Edale and Douglas Storrie Labels host open day

Published: 3 September 2012 | No comments yet

(L-R) Edale’s managing director, James Boughton, alongside Douglas Storrie Labels owner Nigel Storrie and sales manager, Neal Livermore.

Held at the premises of Douglas Storrie Labels, press manufacturer Edale held an open day on August 15 to show the FL-350 narrow web press. The two companies have worked closely together to optimise the performance of the press.

The invite to the event welcomed guests to a ‘Great British Day by the Seaside’ and it was an opportunity for the Lytham St Annes based label printer to open the doors to its factory and welcome in both existing and potential customers to see the new Edale FL-350 running a number of different live print jobs.

Douglas Storrie Labels sales manager, Neal Livermore, opened the day by talking of the patriotic fervour that has been sweeping through Britain with the Diamond Jubilee and then welcoming the rest of the world for the Olympics. He continued to say, ‘We need to support British industry and to be proud of British manufacturing and the Edale FL-350 is a gold winning medal winning machine, with cutting edge technology to make printing better, faster, cheaper.’

There were three machine demonstrations throughout the day, during which Stuart Robinson, works manager at Douglas Storrie Labels and Chris Chappel, Edale’s print application engineer ran three different jobs. This was to demonstrate the quality of print, the running speeds and the versatility of the press.

The first job was a four colour process cut sheet sample on gloss laser paper with gold cold foil and the label printer had a lot of feedback from the trade saying that they have never seen a better lay down of foil. This in turn has led to companies asking Douglas Storrie to carry out manufacturing trials for them.

The second job, entitled ‘Wuffitmix’, was a four colour process label on PP film. This job has since been nominated in this year’s FlexoTech awards in the Label & tag (process) category. The demonstration was able to showcase the range of materials and processes, from paper cut sheets to film labels, and the final print job undertaken was on an unsupported film for wrap around packaging.

After the demonstration, guests settled down for a lunch in the offices upstairs, giving a great opportunity to catch up with industry friends and potential customers before having a chance to meet the local mayor of Fylde. Owner Nigel Storrie gave a presentation on the company’s history and explained why it had decided to buy the first ever FL-350 press.