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REGULUS JOINS THE FOLEX GROUP

Monday 14. January 2013 - The Folex group of companies in early 2013 has bought the company Regulus GmbH, the Erlangen-based coater. This acquisition expands the Folex portfolio, particularly in the field of digital and large-format printing.

The Folex group of companies, headquartered in Germany and Switzerland, acquired 100% of the shares in Regulus GmbH in Erlangen at the start of the year. With this development, the coating company is continuing to expand its position as a specialist for the finishing and coating of films and other materials.
By taking this joint step, the Managing Partner of Folex, Dr. Martin Schleußner, and the previous proprietor of Regulus GmbH, Ralf Koenig create, with this step together, the basis for future standards for the international market. Ideal conditions for achieving this aim are now offered by three locations (Seewen in Switzerland, together with Cologne and Erlangen in Germany) with different production focuses and a global distribution network. Ralf Koenig from Regulus GmbH, which continues to operate under that name, will continue as Managing Director with responsibility for group-wide sales and marketing with the growing sector of large format and digital printing materials.
“We are delighted to have Regulus as a competitive partner and a film finisher with special technical capabilities and a great competence in various growth markets. Following a thorough analysis, we arrived at the conclusion that the integration of Regulus is an important element in the framework of our Group’s ongoing growth strategy,” says Dr. Martin Schleußner.
Ralf Koenig is equally certain “the success story jointly written by Regulus and its trading partners in recent years will be given an additional boost by the impressive capabilities of the Folex Group.”
Regulus is a family-owned business with a long-standing tradition, whose development work centres on materials for large-format poster printing. Based on the core competence of coating, the two companies see their strength as the development and optimisation of new products and the opening up of new applications for various technologies in the printing industry.