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PriscoDigital and MSP have collaborated on the integration of wide-format inkjet technology into MSP’s offering to their customers. The recent addition of the HP Scitex FB700 wide-format inkjet press, Caldera Grand RIP+ and the Esko Kongsberg XN Automatic Cutting System provide an especially versatile production capability to MSP.

GENT, BELGIUM—September 30, 2008—In printing today, successful companies continuously push the limits of efficiency and strive to adopt the best operational practices to create value and remain competitive. EskoArtwork's mission is to help its customers bring together all the systems, the software and the hardware, people and information assets available to them and effectively connect these into high-performance workflows. Operator guidance, process automation and supply chain collaboration are the drivers fueling EskoArtwork's innovations. To that end, at EskoArtwork's booth 5246 and other locations on the show floor at Graph Expo (October 26-29, in Chicago), the company will demonstrate an extraordinary number of systems and solutions that help printers of all sizes and kinds operate more efficiently.

GENT, BELGIUM—September 10, 2008—Enfocus announces the North American debut of its Crossroads community at Graph Expo 2008, October 26-29, 2008, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois. Centered on the robust Enfocus Switch automation technology, Crossroads is a unique community that draws together a large ecosystem of software vendors offering automation products for publishing workflows. “We have seen many exciting and innovative automation projects using Enfocus Switch as the core,” said David van Driessche, Director of Enfocus Marketing. “With this in mind, we formed Crossroads to establish a community where vendors can collaborate in developing multi-vendor automation workflows that solve specific customer business problems. In addition, users

GENT, BELGIUM—July 31, 2008—The Board of Directors of EskoArtwork are pleased to see the company arriving at the conclusion of a comprehensive integration process, initiated one year ago with the merger of Esko and Artwork Systems. Operations, staff and distribution channels from the former companies have been aligned and combined into an even stronger global industry leader. Customers, partners and other industry players have recognized the result of EskoArtwork’s integration efforts, as clearly demonstrated during the drupa 2008 exhibition - the most successful ever for the company. Turning its focus now towards the next steps in the company’s development, EskoArtwork’s Board of Directors have

PITTSBURGH—The PIA/GATF has released the names of the winning technologies for its 2008 InterTech Technology Awards. The winners, along with their technologies, are: Alwan Dynamic DeviceLinks from Alwan Color Expertise; EskoArtwork Neo from EskoArtwork; POLAR P.A.C.E. cutting systems from Heidelberg USA; Prinect Inpress Control from Heidelberg USA; HIFLEX MIS with eBusiness, Webshop and Print Support…

GENT, BELGIUM—June 12, 2008—EskoArtwork reports that the company registered successes throughout its entire product portfolio and that drupa 2008 far exceeded all business forecasts. Carsten Knudsen, EskoArtwork’s President and CEO, acknowledges EskoArtwork’s satisfaction with its drupa 2008 results: “With packaging and printing being a global business and EskoArtwork being a global company, drupa was the perfect and unique industry platform to connect with our customers and partners. At this year’s edition the interest in our range of solutions was significant, especially for our packaging tools, flexo platesetting systems, and commercial print workflows and solutions for digital printing and converting. EskoArtwork’s drupa 2008 orders exceeded

SANTA ANA, CA—Preflighting, data extraction and conversion software specialist Markzware announced that Enfocus and EskoArtwork have entered into a settlement agreement arising from the patent infringement lawsuit filed last May. Technologies involved are preflight products as described in the ‘641 patent. The agreement resolves all pending litigation between the companies. Details of the settlement are…

THIS YEAR’S Graph Expo was exciting and fun, and it was great to see so much energy after the last several years of difficult times for the industry. One of the highlights for me was the increasing number of 3D applications that were being shown. You might ask: What does that have to do with marketing? I saw a lot of opportunity with these applications to allow differentiation of your company, which is key to an effective marketing strategy. 3D is primarily being used in packaging. One great example was a pair of applications from EskoArtwork—DeskPack 3d-X, a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator, and Visualizer, which the

PREPRESS USED to be a tightly defined process. Its evolution into “workflow” made the boundaries less clear cut, and they have been further blurred by the introduction of digital printing, variable data, Web-to-print and JDF into the production mix. Developments on all fronts could be seen around the show floor at Graph Expo 2007, along with a new potential wrinkle—Microsoft’s XPS (XML Paper Specification). Delivering on announcements made at last year’s show, a couple of vendors released upgrades to their workflow solutions that implement the Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) technology. It implements native PDF rendering, faster file processing and further JDF integration. Agfa’s

BELGIUM—082707—Esko and Artwork Systems announce the completion of their merger transactions. The new combined business will go forward under the EskoArtwork brand, a name that reflects the strong heritage and broad customer base of the founding companies. EskoArtwork is the global market leader for innovative design, pre-production and collaboration solutions to the packaging industry. EskoArtwork also provides a broad range of workflow solutions to the commercial printing market, as well as the Enfocus suite of PDF tools for graphic designers and print production professionals. Bringing together the best products, people and practices of the integrated companies, EskoArtwork is ready to support its customers’ needs through