07.01.10
P.O. Box 44, 1200 AA
Hilversum, Holland
Phone: +31 35 688 44 11
Fax: +31 35 688 44 04
www.vanson.nl
Sales: $145 million (Ink World estimate).
Major Products: Vs5 series, Quickson Plus, Quickson MultiFresh and Signature offset inks; Aqua Base Plus series water-based flexo inks; Van Son ArtColour and Van Son EasyPrint inkjet inks.
Key Personnel: Paul M. Brouwer, president.
Number of Employees: 280.
Comments: Like many other ink manufacturers, Royal Dutch Printing Ink Factories Van Son faced many of the same challenges during 2009. However, president Paul Brouwer said that the company’s quality product portfolio and global presence helped minimize the recession’s impact.
“The year 2009 was a difficult year to start with, but luckily we anticipated the problems before it started,” said Mr. Brouwer. “Overall, we can say that we did OK. As a worldwide distributor, you have more room to play with, and it seems that more and more users like to have the quality products from Van Son.”
The economic turnaround has fueled Van Son’s sales growth in the last quarter of 2009 and in early 2010, as the company is posting strong results. “Already on the last quarter of 2009, the improvement was there, and in the first four months of 2010, we are 31 percent over last year and 12 percent over budget,” Mr. Brouwer said.
The company is also expanding its personnel as well as its presence in the U.S., opening a facility in Miami in 2009 and launching a new facility in Los Angeles in August 2010. “Van Son is investing a lot in high quality personal in all our factories,” Mr. Brouwer said. “This is the key to success. The Van Son companies are based on relationships with our partners, as well as our quality and service throughout out the world.”
Hilversum, Holland
Phone: +31 35 688 44 11
Fax: +31 35 688 44 04
www.vanson.nl
Sales: $145 million (Ink World estimate).
Major Products: Vs5 series, Quickson Plus, Quickson MultiFresh and Signature offset inks; Aqua Base Plus series water-based flexo inks; Van Son ArtColour and Van Son EasyPrint inkjet inks.
Key Personnel: Paul M. Brouwer, president.
Number of Employees: 280.
Comments: Like many other ink manufacturers, Royal Dutch Printing Ink Factories Van Son faced many of the same challenges during 2009. However, president Paul Brouwer said that the company’s quality product portfolio and global presence helped minimize the recession’s impact.
“The year 2009 was a difficult year to start with, but luckily we anticipated the problems before it started,” said Mr. Brouwer. “Overall, we can say that we did OK. As a worldwide distributor, you have more room to play with, and it seems that more and more users like to have the quality products from Van Son.”
The economic turnaround has fueled Van Son’s sales growth in the last quarter of 2009 and in early 2010, as the company is posting strong results. “Already on the last quarter of 2009, the improvement was there, and in the first four months of 2010, we are 31 percent over last year and 12 percent over budget,” Mr. Brouwer said.
The company is also expanding its personnel as well as its presence in the U.S., opening a facility in Miami in 2009 and launching a new facility in Los Angeles in August 2010. “Van Son is investing a lot in high quality personal in all our factories,” Mr. Brouwer said. “This is the key to success. The Van Son companies are based on relationships with our partners, as well as our quality and service throughout out the world.”