Optimum Group

Leading Northern European printer of self-adhesive labels, banding and shrink sleeves

Optimum Group (“the Company”) is a leading Northern European labels platform primarily serving the food production and retail market in the small and medium enterprise (“SME”) sized client segments. Optimum Group distinguishes itself through its market-leading service, reliability and flexibility offering. Its product portfolio includes amongst others self-adhesive labels, banding and shrink sleeves.

The Company operates through 18 printing facilities across the Benelux, Germany and Denmark, and makes use of a variety of technologies, including flexo and digital printing.

The investment was acquired in January 2018 from the founders and Mentha Capital.

What Attracted us to the Business

• Growing and non-cyclical nature of the label printing market
• Strong positioning in the fragmented Northern European labels market
• Strong and long-term client relationships
• Significant potential for market consolidation driven by buy-and-build opportunities

Our Value Creation Strategy

We are working alongside management to:

• Drive expansion in speciality labels and digital printing technologies;
• Increase system integration of historical build-ups;
• Continue buy-and-build strategy to consolidate the Northern European market; and
• Develop environmentally-friendly labelling solutions.

Quote from the Client

“With IK’s support the Optimum Group is well on its way to grow from a local group to the Northern European market leader.”

Theo Noordman, Founder, Optimum Group