Flint Group boosts manufacturing in India with state-of-the-art facility in Salvi, Vadodara

Dec. 2024: Flint Group, a leading provider of inks and coating solutions for the printing and packaging sectors, announces the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Salvi, Vadodara, in the Indian state of Gujarat. The state-of-the-art plant will focus on producing water-based inks and coatings for the paper and board market, as well as energy curable inks for the label and narrow web sector.

The new 9,000-square-metre facility marks a significant expansion of Flint Group’s manufacturing capacity in India, tailored to meet the rising demand in the region’s paper and board packaging and narrow web label industries. Conveniently located within 10 km of Flint Group’s flexible-packaging manufacturing site in Lamdapura, the new facility complements an existing plant that produces solvent-based inks and operates a separate unit dedicated to non-toluene inks.

This development further strengthens Flint Group’s robust presence in India, which includes an ISO 9001:2015-certified manufacturing plant in Hosur specializing in inks for narrow-web labels and a blending site in Noida. Additionally, the company operates warehouses in Kolkata, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, ensuring comprehensive coverage and service across the country.

The Salvi, Vadodara plant will use a standardized manufacturing process to supply paper and board converters with Flint Group’s optimized AQUACode range of water-based inks and coatings. These inks have been uniquely designed to support printers’ sustainability goals while maintaining high performance and consistency standards. The facility will take a phased approach to producing these products, with full operational capability including in-house base manufacturing expected by early Q2 2025.

The new site will also manufacture Flint Group’s award-winning EkoCure^® Dual Cure range to serve the growing Indian label and narrow web market. This series is designed to cure with traditional Hg UV lamps and low-energy UV LED lamps, simplifying ink inventory for printers transitioning to UV LED curing by enabling them to use one product across all presses.

Flint Group celebrated this milestone with a grand opening event on Nov. 26, 2024. Key Flint Group leaders were present to address customer questions and officially inaugurate the new site.

Upal Roy, Managing Director of Flint Group for India, South Africa, and Middle East, said: “Our new state-of-the-art facility demonstrates Flint Group’s commitment to the rapidly growing Indian corrugated-packaging and label-printing market. By significantly enhancing our local manufacturing capabilities, we’re ensuring we can meet our customers’ evolving requirements and strategically position Flint Group to capitalize on future growth opportunities in this dynamic region.”

For more information about Flint Group and its products, visit flintgrp.com.

About Flint Group

Flint Group is dedicated to serving the needs of the global flexible-packaging, paper and board, narrow web and publication industries, both conventional and digitally printed. The company develops, manufactures and markets an extensive portfolio of printing consumables and equipment, including: a vast range of conventional and energy curable inks, coatings and additives for flexographic, gravure and offset applications, press-room chemicals and printing blankets. Furthermore, Flint Group designs and manufactures digital printing presses for labels, corrugated packaging, document and commercial applications. The company is a leader in colour management solutions, which are supported by a Global Colour Centre to ensure colour consistency and standardization. Flint Group strives to support its customers through a relentless focus on developing innovative products, exceptional levels of service and the security of supply. Headquartered in Jersey, Flint Group employs some 5,000 people. Revenues for 2023 were €1.5 billion. On a worldwide basis, the company is the number one or number two supplier in every major market segment it serves. For more information, please visit www.flintgrp.com.