Esko (company)
| Private | |
| Industry | Graphic arts |
| Founded | Ghent, Belgium (2002) |
| Headquarters | Ghent, Belgium |
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Key people
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Udo Panenka, CEO |
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Number of employees
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1500 (2015) |
| Website | www |
Esko, formerly called EskoArtwork, is a graphic arts company producing prepress software and hardware for the packaging and labels, sign and display, commercial printing and publishing industries.
Esko was the result of a merger between Barco Graphics and Purup Eskofot in 2002. The merged company was called Esko-Graphics but was renamed Esko in 2006. In the fall of 2005, Esko became fully owned by Axcel A/S, a Danish private equity investment company.
In August 2007 Esko announced that it was 'joining forces' with Artwork Systems Group NV (AWS), its chief competitor in the packaging prepress market. Esko initially bought 76.69% of AWS shares for €196 million.Enfocus, a brand of PDF pre-flighting and workflow software originally acquired by Artwork Systems in 2000, became a subsidiary of the combined EskoArtwork company.
Reflecting the merger, Esko changed its name to EskoArtwork. It also introduced a new logo, though it is visually very close to the Esko original.
In January 2011, 100% of EskoArtwork shares have been transferred to Danaher. In January 2012, the name changed back to Esko, the logo was also updated.
Esko is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.
Esko's portfolio includes:
Esko Software Platform. This is a suite of software for the packaging, labeling, print, signage and display supply chain. Esko Software Platform consists of software for:
CDI flexo Computer-to-Plate systems. CDI stands for Cyrel Digital Imager, referring to a joint marketing arrangement with DuPont, maker of Cyrel photopolymer flexo plates. However the CDI systems can work with any brand of photopolymer plate provided it has an integral black mask layer to absorb laser energy.
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