Essentra Packaging has become the first global packaging manufacturer to begin rolling out cloud deployment of the Esko Automation Engine workflow solution across its European pre-press departments.
Following a successful trial at its plant in Lublin, Poland, Essentra Packaging has now begun a program to integrate Automation Engine at many of its locations throughout Europe, taking advantage of the SaaS (Software as a Service) deployment to simplify IT infrastructure while enjoying the efficiency and productivity gains delivered through the automation and digitization of processes.
“We had been looking to standardise our systems and processes in the prepress area for a long time,” said Mark King, Technical Manager (Packaging Division), Essentra Packaging. “A SaaS deployment is essential for a business like ours because of the number of sites that we have in different locations, and the fact that each site can be using different systems. We wanted a complete solution that is scalable for our business, and Automation Engine SaaS ticks all the boxes for us.”
“Automation Engine enables businesses like Essentra to automate, standardise and improve pre-press workflow with accelerated benefits across their entire organisation,” said Paul Land, Product Manager, Esko. “It automates pre-press tasks and integrates with business systems, which speeds up the process, and significantly reduces the error rate and need for operator intervention. With the next generation Automation Engine, we introduced a cloud-based deployment option. Essentra Packaging had previously expressed a desire to move from an on-premise installation of Automation Engine to a SaaS solution that sits in a cloud-based environment, so they were invited to join our pre-release program.”
