Richard Millington

My role as Managing Director of Sandon Global is one that I love. Having been with the company since 2009, the first challenge was to understand the basics of our manufacturing process and the impact the anilox has upon the printed product. To this end, I spent a great deal of time press side, auditing customers’ anilox inventories, supporting fingerprints and fault-finding all of which helped me gain a full appreciation of the flexographic process. Subsequently, I found a natural fit in sales and account management building lasting relationships and understanding the pressure points for my customers and how the precision and consistency of our product can help print departments hit KPIs. The experience I gained in the flexo industry laid the foundations that have helped define the core principles that guide my leadership and management of Sandon Global. Today, I focus my working week around ensuring the high standard of our product and that we continue to offer exceptional customer service and technical support. Alongside this, technical innovation is key to how I will continue to drive Sandon forward. The team around me is central to my commercial ambitions. They have the knowledge and expertise, and I will always seek their input before making important decisions about the direction of the company. It is my target in the next five years, working with industry and academic partners, to re-define how we manufacture our product, increasing output and efficiency whilst redefining some of the core principles of the anilox itself to add real value that benefits the printer.