Durst Group and CERM announce seamless integration for label production

Brixen, Italy, September 10, 2025 – The Durst Group, a leading manufacturer of digital printing and production technologies, and CERM, a specialist in Management Information Systems (MIS) for the label and packaging industry, today announced a new partnership that takes efficiency and transparency in label production to the next level. With the newly developed connector between Durst Analytics and CERM MIS, production data from Durst Tau label printing systems can now be transferred directly and seamlessly into the CERM MIS Software. This creates a fully integrated link between the press and the business management system.

“The demand for full integration of production and business data has been strong in our industry for years,” said Serge Clauss, Product Manager Software & Solutions, Durst Group. “By connecting Durst Analytics with Cerm, we are now offering our customers a solution that delivers maximum transparency and control.”

CERM also highlights the importance of this collaboration:
“Our goal is to provide label and packaging printers with a fully integrated ecosystem in which all relevant production and business data are connected,” said Steffen Haaga, Director of Global Business Development at CERM. “By linking with Durst Analytics, our customers now have, for the first time, the ability to connect their Durst Tau label presses to our MIS in real time—an essential step to increasing productivity and making data-driven decisions.”

This partnership is a strong signal of the innovative strength of both companies. It reflects their joint commitment to providing customers with forward-looking solutions that create sustainable added value and strengthen the competitiveness of the label industry.

The official launch of the integration will take place at LabelExpo 2025. Visitors are invited to learn more about the new solution and experience its benefits firsthand at the Durst Group booth 3E79 and CERM booth 3G43.

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Durst Group discusses trends in labeling across Southeast Asia

    In this video, we sit down with Bernard Sun, head of business development for Asia at Durst Group, to discuss Southeast Asia’s dynamic landscape of the label printing industry. We dive into the key market trends, including sustainability, digitalization, e-commerce growth, and regulatory compliance. Sun also highlights the capabilities of Durst’s Tau 340 RSC E press, which the company will be showcasing at the upcoming Labelexpo Southeast Asia 2025 in Bangkok. We also explore Durst’s software ecosystem, including Durst Workflow for streamlining the printing process, Durst Analytics for gaining valuable insights for optimization, and Durst Hawkeye Hawk AI for enhancing print quality with artificial intelligence. Discover how Durst Group leads the charge in sustainable printing, operating on 100 percent green energy and developing long-lasting, energy-efficient presses.

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Durst Group Merges with Aleph SrL

Brixen / Como, 10 April 2025 – The Durst Group, a leading manufacturer of digital printing and production technologies, is setting another milestone in the digital textile industry: the merger with Aleph SrL is entering its final phase. With legal completion expected by the end of 2025, Aleph will be fully integrated into the Durst Group, and Durst Como will emerge as a new center of excellence for digital textile printing. Product management will be centralized under the leadership of Andrea Riccardi, Head of Product Management Graphics & Textile at the Durst Group, to ensure a clear strategic direction and seamless integration of all technologies.

“Durst Como will be our innovation center for the textile future – a hub that unites technology, software, and passion,” says Christoph Gamper, CEO and co-owner of the Durst Group.

The new structure will be supported by a strong leadership team:

  • Alessandro Manes will take on the role of Director Global Sales Industrial Textile, overseeing global sales activities.
  • Roberto Manes will be responsible for Director Development Textile, leading research and development.
  • Roberto Frigerio will serve as Managing Director of Durst Como, expanding and managing the site.

 

Premiere at FESPA 2025 in Berlin

 

An initial result of the merger will be showcased by the Durst Group at FESPA 2025 in Berlin, featuring the new Durst LF Series Graphics. These printing systems, developed further from the Aleph Laforte platform for indoor and outdoor applications using water-based inks, enable both high-speed sublimation printing on paper and direct printing on polyester fabrics with sublimation ink. Key features of these advancements include the sticky-belt transport system for textile materials and the patented vacuum-belt transport system for paper media, both ensuring top precision and quality. At FESPA 2025, the Durst Group will exhibit the LF 430 GF (Graphics Direct Fabrics) using water-based pigment inks for direct-to-fabric printing.

This expansion of the Durst Graphics portfolio reinforces the company’s market position in the areas of signage, trade fair construction, and textile advertising.



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Durst Group Acquires callas software – Paving the Way for an Open Printing Industry

Brixen, Italy – April 2, 2025 – The Durst Group, a global leader in digital printing and production technologies, announces the acquisition of callas software. callas is one of the leading providers of prepress automation and PDF technologies and plays an essential role in many print workflows – either directly or as an OEM component in leading prepress products.

With this acquisition, the Durst Group strengthens its software strategy and focuses on openness and connectivity within the printing industry. The objective: intelligent, seamless automation between machines, software, and print processes. At the same time, callas software will remain autonomous in its management and product development.

 

A strong message to customers and partners

 

For callas customers and OEM partners, the acquisition brings maximum stability and new technological opportunities:

  • Long-term security: callas continues to operate as an independent company.
  • Guaranteed advancement: With the resources of the Durst Group, callas can continuously improve its technology.
  • Unchanged OEM contracts: Existing customer relationships remain unaffected.
  • New opportunities: Expanded integration options through access to Durst Group’s software technologies.

 

“Maintaining callas’ independence was a central requirement for joining the Durst Group. Our customers must be able to trust that callas will continue as a reliable partner – while also gaining a new foundation for long-term innovation,” says Dietrich von Seggern, CEO of callas software.

 

Digitalization and automation as a shared vision

 

With the acquisition, the Durst Group intensifies its strategy to build an open and connected software platform for the printing industry. callas will play a key role in connecting isolated solutions and enabling print service providers worldwide to achieve greater efficiency, scalability, and flexibility.

In the coming months, the collaboration between callas software and the Durst Group will deepen. The goal: to leverage synergies and accelerate the development of an open, vendor-independent software platform for the print industry.

“This is not just another step towards digitalization – we are actively shaping the future of digital printing. With callas at our side, we are making print software smarter, more connected, and more powerful. The best solutions arise when strong partners work together toward a shared vision,” says Christoph Gamper, CEO and co-owner of the Durst Group.

 

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Durst and OMET collaboration sees over 20 hybrid machines sold in 2024

Durst and OMET, who have been in a partnership since eight years ago and strengthened their partnership in 2023, have announced their collaboration has seen the sale of more than 20 machines in 2024.

The jewel in the crown of the Durst and OMET partnership is the KJet, a new digital and flexo hybrid machine tailored for the label and flexible packaging market. It is the second joint development by the companies after the XJet.

The KJet combines the ‘cylinder-base dual-servo’ flexo technology from OMET with the robustness and reliability of Durst’s RSCi Digital printing engine. It also offers operators a seamless experience with its user-friendly interface and ultra-short web path. This design minimises waste and reduces setup times, showcasing the advantages of digital printing.

In response to the announcement of the 20 machines sold, Durst Oceania managing director Matt Ashman said, “It is great to see the strengthening of the collaboration between two giants of the label printing industry.

“As the saying goes, we can achieve great things by sitting on the shoulders of giants. This partnership leverages the strengths of both businesses to bring much-needed innovation to the label converters in the Oceania region.”

OMET said, “When innovation and mutual trust meet, great projects come into being. As a result of a long-lasting collaboration between OMET and Durst, 2024 saw the sale of over 20 hybrid machines – a true game-changer in the printing market.

“[It’s] an incredible result, which celebrates not only our technology, but also a shared vision of two cutting-edge realities.”

 

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Core! Your entry ticket into corrugated industrial digital printing world

Versatile, flexible, fast and a perfect fit for converters wanting to step into the world of industrial printing in corrugated markets.

These are among the hallmarks for the Delta SPC Core that is the latest addition to our award-winning portfolio of single pass presses for the corrugated markets.

And we couldn’t be happier with the initial reactions from converters and customers to this newly launched press that is an entry-level ticket into digital printing within corrugated markets.

Based on Koenig & Bauer Durst’s established, market-proven Delta SPC 130 Automatic press, the Core is designed to grow with your needs, whether you’re scaling up in volume or adjusting to specific application requirements, such as special colors (orange, violet, green), water-based white, and primer.

Make no mistake: the Delta SPC Core may be ‘entry level’ but is still for industrial scale production – and fully scalable.

With a smaller footprint (measuring 20 metres from end to end), it will fit into many plants. The Delta SPC Core comprises four components: an easy-to-use feeder, main printer, a compact Eco+ energy-efficient drier and single-sheet stacker with a print size ranging from 1mm to 12mm in thickness.

The Delta SPC Core will deliver the series’ most impressive price performance ratio for converters with media sizes up to 1.30meters width (51 inches) by up to 2.80m (83 inches) length for corrugated box plants. It will be suitable for converters with annual production volumes of between 3 and 5 million square meters (32 and 54 million square feet) annually by printing 60m/min (197ft/min) on coated and 90m/min (295ft/min) on uncoated boards.

The Delta SPC Core is a clear answer to the requirements of the corrugated market for entry-level solutions and offers opportunities for growth in terms of new applications and productivity.

We can enhance the Delta SPC Core, transforming it into a high-performance powerhouse or an embellishment expert. The printer is engineered for precise customization to match your exact production needs. Proudly made in Austria, the home of the Delta SPC family.

This industrial production single-pass digital press is aimed at converters looking to transform to digital production or upgrade from their current digital system, including the possibility for in-field upgrades to increase throughput and/or application range.

Target customers will include box plants and companies doing display and boxes. Available now, lead times are between 6-8 months.

We expect to confirm details of our beta test customers soon with production starting in the first half of 2025.

Watch this space!

 

 

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DURST P5 350 HS with Jumbo Rolls for ZAMPOURIS S.A.

At its new facilities in Thessaloniki

Zambouris S.A. has impressively upgraded its Large Format printing sector by adding to its printing fleet the latest technology equipment, the flagship of Durst’s P5 series, the Hybrid Durst P5 350 HS for printing on rolls as well as on rigid sheets, which is already installed at its headquarters in Kalochori, Thessaloniki.

From right: Mr. Alexandros Zambouris and from Lino the company’s GM Mr. Lefteris Chavouzis (in the middle) and Mr. Kostas Skordelis, service manager in Northern Greece.

Zambouris S.A. with founder Mr. Alexandros Zambouris started in 1974 as a sole proprietorship in Kalochori, Thessaloniki and became a public limited company in 2001. Today, after 50 years of operation, the company operates in Kalochori in a privately owned area of ​​23,000 sq.m. with an additional branch in Schimatari, Viotia close to Athens, on a privately owned plot of 21,000 sq.m. with 80 specialized professionals in the industry.

Zambouris S.A.’s goal is to offer immediate solutions to even the most demanding needs of the modern market, becoming a valuable partner for its customers, offering them the opportunity to have prints of the highest quality.

In addition, the company, with a commitment to environmental protection and the adoption of environmental care policies, strictly following the European Environmental Standards, offers its customers high-value products, opening innovative paths in the printing industry and constituting a comprehensive solution in digital printing, materials trading and the manufacture of high-quality and high-resistance tarpaulins for trucks.

Since 2004, it has maintained a leading position in the field of digital printing with a steady upward trend thanks to the use of high-quality materials, investments in state-of-the-art mechanical equipment and its highly trained staff.

Since 2018, the work of continuing the company was undertaken by the successors of Alexandros Zambouris, Anastasios Zambouris and Theodora Zambouris, opening new paths for Zambouris S.A.

Recently, the company invested and developed new facilities, creating a third branch in order to meet the increased demand and the multiple needs of growing both in Greece and in the foreign countries in which the company operates.

The company’s founder, Mr. Alexandros Zambouris, regarding the choice of the Hybrid Durst P5 350 HS stated:

 “This strategic investment in our new equipment, the Durst P5 350 HS with cutting-edge technology, was made to add speed and quality to our fleet so that we can respond as quickly as possible to our customers’ orders.

Our goal has always been to have equipment with the latest technology that can help us evolve further, underlining our company’s commitment to innovation and providing high quality printing solutions to meet the growing needs of our customers in various industries.

After reviewing the available offers, we decided to choose Durst because of the history, the Durst name and the technology of the equipment, feeling that we would start a strong and long-term relationship.

This technologically advanced and award-winning equipment meets our standards regarding sustainability and environmental protection, with the use of LED technology which, among other things, is extremely energy efficient, with environmentally compliant inks and a better cost of production.

Our machine, equipped with all color options, offers us the ability to print on a variety of materials either on rigid sheets or rolls. Especially with rolls the machine works without operator supervision. Our option to combine the printer with Jumbo Rollers up to 3.5m print width (and Dual Roll – 2 x 1.625m) that accept rolls weighing up to 1,000kg allows us to deliver high volume printing in short times.”

The Durst P5 350 HS high-performance hybrid printing system for roll and sheet media with a print width of up to 3.5 m is a leading UV printing system for the digital printing market. With speeds of up to 710 m2/h and the ability to quickly change materials with multiple roll and multiple parallel sheets, the P5 350 HS makes the printing process

The print resolution reaches 1200 dpi and printheads with a variable drop size of 7 picoliters deliver excellent print quality. In addition to the basic cmyk colors it can also handle the light colors Light Cyan, Light Magenta (without any loss of speed), as well as White and Varnish (for special multi-layer printing applications such as “Day & Night”, “In & Out” and up to 12 layers of Hapt-Printing).

The equipment is supported by a software solution designed by Durst: Durst Workflow Print Plus and the Durst Analytics total production monitoring tool. With these solutions, the printer becomes a production unit from day one. Durst Workflow Print Plus was developed specifically for digital graphics printers to achieve maximum productivity performance, improving productivity, quality and process efficiency by speeding up the prepress and print production process.

 

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A fourth Delta SPC 130 press from Koenig & Bauer Durst for Schumacher Packaging

Radebeul, Germany 04.02.2025

Koenig & Bauer Durst has announced that Schumacher Packaging Birmingham has started full commercial digital production with its Delta SPC 130 single pass high volume digital press for corrugated markets.

The FlexLine Eco+ with six colours is the first installation in the UK and will be a central focal point as Schumacher Packaging expands its presence in UK markets as one of the UK’s leading plain and printed cardboard manufacturers.

Koenig & Bauer Durst’s Delta SPC 130 – part of its portfolio providing the most automated, productive, single pass water-based presses suitable for food packaging – will be a key presentation focus for Schumacher Packaging Birmingham with its presence at Packaging Innovations (Stand K76) at the nearby NEC on February 13-14. Jochen Sproll, Koenig & Bauer Durst’s Strategy & Business Development Manager, will also be on the stand.

Schumacher Packaging Birmingham, together with Koenig & Bauer Durst, will also be hosting an official Open Day at its plant on March 13 from 09.00 to 14.00.

The Koenig & Bauer Durst Delta SPC 130 in Birmingham is the fourth taken on by Schumacher Packaging. Two others are at its headquarters in Ebersdorf, Germany, and the another is at Saica in Wroclav, Poland, formerly Schumacher Packaging. They also have six-color capabilities. The installation is at the heart of a €30 million euro investment that also involves upgrading its Birmingham manufacturing base and two nearby warehouses.

Koenig & Bauer Durst’s FlexLine Eco+ press features an eco-plus drier that reduces drying times to cut energy consumption and associated costs, as well as speeding up productivity for maximised capacity. The Delta SPC 130 can print on uncoated materials with speeds of up to 80 meters per minute.

Darren Melville, Managing Director of Schumacher Packaging Birmingham, said: “As an innovator and pioneer in the industry, we want to show new ways of working towards sustainable production. And moving to sustainable, cost-saving digital production is a centrepiece of our strategy, which is why we are delighted to have launched full-scale commercial digital production with the Delta SPC 130 from Koenig & Bauer Durst. This is a true partnership.

“As consumers become more environmentally conscious, brands are under increasing pressure to adopt eco-friendly packaging solutions. Many are working towards ambitious 2025 extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging targets. This is where the best of corrugated board and digital print can converge to deliver recyclable packaging with zero-waste designs.”

Daniel Velema, Managing Director of Koenig & Bauer Durst, said: “With the increasing emphasis on sustainability, companies such as Schumacher Packaging recognize the huge benefits that digital brings with highly automated systems in corrugated packaging and board markets. They and their customers can see the benefits of changing from offset and flexo, particularly as run lengths are getting smaller and order lead times become ever shorter.

“Digital printing, in essence only printing what you want, when you need it, has always been a technology with strong sustainability credentials and an opportunity to reduce paper consumption. The ability now to add paper weight reductions to further lower cost and consumption is also a very powerful argument for digital transformation.”

 

 

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Grupo Panorama Optimizes production with the Durst P5 350 HSR

Grupo Panorama, founded in 1962, is a leading company in the large-format graphic arts sector. With over 60 years of experience, their 6,000 m² facility in San Fernando de Henares, Madrid, enables them to serve clients across various sectors, including outdoor advertising, point-of-sale displays, events, fleet graphics, installations, and corporate identity.

Their commitment to customer satisfaction is evident in their dedication to meeting clients’ needs down to the finest detail. This dedication is reflected in their adoption of the Durst P5 350 HSR, which has significantly enhanced their operational efficiency.
David Martínez, Workshop Manager, notes, “With the P5 350 HSR, we are much more efficient. In less time and with lower energy costs, we produce much more.

CEO Javier Rodríguez emphasizes the importance of shared values and exceptional service: “Durst shares many of our values. They have some great machines – the best on the market, in my opinion – but behind every great machine, there must be great service. Durst is a tremendous industrial ally. They are there for you every step of the way and make your problems their own.”
This partnership shows what can be achieved when shared values and dedication come together.

 

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