Esko and AVT Inspection Systems have integrated their businesses to incorporate automated quality inspection into packaging and labelling production chains.
Sharing many of the same customers around the world, the combined business will see expansion of its sales and technical service teams with enhanced local representation.
Mattias Byström, president, packaging & colour businesses at Danaher (Pantone, Esko & X-Rite), commented, ‘We are on a mission to build trust in packaging for the long term. This means we are focused on continuously improving the specification, measurement and communication between parties across the global packaging value chain. By removing the organisational barriers between AVT and Esko, we are expediting this vision.’
The aim of the new organization is for customers to communicate and measure print quality and colour, from end to end on a global basis, delivering easier, faster, and more accurate right first time production to boost operational performance and ultimately customer satisfaction.
Roy Porat, president of AVT, added, ‘Above all, this integration will absolutely deliver simplicity. It will be easier for printers to measure print quality and colour, easier for operators to hit quality and colour targets, easier for teams to track and share quality and colour data, and easier for business leaders to buy and implement these solutions. Bringing our combined strengths together to deliver a complete solution is an exciting opportunity for our customers and our business.’
Esko and AVT have already released AutoSet, a digital link between Automation Engine, the Esko packaging pre-press workflow server, and the AVT 100% print inspection solutions. Enabling Automation Engine to setup AVT inspection systems on conventional and digital presses, as well as on rewinders in an automated way, the development forged the path for the two businesses to work more closely together.
