EskoArtwork has completed its acquisition of professional publishing software developer Gradual Software.

Gradual Software, also based in Ghent, Belgium merges into EskoArtwork's Enfocus operations as a result of the buy, which was completed on 13 March.

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 said: "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.