Piet Deceunynck, regional sales director Central and North Europe, business unit paper & board, and Wim van Mastrigt, ex-managing director of Van Son Liquids, together with the new Siegwerk colleagues
Siegwerk Druckfarben, a supplier of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, has signed a contract to purchase Van Son Liquids located in Hilversum, Netherlands.
With this purchase in the water-based ink sector, Siegwerk is further expanding its product portfolio for paper and board applications and strengthens its local footprint in the Benelux region.
‘Van Son Liquids is one of the leading ink manufacturers in the Netherlands. The company is known for its high-quality inks with excellent consistency. Its ink and coating solutions perfectly fit into our water-based ink portfolio,’ explained Piet Deceunynck, regional sales director Central and North Europe paper and board at Siegwerk. ‘The merger enables us to expand our local footprint in the Benelux region and therefore to continue raising our profile as a supplier of water-based printing inks in Europe.’
The deal includes the transfer of all technical expertise, product portfolio and manufacturing equipment related to Van Son Liquids over to Siegwerk, which will continue to produce and serve customers from the production site in Hilversum. As a new member of the Siegwerk family, Van Son Liquids will be renamed into Siegwerk Hilversum going forward, whereas the product brand name AquaBase+ will be kept.
The integration of the acquired products into Siegwerk’s water-based ink offering will enable customers to benefit from a more comprehensive product portfolio and a wider technological expertise. Both companies will work closely together to ensure a smooth integration of business without any interference for current customers of both companies.
‘We are delighted to have found in Siegwerk a great partner and new owner for our company that can integrate our quality inks into a significantly larger structure and thus advance it on the market,’ said Wim van Mastrigt, the departing managing director of Van Son Liquids.
The acquisition of Van Son Liquids. follows other strategic investments and disinvestments that Siegwerk has completed to enhance its position as a full-range provider for the packaging market. Just earlier this year, the company acquired Hi-Tech Products, a specialist supplier of water-based inks and coatings located in the UK. Together with the 2016 purchase of ACTEGA Colorchemie (today Siegwerk Buedingen) and the opening of a Blending Centre for the production of water-based inks at its Technical Centre in France, Siegwerk has made targeted investments over the last years that one by one.
