Sandon Global, a British anilox manufacturer, is poised to showcase its extensive technical expertise in flexographic printing and two decades of excellence in anilox technology at drupa 2024.

The company will present solutions that tackle common print challenges with award-winning results while also improving its customers’ operational efficiencies and driving down costs. 

Sandon Global’s technical experts will be on hand to present new engravings, including its XPRO, GMX ANILOX, HVP and FLUID FP designed to overcome print hurdles such as scorelines, tricky coating applications, excess anilox inventories and pinholing. These alternative engravings promise greater precision, quality, and consistency compared to standard 60° cell designs, resulting in improved efficiencies and cost savings for printers.

Other highlights include showcasing the company’s patented anilox sleeve construction system (Pat. EP3368317B1 and Pat. US11059284) designed to prolong sleeve life, strategies for how to overcome challenges in water-based flexo printing on film and promoting its EDT sealing for oxidation (substrate corrosion) resistance. With one of the largest lasers in Europe, corrugated print customers can also learn more about the company’s laser capabilities with its 6-meter engraving length. 

As part of its drupa plans, and demonstrating its quest for continuous improvement, Sandon Global has collaborated with its OEM partner, SOMA, to design a bespoke end ring embedded with an RFID chip. SOMA’s automatic mounting devices communicate both registration and plate impression settings to the press using the RFID chip, which aids identification and digitizes the entire flexographic print process. 

“We are looking forward to presenting our latest company developments and to participating in some exciting industry initiatives and live demonstrations at drupa 2024,” says Richard Millington, managing director of Sandon Global. 

The anilox supplier to the flexographic print market, supplying the wide web, narrow web and corrugated sectors, will tout its total quality control due to its in-house manufacture of anilox rollers, mandrels, sleeves, and end-rings.

Millington continues, “Our decades of industry experience and technical know-how enable us to push the boundaries of what is possible in flexo printing. We’re eager to share our expertise with visitors and discuss how we can help printers worldwide in overcoming technical print challenges, increasing efficiencies, reducing costs, and achieving exceptional print quality.”

Sandon Global’s recent investments in its new UK HQ, advanced plasma coating and laser engraving technologies and development of its third Knowledge Transfer Partnership to boost production capabilities signals a new era of growth, as well.

“We’ve grown and learned a lot in eight years,” Millington says. “Last year, we were rewarded with a record turnover and our investments reflected our commitment to maintaining our competitive edge and meeting the evolving needs of the industry. The strategic expansion of our international sales network and the establishment of our German office, Sandon Global GmbH, to better serve our European customer-base, demonstrates our dedication to delivering superior quality products worldwide.”