1. business and industrial
2. chemicals industry
3. plastics and polymers

A MONTANA TECH COMPONENTS COMPANY
ALUFLEXPACK Group
„Leading European brands rely on our
flexible packaging and appreciate our highest
product quality, stringent production procedures
and conditions and enjoy our reliable and
passionate service.“
IGOR ARBANAS . CEO ALUFLEXPACK Group
Michael Tojner
Founder & majority shareholder of
Montana Tech Components AG
Martin Ohneberg
Chairman of the board of AFP Group
Igor Arbanas
CEO Aluflexpack Group
Setting up the Montana Tech Components AG, we committed ourselves to
line up hidden champions with realistic growth potential, support their development
and establish them as world market leaders in their respective industries.
Since the end of 2012, the Aluflexpack Group ("AFP Group") belongs to our
Industrial Components division, and is now on the best way to become one of
the leading European flexible packaging companies.
The AFP Group is recognised as one of the three key players in its
relevant markets in the EU and Eastern Europe.
We focus on product and process innovations together with key
customers.
We, Michael Tojner and Martin Ohneberg, work closely and successfully together for over 10 years now and assure best possible support to the local management and further development of the AFP
Group.
It has been developing innovative and user and environmently friendly packaging solutions for more than 30 years. The group is fully
and truly aware of its responsibility towards customers, employees,
social and natural environment and its shareholders in all of its
activities.
Business growth, both with existing and new customers and products as well as further increase of the profitability and competitiveness of the AFP Group will secure its long-term success.
We are dedicated to highest level of quality in everything we do and
how we do it – we are aware of many risks in our customer’s and our
business and are managing them actively and accordingly.
We believe that our passion for our business combined with our
know-how, experience, responsiveness, flexibility, and creativity
result in unique offering and innovations. This together with the
full-hearted support of our owners is the basis for healthy and sustainable development – for the benefit of our customers and the
group itself.
The Aluflexpack Group (AFP Group) is the clear market leader in
the production of flexible aluminium packaging in Croatia and
number 3 in Europe in its markets.
Quick and efficient response to market requirements and challenges
as well as the ability to recognise and the power to seize business
opportunities are the pillars of AFP Group's success.
This already strong competitive position will be expanded even
further. The encouraging development of the AFP Group since the
take over in December 2012 based on the succesfull roll-out of the
investment programme, the increase of process efficiency through
focused cost-reduction measures and the overall business growth
combined with current market developments and consolidations
open up new development opportunities for the AFP Group.
AFP Group’s customers and the group itself benefit both in short
and long term from the membership to the Montana Tech Components Group, stable ownership structure, experienced team and lean
management:
ZADAR
Foundation
of Foljaplast
Plant relocation to UMAG
(Zadar plant was destroyed in
war, start to work in Umag in
rented space)
Expansion of product portfolio
(confectionary, food, tobacco)
1st exports to Poland
1982
1991
History Aluflexpack
Leading supplier for
dairy/milk industry (lids, foil)
in Yugoslavia
1982 – 1990
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The AFP Group serves leading European and international companies in
Europe and overseas and provides high quality flexible packaging and solutions
for their most valuable and known brands.
ITALY
(Folitrade;
later Aluflexpack Italia)
Geographical expansion of sales
to IT, GER, AUT, SLO, HUN, CZ, SK
POLAND
Foljaplast Polska
(later Aluflexpack Polska)
Foundation
of Aluflexpack
d.o.o. as successor
of Foljaplast
1992
1995
2001
Construction of own
production plant in Umag;
renovation/expansion
plant Zadar
1993
Expansion Umag and Zadar:
– embossing machine
– slitting machines
– machines for lacquering
and laminating
1994 – 1999
GERMANY
Aluflexpack Germany,
Sales Office
DRNIS
Takeover TOF Drnis
(lacquering and
extrusion; semi
finished products)
OMIS
Takeover Omial
(lacquering, forming,
human and pet food
industry)
Tychy/Poland
Takeover Baron S.A.
(alu container, human
and pet food)
Acquisition
by Montana Tech
Components AG
Switzerland
Takeover
Process Point
(pet food)
2002
2003
2004
2006
2012
2013
Increasing exports
to Brazil, Benelux
2002/2003
Expansion Omial,
Umag, Zadar:
– waste disposal system
– production halls,
warehouse
– rotogravure machines
2005 – 2007
Increasing exports
to Canada, France,
Argentina
Expansion Umag, Zadar:
– waste disposal system
– production halls,
warehouse
– flexoprinting machines
Expansion Tychy, Umag,
Zadar, Omial:
– quality control
– solvent recovery plant and all
supporting infrastructure
– 3 flexo print machine
– container forming machines
– embossing machines
2007/2008
2009 – 2012
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Efficient Printing Machines
Excellent price-performance ratio
Company Profile
Our Sites
Additional Sales and
Representative Offices
Einsiedeln
GERMANY, Zorneding
Satisfied customers and expertise combined
with determination, strength and innovation:
foundation for future development
The AFP Group is serving the flexible packaging markets in Europe
with an attractive portfolio of innovative and high quality packaging
solutions. Our products are mostly aluminium based, but we are also
manufacturing an attractive range of complex and innovative plastic
based products.
AFP Group is well-known in the European dairy, confectionary,
general human and pet food industry. In addition, we managed to
constantly grow our supplies to the pharmaceutical industry in the
last few years and this growth will continue in future, supported by
focused investments.
AFP Group is the preferred main supplier or recognised second supplier to many of the leading global players and market leaders. Blue
Chip Customers like Ferrero maintain long-standing relationships
and rely on our quality and innovation power. And many like Ritter
Sport, Lactalis or Müller started business with us just several years
ago and are continuously expanding business ever since.
ITALY, Triest
POLAND, Poznan
Switzerland
Tychy
Poland
–– Production facility
–– Logistics hub
–– Alu container forming
–– Pharma,
Human and Pet food industries
–– Human and Pet food industry
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INFORMATION
Due to our clear business focus, commitment to our customers and
their industries and long lasting business the AFP Group developed
vast and profound know-how and gathered great amount of valuable
experience in the packaging industry.
The AFP Group controls the material processing and final product
manufacturing from the very beginning, regardless of the used materials (aluminium or plastic).
We manage a very deep value chain and are constantly investing in
the quality of our processes (fully ISO certified, BRC, HACCAP)
and environment protection (e.g. solvent recuperation, heat exchanger, etc.). Today our operations meet all European environmental,
ethical and social responsibility standards – our customers can rely
on us in every possible way.
Umag
Croatia
–– Production facility
–– Flexible packaging – rotogravure print and lamination
Business Segments
CONFECTIONARY
PRODUcts
– Al Foil*
– Flexible packaging
HUMAN
FOOD
DAIRY
– Lids
– Al Foil*
* lacquered or protected with extruded layer, printed, slit to demand
– Al Foil*
– Flexible packaging
– Containers
– Lids
– Pouches
(material, finished)
PET
FOOD
+ OTHER
–– Final products for Confectionary
and Human Food
– Al Foil*
– Containers
– Lids
– Pouches
(material, finished)
Omiš
Zadar
Value Chain
- R&D
- Product
development
- Design
- Pre-press
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Croatia
–– Sterilized foils – lamination, lacquering, oiling and alu-container forming
–– Headquarter and production facility
Services
CONVERTING
- Lacquering
- Extruding
- Laminating
PRINTING
- Roto gravure (up to 11 colors)
- Flexo
(up to 9 colors)
FINISHING
- Slitting
- Punching
- Deep drawing
- Embossing
–– Aluminium converting using UV-flexo
and conventional flexo print
Quality
- Quality assurance
- Process control
- QC in production
- QC income / outbound
- Certifications
- Risk management
–– Final products for milk, dairy and
pharmaceutical industry
Croatia
–– Production facility
–– Human and Pet food industry
Drniš
Croatia
–– Production facility
–– Lacquering and extrusion
–– Semi-finished products
Headquarter
Production facility
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Management
The Aluflexpack Group employs more than 680 skilled and highly motivated people.
The excellent know-how and commitment of the production employees together with
the experienced sales, customer service, graphics, R&D, quality control and technical
support teams are directly supporting our customers in their day to day business.
Together with the strong infrastructure, this secures the long term satisfaction of
Aluflexpack Group’s customers.
Ivo Pastuović, COO
Igor Arbanas, CEO
Johannes Steurer, CFO
BOARD AFP Group:
Igor Arbanas
Ivo Pastuović
Johannes Steurer
Martin Ohneberg, Advisory Board
Herbert Roth, Advisory Board
BOARD SUBSIDIARIES:
CEO
COO
CFO
SALES:
Antonio Stojanov
Dražen Melčić
Krešimir Akrap
Ljiljana Vižintin
Oliver Lünenbürger
Ivo Pastuović, COO
Marketing
Customer Service
Dairy
Confectionary,
Human food and other industries
Pet Food
Boris Kleva Jadwiga Jablonska
Maria Grabowska
Mathias Klingenbeck
Oliver Lünenbürger
Sven Troskot
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:
Gianfranco Vottero
Luis Bühler
QUALIT Y ASSURANCE AND CONTROL:
PRODUCTION:
Andrija Proso
Helmut Schreiber
Ivo Drezga
Stipe Novaković
Zdenko Štefanko
Željko Gretić
Marica Stella-Mišić
Mathias Klingenbeck
Marijana Žilić
Mariza Jugovac
Ojdana Krapljanov
Zlatko Bilić
Service: finance: Dragica Raljević
Martina Pavić
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Finance & Bookkeeping
Controlling
Alenka Adamović
Karmelina Orsag
Stipica Vukša
Vlasta Babić Kolar
Purchasing
Logistics
IT
Human Resources & Legal Affairs
Competences
Industrial Growth
Thanks to our more than 30 years of experience as reliable provider
of high-quality, flexible packaging with a broad customer base and a strong
industrial owner, who urges and supports continuous improvement
of our production efficiency, we are very well equipped for further growth
and expansion.
Customer Focus
DIVERSIT Y & FLEXIBILIT Y
SOLID GROW TH
STRONG FOUNDATION
Markets are becoming more and more demanding for AFP customers as well, and are characterised by shorter and shorter delivery
times, smaller batch sizes and increasing quality requirements.
Our many years of reliable work as well as the strong and uncompromising customer orientation have made the AFP Group a preferred
partner of numerous well-known companies.
The AFP Group is the market leader in Croatia and number 3 in its
markets in Europe in the production of flexible aluminium packaging. This strong competitive position will be expanded even further.
–– due to great customer proximity and many years of experience,
there is a clear plan for targeted expansion of our strategic
markets and product groups
Effective and flexible customer solutions, both technical as well as
logistical, are the focus of our daily work.
Our strengths results also
from the large bandwidth
of customers that we serve
successfully: from small
family-run businesses to
international corporations.
Further and continuous improvement of the results through internal cost-reduction measures and targeted investments as well as current market developments and consolidations are opening up new
development opportunities. Besides the expected organic growth,
strategic acquisitions are also investigated in order to be able to
better serve our existing and new customers and ensure stable and
healthy growth.
–– relatively independent of macro-economic situation
Customer's benefit is generated through the highest product quality,
timely deliveries, competent support and the committed service of
our employees at a fair price.
supplier
of the year 2013
–– uncompromising customer orientation: highest service and
problem-solving competence and reliability
–– outstanding customer reference list
–– effective and flexible production with excellent
cost-effectiveness
–– innovation and development partnerships
Our clients are leading global brands such as (excerpt ):
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
MANUFACTURING
The AFP Group has significantly improved numerous important
production processes and machines and acquired in-depth knowhow in manufacturing of highest quality products.
All our production sites are equipped with the state of the art equipment and measuring instruments. The AFP Group has its own
laboratory that allows for end-to-end and around the clock quality
control. Constant, extensive and well thought out investments in
the equipment as well as quality assurance and control ensure optimised processes, the highest level of quality and efficient and stable
production.
The highly technical background combined with openness for innovation makes it possible for us to overcome market barriers and
support our customers consistently from the initial idea up to serial
production. The AFP Group is a recognised and often the most
important development partner for packaging of numerous European market leaders.
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"It is our goal to become the preferred partner
of leading European food and pharmaceutical
companies for flexible packaging through
our product and service quality, reliability
and innovation strength."
IGOR ARBANAS . CEO
AFP GrOUP
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Value Chain
The AFP Group has over 30 years of experience
in converting native aluminium and plastic foils to
high-quality final products: we laminate, lacquer, extrude,
print, slit, emboss, punch and form aluminium and
plastics to sophisticated flexible packaging.
SERVICES
CONVERTING
PRINTING
FINISHING
QUALIT Y
From an idea to the final
product: we provide
basic material research,
comprehensive product
development, design services and pre-press work.
The depth of our value
chain assures excellent
quality of the final product: we lacquer, print,
extrude and laminate
functional layers on the
base material.
Our state of the art
printing machines allow
fantastic print in roto
and flexo-print on Aluminium, plastics and
paper and in addition
allows numerous design
options and effects.
We deliver final products well packed and
to customers specification: individual lids
stacked, reels, sheets,
bags, stand up pouches,
sachets, ….
Our laboratories and
sophisticated quality
control and assurance
equipment and procedures assure highest possible quality and reliability of our supplies.
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Products
Cost-effectiveness, good processing possibilities, excellent protection functions
as well as favourable material and utilisation make aluminium and state of the art,
even purely plastic-based, laminates into indispensable packaging material with
high acceptance among packagers, retail channels and consumers.
AFP's flexible packaging solutions refine the premium products of our customers,
and together with our service, make a decisive contribution to their market success.
Refined
Composite materials
Foils/films
• multilayer
• plastic films, Al foil,
paper in different combinations
• delivered in rolls (foils),
pouches, bags,….
CONFECTIONARY
aluminium foil
• lacquered (e.g. silver/gold)
• laminated
• imprinted
• embossed
• or without safety features
• lacquered and extruded
aluminium foil, printed
• delivered in different forms
and sizes, punched or in rolls
CONFECTIONARY
pharmaceuticals
HUMAN
FOOD
DAIRY
lids
food
industry
Containers / lids / rolls
HUMAN
FOOD
• sterile
• lacquered
• imprinted
• different size and thickness
FOOD
industry
PET
FOOD
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Our Markets
Aluflexpack is concentrated on niche segments
of the packaging industry defined by markets and products.
The product range is expanded constantly regarding the depth of
the assortment and technologies that are used to be able to offer
customers an attractive complete package.
CONFECTIONARY
DAIRY
HUMAN FOOD
PET FOOD
CONFECTIONARY
Dairy
The AFP Group is one of the leading suppliers of high quality flexible packaging for the European confectionary industry.
We not only offer a wide range of highly sophisticated products to
the industry but are also well known as a strong development partner.
Manufacturers of high-quality but easily spoiled food, such as milk,
yoghurt and other dairy products for which longer and longer shelf
lives are expected and that are filled on machines that are becoming
faster and faster, profit from excellent products and many years of
experience of the AFP Group.
We supply printed and refined aluminium films and a broad range of
laminates intended for single or multipack packaging.
We deliver in reels or cut lids, embossed or plain to the biggest and
most demanding European dairy manufacturers.
HUMAN FOOD
PET FOOd
The AFP Group offers a broad range and variety of sophisticated
products and packaging solutions to suit constantly growing challenges of the human food industry. We supply packaging for jams
and pate, snack foods, crackers, snacks, peanuts, nuts, packaging for
sausages and dried meat, coffee, tea, instant drinks, packaging for
instant meals, soup concentrates, food additives and baby food and
other wet and dry products sold at retail level.
AFP Group offers packaging solutions for wet and dry pet foods
meeting all customer and animal requirements. We deliver containers and lids, finished stand up pouches or reels to our customers.
Our products for the human food industry are delivered as lids, in
reels, reel bags, containers and stand up pouches.
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Actually, our expertise in manufacturing packaging for the pet food
industry helps us keep and develop the high standard for human
food products, as the pets extreme smell sense make them demanding customers.
Responsibility
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
Certifications
The AFP Group was one of the first, and at that time it was by far the
biggest Croatian company to receive a comprehensive environmental permit in accordance with EU laws. We meet the strictest and
newest EU standards related to environmental protection.
Our plants are ISO (9001, 14001), HACCP, BRC and DMF audited and certified by recognised European certification centres.
Solvent recovery systems are in operation in our production sites for
years.
The AFP Group uses electric energy generated from renewable
energy sources for all Croatian plants.
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that
ALUFLEXPACK NOVI d.o.o.
Ulica Dr. Franje Tudmana 25, 23000 Zadar, Croatia
1246578
has been evaluated by
TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH
- accredited by DAkkS and found to meet the requirements of
Global Standard
for Packaging and Packaging Materials
Issue 4, February 2011
Scope: Manufacturing of Aluminium and
Aluminium / PP laminated lids and foils and of plastic foils (PP, PVC, PET),
flexo printing, slitting and punching for primary and secondary packaging
for the food, pet food and pharmaceutical industry
Product Categories: High Hygiene Risk Category Metal
High Hygiene Risk Category Plastics
Achieved Grade: A
Date(s) of audit: 2013-07-29 - 2013-07-30
Next audit to be performed before: 2014-07-29
Certificate Registration No.: 12 021 46246/01 TMS
Report No.: 707014832
Auditor No.: 043067
Certificate validity: 2013-09-04 - 2014-09-09
If you would like to feedback comments on the BRC Global Standard or the audit process
directly to BRC, please contact [email protected]
Product Compliance Management
Munich, 2013-09-05
This certificate is authorized by and
remains the property of
Risk management
Acknowledged by customers
Risk management is in place and covering not only our business and
environmental risks including carbon or water impact but also comprehensive business risks like reputational risk for our customers.
We are audited constantly by our customers based on a great variety
of criteria like environment, social, employment or purchasing responsibility. We pass all these audits easily, and this is also acknowledged and honoured by our customers.
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Recuperator, Umag
The Recuperator recovers reusable solvents and alcohol from
the emissions created in the printing process
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Alte Aarauerstrasse 11
CH-5734 Reinach, Switzerland
Tel: +41 62 765 2500 / Fax: + 41 62 765 2510
[email protected]
www.montanatechcomponents.com
ALUFLEXPACK GROUP – board offices
AFP Group GmbH
Mariahilferstrasse 1 / Getreidemarkt 17
1060 Vienna
Austria
T: +43 1 581 91 36, F: +43 1 581 9148
ALUFLEXPACK NOVI d.o.o.
Ungarija 40 B
52470 Umag
Croatia
T: +385 52 703 348, F: +385 52 741 217
E-mail: [email protected]
www.afp.hr