07.20.23
4, an de Längten
6776 Grevenmacher
Luxembourg
Tel: +352 710810-1
http://www.doneck.com
Email: euroflex@doneck.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/doneckeuroflex/mycompany/
Sales: $87 million
Major Products: Water-based inks, solvent-based inks and inkjet inks and varnishes for the packaging industry. USP: comprehensive customer service package INKtelligence and Doneck Euromix dispensing system, a C2C-certified ink technology.
Key Personnel: Arndt Breitbach, president of the board and managing director; Edgar Becker, managing director sales.
Subsidiaries Doneck Network: In addition to Doneck Euroflex S.A., the Doneck Network includes Doneck Ibérica, Barcelona, Spain; Doneck UK, Milton Keynes, UK; Doneck Pronat, Százhalombatta, Hungary; Doneck Polska, Morawica, Poland; Doneck Sudamérica, Santiago, Chile; Doneck DCM GmbH, Merzig, Germany; and Doneck USA Inc., Lynchburg, VA.
Number of Employees: 250 in the Doneck Network.
Comments: Doneck Network is a worldwide packaging ink leader, producing solvent- and water-based flexo and gravure printing inks as well as inkjet inks and varnishes. Doneck has its headquarters in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, as well as subsidiaries in Spain, UK, Hungary, Poland, Chile, Germany, and Lynchburg, VA.
The packaging ink business continues to expand, and Doneck Network had an excellent 2022, with sales increasing more than 8%. Arndt Breitbach, president of the board and managing director of Doneck, said that in spite of all of the obstacles that Doneck faced, the company continues to grow worldwide.
“The global political events and the energy crisis, as well as the extreme cost increases in all areas, challenged us greatly,” Breitbach noted.
“We have had to make price adjustments on several occasions as the raw material situation has worsened significantly and transport and packaging costs have also risen enormously,” he added. “We were able to secure our supply chains and supply our customers with our printing inks on schedule. Starting from a difficult market situation, the situation has eased somewhat since the beginning of this year.”
The packaging market remains strong, and Doneck is growing with it.
“The largest printing markets for Doneck are corrugated, paper bags, flexible packaging and consumer goods. We expanded our customer portfolio in these areas last year,” Edgar Becker, managing director sales, observed. “With growing market shares, Doneck is steadily developing to become an international performer.”
Breitbach reported that Doneck gave greater attention to the area of action sustainability in its strategic alignment 2Bsustainable! last year. As a result, Doneck achieved Gold level status in EcoVadis.
“As an internationally active company, we bear great responsibility for customers, employees, suppliers and the environment,” he said. “The targets set in the areas of environmental management, ethics, labor and human rights, and sustainable procurement were achieved in 2022 and confirmed externally. In the 2022 EcoVadis sustainability ranking, Doneck achieved the silver level at the first attempt.
Today, in May 2023, Doneck has achieved the Gold level with its sustainability management goals.”
For Doneck, the biggest milestone in 2022 was to certify the entire raw material assortment to the material health of the Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Program. Now, under the label “Clean planet ink,” customers can order the whole water-based and solvent-based ink range that is at least C2C Bronze level certified.
“In addition, there are numerous raw materials that allow the Doneck Network to achieve Silver or Gold-status through appropriate formulations,” added Breitbach. “Our second ink series for the circular economy, ‘Green life ink,’ are compostable printing inks, some of which are made from renewable raw materials. This makes Doneck a strong partner when it comes to printing inks for the circular economy.”
Breitbach believes that the raw material market has stabilized, which is good news for the industry.
“Transport routes from Asia are steady again,” he said. “Short- and medium-term supply chains are secure and availability is good again. We venture an optimistic outlook for this year in terms of raw material availability.”
6776 Grevenmacher
Luxembourg
Tel: +352 710810-1
http://www.doneck.com
Email: euroflex@doneck.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/doneckeuroflex/mycompany/
Sales: $87 million
Major Products: Water-based inks, solvent-based inks and inkjet inks and varnishes for the packaging industry. USP: comprehensive customer service package INKtelligence and Doneck Euromix dispensing system, a C2C-certified ink technology.
Key Personnel: Arndt Breitbach, president of the board and managing director; Edgar Becker, managing director sales.
Subsidiaries Doneck Network: In addition to Doneck Euroflex S.A., the Doneck Network includes Doneck Ibérica, Barcelona, Spain; Doneck UK, Milton Keynes, UK; Doneck Pronat, Százhalombatta, Hungary; Doneck Polska, Morawica, Poland; Doneck Sudamérica, Santiago, Chile; Doneck DCM GmbH, Merzig, Germany; and Doneck USA Inc., Lynchburg, VA.
Number of Employees: 250 in the Doneck Network.
Comments: Doneck Network is a worldwide packaging ink leader, producing solvent- and water-based flexo and gravure printing inks as well as inkjet inks and varnishes. Doneck has its headquarters in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, as well as subsidiaries in Spain, UK, Hungary, Poland, Chile, Germany, and Lynchburg, VA.
The packaging ink business continues to expand, and Doneck Network had an excellent 2022, with sales increasing more than 8%. Arndt Breitbach, president of the board and managing director of Doneck, said that in spite of all of the obstacles that Doneck faced, the company continues to grow worldwide.
“The global political events and the energy crisis, as well as the extreme cost increases in all areas, challenged us greatly,” Breitbach noted.
“We have had to make price adjustments on several occasions as the raw material situation has worsened significantly and transport and packaging costs have also risen enormously,” he added. “We were able to secure our supply chains and supply our customers with our printing inks on schedule. Starting from a difficult market situation, the situation has eased somewhat since the beginning of this year.”
The packaging market remains strong, and Doneck is growing with it.
“The largest printing markets for Doneck are corrugated, paper bags, flexible packaging and consumer goods. We expanded our customer portfolio in these areas last year,” Edgar Becker, managing director sales, observed. “With growing market shares, Doneck is steadily developing to become an international performer.”
Breitbach reported that Doneck gave greater attention to the area of action sustainability in its strategic alignment 2Bsustainable! last year. As a result, Doneck achieved Gold level status in EcoVadis.
“As an internationally active company, we bear great responsibility for customers, employees, suppliers and the environment,” he said. “The targets set in the areas of environmental management, ethics, labor and human rights, and sustainable procurement were achieved in 2022 and confirmed externally. In the 2022 EcoVadis sustainability ranking, Doneck achieved the silver level at the first attempt.
Today, in May 2023, Doneck has achieved the Gold level with its sustainability management goals.”
For Doneck, the biggest milestone in 2022 was to certify the entire raw material assortment to the material health of the Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Program. Now, under the label “Clean planet ink,” customers can order the whole water-based and solvent-based ink range that is at least C2C Bronze level certified.
“In addition, there are numerous raw materials that allow the Doneck Network to achieve Silver or Gold-status through appropriate formulations,” added Breitbach. “Our second ink series for the circular economy, ‘Green life ink,’ are compostable printing inks, some of which are made from renewable raw materials. This makes Doneck a strong partner when it comes to printing inks for the circular economy.”
Breitbach believes that the raw material market has stabilized, which is good news for the industry.
“Transport routes from Asia are steady again,” he said. “Short- and medium-term supply chains are secure and availability is good again. We venture an optimistic outlook for this year in terms of raw material availability.”