other articles to help integrate it into the encyclopedia . please help improve this article by adding links that are relevant to the context within the existing text . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . march 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message flint group type private company industry printing and packaging industry headquarters luxembourg products printing inks and chemicals blankets sleeves printing plates pigments revenue 2.9 billions us 2012 number of employees 6 800 website http www.flintgrp.com flint group is a private owned company with its headquarters in luxembourg . with a revenue of us 2.9 billion and about 6 800 employees flint group is one of the largest suppliers to the printing and packaging industry worldwide . flint group has 170 sites in north and latin america europe the middle east africa and asia pacific and operates in 40 countries . history edit flint group s history is characterised by mergers and acquisitions . the company combined four businesses that together cover nearly the complete range of packaging and print media print consumables . in 2004 cvc capital acquired ani an ink producer that was previously a business unit of akzo nobel and basf printing systems a business unit of basf and combined both companies . the acquisition of flint ink corporation a us supplier of printing ink and colorants in late 2005 resulted in the formation of flint group . in 2007 flint group acquired day international inc. a manufacturer of consumable image transfer products and press room chemicals for the packaging and print media industries which supplemented flint group s existing product line and increased its global position in the non ink pressroom consumables market . references edit http www.inkworldmagazine.com articles 2012 08 2 flint group headquarters http www.inkworldmagazine.com articles 2013 03 2 flint group http www.flintgrp.com en company sustainability intro.php external links edit official homepage ink world magazine top 20 international ink companies flint group & sustainability retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title flint group & oldid 735594061 categories companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1920hidden categories articles with too few wikilinks from december 2012all articles with too few wikilinksarticles covered by wikiproject wikify from december 2012all articles covered by wikiproject wikifyarticles lacking reliable references from march 2009all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 august 2016 at 20 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view