Maximize Your Anilox Investment

Hahn adds that printers can get the biggest bang for their buck by entering into annual corporate blanket programs with their anilox suppliers. “By committing to an annual purchase program, most printers can save between 5 and 10 percent simply by agreeing to purchase 75 percent of the volume of rolls they bought the previous year,” he says. “Buying this way allows the supplier to keep stock of the anilox roll bases coated with ceramic, leaving only the engraving specification to be submitted by the printer resulting in quicker delivery in a pinch.”