Fotograbados Longo S.A.

What Fotograbados Longo S.A. does

Fotograbados Longo S.A. is an Argentine flexographic prepress and photopolymer plate production company headquartered in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. It operates three HD Pixel+ production lines and claims more than 80 years of specialized experience in flexible packaging prepress. The company holds the first installed Esko XPS Crystal 5080 LED exposure system in Latin America, supporting a tiered HD Flexo Pixel+ plate portfolio (DigiFlow, NeXT, EASY, XPS, XPS Crystal, XPS Crystal Premium) produced at 4000 dpi resolution on Esko CDI equipment using DuPont Cyrel EASY and Flint FTF plates, with Cyrel DigiFlow 2000 dot control.

The service offering spans the full prepress workflow: Production Artwork (design adaptation, mechanical modifications, retouching), Premedia (color separation, flexo prepress), Color Management (contract proofs, mock-ups, profile generation, virtual proofs, press profiling, Pantone Live, EGP), and Postpress services via PMAS (Pre Media Agency Services) and PPM (Print Production Management). Extended Gamut Printing (EGP) using Equinox technology converts CMYK/RGB/Pantone into 4–7 fixed-palette process colors. Longo also offers Speed 2 Market interactive communication and 3D digital mockups.

The go-to-market is direct enterprise B2B sales from the Avellaneda headquarters to brand owners and converters across South America, with assigned project teams operating under short, medium, and long-term agreements and customized workflows. Revenue is generated through professional services (prepress, color management, PMAS, PPM) and hardware sales (photopolymer plates). Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is a private Argentine Sociedad Anónima with no disclosed institutional investors, no funding rounds, no M&A, and no public ticker.

Name

Fotograbados Longo S.A.

Legal name

Fotograbados Longo S.A.

Website

https://longo.com.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fotograbados Longo S.A. is an Argentine flexographic prepress and photopolymer plate producer serving brand owners and converters in South America with HD Flexo Pixel+ plates, Extended Gamut Printing, color management, and dedicated project teams from its Avellaneda headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Flexographic Prepress Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Printing (32312)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Prepress, Plate-Making & Artwork Services (IMALAKAM)

Keywords

• Flexographic prepress services
• Photopolymer plate manufacturing
• Color management solutions
• Flexible packaging printing
• HD flexo plates

Headquarters

HQ city

Avellaneda

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Prepress and Premedia Services: Professional prepress services including artwork production, color separation, preprensa flexo, packaging prepress, and image retouching. Services include adaptation of designs, mechanical plan modifications, retouching and special effects.
2. Photopolymer Plate Products: Sale of photopolymer printing plates in various quality tiers including HD Flexo, HD Flexo Pixel + DigiFlow, HD Flexo Pixel + NeXT, HD Flexo Pixel + EASY, HD Flexo Pixel + XPS, HD Flexo Pixel + XPS Crystal, and HD Flexo Pixel + XPS Crystal Premium.
3. Color Management Services: Color contract proofs, mock-ups, profile generation, virtual proofs, press profiling, EGP printing, Pantone Live preparation, and color standardization services.
4. PMAS and Strategic Services: Pre Media Agency Services (PMAS), press setup, print condition generation, color standardization, brand color certification, and Print Production Management (PPM) services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fotograbados Longo S.A. is an Argentine flexographic prepress and photopolymer plate production company. It delivers end-to-end packaging production support — from artwork adaptation and premedia, through color management and Extended Gamut Printing (EGP) — to the manufacture of HD Flexo Pixel+ photopolymer plates across multiple quality tiers using Esko CDI and DuPont Cyrel / Flint FTF materials.

Product overview

Fotograbados Longo S.A. is a flexographic prepress and photopolymer plate production company operating as a unified platform of services and products. The core offering spans the full packaging production lifecycle from artwork and premedia through color management and photopolymer plate manufacturing. The product portfolio centers on HD Flexo Pixel+ technology across multiple tiers (HD Flexo Pixel+ DigiFlow, NeXT, EASY, XPS, XPS Crystal, and XPS Crystal Premium) — produced using 4000 dpi optics with flat-dot technology on Esko CDI equipment and DuPont Cyrel or Flint plates — complemented by Extended Gamut Printing (EGP) using Equinox technology. These are supported by service pillars including Production Artwork, Premedia, Color Management, Print Production Management (PPM), Pre Media Agency Services (PMAS), Speed 2 Market interactive communication solutions, and 3D Digital Mockups. The company operates 3 HD Pixel+ production lines and claims to host Latin America's first Esko XPS Crystal 5080 LED exposure system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Production Artwork
• Premedia
• Color Management
• HD Flexo Photopolymer Plates
• EGP – Extended Gamut Printing
• FAST 2000TD
• Speed 2 Market
• 3D Digital Mockups
• Print Production Management (PPM)
• PMAS – Pre Media Agency Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Print quality comparable to rotogravure at 150, 175 or 200 lpi resolution
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EskocoreTechnology or IntegrationProvider of workflow systems and color management software. Longo uses Esko workstation tools and workflow systems for flexible packaging graphic development, including the Esko XPS Crystal 5080 LED exposure system (first in Latin America).
• DupontcoreTechnology or IntegrationSupplier of Cyrel EASY photopolymer plates - described as revolutionary material. Longo has CDI HD Flexo Pixel + equipment installed to leverage this technology with FTF option.
• Flint GroupcoreTechnology or IntegrationSupplier of FTF (Flint Thin Film) option for photopolymer plates, mentioned alongside DuPont's Cyrel EASY as materials compatible with Longo's CDI HD Flexo Pixel + equipment.
• Xsys (Esko business unit)coreTechnology or IntegrationProvider of Cyrel DigiFlow 2000 system for dot control in photopolymer plate making, enabling control of flat or round dots.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Koenig & Bauer (Flexotecnica): Koenig & Bauer, through its Flexotecnica business, supplies CI flexo presses to converters — overlapping with Longo's converter segment and indirectly shaping demand for high-quality HD flexo prepress plates and PMAS services.
• HP Indigo (Digital Presses): HP Indigo digital presses compete with flexo for short-run and versioned flexible packaging and labels, representing the principal digital-print substitution risk to Longo's traditional flexo prepress and plate-making revenue base.

Direct peers

• MacDermid Graphics Solutions: MacDermid Graphics Solutions (an Element Solutions Inc. business) produces photopolymer printing plates and prepress consumables for flexo packaging, directly competing with Longo's plate-making and color management offerings.
• Asahi Photoproducts: Asahi Photoproducts is a leading global manufacturer of flexographic photopolymer plates (e.g., Asahi AFP/AWP) and competes with Longo's plate-making business for converters and prepress bureaus targeting flexible packaging.
• Reproflex3: Reproflex3 is an independent flexographic prepress trade shop providing plate-making, color management, and design services to brand owners and converters — the same end-to-end prepress service model Longo operates.
• Esko (Veralto): Esko provides the CDI HD Flexo Pixel+ imagers, Esko XPS Crystal 5080 LED exposure unit, and workflow software that Longo operates; it also runs prepress services and competes with trade shops like Longo for outsourced flexo prepress and color management work.
• Miraclon (Kodak Flexcel NX): Miraclon markets the Kodak Flexcel NX system — a competing digital flexo plate-making and prepress technology — that Longo's HD Flexo Pixel+ offerings are positioned against in the same trade-shop and converter segment.
• DuPont Cyrel Solutions: DuPont manufactures Cyrel photopolymer plates (including the Cyrel EASY family used by Longo) and competes directly in flexo plate-making and prepress-adjacent services for brand owners and converters worldwide.
• Flint Group (XSYS): Flint Group supplies the FTF plate option and, through its XSYS unit, Cyrel DigiFlow 2000 dot-control technology used by Longo, while also selling competing photopolymer plates and flexo prepress solutions to converters and brand owners.

Emerging players

• Hybrid Software (Veralto): Hybrid Software provides prepress workflow and color management software (PACKZ, STEPZ) used across the flexo packaging chain, overlapping with Longo's color management, EGP, and PMAS service offering through software enablement.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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