beginnings |
| 1960 | Global | BPS | K+E plays a pioneering role in introducing sheetfed printing as we know it today by inventing quickly absorbing Novavit inks in the 1960s | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1960 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink expands into the publication gravure market sector | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1958 | NA | Flint-Schmidt | Schmidt Printing Inks Ltd is founded in Montreal, Canada | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1957 | NA | Flint Ink | Howard Flint Ink Company changes name to Flint Ink Corporation | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1950 | NA | Flint Ink | California Ink Company, aka Cal/Ink, develops the first magnetic inks for check imprinting in the U.S. | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1947 | EU | ANI | Gleitsmann is privatised, and AB G-Man is born | Early beginnings |
| 1946 | NA | Day International | The company unveils its first printing blanket for lithographic offset printing | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1940 | NA | Flint Ink | Cal/Ink is the first US company to produce and sell lithol red pigments | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1940 | NA | Flint Ink | In the 1940s, all Flint Ink branches are equipped with full quality control and formulation labs; rigid product specifications are established | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1936 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink acquires Temple Inks Company of Denver, Colorado, USA | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1933 | NA | Day International | Introduction of the first synthetic rubber printing roller | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1922 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink is the first in the industry to use tanker truck delivery, beginning with letterpress news ink and later other ink types | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1920 | EU | Flint-Schmidt | Gebrüder Schmidt begins to open an increased amount of subsidiaries throughout Europe | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1920 | NA | Flint Ink | Howard Flint Ink company is founded in Detroit, Michigan, USA to serve the North American news ink market | Early beginnings |
| 1920 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink initiates raw materials testing | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1920 | NA | Flint Ink | Flint Ink implements instrumented Quality Control procedures | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1905 | NA | Day International | The Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Company is founded | Early beginnings |
| 1901 | EU | ANI | German company E.T. Gleitsmann begins producing printing inks in Trelleborg, Sweden | Early beginnings |
| 1900 | EU | Flint-Schmidt | Gebrüder Schmidt begins manufacturing coloured inks | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1891 | NA | BPS | Kast + Ehinger expands to North America, opening a branch in New York | Marketplace / Product Advancements |
| 1889 | EU | BPS | Gustav Siegle takes ownership of Kast + Ehinger, operating it completely separately from his own company, G. Siegle + Co. | Mergers, Acquisitions, Changes |
| 1878 | EU | Flint-Schmidt | The Schmidt brothers launch Gebrüder Schmidt GmbH Druckfarben in Frankfurt to manufacture black inks | Early beginnings |
| 1865 | EU | BPS | Albert M. Kast printing ink company is founded, renamed Kast + Ehinger in 1868 | Early beginnings |
| 1845 | EU | BPS | Gustav Siegle opens G. Siegle + Co. in Munich, Germany | Early beginnings |
| 1845 | EU | Pigments | The Heinrich Siegle colourant factory is founded in Munich | Early beginnings |
| 1777 | EU | ANI | Sadolin & Holmblad is founded in Denmark | Early beginnings |
| 1773 | EU | Flint Ink | Manders is founded in the UK | Early beginnings |
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