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Esko, formerly called EskoArtwork, is a graphic arts company producing prepress software and hardware for the packaging and labels, sign and display, commercial printing and publishing industries.〔http://www.i-grafix.com/contributed/andrew-tribute/a-business-model-for-the-future/〕 ==History== Esko was the result of a merger between Barco Graphics and Purup Eskofot in 2002.〔http://www.barco.com/en/News/Press-releases/barco-graphics-and-purup-eskofot-to-merge.aspx〕 The merged company was called Esko-Graphics but was renamed Esko in 2006. In the fall of 2005, Esko became fully owned by Axcel A/S, a Danish private equity investment company.〔(Esko-Graphics continues packaging growth strategy with Danish private equity investment company Axcel )〕 In August 2007 Esko announced that it was 'joining forces' 〔http://www.packagedesignmag.com/content/esko-and-artwork-systems-join-forces-consolidate-packaging-strengths〕 with Artwork Systems Group NV (AWS), its chief competitor in the packaging prepress market.〔http://www.i-grafix.com/contributed/andrew-tribute/package-deal/〕 Esko initially bought 76.69% of AWS shares for €196 million.〔(Esko Acquires Artwork Systems )〕Enfocus, a brand of PDF pre-flighting and workflow software originally acquired by Artwork Systems in 2000, became a subsidiary of the combined EskoArtwork company.〔http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=736〕 Reflecting the merger, Esko changed its name to EskoArtwork. It also introduced a new logo, though it is visually very close to the Esko original. In January 2011, 100% of EskoArtwork shares have been transferred to Danaher.〔http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-20/danaher-agrees-to-buy-belgian-software-maker-eskoartwork-for-470-million.html〕 In January 2012, the name changed back to Esko, the logo was also updated. Esko is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Esko (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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