Edale launches Alpha-Multi press

UK press manufacturer Edale will launch its Alpha-Multi machine in March 2010. The new press can print up to 9 colors in a footprint of five square meters. It has the same short web path and quick job change as the company’s original Alpha machine, and is said to offer the benefits of a modular machine but at a reduced price. 

Edale has installed over 150 of its original Alpha presses in over 50 countries. A compact 3-, 4- or 5-color flexo press, it is available in 250mm and 330mm web widths and has a footprint of two square meters. 

The Alpha-Multi has a twin stack arrangement which allows one stack to be in production while the second is made ready.  

UK converter Kingfisher Labels has purchased the first of the new presses. Director Martin Jackson said: ‘The compact footprint and its ability to run a 5-color or a 9-color thread up ensures minimum waste which appeals to Kingfisher Labels as it allows maximum flexibility on existing projects as well as providing expanded capabilities as future trends and production requirements dictate.’  

Edale is holding an open event at its facility in Hampshire during the first week of March to demonstrate the new machine.

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