Flint Group Opens WB Inks & Coatings and Energy Curable Inks Facility in India
Vadodara in Gujarat has another new plant complete from the ground up for Flint Group. Water-based inks and coatings for paper and board markets and energy-curable inks for narrow-web are to be manufactured at this world-class facility. Simultaneously, Flint Group is also into manufacturing liquid coatings meant for the printing and packaging industries.
Rising Demand of Paper & Board Packaging Industries
The new 9,000-square-metre facility marks a significant expansion of Flint Group's manufacturing capacity in India, tailored to meet the rising demand in the region’s paper & board packaging and narrow web label industries. Conveniently located within 10 km of Flint Group’s flexible packaging manufacturing site in Lamdapura, the new facility complements an existing plant that produces solvent-based inks and operates a separate unit dedicated to non-toluene inks.
The development further strengthens Flint Group's robust presence in India, which includes an ISO 9001:2015-certified manufacturing plant in Hosur specializing in inks for Narrow Web labels, and a blending site in Noida. Additionally, the company operates warehouses in Kolkata, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, ensuring comprehensive coverage and service across the country.
The Vadodara plant will use a standardized manufacturing process to supply paper & board converters with Flint Group's optimized AQUACode range of water-based inks and coatings. These inks have been uniquely designed to support printers' sustainability goals while maintaining high performance and consistency standards.
The facility will take a phased approach to producing these products, with full operational capability including in-house base manufacturing expected by early Q2 2025.
The new site will also manufacture Flint Group’s award-winning EkoCure® Dual Cure range to serve the growing Indian Label & Narrow Web market. This series is designed to cure with traditional Hg UV lamps and low-energy UV LED lamps, simplifying ink inventory for printers transitioning to UV LED curing by enabling them to use one product across all presses.
Commitment to Growing Corrugated Packaging & Label Printing Market
Flint Group celebrated this milestone with a grand opening event on November 26th, 2024. Key Flint Group leaders were present to address customer questions and officially inaugurate the new site.
Upal Roy, managing director of Flint Group India, South Africa, and Middle East, said, “Our new state-of-the-art facility demonstrates Flint Group's commitment to the rapidly growing Indian corrugated packaging and label printing market.”
“By significantly enhancing our local manufacturing capabilities, we're ensuring we can meet our customers’ evolving requirements and strategically position Flint Group to capitalize on future growth opportunities in this dynamic region.”
