ARMOR-IIMAK

Say Hello to ARMOR-IIMAK

We are one together

ARMOR

  • 1922 - Foundation date
  • 1200 - Employees worldwide
  • $264M - Sales in 2020
  • 2.9Bn MSI - 2020 volume
  • 13 - Slitting & coating sites worldwide

IIMAK

  • 1983 - Foundation date
  • 450 - Employees worldwide
  • $102M - Sales in 2020
  • 820M MSI - 2020 volume
  • 4 - Slitting & coating sites worldwide

Combining Our Strengths

Since 1983

  • 76 years of cumulative experience in developing Thermal Transfer 
  • 2 trusted brands

Customer Care

  • Focus on building strong, solid, and lasting business relationships with our customers
  • Get support from 60 salespeople and 70 sales assistants 

Sense of Quality

  • Sates of the art coating and slitting facilities in 5 continents 
  • Delivering product  compliant to the highest quality standards

Solutions to All

  • The most comprehensive range of ribbons on the market with leading products in each family 
  • Meeting the needs of customers' global supply chains

EMEA

  • Coating Operations
  • R&D Center
  • 5 Slitting Facilities
  • 7 Regional Customer Experience & Sales Campuses 

Americas

  • Coating Operations
  • R&D Center
  • 8 Slitting Facilities
  • 11 Regional Experience & Sales Campuses

APAC

  • Coating Operations
  • 4 Slitting Facilities
  • 9 Regional Customer Experience & Sales Campuses

...And You Keep Rolling...

Q. Will I continue to access the same products?


A. Yes. We are working on a roadmap to offer you the best products from both entities. In the meantime, you will be able to continue to order the products you were used to. Our combined innovation capabilities will benefit from our respective know-how.

Q. Do I keep the same sales contact?  


A. Yes. And if you are buying products from both ARMOR and IIMAK, you should keep contacting your usual representative. In the mid-term ARMOR-IIMAK will evaluate the best way to serve you.

Q. Will prices or purchasing conditions change? 


A. No. There will be no change in prices or purchasing conditions linked to this acquisition.

Q. Will ARMOR sell IIMAK products to its customers (and vice versa)? 


A. There will be no change in the product offered to our customers in the short term. A new ARMOR-IIMAK product offer will be built and available to customers in course of 2022. 

Q. Cleanstart? inkanto? What happens to them? 


A. We intend to make the most of Cleanstart from IIMAK and inkanto from ARMOR to offer the best ribbon experience in the mid-term. 

Q. Will ARMOR sales representatives represent IIMAK products (and vice versa)? 


A. There will be no change for the remainder of 2021. All sales representatives will start offering the new ARMOR-IIMAK range in the course of 2022.