Highcon partners with Esko

As a part of its evolving technology in digital die-cutting, Highcon (Hall 4, stand B28) has announced an agreement with Esko (Hall 8b, stand A23) to integrate the company's ArtiosCAD structural design and manufacturing software with Highcon's Euclid.

The Euclid, on show at Drupa, is the world’s first digital cutting and creasing machine.

Popular among the packaging designers worldwide, ArtiosCAD has dedicated tools for structural design, product development, virtual prototyping and manufacturing.

The Euclid can process digital files generated by ArtiosCAD that contain the carton’s cutting and creasing information to make polymer dyes.

Set-up time for each job is said to be around 15 minutes.

Israel-based Highcon said that it was committed to combining the Euclid technology with that of "best-in-class suppliers" and Esko was its first choice of workflow partner.