Craig & Parsons takes fifth Edale press

Craig & Parsons purchased its first Edale press in 1999 which coincided with the company’s labels division’s approaching 30^th anniversary. Further installations throughout the next 15 years means the company now operates five Edale 330 presses.

The company specializes in the production of printed labels for a wide range of sectors and decided upon another Edale press to allow it to cope with an enhanced workload which new business has brought in.

Stephen Craig, director of Craig & Parsons, said: ‘With this fifth press we have decided to opt for UV- and water-based drying again as we saw a great improvement in productivity since buying our first UV press two years ago.

‘We have kept the water-based systems as we still produce a lot of short-run work in spot Pantone colors and find our original water-based system is still the better option. We find the Edale press to be perfectly suited to our needs with the option to up-grade and modify the press to any new enquires that come up. All of our presses have had major up-grades over the years and all of these have been fitted seamlessly with very little down time to our production.’

Steve Cleaver, production manager at Craig & Parsons, added: ‘With a tooling catalog as extensive as ours it made sense to choose a fifth Edale. This means we can produce almost any job on any of our five presses, giving us the flexibility to turn jobs round in the same day if required.’