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Canon is expanding its imageFORCE range at the same time that its subsidiary, Edale, has announced the renaming of its product portfolio
Canon has made a series of announcements including the expansion of a range of its presses and the anniversary of a partnership with a UK business management firm.
Chief among these announcements, Canon is expanding its imageFORCE range with the launch of eight new series of office printers.
The new devices are designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s modern workplace, aiming to help businesses digitalise workflows, strengthen security, reduce environmental impact, and improve productivity.
The new series unifies a wide selection of Canon’s print solutions, including compact A4 desktop laser printers and high-performance light production multifunction devices, under one brand.
For medium to large corporate offices with mid- to high-volume print requirements, Canon’s new colour A3 device, the imageFORCE C3150, aims to increase efficiency and accelerate workflow digitalisation.
The imageFORCE C3150 has been added to sit alongside the imageFORCE C5100 series, expanding Canon’s A3 offering.
For high-output environments, Canon has introduced the black and white A3 imageFORCE 8100 series. Designed for large workgroups, these A3 devices have been developed to reduce the burden on IT managers and service providers with sensors that gather and analyse data, helping to improve serviceability and performance.
For busy offices requiring high print capabilities in a compact footprint, Canon has also launched the imageFORCE C611 and 710 series of high-performance, high-volume A4 multifunction printers.
Finally, for smaller office environments that require daily or ad-hoc print and scan capabilities and supplementing the higher range A4 models, Canon has launched the imageFORCE C1333 series (MFP), C1333P (SFP) colour models, 1440 series (MFP), and 1440P series (SFP) black-and-white models.
Coinciding with the imageFORCE announcements, UK flexographic press manufacturer Edale, which is part of Canon Production Printing, has announced that it will be renaming products within its label and carton product portfolio.
The renaming has been undertaken to align its offering more closely with Canon’s product range as a first step in a wider refresh of its product portfolio.
The change will include new naming conventions across both Edale’s label and carton platforms, which will now be known as Edale LabelLine and Edale CartonLine. The simplified portfolio aims to help customers more clearly identify the press capabilities best suited to their production needs.
Each machine within these platforms will also be further categorised, with the aim of making it easier for customers to identify the right level of capability for their application.
Lachlan Buirds, managing director at Edale, says: “This is an important milestone for Edale, as we build on the strength and scale of our relationship with Canon.
“It’s more than a name change, it’s about bringing greater clarity, confidence, and cohesion to how we present our technology globally.”
Outside of the new naming structure, Edale will reveal more detail about how it will be refreshing its product portfolio in the coming weeks and months, including at Labelexpo Europe 2025, where the company will exhibit alongside Canon Europe with an Edale CartonLine machine running at the stand.
Rounding up the announcements, Canon UK & Ireland also recently announced the first anniversary of a recycling partnership with Waterloo Business Management (WBM) that has seen 33.8 tonnes of toner cartridge and printer consumable waste diverted from landfill.
The scheme enables the recovery of high-quality raw materials through a closed-loop recycling system, aligning with Canon’s progress toward its sustainability objectives and global commitment to achieving net-zero emissions across the entire product life cycle by 2050.
Following a successful initial roll out, the operational programme now has over 336 registered customers covering over 1008 account locations. WBM has made 892 collections, picked up 2,922 boxes, and with 42,375 toner bottles recycled in this period.
James O’Connor, managing director at WBM, says: “Our partnership with Canon has enabled WBM to make printer component recycling more accessible and efficient, operating at a wider scale that was not previously possible.
“This expanded capability not only allows us to significantly increase the volume of recycled materials but also supports Canon’s sustainability goals and enhances the value we deliver to Canon’s customers, offering them a more responsible and environmentally conscious way to manage their print infrastructure.”
