Printing machines plastic cups and trays

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Anders Invest has a 100% interest in Van Dam Machines, located in Amsterdam. Van Dam Machines is a global top player in the production and sale of machines for printing cups and cups.

Founded in 1962, Van Dam is one of the largest players in the world in the production and sale of printing machines for plastic and paper cups and containers, especially for the food industry. The company has a turnover of € 15-20 million and employs more than 60 people.

The company has customers worldwide as printers and producers of packaging materials for the food industry. In its nearly 60-year history, the company has built up a large installed base of several thousand machines that sometimes last up to 20 years, which is exceptional in this industry. Partly because of this, Van Dam has an extremely strong name in the market.

In close collaboration with an ink supplier and the largest customer, Van Dam has developed a so-called In-Direct Flexo (IDF) technology, whereby the machines with the 4 CMYK colors can print all the necessary colors with a higher resolution than the conventional dry-offset technology and still the same speed. This means that changeover times and batch sizes can be significantly reduced. When printing paper packaging materials, IDF is the only technology that is able to economically provide the packaging with high-quality printing. We expect the market for paper packaging to grow because of its sustainable image.

Van Dam assembles the machines in its factory in Amsterdam and sells them to a worldwide clientele from the Netherlands and its American sales office in Fairfield. The shares were taken over from director Rene Jepma, owner of Van Dam since 2009. The company is characterized by impressive technical expertise and a highly loyal and innovative team.