OUR MANUFACTURING
Operating over 100 years, our two printing factories; Anstey and Standfast & Barracks offer a rich heritage and wealth of printing knowledge, employing only the finest, skilled craftsmen in designing and printing cloths.
STANDFAST & BARRACKS
The Standfast & Barracks factory, established in 1924, has been in operation for nearly 100 years and continues to produce prints combining both traditional and innovative cutting edge technology. The distinctive artisan approach to fabric printing, as well as a cutting edge in-house design team makes Standfast & Barracks one of the finest printers in the world. The rich heritage and wealth of printing knowledge amongst the team is exceptional, employing only the finest, skilled craftsmen in designing and printing cloths.
PRINTING WITH PRIDE
Standfast & Barracks offer a choice of several fabric printing techniques, from conventional rotary and flatbed screen printing using vat, reactive, pigment, disperse, discharge and acid dyes to the latest ink-jet digital technology for short runs and special designs. Whatever the process, quality and service is assured.
ANSTEY WALLPAPER
Anstey Wallpaper Company is the largest contract wallcovering printer in the United Kingdom and has the broadest machine profile in Europe, backed by all the necessary design and technical expertise required to allow us to offer a unique and unparalleled combination of printing permutations on a wide variety of substrates and widths.
The business operates at the premium end of the market, offering unique combinations of gravure, rotary screen, flexographic, surface, surflex, digital, flat screen and hand block printing methods.
POLITE PIGMENTS
As well as producing for the Sanderson Design Group of brands it also produces for many third party customers in the UK and overseas. Anstey continues to invest in innovative techniques, including a scatter machine to produce exciting new texture effects and most recently in wide-width digital printing.
Our Commitment
COMMITTING TO NET CARBON ZERO
We have been working closely with Planet Mark, and its ZeroBy30 programme, to enable us to become net carbon zero by 2030, an ambitious target and one of the flagship commitments in our sustainability strategy. We have made significant developments against our roadmap to move to a carbon neutral manufacturing process. We were pleased to receive our Planet Mark Year 5 certification earlier this year, for the financial year ended 31 January 2023, which marked the fifth financial year that the sustainability of our business has been measured by Planet Mark, the sustainability certification organisation.