FlexLink Acquires Techne - A Leading Supplier to the Packaging Industry
Göteborg, May 19, 2008
FlexLink have acquired Techne, a leading provider of machines and devices for the
packaging OEM industry. Techne is now part of FlexLink's EMEA South organization as an
Area System House, ASH. The new name is FlexLink Techne S.r.l.
Techne has 25 years of industry experience as a provider of design and engineering of specialty
machines and equipment for the packaging machinery industry. Based outside Bologna in Italy,
Techne employs 20 co-workers and is since long a member of the Bologna Packaging valley, a
network of leading packaging machinery suppliers.
From the beginning, Techne has a strong foothold within the tissue, pharmaceutical and personal
products industries, which make it a logic fit to FlexLink as a provider of production logistics
solutions to the manufacturing industry. With the investment, FlexLink reinforces Techne's position
at leading machine manufacturers and leveraging their growth potential through a strong
international network.
FlexLink is a leading production logistics supplier - providing material and information flow
management solutions to assembly and manufacturing industries. Based in Göteborg, Sweden,
FlexLink has 665 employees, operates 28 sales units and is represented in 60 countries. In 2007,
group turnover was MSEK 1,346 ($199 MUSD). FlexLink's Americas headquarters is based in
Allentown, PA.
FlexLink Group
For further information,
please visit flexlink.com,
or contact:
Mattias Perjos
CEO
FlexLink AB
+46-31-337 1626
mattias.perjos@flexlink.com
Klas Alander
Corporate Communications
FlexLink AB
+46-31-337 2499
klas.alander@flexlink.com
Paul Jarossy
Marketing Director
FlexLink Systems, Inc
(610) 973-8230
paul.jarossy@flexlink.com
