Flint Group
JE-Welt-Top-3 UV-Curing-Inks + UV-LED-Dual-Curing since 2005-Merger — 5000+ employees, 80 Sites in 32 Laendern, EUR 1,4 Mrd revenue, CVC-Heritage.
About the company
Flint Group is the second-largest manufacturer of printing inks and varnishes worldwide (after Sun Chemical), with a dedicated focus on UV-curable + UV-LED dual-curing inks and coatings for the printing, packaging and label industry. Group HQ in St Helier (Jersey, Channel Islands), formed in 2005 from the merger of XSYS Print Solutions (originally formed by CVC Capital Partners in 2004 from ANI + BASF Printing Systems) and Flint Ink Corporation (a US printing-inks tradition since 1920, Detroit). Today: 5,000+ employees, 80 manufacturing and service sites in 32 countries, EUR 1.4 bn revenue (2025). Later acquisitions expanded the portfolio with Day International (2007), Xeikon Digital Press (2015) and multiple US/UK ink houses (2016). The Russian business was discontinued in 2022 following the Ukraine invasion. Energy-curable (UV/EB) technology is the core growth line as a low-chemistry, faster-curing alternative to solvent and water-based inks.
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Industry story · Lifecycle
- 01.01.1920 Founding
Flint Ink Corporation founded (1920, Detroit)
The legal root of today's Flint Group goes back to 1920 — Flint Ink Corporation was founded in Detroit (Michigan, USA) as printing inks manufacturer. 85 years independent until the 2005 merger with XSYS Print Solutions forming Flint Group.
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- 01.01.2004 Merger
CVC Capital + ANI + BASF Printing Systems → XSYS Print Solutions (2004)
In 2004 CVC Capital Partners acquired ANI and BASF Printing Systems and combined both into XSYS Print Solutions — second predecessor of later Flint Group.
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- 01.04.2022 Discontinuation
Russia business shut down (2022, Ukraine invasion)
In 2022 Flint Group shut down its Russia business in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Part of the broader Western industrial "Leave Russia" wave — chemical/printing-inks deliveries to Russian publishers and packaging industry ceased.
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