Kingfisher Labels Limited, a label converter based in Yate, North Bristol, UK has invested in its 10th Edale press. The company’s first was installed in 2001.

Family-owned Kingfisher Labels was founded in 1996 and serves the food, beverage and healthcare sectors. Its ethos is built on forging strong relationships with their customers, who have remained with them since they first started.

Their recent instalment is a 6-color, 350mm PRIME which has standard features such as pre-registration and Edale’s UNiPRINT technology which ensures optimal print geometry to ensure the highest quality print is achieved. Jobs can be set in just one web length of material using the job storage feature. Further innovations such as the open architecture of the inking system enables rapid changeovers as well as precise control over color management.

Their rationale behind the investment was part of an ongoing strategy to ensure Kinggfisher has the latest level of technology with the ability to customize the press to meet the growing needs of their customers’ ever-changing requirements.

They have, since the installation, experienced first-hand the benefit of the FL1 PRIME and consequently have invested in their second PRIME, which will be installed at the end of 2022, making this their 10th Edale press.

Karl Jackson, production director, Kingfisher, comments, “We have a great relationship with Edale which spans many years. For us, Edale found a gap in the market with an affordable, space-saving, and efficient option that allowed us to customise as needed to suit our operation.

“Our business is diverse and growing rapidly, so we wanted to invest in another machine which could interchange with our existing presses. The FL1 PRIME was perfect for sharing tooling, and as the die stations are the same, we can interchange between our FL3’s and PRIME. This has given us greater speed and operator efficiency and we pride ourselves on our flexibility and job turnaround for our customers and can facilitate 7-10 days to delivery,” says Jackson.

Louise Bailey, business development manager, Edale comments, “Kingfisher has exacting standards in terms of their print quality, and they had a very clear vision of what they needed in terms of customising their FL1 PRIME.  We were very happy to work closely with them to meet their specific requirements. We have a fantastic relationship with Kingfisher and are absolutely delighted that since their last installation they have invested in their second FL1 PRIME.  The Edale team is very proud that this will be their 10th Edale press. Kingfisher are an extremely valued customer, and we are excited to see what the future holds for them.”