EskoArtwork appoints South African distributor for packaging products

EskoArtwork has appointed Antalis Southern Africa as distributor of a range of its products for the flexo packaging and visual communication markets. These include the complete flexo product line with CDI flexo platesetters, HD Flexo and Digital Flexo Suite, the complete Suite 12 packaging software editors and workflow products, and the digital finishing products.

‘Our goal is to work with the number one suppliers in each of the domains we serve,’ said Keith Solomon, director of graphics for Antalis Southern Africa. ‘EskoArtwork is obviously a leader in the packaging and flexo solutions arenas, and their products fit nicely with other products in our portfolio.’

Antalis Southern Africa has 468 employees in South Africa and eight regional offices in South Africa and Botswana, including a service and technical support department with more than 30 staff. The company also distributes EFI Vutek wide format printers and rigid substrates, making the Kongsberg line of digital cutters an ideal fit. In addition, Antalis has a long-standing partnership with DuPont of more than 70 years – important to this arrangement since DuPont is a key EskoArtwork partner in its flexo business.

‘We are pleased to have entered into this important relationship,’ said Armand Gougay, vice president EMEA of EskoArtwork. ‘Southern Africa is really the business and economic hub for the continent, and the partnership with Antalis Southern Africa will be a huge benefit to both of us over the long term. There is tremendous potential in the Southern African market, where both packaging and wide format printing are booming, growing faster than almost anywhere else in the world. Antalis further completes the reseller network we have in the region with GTS.’

Pictured l-r: Jacques Staelens, regional business manager, EskoArtwork MEA; Keith Solomon, director of graphics, Antalis South Africa; Gary Campbell, regional manager Antalis South Africa; and Armand Gougay, vice president EskoArtwork EMEA

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