Flexicon - Pre-Press Services for Consumer Packaging

Flexicon is one of the leading service providers for the international digital pre-press industry in consumer packaging. Services include artwork and colour separation for flexo, gravure and offset printing, digital production of flexoprinting plates as well as full service solutions to guarantee maximum printing quality worldwide.

The clientele is mainly made up of leading global players in the branded goods industry as well as printing houses. Today, the owner-operated company runs nine sites located all over the world.

THE PRE-PRESS SOLUTION FOR GLOBAL BRANDS

More than 350 brands in over 30 countries put their trust in us. No matter whether they are international, local or private label, they all have one thing in common: the knowledge that only perfect packaging can lead to market success. Among them are Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods, McCain, Kellogg's, Kimberly Clark and Dr. Oetker.

Our partners, who are global players themselves, require a service provider who is globally available to offer products of the same high quality all over the world. Branded companies rely on a high-level support to find local suppliers for packaging material. Premium quality can only be achieved with a maximum interaction of manpower, technology and processing.

PRINT QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

As many of our customers rely on us to provide them with a maximum quality standard worldwide, we are constantly optimising our processing.

One of our most recent achievements is the new cost-saving software ColorCert®, the ultimate toolbox for highly efficient print-quality management, print standardisation and print process control. A one-scan approach offers a multitude of process parameters to control all colours simultaneously. In combination with an online colour database, constant colour control during production becomes possible.

With on-the-fly monitoring of primary colours, undertones and dot gain, a maximum level of control is guaranteed. ColorCert even supports printers by recommending colour and press adjustments. Through the online database, it is possible to generate and upload digital approval protocols. This enables our customers to remotely proof printing-plates and qualify printers.

ONLINE PACKAGING ARTWORK MANAGEMENT

Online management goes a lot further at Flexicon. We store all information related to a job in the in-house database ProGate. This digital order-processing system is used to record artwork, specified targets and quality control results.

Through a secure online connection, customers can access this data from anywhere, at any time. This improves efficiency and reduces reaction times considerably. The result is a high level of transparency for the customer and a very fast time-to-market with new products, international variants and promotional packaging are guaranteed.

QUALITY CONTROL

An extremely standardised workflow in combination with low hierarchies and constant quality control enables us to provide our customers with the highest possible standard of our services and to complete jobs efficiently.

Tasks are monitored not only when they leave the company, but also in-house during every handover. Upon an exactly defined measurement basis, it is possible to track every task in detail. Audits conducted by our key customers have proven our reliability.

GLOBALLY ACTIVE – BUT STILL FIRMLY ROOTED

Flexicon has developed rapidly, but healthily since its foundation in 1983. Still headquartered in its birthplace, the German town of Halle in Westphalia, the owner-operated company has built up a tightly woven network of subsidiaries.

Today, the company employs a staff of 280 and runs eight sites located in Germany, the USA, Switzerland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and the People's Republic of China.