SandenVendo, a specialist in the manufacture of vending machines, is accelerating its sustainability ambitions with the help of Interpon powder coatings from AkzoNobel.
The company has reduced energy consumption, waste and associated costs by adopting Interpon Redox One Coat, a high-performance, anti-corrosion solution that requires only a single application.
SandenVendo focuses on quality and performance of its equipment, even in more challenging environments where corrosion can be an issue.The company has its European manufacturing in Northern Italy in 1965 with the stated aim of ‘designing a sustainable manufacturing system through the entire flow of supply chain, waste recycling and quality control’.
To support this ambition, it began exploring the benefits of Interpon 30 years ago, attracted in part by the absence of any Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) making it safer for its workforce to use and recognizing the role that powder coatings could play in delivering on its global sustainability objectives.
Most recently, it started using Interpon Redox One Coat, which achieves all the anti-corrosion performance of the standard Interpon Redox system but in a single application. This helps SandenVendo reduce its energy consumption, waste and associated costs through accelerated production times.
It has recently increased the volume of external vending machines coated with Interpon Redox One Coat from 10% to 40% of total production, and feedback has been entirely positive: “Switching to Interpon Redox One Coat has helped significantly reduce powder consumption, and the business continues to evaluate other powder coating technologies, including Interpon’s low energy (Low-E) which cures at a lower temperature,” says Paola Venesia, Purchasing Manager of SandenVendo Europe.
Switching to Interpon Redox One Coat has also helped SandenVendo in becoming certified to ISO 50001, the energy management certification. Greater efficiencies in the powder coating line contributed directly to reducing the overall consumption of electricity and gas throughout the business.
Sanal Limoncuoglu, commercial director for South Europe at AkzoNobel Powder Coatings, says: “Interpon Redox One Coat is a great example of how innovative coating technologies can help manufacturers reduce their environmental impact while maintaining high levels of performance and protection. Our collaboration with SandenVendo demonstrates what’s possible when shared values around quality, efficiency and sustainability come together.”
In working with Interpon, SandenVendo has benefited from the quality of its products – their colour and durability. It currently manufactures on average 90 pieces of equipment per day, and with a second line shortly to come on stream, expects to increase this number of 130 by the end of 2025. Its vending and coffee equipment is used both indoors and outside, and Interpon used to both coat the casing and some of the internal components.
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