Comexi, specialist in solutions for printing and
converting equipment for the flexible packaging industry, closed this 2017 with
record sales in Brazil. Settled in this South-American country fifteen years
ago, the company and its solutions are increasingly recognized in the sector,
not only in Brazil, but also throughout the continent.
Since its establishment in Montenegro in 2002, in
the Río Grande do Sul region, Comexi has strengthened its presence and its
commitment to the Brazilian market, by producing more than 270 machines during
this fifteen-year period. In Brazil, Comexi has 6.000 square meters in
facilities where equipment is designed and manufactured for the local market,
in addition to exporting according to the company’s industrial requirements. In
this production plant in Brazil, the firm works under the highest quality
standards, implemented by the headquarters. Alongside production and
engineering, the branch also has administration, sales, technical and supply
chain services.
Marc Boadas, General Manager at Comexi Brazil,
stresses, “these first fifteen years are just the beginning of a very
successful story that endorses the flexible packaging value chain”. Moreover,
to enhance the growth objective in Brazil and South America, Comexi plans to
launch three new presses by 2020.
Greater market share
According to Marc Boadas “the results of the
Brazilian economy over the last months confirm that, after the economic crisis,
the recovery is real and sustainable”. Comexi, with a competitive and high-end
portfolio that has gained a rise in the confidence of its clients, with a sales
record in 2017, reaching an outstanding market share of over 80%, as states the
General Manager of the company in Brazil.
One of the major indicators of this growth is the
Comexi F2 MC flexo press, launched in Brazil in 2016 and which has already
gained great market acceptance, both nationally and internationally. In this
sense, Comexi has installed more than a hundred machines of this successful
family of F2 flexographic presses around the world. The group will continue to
consolidate its leadership with the upcoming launch of new models: the Comexi
F2 MB and the Comexi F4, thus improving competitiveness in the Brazilian
market.