MODENA, Italy—IST (Italia Sistemi Tecnologici), a leader in solvent distillation technology, has appointed Spring Coating Systems as its distributor for North America. Spring will be responsible for sales to flexographic photopolymer plate manufacturers.
According to Massimiliano Mingacci, director of international sales for IST, this appointment is part of a global restructuring of IST’s global sales network. “With our strong growth over the past several years, we have decided to organize our sales network along focused business segments. We are looking forward to supporting Spring Coating Systems as they develop sales of our solvent reclaim systems for photopolymer plate makers in North America.”
“IST systems are perfectly adapted for the requirements of flexo solvent recovery”, stated Charles Shofner, sales manager for Spring North America. “IST has a full range of solvent distillation systems that combine robust reliability, efficiency and affordability. We are convinced that IST and Spring have a unique program to offer our North American customers.”
Spring Coating Systems NA is headquartered outside of Philadelphia, PA. In addition to IST distillation units, Spring manufactures a full range of flexographic plate solvents, including patented low-VOC technology, and Flexi-Lox cleaning plates for cleaning and maintaining anilox cylinders.