By Dave Savastano, Editor07.31.15
Siegwerk
Alfred-Keller-Strasse 55
53721 Siegburg, Germany
Tel: +49 2241-3040
Fax: +49 2241-304777
www.siegwerk.com
E-mail: info@siegwerk.com
Sales 2014: $1.1 billion (€998 million).
Major Products: Provider of solvent-based, water-based, energy curable and specialty liquid inks and coatings and related point-of-use services for the packaging and label industries. Product applications include flexible packaging, narrow web labels, tobacco and folding carton using flexographic, rotogravure and offset printing.
Key Personnel: Herbert Forker, CEO; Oliver Wittmann, CFO; Ralf Hildenbrand, president, Packaging Asia; Hugo Noordhoek Hegt, president, Packaging EMEA & Print Media; Dave Hiserodt, president, Packaging Canada & USA; Pablo Paduani, president, Packaging Latin America.
Number of Employees: 4,800 in more than 30 country organizations.
Comments: Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA had a solid year in 2014, with sales remaining steady in terms of euros, although the dollar value declined due to currency fluctuations.
“Looking at the overall performance in 2014, we had a good year,” said Seigwerk CEO Herbert Forker. “We slightly improved our sales figures and grew our business, especially in Asia. In that region we continue to invest significantly, especially in infrastructure to be closer to our customers and increase capacities as well as in people to be able to provide the best quality and service.”
A global leader in the packaging ink segment, Siegwerk has seen growth in the emerging markets, with the highest increase observed in Asia, followed by Latin America and Eastern Europe.
“The reasons for this development are manifold: more people are moving from rural to central areas to find better jobs, to earn more money and to consume more,” Forker observed.
“When it comes to quality improvement, the before mentioned trends lead to a focus on food packaging,” he added. “In this segment, low migration inks, and guidance to apply them correctly, play a pivotal role. Here we offer a wide range of products and solutions going along with a worldwide know-how and service network.”
During the past year, Siegwerk focused a lot of its efforts and investments on ramping up infrastructure and improving its processes worldwide.
“We created new Centers of Excellence, especially in Asia, to produce our master inks, and we upgraded our application technology capacities worldwide,” Forker said. “In Europe and North America, we rearranged our production facilities to focus on one specific ink technology each. We further expanded and globally aligned our business units, especially with regards to our packaging segments. This will help us to better exchange know-how worldwide, become more efficient and to better meet our customers’ expectations.
“In detail, this means we further extended our R&D capacities with our Global Innovation Network (GIN),” he added. “They provide their technical expertise and work on increasing the share of renewable raw materials in our printing inks, for example. Along with this internal development, we initiated a service offensive by creating a global organization for our InHouses in 25 countries. Just as our On-Site Consultant teams, these experts support customers to optimize their processes to create savings potentials and become more efficient.”
Forker said that Siegwerk will continue to invest both in the traditional markets in North America and Western Europe as well as in the emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
“In Asia, we significantly built up staff to grow with the market and meet our customers’ requirements with regards to proximity, service quality and know-how,” he said. “Specifically in the U.S. and Canada, Siegwerk has had key capital projects with regards to its manufacturing capabilities, including new dispensing and automated-fill improvements within its water-based operations and expanded capacity within its energy curable operations. Process investments are also beginning in the solvent-based manufacturing operation as well.”
Along these lines, Siegwerk has become a sponsor of the EPDA (European Packaging Design Association). This provides opportunities to share information, discuss views and insights with other stakeholders of the entire packaging development process. EPDA provides a platform for brand owners, design professionals and the packaging industry, including ink suppliers.
Siegwerk’s R&D team excelled during the past year, introducing a wide range of new products.
“Taking into account increasing demand for low migration and UV applications, we were proud to introduce a whole range of products and solutions,” Forker said. “Siegwerk participated again in several trade shows with topics like UV LED ink technology, shrink sleeve ink solutions and water-based lamination ink solutions.”
In sheetfed, Siegwerk developed the SICURA low energy (NRJ) UV series, which offers high print quality as well as excellent economic and eco-friendly performance. The company also introduced SICURA Board Nutritec, the new migration-optimized UV offset series, which can also be used for narrow web applications. It is now made with raw materials free of BPA (Bisphenol-A).
For narrow web applications, SICURA WL Nutritec, the new UV waterless offset low migration ink series, meets the stringent requirements in the sensory and migration area, especially for labels and packaging in the pharmaceutical and food industry. It provides perfect printability and adhesion with minimal odor and low migration potential.
Siegwerk’s ink experts succeeded in developing a low migration primer for in-mould labels and wet conditions. This two-component UV dry offset primer gives outstanding adhesion on the most difficult substrates and excellent mechanical properties in wet conditions.
The company also developed sophisticated new color matching technology for printers.
“Siegwerk’s new FastMatch value-added service offering allows the label printers to create recipes very quickly and with exceptional precision from basic inks, and then also to mix the inks themselves – a highly refined approach to existing color matching technology reducing downtime and thus wastage as well as facilitating quicker changeovers between jobs,” Forker said.
Apart from daily business, Siegwerk successfully lives up to its family values by supporting children’s causes globally.
“For many years now, Siegwerk has been supporting projects to the favor of children all over the world, with every country organization contributing to this good cause,” Forker said. “In 2014, Siegwerk received the SOS Children’s Village Cup, which was awarded for the first time, for its long-term engagement.”
Alfred-Keller-Strasse 55
53721 Siegburg, Germany
Tel: +49 2241-3040
Fax: +49 2241-304777
www.siegwerk.com
E-mail: info@siegwerk.com
Sales 2014: $1.1 billion (€998 million).
Major Products: Provider of solvent-based, water-based, energy curable and specialty liquid inks and coatings and related point-of-use services for the packaging and label industries. Product applications include flexible packaging, narrow web labels, tobacco and folding carton using flexographic, rotogravure and offset printing.
Key Personnel: Herbert Forker, CEO; Oliver Wittmann, CFO; Ralf Hildenbrand, president, Packaging Asia; Hugo Noordhoek Hegt, president, Packaging EMEA & Print Media; Dave Hiserodt, president, Packaging Canada & USA; Pablo Paduani, president, Packaging Latin America.
Number of Employees: 4,800 in more than 30 country organizations.
Comments: Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA had a solid year in 2014, with sales remaining steady in terms of euros, although the dollar value declined due to currency fluctuations.
“Looking at the overall performance in 2014, we had a good year,” said Seigwerk CEO Herbert Forker. “We slightly improved our sales figures and grew our business, especially in Asia. In that region we continue to invest significantly, especially in infrastructure to be closer to our customers and increase capacities as well as in people to be able to provide the best quality and service.”
A global leader in the packaging ink segment, Siegwerk has seen growth in the emerging markets, with the highest increase observed in Asia, followed by Latin America and Eastern Europe.
“The reasons for this development are manifold: more people are moving from rural to central areas to find better jobs, to earn more money and to consume more,” Forker observed.
“When it comes to quality improvement, the before mentioned trends lead to a focus on food packaging,” he added. “In this segment, low migration inks, and guidance to apply them correctly, play a pivotal role. Here we offer a wide range of products and solutions going along with a worldwide know-how and service network.”
During the past year, Siegwerk focused a lot of its efforts and investments on ramping up infrastructure and improving its processes worldwide.
“We created new Centers of Excellence, especially in Asia, to produce our master inks, and we upgraded our application technology capacities worldwide,” Forker said. “In Europe and North America, we rearranged our production facilities to focus on one specific ink technology each. We further expanded and globally aligned our business units, especially with regards to our packaging segments. This will help us to better exchange know-how worldwide, become more efficient and to better meet our customers’ expectations.
“In detail, this means we further extended our R&D capacities with our Global Innovation Network (GIN),” he added. “They provide their technical expertise and work on increasing the share of renewable raw materials in our printing inks, for example. Along with this internal development, we initiated a service offensive by creating a global organization for our InHouses in 25 countries. Just as our On-Site Consultant teams, these experts support customers to optimize their processes to create savings potentials and become more efficient.”
Forker said that Siegwerk will continue to invest both in the traditional markets in North America and Western Europe as well as in the emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
“In Asia, we significantly built up staff to grow with the market and meet our customers’ requirements with regards to proximity, service quality and know-how,” he said. “Specifically in the U.S. and Canada, Siegwerk has had key capital projects with regards to its manufacturing capabilities, including new dispensing and automated-fill improvements within its water-based operations and expanded capacity within its energy curable operations. Process investments are also beginning in the solvent-based manufacturing operation as well.”
Along these lines, Siegwerk has become a sponsor of the EPDA (European Packaging Design Association). This provides opportunities to share information, discuss views and insights with other stakeholders of the entire packaging development process. EPDA provides a platform for brand owners, design professionals and the packaging industry, including ink suppliers.
Siegwerk’s R&D team excelled during the past year, introducing a wide range of new products.
“Taking into account increasing demand for low migration and UV applications, we were proud to introduce a whole range of products and solutions,” Forker said. “Siegwerk participated again in several trade shows with topics like UV LED ink technology, shrink sleeve ink solutions and water-based lamination ink solutions.”
In sheetfed, Siegwerk developed the SICURA low energy (NRJ) UV series, which offers high print quality as well as excellent economic and eco-friendly performance. The company also introduced SICURA Board Nutritec, the new migration-optimized UV offset series, which can also be used for narrow web applications. It is now made with raw materials free of BPA (Bisphenol-A).
For narrow web applications, SICURA WL Nutritec, the new UV waterless offset low migration ink series, meets the stringent requirements in the sensory and migration area, especially for labels and packaging in the pharmaceutical and food industry. It provides perfect printability and adhesion with minimal odor and low migration potential.
Siegwerk’s ink experts succeeded in developing a low migration primer for in-mould labels and wet conditions. This two-component UV dry offset primer gives outstanding adhesion on the most difficult substrates and excellent mechanical properties in wet conditions.
The company also developed sophisticated new color matching technology for printers.
“Siegwerk’s new FastMatch value-added service offering allows the label printers to create recipes very quickly and with exceptional precision from basic inks, and then also to mix the inks themselves – a highly refined approach to existing color matching technology reducing downtime and thus wastage as well as facilitating quicker changeovers between jobs,” Forker said.
Apart from daily business, Siegwerk successfully lives up to its family values by supporting children’s causes globally.
“For many years now, Siegwerk has been supporting projects to the favor of children all over the world, with every country organization contributing to this good cause,” Forker said. “In 2014, Siegwerk received the SOS Children’s Village Cup, which was awarded for the first time, for its long-term engagement.”