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News Release from: Heidelberg | Subject: Esko Deskpack, Plato, ArtiosCAD
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 October 2006
Heidelberg Sells Esko Packaging Software
In Asia
Heidelberg Asia and Esko-Graphics Asia Pacific have entered in to a reseller agreement enabling Heidelberg Asia to distribute Esko's Scope packaging software modules.
Heidelberg Asia and Esko-Graphics Asia Pacific have entered in to a reseller agreement enabling Heidelberg Asia to distribute Esko's Scope packaging software modules The Esko Scope modules include Deskpack, Plato and ArtiosCAD and the Kongsberg XE10 folding carton cutting table
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 6 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Heidelberg will target its folding carton converter customers in China, India, Korea and Malaysia with the Esko products.
Heidelberg will use the selected modules to configure a dedicated packaging front-end driving its range of Suprasetter thermal and Prosetter violet CTP systems.
With Esko's Kongsberg XE10, Heidelberg will offer a small-format, die-less cutting table to its folding carton customers.
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The XE10 can be used to produce mock-ups, samples and short-runs of boxes, as well as to cut varnish blankets.
Heidelberg will provide first line support to its customers, backed by Esko's Asia Pacific support organisation for second line support.
Bent Mortensen, president of Heidelberg Asia, said: "Heidelberg has developed a clear focus on the packaging and label market.
In Asia we launched a packaging initiative around Ipex 2006 and have since organised two Printscape open houses in Kuala Lumpur and Shenzhen focused on packaging - each time with Esko as a partner.
We identified a need to partner with other suppliers to bring optimal systems to our packaging customers.
Esko is the leading provider for packaging pre-production and, as such, adds perfectly to our strategy." Jean-Pierre De Moor, Esko's vice president of Asia Pacific, commented: "This agreement opens new perspectives both for Esko and for Heidelberg to gain momentum in the packaging industry in Asia.
Heidelberg is the absolute leader in offset printing worldwide and a formidable force in Asia, especially in China.
We are convinced that Heidelberg's excellent and extensive sales and service organisation combined with the packaging pre-press expertise of Esko builds a sure recipe for success." Heidelberg said it has selected some of Esko's most popular packaging pre-press systems to create the right fit for folding carton converters.
Deskpack is Esko's is claimed to be affordable software turning Adobe Illustrator CS2 in to a full-fledged packaging design and pre-press production tool.
Plato is a 'smart', Adobe-certified step-and-repeat application for folding cartons and labels and ArtiosCAD is a structural design software environment for folding carton, corrugated and display materials.
Deskpack, Plato and ArtiosCAD all are part of Esko's broader Scope suite of software tools for packaging pre-production.
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