As a result of the acquisition, Peter Camps, founder and chief executive of Gradual Software and founder of Enfocus Software, joins the EskoArtwork management team as the senior vice president of the Enfocus business unit.
Gradual Software will shed its name and operate under the Enfocus business unit, while its flagship title automation software, Switch, will be rebranded as Enfocus Switch.
Peter Camps told printweek.com: "I'm very excited to see my two babies coming together.
"We're hoping to take Enfocus to another level and EskoArtwork understand that this business unit is different from the rest of the company," Camps added.
He said: "I came to EskoArtwork with my vision for blending the two companies and we have a good team to take Enfocus forward."
Camps said that both EskoArtwork and Enfocus remain fully committed to the Crossroads community, founded by Gradual Software to bring together a complete ecosystem of software vendors offering products that can automate tasks in publishing workflows.
EskoArtwork president and chief executive Carsten Knudsen said the company buy builds "on the synergies between the Enfocus and Gradual Software activities" coupled with "the full support of EskoArtwork's drive and resources".
In addition, EskoArtwork has launched a design software plug-in called Dynamic Content, which allows publishers to link text content with any Adobe Illustrator artwork file.
EskoArtwork claims that the process of linking text to artwork is time-consuming often prone to error.
The company claims the plug-in "significantly reduces product-to-market tie and costs".
