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Essentra Packaging’s UK Facility Benefits from Increased Agility, Flexibility and Productivity with Cloud-Based Automation Engine

Following a successful trial, Essentra Packaging integrated Automation Engine with SaaS deployment. Discover how the cloud-based workflow solution reduced IT infrastructure while driving efficiency at the Bradford plant.

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The Challenge:

improve agility, simplify IT infrastructure, minimize waste and address company’s sustainability agenda.

The Solution:

workflow automation software with cloud deployment – Automation Engine SaaS.

The Benefits:

reduced on-site IT infrastructure, efficiency and productivity gains, reduced waste.

Case Study Summary

Essentra Packaging is a leading manufacturer and distributor of packaging and vital component parts for hundreds of markets and thousands of products. With in-house packaging design and R&D centers to fast-track product launches or optimize packing line capabilities, Essentra has secured a reputation for forming deeper relationships with its customers to deliver value added services that maximize supply chain efficiencies and reduce their environmental footprint.

As part of its commitment to continuous improvement, the company was looking to standardize capabilities in a number of areas, including prepress, while at the same time removing as much of the IT infrastructure as possible from site and moving things into the cloud. Esko worked with Essentra Packaging while developing the cloud-based deployment option for its market-leading workflow optimization solution, Automation Engine, and following a successful trial at the company’s facility in Poland, the SaaS (Software as a Service) option is being integrated at the UK factory in Bradford, England.

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A manual imposing job can be reduced from 30 minutes to 2-3 seconds.


Saas deployment is essential for a company Essentra’s size.


68% reduction in manual outputs.

Saas enables standardization for a global company with multiple sites.

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