Esko to Demonstrate Solutions & Product Integrations at Labelexpo Americas 2018
GHENT, Belgium—The challenges facing label converters today center around producing high volumes of short run jobs with quicker deadlines and better quality. This situation can easily be handled with optimized workflows that link all supply chain partners. At Labelexpo Americas 2018, which takes place Sept. 25-27 in Rosemont, IL, visitors to the Esko booth (5202) […]
Esko Identifies Shopper Behaviors in New Food & Beverage Packaging Study
GHENT, Belgium—Esko, alongside sister companies Pantone, X-Rite and AVT, released a new study, “Packaging and the Digital Shopper: Meeting Expectations in Food & Beverage,” highlighting what primary shoppers want from food and beverage packaging. Brand and marketing managers, design leaders, packaging professionals and tech leaders gain knowledge of shopper’s preferences in packaging within the food […]
Esko Acquires BLUE Software
GHENT, Belgium—Esko, a global provider of software and hardware for packaging design, collaboration, automation, workflow and production, has announced its acquisition of BLUE Software LLC, a label and artwork management software company based in Chicago, IL, from Diversis Capital and Schawk. “We are relentlessly seeking to reduce time to market, cost and quality risk in […]
How the Last Decade Has Made High-Quality Flexo the Superior Print Process
High-quality flexographic printing has never been as easy as it is today. Traditionally, packaging printers have held gravure printing as the standard to which they compare everything else. Nowadays, flexography and gravure printing quality are considered to be at the same level, which means there is no reason to compare which is better. The choice […]
Using VR and AR to Measure Consumer Behavior and Inform Packaging Design
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)—No doubt you’ve heard both of these terms, but what’s the difference between them and why do they matter when it comes to flexography and packaging? In simple terms, virtual reality completely replaces what you’re seeing with virtual objects, while augmented reality overlays those virtual objects or information on […]
Esko Hosts 4th Flexible Packaging Honors Class for International Graphic Arts Graduates
GHENT, Belgium—Esko has shared its know-how for flexible packaging with an international group of young graphic arts graduates during the fourth annual Flexible Packaging Honors Class. The two-week initiative, developed by the Graphical and Digital Media department of Artevelde University College Ghent, is designed for students at the top of their university class. It focuses […]
FTA Emerging Leaders Committee Member Matt Furr on Being a Millennial in Flexography
An openness to change, the need to feel challenged in one’s current job, growth opportunities within a company—these are just a few of the ideas millennials working in flexography feel strongly about, strive for and are driven toward, according to Matt Furr, FIQ color specialist at Esko. These simple concepts mean companies, when looking to […]
Comexi Technical Seminar in Mexico City Attracts More than 70
GIRONA, Spain—During 2018 Comexi, a global leader in the flexible packaging industry, is organizing various technical seminars on new trends and global solutions for the market in several countries around the world. Comexi sends its best technicians and specialists to deliver high-quality lectures for the printing and conversion sector, in which some chosen partners have […]
EskoWorld 2018 Examines Connected Packaging and Trends, Proposes Strategic Transition
SAN ANTONIO, TX—Consumer behavior is changing! Udo Panenka, Esko’s president, made the claim and outlined the impact on day one of EskoWorld 2018. “Action is required on the part of brand owners, premedia houses and packaging suppliers. Fundamental and elementary moves, once implemented, will allow practitioners to seize today’s unique opportunities.” In sharing the assessment […]
Esko, AVT, X-Rite & Pantone Create ‘Right First Time’ Workflow Across Packaging Supply Chain
GHENT, Belgium—Esko, a global technology innovator providing hardware and software for packaging design, development and production, has joined forces with Danaher sister companies AVT, X-Rite and Pantone to integrate its automation and collaboration solutions, with the X-Rite and Pantone color technology and AVT’s camera inspection solutions. These three integrations, that digitize and connect the most […]
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