Two manufacturers of web printing and converting equipment form alliance to promote strong technical and market know-how.
The French manufacturer of offset printing presses for narrow web market Codimag and the British manufacturer of flexo printing and converting equipment Edale jointly announce the formation of the Web Tech Alliance.
Becoming founder members of the Alliance allows a more formal partnership to be recognised by the industry.
“The creation of the Web Tech Alliance is the next step to the collaboration engaged with Edale, said Benoit DEMOL, CEO of Codimag. “Our discussions have been ongoing since our first meeting at Drupa 2016 and have been collaborating for the past 2 years on projects and geographical reach.
One of the functions of the Alliance is to promote strong technical and market know-how. The use of some common agents has also highlighted the synergy of our solutions. This is the basis of the brand-new organisation, with an alliance that some other industries, such as car manufacturers, have already implemented.”
James BOUGHTON, Managing Director of Edale comments: “Our collaboration with Codimag goes back a long way, and it is with real pleasure and pride to jointly launch the Web Tech Alliance. Our combined range of technologies and expertise bring a strong force to the market as both parties have trusted agents and distributors across the world that create strong brand presence and provide a local feel and knowledge to our global customers.
We look forward to the future of our alliance and sharing our engineering excellence and developing innovative solutions for the packaging industry.”
Codimag is a French manufacturer of printing presses based on Aniflo, a unique technology that offers the quality of offset, the productivity of flexo and the flexibility of digital. The machines are available in width 340MM and 420mm, with a wide range of inline finishing solutions, including hot-foil, flatbed foil, fluted foil, embossing, flexo varnishing, lamination, screen printing and die-cutting.
Edale are British manufacturers and engineers of world-class tailor-made flexographic printing and converting solution for the packaging industry. They provide a range of flexographic single pass carton, label presses and Finishing and Converter presses. Their FL range of machines are available in widths from 350mm | 13.7” to 850mm | 33.4”.
For over 75 years, they have offered high scale customisation for the industry providing the customers with off-the-shelf to entirely bespoke presses to meet their precise requirements.
The Web Tech Alliance allows printers from across the globe to get different technologies in one place. Solutions are often led by an individual companies offering. By joining different expertise’s and knowledge bases together, in one place, allows the end user the chance to find the right technology for a given application.
Both Codimag and Edale have a large base of machines installed all over the world.
The Web Tech Alliance joins companies with the same desire to create value for their customers, by offering them a wider range of technologies and expanding markets where each member is strong. Furthermore, members must share the same business model, based on innovating, designing and manufacturing solutions for the web printing and converting market. This strong technical background plays a very important role in the formation of the Web Tech Alliance.
The governance of the Web Tech Alliance is based on a rolling presidency. Benoit DEMOL, CEO of Codimag, is appointed as President for the first year.
The Web Tech Alliance is also open to welcome new members who would complete the range of products offered by Edale and Codimag and agree on this cooperation’s common value. Some contacts have already been engaged with other European manufacturers.
“Both teams are delighted to participate in this Web Tech Alliance initiative, and we are confident that our actual and future partners will feel the same enthusiasm. The Covid-19 Pandemic did not allow us to meet in person, but we surely are working already together!” Benoit Demol and James Boughton concluded.