Esko opens Flexo Technology Center in North America

The technology-focused center features end-to-end Esko technologies for packaging pre-press and printing, from its CDI Crystal XPS 4835 imager and exposure unit to the Kongsberg X24 Edge for plate cutting. The comprehensive workflow demonstration also includes the latest Esko pre-press innovations and the complete updated suite of software products. 

‘This new center enables us to continue to invest in our customer relationships and reaffirms our commitment to seamless connectivity and automation of the packaging pre-press and production process,’ commented Melissa Plemen, senior director of inside sales and marketing at Esko. ‘With this level of integration and collaboration, we are demonstrating how customers can use digital transformation to drive agility, efficiency, and maintain a competitive advantage.

‘The center is an ideal base for us to support our North American customers and offer them direct and professional advice from our experts. The exciting new space enables the Esko team to showcase the latest flexo plate making and pre-press technologies, either in person at the facility or virtually.’

‘Due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, we hosted the opening event virtually, which allowed us to extend our expertise and demonstrate our capabilities to a much broader audience spanning across the country and internationally,’ added Plemen.

The centerpiece of the Flexo Technology Center is the new CDI Crystal XPS 4835, which combines the CDI Crystal and XPS LED exposure system into a completely automated technology.

Rory Marsoun, director of business development at Esko, said: ‘The CDI Crystal XPS 4835 is the first system of its kind anywhere in the Americas. The combination of the CDI Crystal flexo imager with the XPS Crystal exposing unit excels in efficiency, offering a perfect, consolidated flexo platemaking workflow. Manual steps are halved, errors are reduced by 50 percent, minimizing plate waste, and required operator time is reduced by as much as 70 percent.

‘We are very excited about the grand opening of the new Flexo Technology Center and to be able to feature this latest innovation as the centerpiece, demonstrating its many benefits to our customers.'

Customers can now book a visit to the center, either in person or virtually, for demonstrations of Esko flexo technologies first-hand, interacting with Esko experts.