07.14.22
Asperger Straße 4
71732 Tamm
Germany
Phone: +49 7141 691 0
Fax: +49 7141 691 147
Email: info@marabu.com
www.marabu-inks.com
Sales: $105 million (€90 million).
Major Products: Screen, pad printing and digital inks and liquid coatings.
Key Personnel: York Boeder, CEO; Rolf Simon, Central Services and Executive Committee.
Number of Employees: More than 500.
Comments: Marabu GmbH & Co. KG, Tamm, Germany is a family-owned manufacturer of digital, screen and pad printing inks and liquid coatings. The company had $105 million sales last year, with export sales making up 80% of the company’s revenue.
Marabu has an international presence, with 15 subsidiaries and distributors partners worldwide. The company has production sites in Germany, the US and Paraguay.
In a major move, Marabu Group acquired ICON Inks in July 2021. This acquisition strengthens Marabu’s presence in Asia and add textile inks to its portfolio.
“We have high hopes for this acquisition,” said Jon Bultemeyer, EVP, Business Unit Screen and Pad Printing Inks, in announcing the acquisition. “We are always looking to identify segments with strong future prospects. Until recently, our focus had consciously not included textiles. But the market environment is very dynamic, and it is important that our business is broadly based.
“Textile printing remains one of the largest global screenprinting segments,” Bultemeyer added. “ICON Inks is a leading brand, and this acquisition gives us access to new markets and new skills.”
In line with Marabu’s target of being environmentally friendly, its R&D team followed up its successful launch in November 2020 of the world’s first commercially available water-based pad printing ink with of Maqua Pad MAP, the world’s first water-based pad printing ink for textiles, in November 2021.
71732 Tamm
Germany
Phone: +49 7141 691 0
Fax: +49 7141 691 147
Email: info@marabu.com
www.marabu-inks.com
Sales: $105 million (€90 million).
Major Products: Screen, pad printing and digital inks and liquid coatings.
Key Personnel: York Boeder, CEO; Rolf Simon, Central Services and Executive Committee.
Number of Employees: More than 500.
Comments: Marabu GmbH & Co. KG, Tamm, Germany is a family-owned manufacturer of digital, screen and pad printing inks and liquid coatings. The company had $105 million sales last year, with export sales making up 80% of the company’s revenue.
Marabu has an international presence, with 15 subsidiaries and distributors partners worldwide. The company has production sites in Germany, the US and Paraguay.
In a major move, Marabu Group acquired ICON Inks in July 2021. This acquisition strengthens Marabu’s presence in Asia and add textile inks to its portfolio.
“We have high hopes for this acquisition,” said Jon Bultemeyer, EVP, Business Unit Screen and Pad Printing Inks, in announcing the acquisition. “We are always looking to identify segments with strong future prospects. Until recently, our focus had consciously not included textiles. But the market environment is very dynamic, and it is important that our business is broadly based.
“Textile printing remains one of the largest global screenprinting segments,” Bultemeyer added. “ICON Inks is a leading brand, and this acquisition gives us access to new markets and new skills.”
In line with Marabu’s target of being environmentally friendly, its R&D team followed up its successful launch in November 2020 of the world’s first commercially available water-based pad printing ink with of Maqua Pad MAP, the world’s first water-based pad printing ink for textiles, in November 2021.