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Esko at Printpack 2019
Esko announces sale of Kongsberg X24 and Artios CAD 2D to AP India
Harish Penumarthi
A
t Printpack 2019, Esko an-
nounced the sale of its Kongs-
berg X24 sign light starter
and ArtiosCAD 2D and layout tools to
AP India for soft signage, display and
packaging applications. The company,
AP India recently expanded to the pack-
aging segment from its ongoing com-
mercial printing segment. With the new
ArtiosCAD 2D and layout solutions
offered by Esko, the Delhi-based AP
India will be able to ensure structural
accuracy.
Originally a commercial printer, AP
India saw the growth in the signage, dis-
play and rigid boxes industry and ven-
tured into new applications. The com-
pany is combining its offset capabilities
with its screen printing and digital of-
fering to enter the signage segment.
Apart from the other investments,
the company also wanted to have a sys-
tem for producing the right designs and
finish them perfectly as per the custom-
er’s requirements and deliver the prod-
uct timely. This led AP India to invest
in the CAD and CAM solutions from
Esko. Apart from that, the company
has also invested in a Kongsberg X24
for making paper board, sun board and
corrugated boards which they can print
either on offset, screen or on digital or
do a combination of two or more and
process them immediately.
The hardware as well as the soft-
ware supplied by Esko is up and run-
ning at AP’s unit in New Delhi. The
production has begun and the company
is doing short runs as well. The com-
pany recently shifted to a bigger unit in
the Okhla Industrial Area, which houses
the company’s broad range of printing
units.
Esko sells to CDC
Printers - announcement at
Printpack 2019
Esko also announced the sale of its
second press to CDC Printers based
in Kolkata. CDC bought an Esko
Kongsber X20 digital sample table
and a complete range of packaging
design, prepress and digital proof-
ing solution from Esko. CDC is tra-
ditionally a commercial book printer
and has recently ventured into mono-
carton packaging. The company has
chosen Esko solutions for packaging
prepress including prepress workflow
and sample making since it believes
that Esko is the best in the market for
supplying prepress systems.
“We started off as a commercial
Esko team with its customers AP India at Printpack 2019
Esko team with Manu Choudhury and Chittaranjan Choudhury of CDC Printers.
printer. After a few years we ventured
into book printing and now we’ve real-
ized that there is an unmatched poten-
tial in the packaging segment and have
hence decided to venture into that seg-
ment. We feel this is the right time to
get into packaging to have a sustainable
print business,” says Manu Choudhury
of CDC Printers.
The company has also bought a Hei-
delberg CD 102 6-color plus UV along
with a Bobst folder-gluer and punch-
ing machine. The company is currently
planning to go for additional smaller
machines that are necessary for supply-
ing as per the customer’s demand.
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