Impreglon Group acquires SKR AG, Dunningen, a heat and hardness treatment company.

Effective August 1, 2013 Impreglon Oberflächentechnik GmbH, Lüneburg has acquired the operation of former SKR AG, Dunningen. With state of the art production equipment and a 'one stop shop' range of the most common heat and hardness processes, SKR established itself as one of the leading service providers.

Depending on the required properties Impreglon offers a broad spectrum of coatings, also now onto surfaces which have been heat or hardness treated. The new acquisition enables Impreglon to offer its customers the complete know how of surface technology from one source.

With 31 plants in 13 countries on 4 continents Impreglon is one of the worldwide leaders in the field of surface technology.

Impreglon Group Grows Despite Weak Economy

Even with no new acquisitions, sales in the second quarter of 2013 rose to a new record of nearly 30 million Euro. With total sales of 58 million Euro for the first half of 2013, it appears that the forecast of 120 million Euro for the year will be achieved. But an even more positive development is the dramatic improvement in profit margins. At 0.13 Euro in the second quarter of 2013, the profit per share nearly doubled compared to the same quarter last year and more than tripled over the results of the first quarter of this year.

If management's expectations are confirmed, with no further weakening of the economy in the second half of 2013 and stabilized sales in the western European automotive industry, the Group targets might even be exceeded. After the acquisition of 'TOP Oberflächen GmbH' in Würzburg, Impreglon is planning to acquire one or two more companies in the course of the rest of this year with the intention to reduce the proportion of automotive business in favour of other sectors.

With 30 plants in 13 countries on four continents around the world, Impreglon is a global leader in surface engineering.

Effective July 1, 2013, Top Oberflächen GmbH of Würzburg has become a 100% daughter company of Impreglon SE, Lüneburg.

Founded in 2000 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer-Institut, Top Oberflächen develops and produces Nano lacquer and scratchproof coatings for plastic components under clean room conditions. As the Impreglon Group is mainly active in the coating of metal components, the new Top coatings will enable Impreglon to widen its range of services and offer Top products through its worldwide sales network.

With 30 plants in 13 countries on 4 continents around the world, Impreglon is a global leader in surface engineering.

Impreglon UK enjoys a successful show at Subcon 2013.

Subcon 2013 is an exhibition aimed at subcontractors and as Impreglon derives a lot of work from subcontractors, it was felt that exhibiting here would be of benefit. And it was. We had a good position near the centre of the show and welcomed many new prospective clients onto the stand. The general consensus is that this has been a very worthwhile show for Impreglon and management are hopeful of generating new business as a result.

Impreglon Group on target to reach sales of 120 million Euros in 2013.

Despite an economy in Europe and Asia that has been weakening since the last quarter of 2012, the first quarter of 2013 showed increases in both sales and earnings as compared to the previous quarter. Sales reached a record high of almost 29 million Euros, but earnings were heavily influenced by the profit margins of the eight companies acquired in 2012/2013, which were lower than those of the rest of the companies in the group. Added to this are special factors such as plant relocations and the merging of Impreglon Lasertechnik with Maschinenbau Jessenitz to form the new 'Impreglon Engineering,' as well as the costly delay in commissioning of the Ropal production system.

Neither of these factors should have a negative effect on the results beginning in the third quarter. Measures have already been implemented to improve the earnings situation of the new acquisitions. An increase in EBIT of about 500,000 Euros can be expected in the second quarter and will continue to rise throughout the year. In addition to the acquisitions earlier this year, there will be no more than 2 - 3 acquisitions in 2013. Instead, the focus will be on consolidation and increasing earnings of the new companies in the group. The margin situation should continue to improve in 2013.

Impreglon is a global leader in surface engineering.

Rotary Die Anvil Roll Coating




Application
When labels are printed, various shapes and sizes are stamped out of the roll of labels with a rotary die.
Requirements
During the stamping process, the blades on the counter-cutting rotary die need to touch the metal surface of the anvil roll. The surface of the anvil roll needs to be very hard wearing and very smooth, but, even so, can become damaged.
Coating
StarCoat® applied to the anvil roll provides extremely durable protection against wear and effectively protects the anvil roll against damage and wear. Superior to chrome plating, StarCoat® lends itself to being superfinished to achieve the level of smoothness required.
Benefits
Increase in productivity due to more stamping operations. Less frequent repairs and replacements.

StarCoat®
- Extraordinary wear protection

Impreglon Group grows with new technologies and new sites in Germany.


Gossmann-PAC and ALZI Metallveredelung join the Group. Effective January 1, 2013, Impreglon Group has acquired two additional coating companies in Germany (in Bad Camberg and in Wünschendorf/Gera). With their surface technologies both plants ideally complement the 'One Stop Shop' concept of the Group. While Gossmann-PAC is a specialist for robot applied coatings for locking, sealing and sliding which may be applied on top of pre-applied Impreglon surfaces, ALZI adds corrosion protection coatings and complete assembly jobs.

After six acquisitions in the past year management plans to consolidate, improve margins and slightly reduce the speed of acquisitions in 2013. After sales of 90 million Euro in 2012 the group expects to increase sales again in 2013 by 30 million to 120 million Euro.

With currently 30 locations in 13 countries on 4 continents, Impreglon is one of the worldwide leading companies in the field of surface technology.