Esko (company)
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | Ghent, Belgium (2002) |
| Headquarters | Ghent, Belgium |
| Key people | Carsten Knudsen, CEO[1] |
| Industry | Graphic Arts |
| Employees | 750 (2007) |
| Website | www.esko.com |
Esko is a graphic arts company producing prepress soft- and hardware and offering a portfolio of application support and consultancy services.
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[edit] History
Esko is the result of a merger between Barco Graphics and Purup Eskofot in the early 2000s, the merged company was called Esko-Graphics but has been renamed Esko in 2006.
Since the fall of 2005, Esko is fully owned by Axcel A/S, a Danish private equity investment company.[2]
Esko is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, and employs over 750 people worldwide. R&D and manufacturing facilities are located in Belgium, Germany, Norway, The United States and the Czech Republic.
[edit] Products
Starting off as a software and hardware vendor, Esko has established itself as a solutions provider and system integrator to all participants in the packaging supply chain. Esko's portfolio includes:
- a suite of software modules covering the entire supply chain
- flexo Computer-to-Plate systems
- flexible cutting & creasing tables for short-run production and sample making in packaging, signage and display markets
[edit] Markets
Esko is active in the graphic arts industry, and offers solutions for structural CAD, desktop design, converting, sign making, commercial printing.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/esv/esv124.html
- ^ http://www.axcel.dk/content/dk/presse/2005/esko-graphics_continues_packaging_growth_strategy
