M&A Deal Summary

Flint Group Acquires Advanced Color Systems

On February 1, 2016, Flint Group acquired chemicals company Advanced Color Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Flint Group’s 2nd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Flint Group’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Flint Group’s 1st transaction in Oregon.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-02-01
Target Advanced Color Systems
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Flint Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Advanced Color Systems

Tualatin, Oregon, United States
Advanced Color Systems, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of water based inks. Advanced Color Systems, Inc. was established in 2000 and is headquartered in Tualatin, Oregon.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Flint Group

Ahaus-Ottenstein, Germany

Category Company
Sector Chemicals
Employees7,300
Revenue 2.2B EUR (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Flint Group is a supplier of diversified consumable graphic arts products to the global printing, converting, and colorants industry. Inks include packaging inks, heatset inks (used primarily for printing glossy magazines), coldset inks (both colour and black newspaper ink), sheet-fed inks (short-run commercial applications) and publication gravure inks (high-run printed media). Flint Group is based in Ahaus-Ottenstein, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 7
Sector (Chemicals) 2 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 7
State (Oregon) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 4
Year (2016) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-29 Xeikon NV

Eede, Netherlands

Xeikon NV is an innovator in digital-printing technology. The company designs, develops, and delivers web-fed digital color presses for labels and packaging applications, document printing, as well as commercial printing. These presses utilize LED-array-based, dry-toner electrophotography, open workflow software, and application-specific toners.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-17 American Inks & Coatings

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States

American Inks & Coatings Co. is a manufacturer and supplier of inks and coatings for the rotogravure, flexographic packaging and specialty printing industries.

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