Gent (Belgium), August 2, 2006 -Esko, the market leader in packaging pre-production solutions and world leader in digital imaging of flexo plates, will showcase at LabelExpo Americas in booth 5202 a broad range of products for the entire tag and labels supply chain. Esko turns the entire packaging supply chain - from brand owner to retailer - into a straightforward collaborative process, delivering consistent quality while reducing time to market and product costs. Esko is partnering with DuPont and the Pitman Company to demonstrate a complete tag and label workflow, from ideation to flexo plate imaging. The solutions demonstrated at LabelExpo all contribute to this vision. Esko will demonstrate its new Scope 3 packaging software, the Cyrel Digital Imager (CDI) Spark 2530 flexo imager for narrow web platemaking, and the Kongsberg XE10 samplemaking table.

One of the highlights of Esko`s exhibit, along with partnership of DuPont and the Pitman Company, will be the demonstration of a complete label workflow. At Esko`s booth, visitors will be able to view a presentation of the packaging supply chain workflow from ideation, through prepress production. At the DuPont/Pitman Company booth, #5403, they can view the final component of production, flexo CTP, featuring the Cyrel Digital Imager. A small footprint, CDI Spark 2120 flexo imager targeted for smaller narrow web/label trade shops and converters who want provide competitive, high quality plates up to up to 21`` x 20`` will be on display. Visitors who attend both presentations qualify for a unique one-of-a-kind opportunity—details of which will be revealed on the show floor.

The product highlights in the Esko booth will include:
Scope 3: The tag and label industry has very specific requirements that arise from combining various substrates with a range of printing techniques, often on the same press. Scope is the core of Esko`s solution to turn the entire packaging supply chain - from brand owner to retailer - into a straightforward collaborative process. Scope 3, the newest version of Esko`s innovative packaging software suite, includes prominent features such as an even closer interaction between CAD and graphic production utilities, and the systematic adoption of PDF as the native file format throughout the entire Esko workflow. Scope 3 also brings improved web collaboration facilities and new on-line review and approval capabilities. New tools for easy installation and on-line monitoring facilitate customer support and guarantee a stable working environment for the thousands of Esko software users.

The CDI Spark 2530, accepting plates as large as 25 x 30, is designed specifically for companies that serve tag and label markets with a need for high throughput. It boasts a new plate loading table and the new EasyClamp II drum for easier and faster plate loading. With the EasyClamp drum, tape is not needed to mount plates onto the drum. The clamp design allows separate front and tail plate loading, with a simple one-turn operation. The CDI Spark 2530 is equipped with a fiber laser and multiple beam optics for highest quality and productivity.

About Esko
Esko is the world leader of packaging pre-production solutions. Key product lines include a range of workflow software modules covering the entire supply chain and integrating graphics, structure and project management; flexo Computer-to-Plate systems; cutting & creasing tables for short-run production and sample making in packaging and sign & display markets.

For more information, visit Esko`s web site at www.esko.com

For more information please contact:
P.R. agencies
Europe, Asia, Africa
Lutt Willems
Duomedia Public Relations
Tel: +32 2 454 85 50
E-mail: lutt@duomedia.com
Website: www.duomedia.com

North America
Irvin Press
Press+
Tel: +1 508 384 0608
Email: irv@press-plus.com

Esko
North America
Mark Vanover
Director of Marketing
Tel: +1 937 454 1721
E-mail: mark.vanover@esko.com

Corporate
Jef Stoffels
Director of Corporate Marketing
Tel: +32 9 216 90 32
E-mail: jef.stoffels@esko.com

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