National recognition for First Editions

The British Plastic Federation (BPF) has recognised the technological advances made within digital printing by First Editions, by awarding them the prestigious Horners Bottle Makers Award.

The national recognition follows persistence and hard work by both First Editions’ staff and many supporting companies. The announcement was made by The Worshipful Company of Horners on the BPF exhibition stand at the recent Interplas Trade Show, which took place at the NEC in Birmingham from Tuesday, September 26 to Thursday, September 28.

The digital process allows high quality full colour printing to be fully applied around the bottle including non-flat areas such as shoulders and handles which cannot be reached using conventional methods. Unlike traditional printing the process works directly from digital artwork without the use of screens or plates and enables First Editions to give a truly bespoke service with no minimum order quantity.

Director, Mark Alderson, said: “As a proud British manufacturer we are always looking for ways to improve the services we offer. Some time ago we recognised our customers need to offer a full colour print solution so investigated opportunities to provide this. Despite numerous challenges, the end goal has remained constant and our determination has enabled us to achieve the unique services now available.

“In the near future we are looking to offer this print service on a larger range of products and hope to expand our trade print offerings to include digital printing. We are already working with our partners to develop further machines that will reduce costs and speed up production.”