The combined business will have a workforce of approximately 850 employees worldwide and turnover of approximately €370 million.
XSYS has completed the acquisition of the MacDermid Graphics Solutions business (“MGS”) from Element Solutions Inc. The transaction was signed on 1 September 2024 and has been approved by all the relevant regulators globally. The combination of XSYS and MGS will create one of the leading companies in the sector worldwide.
Headquartered in Willstaett, Germany, XSYS operates globally and offers both flexographic and letterpress prepress solutions, including plates, sleeves, processors, workflow solutions, and expert professional services. MacDermid Graphics Solutions, formerly a division of Element Solutions Inc, manufactures photopolymer plates and equipment used in flexographic printing for the packaging industry.
“We are excited to announce the completion of this transformative combination and to join forces with our new MGS colleagues” said Dr. Alexander Unterschuetz, Group CEO of XSYS. “This transaction creates significant value and opportunities as a result of the complementarity of both businesses’ product portfolio, services, and employees, thus making us a more complete solution provider for our customers.” He further commented, “This, together with the strengthened knowledge and resources of our dedicated technical support teams, will enable us to deliver even better products and services to our customers, who are at the centre of everything we do”.
The broad XSYS portfolio comprises some of the industry’s best-known brands of consumables (nyloflex® and nyloprint® plates), plate processing equipment (ThermoFlexX, Catena and Xpress), surface screening software (Woodpecker), plate mounting (rotec®), and washout solvents (nylosolv®).
The combined business will have a workforce of approximately 850 employees worldwide and turnover of approximately €370 million.