Esko (company)

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Esko
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Graphic arts
Founded2002;23 years ago (2002)
Headquarters,
Key people
Joel Depernet
Number of employees
1,800 (2018)
Parent Veralto
Website www.esko.com

Esko is a graphic arts company that produces prepress computer software and computer hardware for the packaging and labels, sign and display and publishing industries. [1] Esko is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium and is a subsidiary of Veralto.

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History

Esko was formed in 2001 through the merger of Barco Graphics and Purup-Eskofot A/S. [2]

In the fall of 2005, Esko was acquired by Axcel, a Danish private equity firm. [3]

In August 2007, Esko merged with Artwork Systems Group NV, its chief competitor in the packaging prepress market. [4] Esko initially bought 76.69% of AWS shares for €196 million. [5] Enfocus, a brand of PDF pre-flighting and workflow software acquired by Artwork Systems in 2000, became a subsidiary of the company. [6]

In January 2011, the company was acquired by Danaher Corporation for €350 million or $470 million. [3] [7]

Esko acquired CAPE Systems, a palletization software vendor, in 2013. [8]

It acquired MediaBeacon, a digital asset management vendor, in 2015. [9]

It acquired Blue Software, a label and artwork management software vendor, in July 2018. [10]

In December 2021, it launched a new inline colour measurement system. [11]

In August 2022, it acquired Tillia Labs, an artificial intelligence software company. [12]

In March 2023, the company launched Mox software. [13]

In September 2023, Danaher completed the corporate spin-off its Environmental and Applied Solutions segment, including Esko, as Veralto. [14] [15]

In early 2025, the company sold Advanced Vision Technology. [16]

References

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  2. "Barco Graphics and Purup-Eskofot to merge". PrintWeek . September 7, 2001.
  3. 1 2 Nias, Simon (January 21, 2011). "EskoArtwork sold to Danaher". PrintWeek .
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  5. Hrinya, Greg (August 2, 2007). "Esko Acquires Artwork Systems". Label and Narrow Web.
  6. Francis, Jo (October 19, 2023). "Enfocus looks to the future with new platform". PrintWeek .
  7. Daley, Will (January 20, 2011). "Danaher to Acquire EskoArtwork for 350 Million Euros" . Bloomberg News .
  8. Jordan, Hannah (September 11, 2013). "Esko to acquire Cape Systems". PrintWeek .
  9. Aravkar, Rushikesh (March 23, 2015). "Esko to acquire MediaBeacon". PrintWeek .
  10. Francis, Jo (July 26, 2018). "Esko aims to boost packaging value chain with Blue buy". PrintWeek .
  11. Stuart-Turner, Richard (December 15, 2021). "Esko launches new inline colour measurement system". PrintWeek .
  12. Stuart-Turner, Richard (August 10, 2022). "Esko launches Mox software". PrintWeek .
  13. Stuart-Turner, Richard (March 16, 2023). "Esko launches Mox software". PrintWeek .
  14. "Danaher Corporation Completes Separation of Veralto Corporation" (Press release). PR Newswire. September 30, 2023. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023.
  15. "Veralto Begins Trading as Public Company" (Press release). Veralto. October 2, 2023.
  16. Stuart-Turner, Richard (December 20, 2024). "Esko to sell Advanced Vision Technology business". PrintWeek .