Esko and CHILI Publish enter strategic partnership

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- The new online packaging editing functionality will be available through Esko channels by the end of 2012
 
- Partnership to be on show at Graph Expo 2012
 
Esko and CHILI Publish are to integrate the online editing technology of CHILI Publish with the WebCenter web-based packaging platform, in order to facilitate the move upstream by pre-press companies towards packaging artwork design and creation.
 
A new Adobe Illustrator plug-in in Esko WebCenter will enable users to open packaging designs in WebCenter to create, edit and modify 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 more can then be provided by the brand owner simply by going online, opening and editing the document using CHILI Editor within the WebCenter browser window.
 
The new online packaging editing functionality will be available through Esko channels by the end of 2012.
 
Kevin Goeminne, CFO and managing partner of CHILI Publish, said: ‘We’ve been seeing huge user interest in online document editing, as well as packaging functionality.
 
‘Partnering 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.’
 
Bjorn Willems, product manager for interactive applications at Esko, said: ‘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 lifecycle.’
 
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