NEWS

01/07/2011

HAPA ACQUIRES GOTTSCHO

Hapa, the world leader of "late stage customization" and "On Demand" printing technologies has acquired Gottscho Printing Systems, a leading global provider of flexographic and on demand printing technologies. Hapa acquired Gottscho in a move designed to enhance its range of innovative and cost-effective solutions as well as to bolster its global sales, support and distribution services.
Together, the companies will create a single-source competence center for fast, accurate inline and in-house printing solutions for the pharmaceutical, medical, personal care, food and FMCG industries. The companies will furthermore serve packaging machinery manufacturers and integrators as a provider of integrated high-tech production enhancing equipment, delivering quick return-on-investments by improving customers' supply chains and logistics.
Dominant in the U.S., Gottscho offers a complete line of printers and coders to support virtually any packaging configuration. Flexographic UV and solvent technologies, ink coders and digital hot stamp units as well as thermal and DOD configurations cater to the needs of a very diverse clientele. Gottscho has over 7,000 installations worldwide in the pharmaceutical, medical, nutraceutical, food, beverage, consumer goods and specialty packaging industries.