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 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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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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Durst RSCi hybrid for DGS Baski Teknolojileri A.S.

DGS Baski Teknolojileri A.S., a leading company in the label market of Turkey decided for Hybrid UV inkjet digital press Durst Tau RSCi.

 

DGS, which closely follows the technology, maintains quality in all its processes and continues its investments uninterruptedly; continues to work with the excitement of the first day as the leading company in carrying the quality flag to the top in the label sector.

 

Production of Printed-Non-Printed/Adhesive-Non-Adhesive Roll Label is done with flexo printing systems.
Recently DGS decided to add to their printing machines fleet a Hybrid printing solution: UV inkjet digital press Durst Tau RSCi 340. The press is full of options plus one flexo unit before UV printing.

 

Mr. Gökhan CEYHAN, Chairman of the board and CEO stated regarding the investment: “We always try to keep our quality at highest level offering best prices and fast deliveries with our flexo printing systems. But there are orders that will be better produced with digital technology. We looked in the market for digital printing system that compares with flexo regarding production cost, speed and quality. And chose the UV inkjet digital press Durst Tau RSCi 340, with 8 colors plus all options and one flexo UV unit for primer or white.’’

During last Labelexpo, the presentation of the new digital inkjet RSCi 340/420/510 mm with jumbo rolls advanced the digital inkjet production even further. WIDER, BETTER and FASTER for the RSCi to reach the top digital speed of 100m/min in widths of up to half a meter and produce up to 3.000 sqm / hour !

Designed for customers seeking a competitive advantage in such challenging times, with a smooth web path for less material waste and a small footprint to fit in production environments.

Durst introduced a hybrid configuration with one flexo UV unit for primer or white and one flexo unit for varnish. The focus of this configuration is high volume production of quality labels without loss of speed, prime more economic materials or give customers the possibility to print white under or other colors online in flexo.

With a choice of maximum print width between 340mm/420mm/510mm and high quality 1200 x 1200 dpi inkjet print heads and the fastest (up to 100m / min) digital UV inkjet up to eight- color (w-ovg-cmyk) printer TAU RSCi is from Durst, a leading manufacturer of advanced digital inkjet machines.

The new advanced Durst Workflow Label workflow software is browser based for multiple users to communicate online and update management, sales, production for customer orders and customer service. It has the ability to manage, change and modify different client files and also pre-cost print jobs for cost-effective bids and print options between TAU RSC digital and conventional machines.

 

 

About DGS Baskı Teknolojileri A.Ş.

DGS Baskı Teknolojileri A.Ş. has been a prominent player in the industry since its establishment in 2000, providing innovative solutions for label and barcode systems to a diverse clientele of nearly 1000 local and international businesses spanning various sectors. DGS stands at the forefront of technological advancements, consistently delivering excellence across all facets of its operations. With a rich collection of certifications and awards attesting to its printing prowess, DGS is committed to an ambitious expansion plan, aiming to triple its production capacity through continuous and strategic investments. The company remains steadfast in its dedication to being the trusted solution partner for its clients, offering integrated services that set the standard in the field of label and barcode systems.

 

 

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Durst and OMET announce KJet to be launched at Drupa

Durst has announced the next stage of the relationship with OMET – the KJet – will be launched at drupa.

The launch of the KJet follows an announcement at Labelexpo in Brussels extending the hybrid development partnership between the two organisations beyond the XJet platform.

“The current XJet platform, which has been the leading hybrid solution in the market with multiple installations worldwide, will be further improved and expanded,” both companies said at the time.

Durst sales director for labels and packaging, Thomas Macina, revealed the KJet will be the next product to be launched from the OMET partnership.

“The combination of digital with flexo offers an innovative hybrid solution that maximises productivity and flexibility, enabling printers to select between flexo or digital printing, thereby optimising efficiency and reducing costs while meeting evolving market demands such as personalisation and just-in-time deliveries in a single-pass,” Macina said.

“We have been leading the inkjet label printing market for many years and we provide solutions for all label converters around the world, starting with entry level solutions up to industrial needs with 100 metres per minute and 510 millimetres wide,” Macina said.

“We have been observing a clear market trend towards end to end production and this is why we have reinforced our partnership with OMET. At drupa, you will see we are launching a new machine – the KJet – which is the perfect combination of a dual-servo cylinder based flexo unit combined with the robustness, efficiency and productivity of the Durst RSCi digital print engine. This provides a new experience to operators in terms of simplicity, minimal set-up time and low waste.

 

Durst Oceania managing director, Matt Ashman, said he is looking forward to showing Australian and New Zealand converters the latest developments from the hybrid strategy at drupa.

“To have this OMET Hybrid solution with a Durst RSCi as its digital core is really the perfect solution for the busy label converter as they benefit from all of the advantages of our digital expertise as well as OMET’s analogue expertise. On behalf of Durst Oceania, we are very proud to be selling this solution.”

“This is really beyond your standard label press,” said Christoph Gamper.

“It is customised to the needs of the converter and it is a perfect synergy. We see the alliance with OMET as the best of both worlds. There is no need to invent everything by ourselves. We are the digital experts – this is where we are coming from and this is where we are going,” he said.

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Durst Smart Shop wins 2023 Pinnacle Product Award at Printing United

Durst Smart Shop, the web-to-print solution tailored for the printing industry, has been awarded the prestigious Pinnacle Product Award at Printing United.

Printing United Alliance stands as the most comprehensive association serving the printing and graphic arts community in North America.
The Pinnacle Awards is the most prominent and respected award within the industry, focusing on the recognition of outstanding technologies and products related to printing. Durst Smart Shop has been awarded this esteemed Award for enabling true web-to-print functionality and providing seamless integration of ordering, production, and delivery.

Durst Smart Shop is a web-to-print solution designed to successfully implement B2B and B2C solutions, scalable from a preconfigured out-of-the-box web shop to a customized e-Commerce platform.
With the possibility of submitting and managing print orders and print data online, it enables the sales department to flexibly accept and process orders, including print data. At the same time, it gives customers the opportunity to place orders or obtain information about them independently of business hours.

Customers can customize print products by using different attributes, that can be specified in the backend from the shop owner thus ensuring that no incorrect combination can be selected.
The integrated graphical online editor allows personalized products to be designed directly in the web-browser and visualized in real-time.
Thanks to 3D and mockup previews, it contributes in increasing the products’ perceived value, nurturing a deeper engagement and increasing the conversion rate.
Print orders are received as print ready files, ready to be transferred to the RIP.
With Durst Smart Shop is easy to make sure that the customer is satisfied at every purchase, reducing the chances of product returns.

 

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Durst expands with Aleph acquisition

Durst has made another strategic acquisition with the takeover of fellow Italian textile and industrial printing specialist Aleph.

An Aleph textile printer with integrated drying system

Aleph is based in Como, at the heart of the Italian textile design industry, and its location was also an attractive factor for Brixen-headquartered Durst.

The firm was founded in 1999 as a specialist software business developing tools for the textile industry.

It subsequently moved into hardware, firstly with a winding and unwinding system, and then into water-based printing, culminating in the creation of its Laforte range of printers which print direct-to-fabric or direct-to-paper. The range spans devices targeted at low- to mid-volumes up to high speed models capable of printing 1,000sqm/hr.

Aleph’s focus is on environmental and social sustainability, and it has concentrated on creating devices that require low consumption of resources including water and energy.

In the past the company has collaborated and partnered with Mimaki.

Durst has acquired the business from Wise Equity, which took a stake in 2017, and Aleph’s three founders who remain with the company.

Durst CEO and co-owner Christoph Gamper said he was delighted to welcome Aleph into the Durst family of businesses.

“Their expertise in sustainable, water-based applications, their software for high-end textiles, and their creative solutions for water-based poster printing align perfectly with our vision of pushing the boundaries of digital printing technology.

“Together, we will strengthen our market position, expand our product portfolio, and enhance value for our global customers,” he stated.

Around 60% of Aleph’s sales come from outside Italy, and the firm is active in more than 20 countries.

 

At the Fespa Global Print Expo show held in Munich in May, Aleph showed its flagship range of kit including the Laforte 600 Paper. The 600 Paper prints high volume, high quality at 850sqm/hr with 24 printheads and at 1,000sqm/hr with 48 printheads, using Aleph’s proprietary water-based A22 graphic pigment inks.

Aleph’s main target markets are textiles, billboards and posters, soft signage, and home décor.

Alessandro Manes, CEO of Aleph, said it was an exciting new chapter for the business. He said: “Our shared passion for technological innovation, the pursuit of excellence, and the commitment to true sustainability define this collaboration. Together, we have the opportunity to make significant advancements in the digital textiles, exterior, and interior decoration sectors.”

Aleph has 32 employees and had sales of almost €14m (£12m) last year.

Durst said both companies were committed to ensuring a smooth transition for customers, partners, and employees during the integration process.

Three years ago Durst expanded its product range and US presence with the acquisition of Vanguard.

Durst also has a joint venture with Koenig & Bauer for the VariJet 106 B1 sheetfed inkjet press for folding cartons.

 

 

 

 

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