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Dublin, Ireland / Leatherhead, UK – 20.05.2019 – Horizon, the award-winning digital print and design specialist, used FESPA 2019 to complete the signing of a third Durst production system as part of a move to future-proof its fast-growing business in the final stages of a major investment program in Dublin, Ireland.

Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has agreed terms to supply a Durst Rho 1312 fully automated with a Smart4 speed advancement tool that improves speed and productivity by 40%. Horizon already has Durst P10 25O HS and Rho 1312 print production systems, which are also automated systems.

Family-owned Horizon is only weeks away from opening an extension to its head office on Navan Road, Dublin, where it has been located for the last 26 years. Having a new facility nearby, yet in a separate unit, ensures continuation of the company’s disaster recovery planning. The company’s expansion also includes new finishing machinery.

Horizon was formed more than 30 years ago and employs over 80 staff. With a design and print hub, it specialises in retail, POS, outdoor advertising and interactive digital in Ireland and works for a cross-section of clients, including blue chip companies. Horizon has won accolades in marketing and print awards.

Tony Gillen, a director at Horizon, said: “Our decision to once again partner with Durst was an easy one. The Durst 1312 Automate is state of the art and will increase our capacity significantly. The consistency of the Durst printer ensures there are no colour variations in print runs from start to finish. As for colour matching, the Durst matches the Pantone spectrum more accurately than any other machine in its class.”

Mr Gillen added: “We pride ourselves on our ability to react to our customers’ needs without compromising on quality, the cornerstone of our business model. The team at Durst give us the confidence to develop our business further, as partners they too provide second-to-none service and support. Durst provides us with the confidence to meet our clients’ needs.”

Peter Bray, Managing Director of Durst UK and Ireland, said: “Horizon is another prime example of how forward-thinking companies are recognizing the significant benefits of continuous investment in latest technologies. We’re delighted that the success it has already had with our technology made it an easy decision to invest again with Durst, which I’m sure will increase Horizon’s profitability and help the team to win more awards.”

Haitoglou SA Graphic Arts has been active since 2008 in the markets for adhesive labels and flexible packaging in the food and beverage, personal and household hygiene, cosmetics and industrial products sectors and offers complete printing and finishing solutions.

Permanent aim of the company is the complete integration and development through the continuous investment in modern equipment and specialized personnel.

At the company’s premises in Kalochori, Thessaloniki, in an area of ​​2,500 sq.m. are housed all departments involved in the production process.

A purely integrated plant with in-house departments of prepress, press and the other departments, which makes it possible to offer high quality services, from first contact with the client and after delivery of the final product.

In 2018, as part of the modernization of Haitoglou Graphic Arts SA’s equipment, a new digital printing department is launched, in a new building. Existing digital equipment were   transferred to the new building and an investment in a Durst Tau 330LM UV inkjet printer has been materialized.

Mrs. Denis Haitoglu, owner of the company, stated regarding this new investment:

“Our company has been investing in digital printing since 2014 following the market trend and the needs of our customers.

With the existing equipment we have covered a great part of digital printing needs. The unique printing results of the DURST press was something we wanted to add to our portfolio. Another motivation was the extra colors offered by the machine as well as the sense of silk screen printing.

Apart from its expanded customer base, our company also serves the needs of HAITOGLOU BROS SA, a company with a strong export orientation and with top collaborations with foreign brands at high standards.

LM Ink technology will help Haitoglu Graphic Arts to serve large companies and be placed as an approved printer for major international brands.”

Durst Tau 330 is a digital UV inkjet labels and packaging printer with a print width of 330   mm (13 in.) designed for small and medium-sized prints with a print width from 16.5 cm to 33 cm. Patented single-pass UV inkjet technology from Durst offers up to seven inkjet colors. CMYK colors are supplemented with opaque white as well as the optional Orange and Purple colors, offering over 90% coverage of the Pantone color range, depending on the printing material, producing vivid, shiny colors superior to flexography.

The Durst Tau 330 offers a High Definition printing function with a print resolution of up to 1260 dpi. With this feature the press achieves highly defined and crisp text and small details with high image quality.

Variable data printing includes printing of variable colors, image files, texts (variable font sizes, variable fonts, aligments), variable and colorful barcodes, variable and colorful QRcodes, and creation of serial numbers even without a database. Printing speed is 48 m / min and 40 m / min in high definition printing.

In accordance with the Durst Tau motto „Configure Your Digital Future“, the Tau 330 RSC works as a stand-alone printer or as a hybrid solution with the addition of conventional finishing options. With the Tau 330 Series, Durst offers a variable, versatile, adjustable and configurable machine system which can be individually adapted to customer needs.

A number of different inks are available for Durst’s Tau printing systems. Depending on the selected application, high resistance, adhesion, light fastness, and color space together with low migration and odor reduction are key criteria that Durst inks satisfy.

Tau low-migration UV inks allow printing on primary food packaging. This could include self-adhesive labels for food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals as well as special packaging such as aluminum caps or folding cartons. Their chemical composition meets all the guidelines of the European Printing Ink Association (EuPIA) and the Swiss Ordinance on Materials and Articles. Tau low-migration inks contain no substances that are explicitly excluded by the Nestle Packaging Inks Specification.

Durst Tau UV inks  can be used on a wide range of different materials and surfaces, such as coated or uncoated materials, with or without base: paper, cardboard, white and transparent films, PP, PE, PVC, PET, BOPP and aluminum films.

Brixen, Italy – 15.04.2019 – Durst has opened a futuristic new headquarters and Customer Experience Center in Brixen, northern Italy, that represents a watershed in its transformation into a highly integrated process service provider.

Customers, employees and business partners were among 1,000 guests who attended the inauguration ceremony for the state-of-the-art building. Speakers were CEO and Co-Owner Christoph Gamper, Owner Harald Oberrauch, Owner Christof Oberrauch, Mayor of Brixen Peter Brunner, Dean of Brixen Albert Pixner, Regional Council of South Tyrol representative Philipp Achammer, and Patrik Pedó and Juri Pobitzer from architects Monovolume.

In future, Durst will invite more of its international customers to the Customer Experience Center in the 5,700 square meter headquarters that embodies the transformation into a highly specialized, high-tech business. The integrated concept has been incorporated into the the architecture of the building as it connects a new administrative block with production facilities.

The iconic design for a company building with a tower was first presented more than 50 years ago, but never realized. Architects Monovolume pursued the original concept and designed a flat, floating ‘wing’ with a six-storey tower. The powder-coated metal façade has 850 multi-colored, luminous window elevations arranged in pixel-like fashion. The pixelated facade of Durst’s new headquarters is also a pointer to the company’s areas of business, as Durst is a global leader in high-performance printing systems – from image data processing and printing to final product finishing – all from a single source.

PARTNERSHIP TO CERTIFY LOCTITE 3D PRINTING MATERIALS FOR USE IN ENVISIONTEC CDLM TECHNOLOGY

DEARBORN, Mich., May 17, 2019 – To further drive the adoption of 3D Printing technologies beyond prototyping to final parts production, Henkel is partnering with EnvisionTEC, Dearborn, MI, a leading global provider of professional-grade 3D printing solutions. The companies will collaborate to align Henkel´s materials expertise with EnvisionTEC´s printer technology. The partners will showcase selected 3D printed parts for the medical and manufacturing sectors during the upcoming Rapid + TCT conference from May 21 to 23.

About Henkel

Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The company holds leading positions with its three business units in both industrial and consumer businesses thanks to strong brands, innovations and technologies. Henkel Adhesive Technologies is the global leader in the adhesives market – across all industry segments worldwide. In its Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care businesses, Henkel holds leading positions in many markets and categories around the world. Founded in 1876, Henkel looks back on more than 140 years of success. In 2018, Henkel reported sales of around 20 billion euros and adjusted operating profit of around 3.5 billion euros. Henkel employs around 53,000 people globally – a passionate and highly diverse team, united by a strong company culture, a common purpose to create sustainable value, and shared values. As a recognized leader in Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Corporate Communications Page 3/4 sustainability, Henkel holds top positions in many international indices and rankings. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX. For more information, please visit www.henkel.com.

Brixen, Italy / Munich, Germany – 16.05.2019 – Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has won a European Digital Press Association (EDP) award for its P5 350 printing system for large format specialists. Launched at FESPA in Munich, Germany, (14-17 May) and based on the P5 technology platform, the Durst P5 350 triumphed in the EDP Flatbed/Hybrid Printer < 250 sqm/h category.

The EDP Technical Committee’s citation said particularly noticeable are the further developments in reel loading and material handling of this production printer that runs at speeds up to 120 sqm/h. It also complimented Durst’s foresight for meeting topical needs in the market and Durst Analytics preemptive diagnostics and advanced software – all demonstrated by Durst Professional Services at FESPA.

“The multiroll option is using compact and robust design,” said the report. “The Durst P5 offers patented quick printhead change, fast media reel loading by two positions for single and dual rolls and foldable roll tables. It also offers automatic detection of media wide and thickness, an intelligent multiboard infeed for up to six boards simultaneously. The P5 core values are productivity, print quality, versatility and efficiency.”

Andrea Riccardi, Head of Product Management who accepted the EDP award at FESPA on behalf of Durst Group, said: “FESPA 2019 has been an extremely important showcase for us to demonstrate the world-class capabilities of our P5 technology platform as well as our modular software solutions, Durst Workflow, Durst Analytics and Durst Smart Shop that provide customers with an automated production unit from pixel to output. This latest award for our P5 technology mirrors the fantastic feedback we have been getting at FESPA. Visitors to our stand have been hugely impressed by this outstanding technology. We’re delighted.”

At FESPA, Durst unveiled the P5 350 and P5 210 new printing systems and also presented the P5 250 HS printing system, unveiled in 2018 and now further developed.

EnvisionTEC, a leading global manufacturer of desktop and full-production 3D printers and materials, and uLab Systems, a creator of aligner planning software, are proud to announce a strategic partnership to simplify aligner planning and production for orthodontic professionals. Both companies will be exhibiting at the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) 119^th Annual Session and will be offering an exclusive hardware and software bundle to celebrate their collaboration.

uLab software imports patient 3D digital scans and allows orthodontists to develop a movement plan chairside in as little as 10 minutes.   The software then exports a file to 3D print a dental model to create aligner trays and retainers.

uLab originally validated EnvisionTEC’s Vida and Micro XL 3D printers in early 2018 and worked closely with EnvisionTEC to validate EnvisionTEC’s now best-selling 3D printer, the Envision One cDLM prior to its release at the beginning of this year.

“We were attracted to the speed and ease of use of the Envision One,” said Charlie Wen, Chief Technological Officer and President of uLab Systems, “It will allow our customers the ability to easily transfer their cases directly to a powerful 3D printing solution capable of printing 6 horseshoe arches for clear aligners in 15 minutes. Providing the highest quality patient care is now faster and more streamlined.”

The two companies went beyond the validation and worked on simplifying the integration, including a one-touch functionality that will allow clinicians to move from the planning software directly to the 3D printer with the touch of a button.  Scheduled for an upcoming software update, this one-touch integration will complement the Envision One’s user-friendly interface.

​​​​​​​“From the very earliest development plans for the Envision One, our goal was to make fast production effortless,” said Al Siblani, Chief Executive Officer of EnvisionTEC. “The Envision One has an exceptionally friendly UI, but without an equally friendly treatment planning software, adoption was still limited to those orthodontists already familiar with digital orthodontics.  This collaboration allows for an intuitive experience throughout the entire process and we are excited to see what this means for the orthodontic industry as a whole.”

About EnvisionTEC
EnvisionTEC is a leading global provider of professional-grade 3D printing solutions. Founded in 2002 with its pioneering commercial DLP printing technology, EnvisionTEC now sells a variety of printer configurations based on six distinct technologies that build objects from digital design files. The company’s premium 3D printers serve a variety of medical, professional and industrial markets, and are valued for precision, surface quality, functionality and speed. EnvisionTEC’s intellectual property includes more than 140 pending and granted patents. Learn more at EnvisionTEC.com.

About uLab Systems
uLab is led by entrepreneurs and technologists committed to serving the orthodontic community and their patients by giving control back to orthodontists. uLab Systems is located in Redwood City, CA and was founded in 2015 by Charlie Wen and Amir Abolfathi.

LINO, the leading system integrator company in Athens Greece, active in 3D printing world  with its member of the group Lino3D, announces its new partner agreement and cooperation
with Desktop Metal Company for the sales & support of Desktop Metal’s metal 3D printing systems in the region.  Desktop Metal, Inc., based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is accelerating the transformation of manufacturing with end-to-end metal 3D printing solutions. Founded in 2015 by leaders in advanced manufacturing, metallurgy, and robotics, the company is addressing
the unmet challenges of speed, cost, and quality to make metal 3D printing an essential tool for engineers and manufacturers around the world.

In 2017, Desktop Metal was selected as one of the world’s 30 most promising Technology Pioneers  by World Economic Forum; named to MIT Technology Review’s list of 50 Smartest Companies; and recognized among the most important innovations in engineering in Popular Science’s “2017 Best of What’s New.” Lino S.A. develops and distributes integrated (complete) printing solutions, of two and three dimensions, which consist of equipment, applications, consumables and services for professionals in the market of printed communication, with an emphasis on innovative digital printing technologies and systems finishing. The company is active in region of Southeast Europe.