Interpon's partnership with SandenVendo
Interpon helps SandenVendo serve up a sustainable treat
As a global leader in the manufacture of vending technologies, SandenVendo takes pride in the quality and performance of its equipment, even in more challenging environments where corrosion can be an issue. But it is similarly proud of its mission to reduce its carbon footprint and deliver a more sustainable product and business. Helping it on this mission, and to deliver the style that helps its equipment to stand out from the crowd, are Interpon powder coatings from AkzoNobel.
SandenVendo has been a leader for more than 80 years and built 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 the business is proud to support SandenVendo in its sustainability journey: “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 color 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. The colors it chooses can be customized for particular clients:
“Whenever we have a new color we always test its performance in a climatic chamber,” Paola continues, “so we can see how it performs over time. Our products are exposed to water, humidity and temperature, as well as the sun, so the color integrity is important to us. We also test to ensure that the stickers we use adhere to the surface without peeling.”
It has also benefited from the quality of AkzoNobel’s Technical Services team, always available to advise on the latest technologies and how SandenVendo can optimize its powder coatings line which comprises three automatic and one manual spray booth.
“The quality of Interpon is very impressive,” says Paola, “and the team is always able to answer any questions we have about the technical specifications of the product.”
SandenVendo is on an exciting growth journey. It already delvers to more than 70 countries worldwide and continues to strive to design equipment ‘that improves and inspires the culture and lifestyle of communities around the world’.
Its growth is helped by the partners it chooses: “AkzoNobel is one of our very best suppliers,” Paola concludes. “I believe it is a business that every manufacturer should choose as a partner.”
