07.21.21
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: $79 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 systems.
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 Euroink, Milano, Italy; and Doneck DCM GmbH, Merzig, Germany, Doneck USA Inc. in New York.
Number of Employees: 225 in the Doneck Network.
Comments: The Doneck Network specializes in packaging inks, producing solvent-based and water-based flexo and gravure printing inks as well as inkjet inks and varnishes. Doneck is headquartered in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, and has subsidiaries in Spain, UK, Hungary, Poland, Chile, Italy and Germany, and opened its newest subsidiary in New York this past year.
COVID-19 affected many ink manufacturers, but packaging ink companies did well. Arndt Breitbach, president of the board and managing director of Doneck, reported that despite COVID-19, the Doneck Network was able to keep its sales quite stable in 2020 compared to the previous year.
“A lot of company resources had to be invested in internal programs in order to secure our staff, our daily production and our supply chain,” Breitbach noted. “The closure of borders in Europe also was a big challenge for us. We did manage these challenges excellently. We implemented digitization very quickly in the Doneck Network during the lockdown period.”
Breitbach observed that Doneck’s biggest highlight in the last 12 months was that the company and its employees came through so robustly during the crises.
“Even with a very challenging raw material situation, we have been always able to supply in time,” he added.
Edgar Becker, managing director sales, pointed to other highlights, including providing C2C certificated products.
“In terms of technical highlights, we worked very hard in order to offer C2C certificated products,” Becker said. “We are now in the situation to offer products which are at the same time OK for compost and C2C compliant. Also, in terms of Circular Economy, we did continue to support these big targets with new products.”
Another major highlight was branching out into the US.
“We started with our first steps to expand our Doneck Network in the USA and we founded our US daughter company Doneck,” Becker said.
Raw materials have been a major concern for ink suppliers. Breitbach noted that since the beginning of 2021, the Doneck Network has been struggling with strong turbulence in the global supply chain as well as the associated cost increases.
“There are various reasons for this,” Breitbach said, citing massive increases in the cost of pigments and titanium dioxide, a general shortage of petrochemical raw materials and exploding sea freight costs due to a shortage of containers.
“The interaction of these factors is having a profound effect on the cost structures of the Doneck Network,“ Breitbach noted. “Together with our suppliers, our international supply chain team is working flat out to secure the supply of raw materials and to counteract bottlenecks in transport capacities.”
Responsibility and sustainability have long been big issues at the Doneck Network. “We will continue to work on doing good for our planet,” said Rita Knippel, manager, marketing & communications, Doneck Euroflex. “An important contribution in the Doneck sustainability strategy is the focus on the Circular Economy. We continue to pursue our goal to move from a European supplier to a global challenger in the ink world market. With professional international teams, with a high technical quality standard and an incomparable customer service, we will achieve this goal.”
As we move forward in 2021, it is clear that normalization is still a long way off.
“First, we need certainty and reassurance in the raw materials markets so that plannable production and on-time delivery can continue to be ensured,“ Breitbach said. “In addition, a change is taking place in the printing industry. The food packaging market is undergoing a change: ecological and sustainable materials for the future. This affects the paper and plastic packaging industry.
“The emerging circular economy is very important for the future of our planet, “ added Breitbach. “We want to provide global packaging manufacturers and brand owners with the broadest possible product portfolio to implement sustainability strategies, such as circular economy approach.”
6776 Grevenmacher
Luxembourg
Tel: +352 710810-1
http://www.doneck.com
Email: euroflex@doneck.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/doneckeuroflex/mycompany/
Sales: $79 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 systems.
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 Euroink, Milano, Italy; and Doneck DCM GmbH, Merzig, Germany, Doneck USA Inc. in New York.
Number of Employees: 225 in the Doneck Network.
Comments: The Doneck Network specializes in packaging inks, producing solvent-based and water-based flexo and gravure printing inks as well as inkjet inks and varnishes. Doneck is headquartered in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, and has subsidiaries in Spain, UK, Hungary, Poland, Chile, Italy and Germany, and opened its newest subsidiary in New York this past year.
COVID-19 affected many ink manufacturers, but packaging ink companies did well. Arndt Breitbach, president of the board and managing director of Doneck, reported that despite COVID-19, the Doneck Network was able to keep its sales quite stable in 2020 compared to the previous year.
“A lot of company resources had to be invested in internal programs in order to secure our staff, our daily production and our supply chain,” Breitbach noted. “The closure of borders in Europe also was a big challenge for us. We did manage these challenges excellently. We implemented digitization very quickly in the Doneck Network during the lockdown period.”
Breitbach observed that Doneck’s biggest highlight in the last 12 months was that the company and its employees came through so robustly during the crises.
“Even with a very challenging raw material situation, we have been always able to supply in time,” he added.
Edgar Becker, managing director sales, pointed to other highlights, including providing C2C certificated products.
“In terms of technical highlights, we worked very hard in order to offer C2C certificated products,” Becker said. “We are now in the situation to offer products which are at the same time OK for compost and C2C compliant. Also, in terms of Circular Economy, we did continue to support these big targets with new products.”
Another major highlight was branching out into the US.
“We started with our first steps to expand our Doneck Network in the USA and we founded our US daughter company Doneck,” Becker said.
Raw materials have been a major concern for ink suppliers. Breitbach noted that since the beginning of 2021, the Doneck Network has been struggling with strong turbulence in the global supply chain as well as the associated cost increases.
“There are various reasons for this,” Breitbach said, citing massive increases in the cost of pigments and titanium dioxide, a general shortage of petrochemical raw materials and exploding sea freight costs due to a shortage of containers.
“The interaction of these factors is having a profound effect on the cost structures of the Doneck Network,“ Breitbach noted. “Together with our suppliers, our international supply chain team is working flat out to secure the supply of raw materials and to counteract bottlenecks in transport capacities.”
Responsibility and sustainability have long been big issues at the Doneck Network. “We will continue to work on doing good for our planet,” said Rita Knippel, manager, marketing & communications, Doneck Euroflex. “An important contribution in the Doneck sustainability strategy is the focus on the Circular Economy. We continue to pursue our goal to move from a European supplier to a global challenger in the ink world market. With professional international teams, with a high technical quality standard and an incomparable customer service, we will achieve this goal.”
As we move forward in 2021, it is clear that normalization is still a long way off.
“First, we need certainty and reassurance in the raw materials markets so that plannable production and on-time delivery can continue to be ensured,“ Breitbach said. “In addition, a change is taking place in the printing industry. The food packaging market is undergoing a change: ecological and sustainable materials for the future. This affects the paper and plastic packaging industry.
“The emerging circular economy is very important for the future of our planet, “ added Breitbach. “We want to provide global packaging manufacturers and brand owners with the broadest possible product portfolio to implement sustainability strategies, such as circular economy approach.”
