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Esko receives prestigious packaging-innovation award for revolutionary Phoenix software

By PHD Marketing Ltd.   

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Esko Phoenix imposition software honoured for its innovation at Paris ceremony

Esko, the global developer of integrated solutions for the print, packaging, and label industries, has been crowned winner in the Printing and Digital Technologies category of the 2023 packaging-innovation awards for its A.I.-backed Phoenix software.

The team was presented with its award within the Innovations Space at the 2024 ALL4PACK EMBALLAGE exhibition, held in Paris, Nov. 4-7.

Esko Phoenix was praised for its technical innovation and named the winner in an awards ceremony organized by Infopro Digital and held at the Élysées Biarritz, Paris. An A.I.-driven preproduction software for packaging and labels, Phoenix reduces waste by delivering powerful CAD-based nesting and imposition for sheet-fed and roll-fed carton and label production.

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“Phoenix rethinks the planning and imposition process, unlocking productivity improvements with a seamless interface between pre-press and production data,” explained Jan De Roeck, Esko Director of Marketing, Industry Relations & Strategy. “From the energy crisis and the erosion of margins to material shortages and labour and skills deficits, there are many significant challenges for businesses today,” said Jan. “The role of technology and innovation is key in surmounting these challenges.”

Phoenix is a modern sheet and web layout-optimization program. It brings a new approach to step-and-repeat, based on the actual print and finishing production equipment capabilities on the shop floor, it enables users to plan faster and smarter combination calculations, reducing press changeover and make-ready.

“Featuring intelligent algorithms for sheet layout, estimation and planning, the introduction of Phoenix underlines Esko’s commitment to delivering innovations that accelerate the go-to-market process for consumer-packaged goods. With Phoenix, Esko continues to provide tools to help converters do the job better, faster and more efficiently.”

Delivering intelligent distribution, a simple drag and drop interface, out-of-the-box CSV integration and a user interface that allows users to make the rules, Esko Phoenix is built for packaging professionals, by packaging professionals.

“We are delighted that this innovative pre-press solution has been recognized by such a highly regarded French awards program, recognizing the effort that goes into delivering meaningful improvements and driving operational efficiencies at outstanding value for our customers,” added Jan. “We are looking forward to attending the ALL4PACK EMBALLAGE exhibition in 2024, where we will receive our award, alongside winners of other prestigious global packaging award programs.”

The French packaging awards highlight the industry’s best packaging innovations of the year.

For more on Phoenix from Esko, visit https://www.esko.com/en/products/phoenix

About Esko

Esko is a global provider of integrated software and hardware solutions that accelerate the go-to-market process of packaged goods.

For each stakeholder in the process, Esko solutions enable them to work efficiently and deliver right-first-time packaging and marketing content on time, every time.

Our goal is to make it easier for CPG and pharma businesses to manage their packaging, labeling, regulatory and marketing content. With our packaging-management platform, brand-marketing and packaging teams can increase their productivity, reduce costs, and save time.

For packaging and label trade shops, premedia service providers and printer converters, we digitize, automate, and connect the entire print-production process with software and hardware solutions for CAD design, pre-press processes, flexo platemaking and print inspection.

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