Mike Burton, Managing Director of A B Graphic International Ltd comments. "The acquisition is a natural and progressive fit for us. We have worked with flytec for a number of years incorporating their optical vision inspection systems on our slitter/rewinders. The product range available from flytec enables our group of companies to greatly broaden its offerings and service support without any real product over-lap and provides a complimentary situation. The new company will be renamed as A B Graphic International GmbH and will maintain its manufacturing facility in Baesweiler, Germany that will be headed by former owner, Michael Leidgschwendner with few changes anticipated within the current organisation.

The systems from flytec are composed of four product groups: pharmaceutical label inspection, label dispensers/applicators, booklet insertion machines and vision camera inspection systems. The addition of the flytec portfolio enables the company to both broaden product offerings and provides it with an expanded customer base. flytec has traded primarily in Germany and the Benelux countries and this customer base will be further developed through the A B Graphic International Ltd network of direct employees and Distributors.

The company's growth is also reflected in the recent addition of a new 35,000 sq. ft. (3200 sq. mt.) purpose built factory extension close to the two sites it has occupied in Bridlington, East Yorkshire for the last 30 years. Adds Burton, "Because of the growing demand for our products, we reached a point where we were forced to spread our operations over multiple sites. The new structure provides the space needed to bring the company's engineering and assembly departments under one roof and will house manufacturing of the companies Digicon and Omega product lines".

A B Graphic International Ltd has been supplying the label industry with converting solutions since the 1950's and comprises locations in the UK, Netherlands, Spain, Mid West and Western United States and Distributors worldwide. The company's portfolio includes specialist turret rewinders, inspection slitter/rewinders, label converting systems and specialist equipment for digitally printed webs such as laser label cutting (die cutting). Its range of semi-rotary converters meets the increasing demand for digital technology and has resulted in the Digicon concept and the introduction of new products such as RFID converting for both entry level and high performance applications.