Anatol

What Anatol does

Anatol Equipment Manufacturing Co. is a U.S.-based, privately held industrial equipment manufacturer specializing in screen printing machinery for the apparel, textile, and promotional products industries. Founded in 1982 by Anatol Topolewski as Anatol Automation Incorporated and rebranded in 2003 to focus exclusively on screen printing, the company is headquartered in Waukegan, Illinois, with European headquarters in Bielsk Podlaski, Poland, and an additional office in Lviv, Ukraine.

The company designs and builds a full equipment ecosystem: automatic presses (the flagship all-electric VOLT series, plus VECTOR, TITAN, INFINITY, Prodigy, and Color Magic), manual presses (Thunder, Tornado), conveyor dryers (Vulcan gas, Solutions electric, Ultra forced-air electric), flash cure units (Comet Light/Pro/Smart, Pilot, Rapid Wave), heat transfer presses (Rapid Transfer System, Big Forge, Mobile Forge), and pre-press equipment (Aurora and Quick Light UV LED exposure units, Formulator ink mixers, ARME registration system, washout booths, drying cabinets, screen stretchers). The proprietary Aries 2 operating system with 15-inch touchscreen, digital central off-contact, and laser/ARME registration is paired with patented safety and ease-of-use features; the all-electric VOLT is described as the only professional-grade fully-electric automatic press on the market, eliminating air compressors via AC servo print heads, servo indexing, and servo lift/lower.

Anatol monetizes through capital equipment sales (quote-based pricing across multiple product tiers), a 697-SKU e-commerce parts and accessories store with same-day shipping, third-party equipment financing, and a global dealer/distributor network of 30+ partners serving customers in 70+ countries across 6 continents. The go-to-market combines a direct sales force of 11+ regional sales managers with a multichannel content marketing program (Anatol TV, blog, ebooks, ROI calculator, trade shows at Printing United and Impressions Expo). The company is founder- and family-owned, with no disclosed institutional investors, no public filings, and a headcount in the 11–50 range.

Name

Anatol

Legal name

Anatol Equipment Manufacturing Co.

Website

https://anatol.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Anatol Equipment Manufacturing Co. is a U.S.-based, founder-owned manufacturer of automatic and manual screen printing presses, conveyor dryers, flash cure units, and pre-press equipment — including the industry's only professional-grade all-electric automatic press (VOLT) — serving apparel and promotional product printers in 70+ countries through direct sales and a global dealer network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Bluff

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Screen Printing Equipment Sales: Sale of automatic and manual screen printing presses including VOLT (all-electric), Vector, Titan, Prodigy, Tornado, Thunder series. Includes high-volume industrial-grade machines for t-shirt, apparel, and promotional products printing.
2. Conveyor Dryers and Flash Cure Units: Sales of complementary equipment including Vulcan gas conveyor dryers, Solutions and Ultra electric dryers, and Comet flash cure units.
3. Pre-Press Equipment and Accessories: Sales of exposure units, washout booths, drying cabinets, coating machines, squeegees, pallets, and screen stretching equipment.
4. Parts and Replacement Components: E-commerce parts store with 697 products including electrical parts, mechanical parts, pneumatic parts for all Anatol machines. Online ordering with same-day shipping available.
5. Equipment Financing: Financing services offered through third-party lenders to enable customers to purchase equipment with no or low upfront costs and predictable monthly payments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Anatol Equipment Manufacturing Co. designs, manufactures, and sells screen printing machines and related equipment, including automatic and manual screen printing presses, conveyor dryers, flash cure units, pre-press equipment, and accessories. The company's flagship product is the all-electric VOLT automatic screen printing press, the only industrial-grade fully-electric press on the market that requires no air compressor. Anatol also distributes replacement parts through an online store and supports customers globally through a dealer network.

Product overview

Anatol Equipment Manufacturing Co. is a U.S.-based manufacturer of screen printing equipment serving customers worldwide. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of screen printing solutions organized into core product categories: Automatic Presses (including the flagship all-electric VOLT series, VECTOR, TITAN, INFINITY, Prodigy, and Color Magic), Manual Presses (Thunder and Tornado), Conveyor Dryers (Vulcan gas, Solutions electric, Solutions Mini, and Ultra forced air electric), Flash Cure Units (Comet Light, Comet Pro, Comet Smart, Pilot, and Rapid Wave), Heat Transfer Presses (Rapid Transfer System), and Pre-Press Equipment (washout booths, ink mixers, UV LED exposure units, coating machines, drying cabinets, and registration systems). The company also offers partner products from Exile Technologies (Spyder X, Hornet D2M, Screenmaker) and RISO (GOCCOPRO series) through its trusted partner solutions program. A full line of accessories (squeegees, pallets, flood bars, heat presses, cooling fans, screen racks) and replacement parts supports the equipment lineup. The company was founded in 1982 as Anatol Automation Incorporated and pivoted to screen printing equipment in 2003, with the revolutionary all-electric VOLT press introduced in 2014 as the industry's first widely-produced industrial-grade electric automatic press.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VOLT: All-electric automatic screen printing press series - the industry's first widely-produced, industrial-grade all-electric press.
• VECTOR
• TITAN
• INFINITY
• Thunder
• Tornado
• Comet
• Rapid Wave
• Pilot
• Vulcan
• Solutions
• Ultra
• Aurora
• Quick Light
• Quik-Kote
• Formulator
• ARME
• Cube
• Big Forge
• Mobile Forge
• Rapid Transfer System
• Prodigy
• Color Magic

Products and services

• VOLT Series Automatic Screen Printing Press The world's only professional-grade fully-electric automatic screen printing press with no air compressor requirement. Features AC electric all servo print heads, servo indexing, and servo lift/lower. Available in four models (VOLT S, M, L, XL) with configurations from 6 stations/4 colors to 20 stations/18 colors.
• VECTOR Series Automatic Screen Printing Press Automatic screen printing machine positioned between pneumatic presses and the all-electric VOLT, offering reliable mid-range performance for print shops.
• TITAN Series Automatic Screen Printing Press Automatic screen printing press featuring AAA and ASA innovations that reduce maintenance and downtime.
• INFINITY Oval Screen Printing Machine Oval screen printing machine for specialized high-throughput applications.
• Prodigy Small Format Screen Printing Press Fully automatic small format printing machine designed for printing on clothing tags and small format items.
• Thunder Manual Screen Printing Press The most robust manual screen printing machine, designed for durability and versatility in hands-on screen printing operations.
• Tornado Manual Screen Printing Press Entry-level manual press ideal for new screen printers or workshops without compressed air infrastructure.

Quantifiable outcome

• 57% increase in hourly output at mesh tensions around 50 N
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Exile TechnologiesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExile Technologies featured as a trusted partner solution for pre-press and imaging equipment on Anatol's pre-press equipment page. Provides Spyder X Computer to Screen System.
• RISO Kagaku CorporationminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRISO featured as trusted partner for Digital Screen Maker GOCCOPRO series. Provides computer-to-screen systems including GOCCOPRO QS2536, QS1836, and QS200 models.
• TECHSUPPORTminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorService partner providing support services. Located at 1441 Metropolitan St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15233. Phone: 412-600-6789.
• Atlas Screen Supply CompanyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDealer located at 9353 Seymour Avenue, Schiller Park, Illinois 60176. Phone: 847-233-0515.
• H G Kippax & Sons LtdminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK dealer at Upper Bankfield Mills, Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield HD5 8HF. Phone: +44 (0) 1484 5151 12.
• Leapfrog MachineryminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAustralian dealer at 10/8 Leighton Pl, Hornsby NSW 2077. Phone: +61(0)2 9482 4999. Contact: Howard Debney.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ROQ International: European-origin manufacturer of automatic screen printing presses (ROQ Impression, ROQ Hybrid) serving apparel decorators globally. Directly competes with Anatol's VOLT and Vector series in mid- to high-volume automatic presses.
• Lawson Screen & Digital Products: Manufacturer of manual and automatic screen printing presses plus exposure units and dryers. Overlaps with Anatol across presses, pre-press equipment, and dryers, primarily serving SMB screen printers.
• Vastex International: US manufacturer of manual and automatic screen printing presses, conveyor dryers, and flash cure units. Comparable mid-market competitor focused on entry-level to mid-volume screen printers.
• M&R Companies: Largest US-based screen printing equipment manufacturer, offering automatic and manual presses, dryers, and flash cure units. Most direct head-to-head competitor to Anatol across the full screen printing workflow.
• Workhorse Products: Manufacturer of manual and automatic screen printing presses, exposure units, and dryers. Direct SMB-segment competitor to Anatol's manual press and small-format press lines.
• Brown Manufacturing Group (Brown Equipment): US-based manufacturer of screen printing presses (including the popular Automatic Screen Printer) and heat transfer equipment. Comparable to Anatol in mid-market automatic press offerings.
• SPT (Screen Printing Technologies): Manufacturer of manual and semi-automatic screen printing presses and dryers for smaller print shops. Adjacent competitor to Anatol's Tornado/Thunder manual lines and entry-level automatic segment.
• Hix Corporation: Manufacturer of screen printing equipment, heat presses, and dryers serving apparel decorators and sign makers. Comparable to Anatol in offering presses and finishing equipment to similar SMB/mid-market customers.

Emerging players

• Kornit Digital: Provider of on-demand digital textile printing systems (direct-to-garment and roll-to-roll). Adjacent emerging competitor addressing the same apparel decoration end customers that Anatol's screen printing customers serve.
• Brother Industries (GTX/Garment Printers): Manufacturer of direct-to-garment (DTG) digital printers (GTX series) serving the same apparel decorator customer base as Anatol. Represents a substitute technology that competes for shop capex budgets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/anatolequipment
• Facebookfacebook.com/AnatolEquipment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anatol-equipment-manufacturing-co

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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