Company:Esko
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| Type | Subsidiary of Veralto Corporation (NYSE: VLTO) |
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| Industry | Graphic arts |
| Founded | Ghent, Belgium (2002) |
| Headquarters | Ghent , Belgium |
Key people | Mattias Byström, President[1] |
Number of employees | 1800 (2018) |
| Website | www |
Esko, formerly called EskoArtwork, is a graphic arts company producing prepress software and hardware for the packaging and labels, sign and display and publishing industries.[2] Esko is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium and is a subsidiary of Veralto Corporation.[3]
History
Esko was the result of a merger between Barco Graphics and Purup-Eskofot A/S in 2001.[4] 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 Denmark private financial company.[5]
In August 2007 Esko announced that it was 'joining forces' [6] with Artwork Systems Group NV (AWS), its chief competitor in the packaging prepress market.[7] Esko initially bought 76.69% of AWS shares for €196 million.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10] In January 2012, the name changed back to Esko, the logo was also updated. Esko acquired CAPE Systems[11] (a palletization software vendor) in 2013, MediaBeacon[12] (a Digital Asset Management vendor) in 2015 and Blue Software, LLC[13] (a label and artwork management software vendor) in 2018. At the end of September 2023, Danaher spun-off its Environmental and Applied Solutions segment as Veralto Corporation.[14]
References
- ↑ "Udo Panenka named new president of Esko | Labels & Labeling x". 2014-11-19. http://www.labelsandlabeling.com/news/appointments/udo-panenka-named-new-president-esko. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "A business model for the future - Print News | Packaging News | Wide Format news | Print | i-grafix | Australia, New Zealand and Asia". http://www.i-grafix.com/contributed/andrew-tribute/a-business-model-for-the-future/. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "Our companies – Veralto". https://www.veralto.com/our-companies/.
- ↑ "Graphics and Purup-Eskofot to merge". 2001-09-07. http://www.barco.com/en/News/Press-releases/barco-graphics-and-purup-eskofot-to-merge.aspx. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "Esko-Graphics continues packaging growth strategy with Danish private equity investment company Axcel". Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20100409145158/http://www.axcel.dk/content/dk/presse/2005/esko-graphics_continues_packaging_growth_strategy. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "Esko and Artwork Systems to Join Forces to Consolidate Packaging Strengths | Package Design". 2009-10-19. http://www.packagedesignmag.com/content/esko-and-artwork-systems-join-forces-consolidate-packaging-strengths. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "Package deal - Print News | Packaging News | Wide Format news | Print | i-grafix | Australia, New Zealand and Asia". http://www.i-grafix.com/contributed/andrew-tribute/package-deal/. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "Esko Acquires Artwork Systems". Label and Narrow Web. http://www.labelandnarrowweb.com/contents/view_breaking-news/2007-08-02/esko-acquires-artwork-systems/. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "Classic PitStop developer Enfocus Software acquired by Artwork Systems". 2016-04-11. http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=736. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ Will Daley (2011-01-20). "Danaher to Acquire EskoArtwork for 350 Million Euros". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-20/danaher-agrees-to-buy-belgian-software-maker-eskoartwork-for-470-million.html. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "Esko Buys Cape Systems". 6 September 2013. https://www.flexography.org/industry-news/esko-buys-cape-systems/.
- ↑ "Esko to Acquire Mediabeacon". http://whattheythink.com/news/72839-esko-acquire-mediabeacon/.
- ↑ "Esko Acquires Blue Software". 20 July 2018. https://graphicartsmag.com/news/2018/07/esko-acquires-blue-software/.
- ↑ Corporation, Danaher (2023-09-30). "Danaher Corporation Completes Separation of Veralto Corporation" (in en). https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/danaher-corporation-completes-separation-of-veralto-corporation-301943632.html.
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