Esko to be honoured during Intertech awards

Esko will be honored during the upcoming 2014 Intertech premier print awards gala on September 28 in Chicago, Illinois.Intertech technology awards, sponsored by PIA has been honoring the development of technologies predicted to have a major impact on the graphic arts and related industries. 

Esko Full HD Flexo is a platemaking system for superior flexo printing for all packaging applications. It utilises a patented, fully digitally controlled platemaking system combining high-resolution 4000ppi imaging with a unique inline UV main exposure unit. "The judges noted that the inline UV technology is more controllable,” said Mark Bohan, vice president, technology and research, PIA.

Esko Equinox Expanded Colour Gamut (ECG) technology is Esko’s technology for converting packaging graphics from CMYK and spot colour to seven-color process. “The judges liked the smart filters, the math and colour algorithms associated with Esko Equinox,” said Bohan. 

Carsten Knudsen, president and CEO, Esko said, “We are very honored to receive two awards from PIA this year." "Esko has a legacy of listening to our customers and using our ingenuity to develop products very often, new product concepts or categories that offer our customers tremendous added value,” he explained. 

“Esko’s insistence in investing a much higher portion of our budget than the industry average into R&D every year helps to support our continuous innovation helps to fuel these products that result in competitive advantages for our customers," said Knudsen.

These are the sixth and seventh Intertech awards for Esko solutions over the past ten years. Other recipients include Esko WebCenter in 2006, Esko DeskPack 3-dX in 2007, Esko Neo in 2008, Esko Studio Toolkit for shrink sleeves in 2011 and i-cut suite in 2012.