Antalis will distribute a range of EskoArtwork products serving the flexo / packaging market, as well as the visual communication market, including the complete flexo product line with CDI flexo platesetters, HD Flexo and Digital Flexo Suite, the complete Suite 12 packaging software editors and workflow solutions, and the digital finishing solutions.
Our goal is to work with the number one suppliers in each of the domains we serve, said Keith Solomon, Director of Graphics for Antalis Southern Africa. EskoArtwork is a leader in the packaging and flexo solutions arenas, and their products fit nicely with other products in our portfolio.
Antalis has 468 employees in South Africa and eight regional offices in South Africa and Botswana, including a service and technical support department with more than 30 staff. The company also distributes EFI VUTEk superwide format printers and rigid substrates, making the Kongsberg line of digital cutters an ideal fit. In addition. the company has a long-standing partnership with DuPont of more than 70 years, which is important to this arrangement as DuPont is a key EskoArtwork partner in its flexo business.
We are pleased to have entered into this important relationship, said Armand Gougay, Vice President EMEA, of EskoArtwork. Southern Africa is really the business and economic hub for the continent, and the partnership with Antalis Southern Africa will be a huge benefit to both of us over the long term. There is tremendous potential in the Southern African market, where both packaging and wide format printing are booming, growing faster than almost anywhere else in the world. Antalis further completes the resellernetwork we have in the region with GTS.
In addition to EFI and DuPont, Antalis also represents a number of other leading suppliers to the graphic arts market.
One thing we share with EskoArtwork is a passion for service, added Solomon. Our very strong service and support group prides itself in providing optimal customer service. Working with a high quality, customer-oriented company like EskoArtwork makes it even easier for us to meet our customer service objectives.
Antalis Southern Africa will have EskoArtwork products available to customers beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011.
