At booth #B52, Esko will be displaying its
digital flexo plate making workflow at Labelexpo Delhi, held from October 29 to
November 1st 2014. Highlights include demonstration of CDI 2530 and viewing of
Suite 14, along with Equinox and Full HD Flexo, technologies that have recently
received industry-wide acclaim.
Suite
14: The most complete collection of preproduction software tools for labels and
packaging
A major emphasis of the booth will be Suite
14, an update of the world’s most complete collection of preproduction software
tools for packaging and sign & display production. It supports and manages
the packaging and print processes at brand owners, retailers, designers,
packaging manufacturers and print service providers. Suite 14 focuses on five key
directions supporting the future of packaging workflows:
Superior
quality: The prepress operator’s focus shifts entirely to quality checking: once
to obtain customer design approval and again just before the press starts.
Interactive tools dedicated to check quality simplify the task.
Task
driven interactive editing: Quality checking, exception handling and building
smart templates are the prepress operator’s main tasks. New cross platform
software apps provide a task-driven user experience. Intelligent wizards guide
the operator through expert processes.
Improved
workflow automation: Smart workflow tickets route designs automatically
to a press-ready printing plate. Workflow automation stretches beyond printing
and finishing and integrates with logistics. Operator interaction is limited to
exception handling and quality checking. Open industry standards enable
integration with business systems and data silos, regardless of location. Cloud
based packaging management systems interface with prepress workflow servers
openly and transparently.
Smart
templates: The basis for a lights-out workflow, smart design templates separate
content from creation: the designer determines the looks of the pack “by
example” and within a brand guidelines framework. Critical content resides
securely in the cloud-based packaging management system of the brand owner. No
more ‘copy and paste’ in Adobe Illustrator but linking smart objects to secure
and approved content in a database. This guarantees brand consistency and legal
compliance at maximum productivity and shortest time to market.
Online
supply chain integration: Smart templates and workflow tickets connect
prepress to all stakeholders. Operations run virtually anywhere in the world.
Integrated packaging-savvy production and asset management systems dramatically
improve time to market and reduced cost.
Full
HD Flexo for Labels
Esko will be showing examples of Full HD
Flexo for Labels. Full HD Flexo is the recipient of a 2014 PIA InterTech
Technology award. Full HD Flexo for Labels features adapted screening and
standard operating procedures for the label and tag industry, and delivers very
high quality with impactful solids, smoother highlights and expanded color
gamut. Full HD Flexo for Labels delivers enhanced print stability as well as a
reduction of gear marks when using gear-driven presses.
At the Esko booth, will be exhibiting an
Esko CDI Spark 2530flexo plate imager - for the tag and label market, folding
carton and small volume flexo plate producers - with inline UV and Full HD
Flexo. Visitors can learn about HD Flexo and Full HD Flexo through real-life
production samples that demonstrate the quality and extended color gamut made
possible by incorporation of Esko solutions.
Esko
with DuPont at LabelExpo India
Esko and DuPont will be sharing booth #B52
and exhibiting an Esko CDI 2530 plate imager - a perfect size for smaller, narrow
web presses that produce labels with DuPont’s Products.
Esko is a global supplier of integrated
solutions for the packaging and labels, sign and display, commercial printing
and publishing industries. Esko products and services drive profitability in
the packaging and printing supply chain by reducing time-to-market and raising
productivity.
The Esko product portfolio supports and
manages the packaging and print processes at brand owners, retailers,
designers, packaging manufacturers and print service providers. For 9 out of 10
retail packages, Esko solutions are used in packaging management, artwork creation,
structural design, prepress, 3D visualization, plate making, workflow
automation, quality assurance, sample-making, palletization, supply chain
collaboration and the production of signage and displays. The Esko solutions
consist of an extensive suite of software and two hardware product lines: CDI
flexo computer-to-plate imagers and Kongsberg digital cutting systems,
complemented with professional services, training and consultancy. Enfocus,
with its suite of automation solutions and PDF quality control tools for
printers, publishers, and graphic designers, is part of Esko.
