Two years after its acquisition by Canon, Edale restructures its flexographic press portfolio. The British manufacturer, historically positioned in flexographic presses for labels and folding carton, has just announced a complete restructuring of its range. The move marks a rapprochement with the Japanese group's industrial printing division.
LabelLine FL4 for labels and CartonLine FL6 for cartons
The new machine references are now grouped into two families: LabelLine FL4 for label presses and CartonLine FL6 for carton machines. They themselves come in two versions: e, for Essential models, designed for standard production, and p, for the more automated Precision versions, designed for high output and high value-added applications.
A clarified, unified offering, but unchanged in substance
In detail, the compact and more affordable LabelLine FL4e offers a 430 mm web width and targets short-to-medium runs, with quick changeovers and low paper consumption for makeready.
The more versatile LabelLine FL4p covers a width range from 430 to 570 mm, with in-line embellishment modules, enhanced registration control and scalable architecture.
On the carton side, the CartonLine FL6p (600âeuros650Â mm) integrates in-line printing, varnishing, trimming, embellishing and destacking. This single-pass configuration reduces in-line inventories and frees up floor space.
The wider FL7p (up to 1000 mm) is designed for converters with high volumes or extended formats. Certain configurations are also suitable for label work, for converters wishing to consolidate their flows on a single line.
A Canon-style design, too
While the machines retain the technical fundamentals developed by Edale âeuros single-pass printing, automation, HD quality âeuros, their appearance has been revised to align with Canonâ??s industrial design. According to Edale General Manager Lachlan Buirds, this evolution makes it easier for customers to find their way around the range, by quickly identifying the model best suited to their activity.
Canon is making its mark aesthetically: the industrial design has been rethought to reflect the Japanese group's visual codes, reinforcing consistency between divisions. The mechanics, meanwhile, remain those developed by Edale, with advanced automation, HD flexo quality and a single-pass production logic.
These changes represent the first visible evolution since Edale was integrated into the Canon Group. The operation, formalized in April 2022, was intended to strengthen the Japanese group's position in the printed packaging segment, complementing its industrial inkjet offering.
