{"id":17780,"date":"2025-05-30T11:41:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=17780"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:41:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:41:31","slug":"sandon-global-appoints-rt-manager-to-drive-technical-excellence-and-anilox-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/sandon-global-appoints-rt-manager-to-drive-technical-excellence-and-anilox-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandon Global Appoints R&T Manager to Drive Technical Excellence and Anilox Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sandon Global, the award-winning British anilox manufacturer, has appointed Dr Siddharth Lokachari<\/strong> as Research & Technical Manager of its Plasma Coatings Division reinforcing its commitment to technical excellence and leadership in anilox innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Lokachari will lead plasma process optimisation, integrate advanced plasma technologies, and spearhead the development of novel coatings, further raising the bar in anilox performance and durability. He will also be responsible for developing and mentoring Sandon Global\u2019s Plasma Team to support a culture of continuous improvement and enhanced productivity, as well as forging and strengthening partnerships with external suppliers to create collaborative opportunities to enhance plasma technology offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Millington<\/strong>, Managing Director, said, \u201cWe are delighted to have Sid on board with us. He is an exceptionally talented individual who has already brought a raft of expertise into our business. His deep materials science and coatings knowledge will directly shape the future of our plasma coating capabilities and help drive industry innovation. This is another step forward for us in ensuring that Sandon Global continues to offer the highest standards of precision, quality and consistency to the global flexographic industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Lokachari commented, \u201cI envisage Technology as an embodiment of talent, tool, temerity and trust that shape and make ‘things’ happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlasma\u2011coating technology sits at the heart of our manufacturing process, and its quality directly impacts every subsequent production stage. My focus is on optimising core plasma processes and strategically directing R&D initiatives to diversify our industrial reach and explore novel combinations of unconventional materials. By employing state-of-the-art characterisation techniques, we aim to develop patentable industrial applications that will drive innovation at Sandon Global.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Lokachari holds a PhD in Materials Science from The University of Munich, Germany and a Master of Engineering from Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan. Previously a Rolls-Royce Research Fellow, he led pioneering work on environmental barrier coatings and wear-resistant solutions for jet engines under the \u00a310.5 million Reinstate project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is an active contributor to standards bodies including the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and British Standards Institution (BSI), and has been recognised by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) with a Global Talent endorsement in Materials Science and Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through advanced metallurgical analysis and precise control of porosity, hardness and corrosion resistance, Sandon Global has earned a reputation for developing coatings that are robust, consistent and reliable in the press environment. But the company is not content to stand still. Dr Lokachari\u2019s appointment will keep Sandon Global at the forefront of coating innovation as the company continues to explore and discover new ways to raise, and set, the standard in anilox science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Millington continued, \u201cCreating a consistent chromium oxide coating has kept us at the forefront of anilox innovation. But innovation doesn\u2019t happen by accident, it\u2019s built from the inside out. Our state-of-the-art metallurgical laboratory provides us with the in-house capabilities to ensure robust coating quality control for anilox consistency. With Sid\u2019s expertise and our continued investment in people and technology, Sandon Global is ideally positioned to lead the next chapter in flexographic printing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sandon Global, the award-winning British anilox manufacturer, has appointed Dr Siddharth Lokachari as Research & Technical Manager of its Plasma Coatings Division reinforcing its commitment to technical excellence and leadership in anilox innovation. Dr Lokachari will lead plasma process optimisation, integrate advanced plasma technologies, and spearhead the development of novel coatings, further raising the bar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[625],"class_list":{"0":"post-17780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corrugated-folding-carton","8":"tag-sandon-global"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17782,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17780\/revisions\/17782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}