Esko celebrates 20th anniversary of ArtPro

Esko is celebrating two decades of ArtPro, its packaging pre-press editor for the Mac platform.

‘It is hard to believe that ArtPro has been in the market for two full decades,’ said Bjorn Willems, product manager interactive premedia applications at Esko. ‘And its capabilities have not stood still over all those years. We have many customers who have been using and benefiting from ArtPro in their packaging workflow since the beginning. ArtPro has grown with their businesses and evolved with market needs, maintaining premier market position in this space. Their wholehearted endorsement of ArtPro speaks for itself.’

ArtPro supports all industry standard file formats and can be integrated into any packaging workflow.

Voice of the customer

In honor of ArtPro’s 20^th birthday, Esko turned to long-time users for their perspective on how ArtPro has benefited their businesses.  

Jean Ducommun, owner of Ducommun in Switzerland, said: ‘We've been a happy user since 1992. The software evolved alongside our company. It's so versatile that you cannot only work in separations rather than composite files, but also make changes on the go without having to go back to rip-and-trap. We cannot recommend it highly enough. It's a must-have for any company involved in packaging.’

‘In the 15 years that we've been using ArtPro,’ stated Jeroen Sneijders of Van Eerd, ‘it has grown with us and the tool has allowed us to expand even further. We develop packaging for the pharmaceutical industry, so quality and traceability are imperative, and the Certified module has been crucial. The Certified module enables us to perfectly streamline all steps in the artwork process so we can easily and rapidly anticipate and trace back any issues. ArtPro is designed specifically for packaging and labels, which makes it the perfect user-friendly tool for us, enhancing our productivity to the fullest.’

‘The Esko solutions used by us helped to increase the print quality and productivity in packaging printing significantly,’ said Mirco Wilke of Rako Graphic Services. ‘ArtPro plays a decisive role in preparing and monitoring high end print data in a reliable workflow.’

‘Esko will continue to improve the existing packaging tools in ArtPro such as trapping, S&R and preflighting and at the same time respond to new trends in the packaging industry,’ concluded Bernard Zwaenepoel, senior VP software business at Esko. ‘In addition, the integration with other Esko solutions will be taking another step forward: structural design files from Studio and ArtiosCAD will be handled better and communication with Automation Engine and WebCenter will be further aligned. Finally, by modernizing the kernel that will be shared with other Esko applications, ArtPro will become PDF native, platform independent and more productive than ever.’

A 20^th birthday celebration video including customer statements can also be viewed on Esko's YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3QoF-So2gs.

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