Esko to showcase how innovation and sustainability can drive label & packaging profitability at Dubai event

1 October 2024

Packaging and label business owners, production specialists and prepress managers are being invited to discover how a focus on innovation and sustainability can help drive their profitability at a special event in Dubai next month.

On October 9, Esko and Dubai-based iTM (Industrial Tools & Media) will be joined by partners from Comexi, Asahi and MacDermid for the special “Esko on Tour – Dubai” event held at the city’s Novotel World Trade Centre. Offering unique insights, including learnings from this year’s drupa event, attendees will discover how the latest advances in automation, flexo plate technology and prepress processes can help them achieve their sustainability objectives whilst also boosting profitability.

“In today’s world, where the landscape is changing on a daily or even hourly basis, it’s crucial that businesses have the capability to adapt and be flexible to meet their customers’ needs,” said Pascal Thomas, Esko Director of Flexo Business. “With this event, we’re working with some of the industry’s biggest names to shed light on the key packaging sector trends affecting businesses right now. We’ll not only be demonstrating some of the very latest innovations new to the market or at an advanced stage of development, but we’ll also spotlight how focusing on sustainability can help overcome some of these challenges while driving profitability.”

Throughout the free-to-attend event, speakers from some of the biggest names in labels and packaging flexo and prepress will lead discussion and presentations on how to achieve profit and sustainability in print. Sessions will include everything from the latest advances in editing software and color management, which can boost quality and productivity while minimizing waste, through to innovations in platemaking that maximize quality, eliminate errors and improve overall efficiency.

“The one-day event has been specifically tailored for those business owners, prepress managers and production professionals in the label and packaging sector who are committed to maximizing the profitability of their business,” added Pascal Thomas. “Whether looking for innovative business growth strategies, productivity-enhancing tools, tips to ensure optimum quality or exciting opportunities to collaborate with new partners, this special event for packaging and label businesses is not to be missed.”

The Esko on Tour - Dubai event will be held at the Novotel World Trade Centre (connected to DWTC), UAE, on 9 October 2024. For the full agenda and to register for the free event, just visit https://www.esko.com/en/events/esko-on-tour-dubai-2024.

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, prepress processes, flexo platemaking and print inspection.

Facts & numbers

- Packaging for 9 out of 10 major brands is produced by our customers
- We are headquartered in Gent (Belgium)
- Worldwide, we employ about 1,600 associates from 40 nationalities
- We serve 25,000+ customers in 140+ countries
- 61% of our staff are customer-facing daily
- Our global sales network consists of 300+ direct sales staff and 120+ resellers

For further information, please visit www.esko.com

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