Siegwerk’s Center of Excellence receives facelift

Siegwerk, a global provider of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, has confirmed the completion of modernization activities at its Annemasse site, the company’s second-largest Center of Excellence for packaging inks and coatings in Europe. At the end of May 2023, employees and local authorities came together to celebrate the reopening of the revamped facility, shining in a bold and modern look now. 

Christopher van Laack, vice president, Business Units Paper and Board EMEA and Liquid Food Packaging at Siegwerk, said: ‘We are happy to finally present our new building design to our employees and partners here in Annemasse. Next to our headquarters in Germany, Annemasse belongs to our most important sites in Europe. By investing in our locations, we do not only keep our production and laboratory facilities up to date in terms of technology and safety, but we also give our buildings a modern look.’  

Apart from large-scale modifications to the administration building including the modernization of offices, meeting rooms and sanitary facilities, the recent renovations in Annemasse also included the renewal of the façade, showcasing the bold Siegwerk branding. The entire renovation project already started in November 2021, but had to be partially paused due to the pandemic. 

The Annemasse site is said to be one of 15 Centers of Excellence worldwide that manufacture Siegwerk’s basic inks and coatings in a standardized process. With a production capacity of more than 25,000 tons in a year, it accounts for 10 percent of the Siegwerk group’s annual output. Today, the French site is home for 275 employees and counts as Siegwerk’s European leading location for water-based and inkjet solutions. As a modern technical center, it combines R&D, production and testing capacities under one roof.  

‘Today, Annemasse already belongs to the state-of-the-art industrial printing facilities in Europe, and we will continue making every effort to also stay at the forefront going forward,” Laack added, who works closely with local colleagues as country sponsor for Siegwerk France. 

From an automated Blending Center to produce solvent- and water-based inks to laboratory and production facilities concretely dedicated to the development and production of inkjet solutions, Siegwerk has already invested millions of euros over the last decade to build up a sustainable, efficient and competitive Center of Excellence for the region.