Company profile

Klimax – one-stop supplier of labels

Klimax A/S is one of the largest Danish manufacturers of adhesive labels, equipment for putting on labels, wireless collection of data and printing of variable information at its customers. On a European scale, Klimax is a medium-sized company within its line of business.

The mission of the company is to combine a range of products and services that help customers change the way in which they today purchase, collect, control, distribute and communicate information and labels.

Klimax A/S is a merger of three labelling firms in March 2005. The merger was the result of the consolidation which is expected to continue with increasing strength over the next 5 – 10 years. During 2005, five places of production were reduced to two places with modern production facilities in Horsens and Copenhagen respectively.

From being a company supplying adhesive labels, Klimax has redefined its market. The actual product sold by Klimax is services. Klimax makes it easy for the customers to buy labels.

The prime task is to relieve its customers of work in respect of proof-reading approvals, stock holding, forecasts, quick corrections to labels, statistics and the provision of 100% reliability of delivery of labels. A clean working environment is important to Klimax. Both in terms of employees and the many customers in food-related industries. Products and solvents with an environmental impact have been replaced by environmentally friendly products.

The largest customers are within food, cosmetics, domestics and within logistics and transport.

Strategy and future

Targets

• Turnover of DKK 300 million annually in 2010
• Production in several countries
• Profit before tax of 7-10% of the company’s turnover

Growth - how?

• Organic growth is slow, costly and risky
• Acquisitions provide:
  - access to new markets and customers
  - possibility of following big customers when they go abroad
  - profitable growth with smaller risk than organic growth