GERMANY – The Thansau-based decorative printing company closed the 2015 fiscal year with annual sales of over 600 million euros, breaking the record mark set only one year ago. 

At a total of 14 locations, the Schattdecor Group processed more than two billion square meters of paper in the previous year, thus affirming its position as the world market leader. Reiner Schulz, CEO of Schattdecor AG, stated: “We have a very successful and pleasant anniversary year behind us. And, as a team, we are very proud to have affirmed the record mark from the previous year in the process!”

The printing segment led the way, followed by painting and waterproofing with a total of more than 500 million square meters of paper processed. Across the entire Group, the surface specialist employs more than 2,100 people in nine countries and operates 34 printing presses, 16 painting and waterproofing units, and 12 laboratory machines worldwide.

While sales in central Europe and North America remained rather stable in the previous fiscal year, the Schattdecor Group was able to record positive market trends in Asia and the Pacific, southern and eastern Europe, the Middle East, and South America.

Investment projects in the previous fiscal year consisted of the completion of a new plant in Tyumen, Russia, expansion of the finishing foil capacities in Głuchołazy, Poland, and the expansion of the waterproofing capacities in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil.

For 2016, investment projects in the amount of 44 million euros are planned.

With its focus on the decor industry, Schattdecor is planning to get digital printing ready for the market. The Palis 2250 single-pass ink-jet printing press, which was developed specifically for this purpose, is currently being installed in the main plant in Thansau. By the end of this year, it will be digitally printing decorative paper in widths of up to 2,250 millimeters with pigments identical to gravure printing – and at speeds of up to 150 meters per minute. Schattdecor’s intention is for this installation to be a true alternative to the gravure printing process.