Essel Propack achieves standardisation with Esko CDI

Mumbai-based Essel Propack, the laminated tubes specialist, has put into service Esko solutions for producing flexo and letterpress plates in-house in a bid to achieve standardisation across six plants in India, China and Poland.

15 Sep 2014 | By Rushikesh Aravkar

Essel has opted for pre-press and workflow software such as Color Engine and Esko’s full HD flexo solution for its CDI Spark imagers with inline UV2.

M Ram Ramasamy, vice president of Essel Propack, said, “We at Essel Propack have adopted flexo, letterpress and digital print processes for printing on lamitubes. Esko’s solution delivers consistent quality results across all our printing processes.”

“With innovations like Esko’s full HD flexo using Esko’s in-line UV2 on the CDI imagers, the quality has moved to the next level. We now have standardised the Esko workflow across all our units in India (Vashind, Wada, Nalagarh, Goa) and across the globe in Poland and China – altogether six units thus far,” added Ramasamy.

The USP, according to Ramasamy, is that it allows flexibility of using any brand or type of plate and still the output quality can be assured.

Essel Propack is part of the USD 2.4 billion Essel Group, and has a 33% market share in its specialised domain. The company employs 2200 people across its manufacturing units in twelve countries including USA, Mexico, Colombia, United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, Egypt, Russia, China, Philippines, Indonesia and India. Essel Propack sees tremendous growth potential in beauty and cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and, health and food sectors.  

Ramasamy said that the company’s global operations require alignment with an integrated supplier across technologies and across locations, “The support structure, flexo expertise at Esko and its global presence is inline with Essel’s requirement.”