Esko enters strategic partnership with CHILI Publish for online packaging editing
Gent (Belgium), September 25, 2012 – Esko (www.esko.com), a global supplier of integrated solutions for packaging, sign and display finishing, commercial printing and professional publishing, will integrate the online editing technology of CHILI Publish, the Belgian developer of the 'hottest online editor', into its WebCenter web-based packaging platform. Esko will also develop a new plug-in for Adobe® Illustrator®, enabling users to open packaging designs in WebCenter to create, edit and modify the packaging content. With this new integration, a designer or artwork creator will be able to publish an Adobe® Illustrator® document to a WebCenter project. Content like barcodes, nutrition facts, regulatory compliance data and other can then be provided by the brand owner simply by going online, opening and editing the document using the CHILI Editor within the WebCenter browser window.
Bjorn Willems, Product Manager Interactive Applications at Esko, explains: ”There is a trend in the packaging industry for prepress companies to move upstream in the supply chain toward packaging artwork design and creation. Now, thanks to CHILI Publish, we are the first to make available a robust platform for content collation of packaging designs. This further complements our portfolio of WebCenter applications that manage the approval, collaboration, project management and planning for the packaging life cycle."
”We experience a huge interest in online document editing, and users also ask us for packaging functionality," adds Kevin Goeminne, CFO and managing partner of CHILI Publish. "Working with Esko, the technology leader in this domain, is a logical and important strategic step that helps us launch our technology into a new market.”
The new online packaging editing functionality will be available through Esko channels by the end of 2012.
This new capability will be demonstrated in North America at Graph Expo 2012, scheduled for October 7-10 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Esko will be located in Booth 427 and CHILI Publish will be located in Boot 971 at the show.
About CHILI Publish (www.chili-publish.com)
CHILI Publish was established in 2010 by three entrepreneurs with a passion for the Publishing world. The main activity of CHILI Publish is the development of its powerful web-based CHILI Publisher software and the sales of the software through a value added partner channel or directly. CHILI Publish also provides instruction and training.
CHILI Publisher (the hottest online document editor) is the Flagship product of CHILI Publish.
CHILI Publish has its offices in Erpe, Belgium. Distribution is covered by partners around the world.
For more information, visit www.chili-publish.com or contact:
CHILI Publish
Evenbroekveld 8, box 1
9420 Erpe, Belgium
Tel. +32 2 888 65 11
press@chili-publish.com
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About Esko (www.esko.com)
Esko is a global supplier of integrated solutions for packaging, sign and display finishing, commercial printing and professional publishing. Esko products and services help customers raise productivity, reduce time-to-market, lower costs and expand business and improve profitability.
Portfolio
Esko is the worldwide market leader with software for artwork creation, structural design, pre-production, workflow automation, quality assurance and online collaboration. Esko solutions support and manage the packaging and print processes at brand owners, retailers, designers and packaging manufacturers.
CDI flexo computer-to-plate imagers and Kongsberg digital finishing systems complete the portfolio for the packaging, label, signage and display industries.
Enfocus, with its suite of PDF tools for graphic designers and print production professionals, is part of Esko.
Facts & numbers
Esko employs around 1200 people worldwide. Its direct sales and service organization covers Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific region, completed by a network of distribution partners in more than 50 countries.
Esko is headquartered in Gent, Belgium, and has R&D and manufacturing facilities in five European countries, the United States, China and India.
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Esko
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