Heidelberg Asia to distribute Esko prepress solutions

Heidelberg Asia and Esko-Graphics Asia Pacific have announced that they have entered into a reseller agreement enabling Heidelberg Asia to distribute Esko's Scope packaging software modules DeskPack, Plato and ArtiosCAD and the Kongsberg XE10 folding carton cutting table. Heidelberg will target its folding carton converter customers in China, India, Korea and Malaysia with these Esko products. Heidelberg will provide first line support to its customers, backed by Esko's Asia Pacific support organization for second line support.

‘Heidelberg has developed a clear focus on the packaging and label market. In Asia we launched a packaging initiative around IPEX 2006, and have since organized two PrintScape Open Houses in Kuala Lumpur and Shenzhen focused on packaging - each time with Esko as a partner. We identified a need to partner with other suppliers to bring optimal solutions to our packaging customers. Esko is the leading provider for packaging pre-production, and as such adds perfectly to our strategy’, said Bent Mortensen, president of Heidelberg Asia.

‘This agreement opens new perspectives both for Esko and for Heidelberg to gain momentum in the packaging industry in Asia. Heidelberg is the absolute leader in offset printing worldwide and a formidable force in Asia, especially in China’, added Jean-Pierre De Moor, Esko's vice president Asia Pacific. ‘We are convinced that Heidelberg's excellent and extensive sales and service organization combined with the packaging prepress expertise of Esko builds a sure recipe for success.’