MGE is the developer of the patented i-cut vision system. Its i-script workflow has become very successful through its integration into the RIPs of all major digital flatbed presses. MGE also is EskoArtwork‘s distributor for the Kongsberg i-XL and i-XE digital converting tables into the US sign and display markets since 2004.

“Following close to four years of intense cooperation, EskoArtwork and MGE will now address and serve the sign and display, screen and digital printing markets as one strong entity,” declared Carsten Knudsen, President and CEO of EskoArtwork. “Our Kongsberg i-XL and i-XE digital finishing systems, that incorporate MGE’s i-cut vision system, are broadly recognised as leading and powerful solutions to all kinds of converting applications driven by the growing installed base of digital printers. Well over 50 per cent of all Kongsberg tables sold during drupa will be delivered with MGE’s intelligent vision system included.”

Steen Mikkelsen, Founder of MGE and now Vice President at EskoArtwork, added, “Getting full access to EskoArtwork’s innovative hardware and software technology base and being a part of its global distribution network will improve our abilities to provide the best possible solutions for our customers and partners across all market segments and geographies. The team at MGE and I are looking very much forward to join forces with our EskoArtwork colleagues and to take on the new initiatives we have identified together during the planning of this acquisition.”

MGE’s operations will be organised as a strategic business unit within the EskoArtwork structure under the leadership of Steen Mikkelsen.

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