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Company Introduction
Key facts
Family-owned
Head Office in Belgium
Multilingual (ENG - NL - FR - GER)
Turn-over > 13 mio €
92 FTE (AG) + 15 FTE (Vietnam)
> 30.000 SKU’s /year
> 100 brands
Mission & VisionOur mission
Be the preferred supplier of distinctive and qualitative prepress products and services for brand owners & printers in the packaging chain.
Our vision
To develop long-term relations with our customers, suppliers and staff.
We achieve this by investing in people and state-of-the-art technology, delivering innovation, optimization and automation.
By doing so, we continue to guarantee our quality and efficiency level.
Our Value Proposition
We safeguard your brand
We help to reduce your cost through “easy to use” tools managing large amounts of Brand artwork for multiple users (next slide)
We reduce your Time-to-Market through efficient teamwork
We optimize your shelf appearance applying the latest technology
We facilitate effective market probing through real life mock-ups
From Complexity to ControlExample 1: 370 SKU’s to be approved by 6 people
60 Flexographic SKU’s to 13 converters
200 Off-set SKU’s to 16 converters
110 Rotogravure SKU’s to 14 converters
Example 2: 580 SKU’s to be approved by 2 people
480 Flexographic SKU’s to 5 converters
100 Rotogravure SKU’s to 2 converters
Example 3: 440 SKU’s to be approved by 28 people
180 Flexographic SKU’s to 13 converters
200 Off-set SKU’s to 8 converters
50 Digital SKU’s to 3 converters
10 Rotogravure and silk screen SKU’s to 3 converters
Products & Services
Why “Prepress”?
Design file Repro file Print file
Design Agency design
Packages
Prepress house Technical
preparation of Packaging
PrintingProofing Plate production
Realistic Colour proof
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Brand
Where are the challenges?Bringing structure in the chaos
Many Brands come and go, as do Product Managers
More SKU’s driven by demographics & dispensable income
High frequency of Promotions
Private labels are very demanding
Converters change regularly
Printing techniques are constantly evolving
Prepress Actions
Our services
Packshots
Line Extensions
Colour Management
Master Design
PrepressAll required Corrections (text & images)
Technical artwork preparation for a wide diversity of printing techniques: Flexo, Rotogravure, Offset, Digital
Apply a large variety of techniques related to the different solutions: Trapping, Cutter guides, Step&Repeat, Printer marks,…
Master Design Management
Our services
Packshots
Line Extensions
Colour Management
Master Design
Prepress Generic Master Design and variations
prepare master design
prepare images
prepare separations
Product Line Extensions
Adjust texts
Adjust Language versions
New Flavors or structures
Different Content
Our services
Packshots
Line Extensions
Colour Management
Master Design
Prepress
Our services
Packshots
Line Extensions
Colour Management
Prepress
Master Design
Colour management
Our services
Packshots
Line Extensions
Colour Management
Master Design
Prepress
Aim: The aim of color management is to align all the different processes related to color in order to predict the printed result!
State-of-the-art Proofing division
Advanced expertise
GMG Colour server + Epson Proofing systems
Proofing on different substrates
Paper - Transparant / metallised film
Remote Proofing (Calibrated Printer at your office)
Packshots/Mock-ups
Different shapes & materials
Realistic preview (haptik & optik)
Static or dynamic 3D
Packshots
Line Extensions
Colour Management
Master Design
Prepress
Our services
‘Tailor-made’ digital communication platform to organize your entire packaging workflow
My Athena DAM Compare+ PM
24/7 Overview of your daily jobs
Full collaboration platform
Powerful search engine
Online ‘Approval’ cycle
Possible integration with your ERP-system
Transferring data to all your different stakeholders
Launching prepress activities such as ‘Remote Proofing’
My Athena
Central repository for all your media, prepress, files, images,logo, texts, ...
Personalized structure
Up- & download of external data
Basket functionalities to collect and transfer your data
Connection to ‘My Athena’
DAM
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Project Management
Developed by in-house software division
Always the latest versions
Fully Customizable
No additional software needed
24/7 access
Enhanced Efficiency
Storage by Athena Graphics with maximal back-up
Key Advantages - Portal
Workshops about the packaging design process
Goal: Improving knowledge of your teams
Topics:
Overview of the different printing processes
Colour management (beginner or advanced)
Insight into prepress
Internal & External trainees welcome for all our products & services
