Having a revenue of EUR1.5 billion and about 5,000 employees, Flint Group is one of the largest suppliers to the printing and packaging and labeling industries worldwide.

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.

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 press room consumables market.

From 2015 the company also owns Xeikon a leading developer of digital colour presses.

In the US Flint Group acquired American Inks & Coatings, Printec and Advanced Colour System in 2016, in the UK, FG also added Druckfarben to the portfolio.