Leading British designer and manufacturer of printing and converting machinery, Edale has launched its latest new addition to its FL range of flexographic presses.

The FL1 Prime is built on the fundamentals of its bigger brother, the FL3, and is designed to give customers affordable, high quality label printing with absolutely minimal waste. The target market is businesses that want a logical replacement or addition to the older mechanical presses used within the narrow web printing market or do not require the advanced automation of the FL3.

With a width of 350 mm, it has all the benefits and key features from the Edale FL range such as servo-driven technology as standard and the uniprint printhead design geometry, as well as pre and auto-register. The Prime is modular and upgradable, with options to install EZ Reg and EZ Die as well as LED UV curing.

James Boughton, managing director, Edale says, “We noticed a gap in the market for those businesses who wanted an affordable ‘step up’ to a press which gives technological advancement and efficiencies and delivers superior print quality. The FL1 Prime modular design can be upgraded to suit the businesses’ growth when they need it. This year marks 75 years’ experience in the printing and packaging industry and what better time for us to mark this occasion than with our launch of the FL1 Prime, which will be followed by other new products throughout the year. We are to have our FL presses installed worldwide, all of which are designed and manufactured in our UK headquarters.”