From packaging and labels to signage, textiles, and ceramics, printed technology shapes how we live, work, and interact. Much of it is produced on Durst systems.
Durst Group is a privately owned, global technology company with more than 1,100 employees and operations in over 40 countries.
With deep roots in Italian engineering and design – and over 90 years of innovation – Durst develops and markets advanced solutions for digital production, automation, and intelligent manufacturing across industrial applications worldwide.
We are a global manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies and the first choice for the implementation and transformation of digital, industrial production processes.
We concentrate on efficient and environmentally friendly production technologies that are made possible by digital change.
On the basis of our independence as a family company, our values, talents and financial strength, we continuously invest in skills and innovations.
We strive for customer orientation and quality in all of our actions.
Bolzano, Italy – 26 October 2026 – Durst will participate as Leading Sponsor at Viscom 2026, taking place on 28 and 29 October at Allianz MiCo Milan.
In the year marking its 90th anniversary, the South Tyrolean company returns to the leading event for the Italian visual communication market with a new format, a new location, and the Italian debut of a new printing technology.
Durst's presence at Viscom underscores the company's commitment to maintaining close dialogue with customers, prospects, and industry professionals.
Las Vegas – Nv -October 2026 – Durst Group AG has confirmed its first US customer orders for the Durst P5 350 CORE, following the system's debut at PRINTING United Expo.
The announcement caps a milestone year for the platform, which launched earlier in 2026 at FESPA Global Print in Barcelona and went on to win an EDP Award ahead of its US introduction.
The P5 350 CORE drew significant attention from attendees throughout the Expo, with interest converting directly into sales as the first American customers placed their orders on the show floor.
Brixen, 22 September 2026 – Durst Group, a leading manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has reached a significant milestone with its P5 500 TEX iSUB.
50 systems have been sold worldwide since its market introduction at FESPA Global Print Expo 2025.
Bressanone – September 2026 – Durst Graphics today features its P5 350 CORE, a new 3.5-metre hybrid printing platform designed to serve as an accessible entry point into the wider Durst Ecosystem.
The system brings together proven technologies from across the P5 portfolio, offering print businesses a reliable and future-ready first step into industrial digital printing.
This machine reflects Durst's continued commitment to lowering the barrier to entry for print operators seeking dependable, scalable technology without compromising on quality or performance.
Las Vegas, NV – August 2026 – Durst Graphics has announced its participation in PRINTING United Expo 2026, taking place from 23–25 September in Las Vegas.
The company will use the event to present its latest advances in digital printing, software, and finishing solutions across multiple booths in partnership with key industry players.
Visitors can find Durst Group at Booth C1614, where the P5 Series will be on live display.
The showcase will highlight the practical applications of three flagship systems: the P5 350 CORE, the P5 350 HS, and the P5 350 HSR —
Rochester, NY – July 2026: Durst Group has once again demonstrated its leadership and excellence in the print industry.
Together, Durst North America and Vanguard Digital Printing Systems were recognized as the most awarded organization for the fourth consecutive year, securing thirteen (13) PRINTING United Alliance Pinnacle Awards: nearly half of all output categories for 2026.
Brixen, 8 July 2026. Durst Group has acquired a majority stake in Triple C Labs GmbH, the company behind CoCoCo Platform.
CoCoCo Platform continues to operate as an independent entity under its existing brand, leadership and customer commitments, and remains fully open to third-party OEMs, software vendors and print production customers.
The transaction is a targeted reinforcement of Kyveris, Durst Group's industrial software and AI stack for connected print production.
Brixen/Munich, July 6, 2026 – Durst Group and TUM Venture Labs, a joint initiative of the Technical University of Munich and UnternehmerTUM, are launching a multi-year collaboration in the field of robotics, AI and automation for industrial production.
As a Platinum Partner, Durst becomes part of the TUM Venture Labs ecosystem and the first Italian partner in this network.
The German company Kürten & Lechner (KL Druck) combines decades of printing expertise with a strong commitment to innovation, continuously investing in technologies that enhance productivity, quality, and operational efficiency.
The company has evolved from its origins in screen and offset printing into one of the leading providers of analog and digital advertising media for point-of-sale applications, trade fairs, and events.
The company's digital transformation began 28 years ago with its first digital printing machine and an early partnership with Durst.
Brixen, Italy – June, 2026 – Durst Group will celebrate its 90th anniversary with the Durst NEXT Technology Festival, taking place on June 25 and 26, 2026, at the company’s headquarters in Brixen, South Tyrol.
Founded in 1936, Durst has grown from its roots in photographic imaging into a global company for digital production and industrial printing.
Under the guiding idea “Our World is Printed”, the anniversary year reflects on the company’s heritage while looking ahead to the technologies, partnerships and ideas that will shape the next phase of industrial production.
MOSS UK has announced the arrival of the Durst P5 TEX iSUB, a powerful new addition to its production line that brings high-speed, high-quality textile printing capabilities in-house.
The investment significantly expands the company's capacity to deliver vibrant fabric graphics for a wide range of branded experiences.
Timed to coincide with World Cup season, the new signing represents a major upgrade to the MOSS UK squad.
Luisago, Italy – June 2026 – Durst Group, a pioneering force in digital printing technologies, today announced the official groundbreaking event for Durst Como, its state-of-the-art production and innovation hub dedicated to digital textile printing.
Scheduled to take place on 4 June 2026 in Luisago, Como, this landmark event underscores the organisation's urgent commitment to driving technological progress and redefining the future of European textile manufacturing.
The establishment of Durst Como significantly strengthens the company's industrial presence in Italy while reaffirming the strategic importance of the Como textile district
Barcelona, Spain - 28 May 2026 – Durst Group has been honoured with four EDP Awards at the recent FESPA Global Print Expo in Barcelona, recognising its cutting-edge Durst P5 technology, sustainable Durst Entera LED Inks, and the forward-looking Open Software Initiative.
These accolades underscore the company's authoritative position in driving innovation and addressing critical, industry-wide challenges within the digital printing landscape.
Barcelona, Spain – May, 2026 – Durst Group, a pioneering force in advanced digital printing and production technologies, has announced it will showcase its groundbreaking Durst P5 500 TEX iSUB at FESPA Barcelona 2026.
Positioned on the show floor in Hall 3, Booth A115, the new five-metre printing system is engineered to fundamentally transform soft signage production.
Lidingö, Sweden – 11th of May, 2026 – Durst Nordic AB, a leading provider of advanced digital printing and production technologies, today announces a new strategic partnership with Antalis in Norway.
Under this agreement, Antalis will become the exclusive distributor of Durst’s Graphics portfolio in the Norwegian market.
Brixen, Italy – April , 2026 – Durst Group, a leading global manufacturer of digital printing and production technologies, has appointed Wolfgang Knotz as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Group, effective April 1, 2026.
With this decision, the company underscores its commitment – on the occasion of its 90th anniversary – to consistently drive its transformation from a machine manufacturer to a technology-driven solutions provider.
Franklin, TN – 19 March 2026 – Vanguard Digital Printing Systems and Durst have announced a curated lineup of advanced printing solutions for the 2026 ISA Expo, aiming to inspire the industry with exceptional, transformative technology.
The showcase in booth 1522 will highlight forward-thinking innovations designed to address the pressing demands of the modern print industry whilst promoting sustainable and efficient practices.
Brixen, Italy – March 4, 2026 – Sometimes a great story begins quietly.
In 1936, two brothers laid the foundation in a small workshop in Brixen, South Tyrol, for what is today the Durst Group.
It was not an industrial corporation or a global brand – it was an idea: the ambition to do things better.
More precise. More consistent. More forward-looking.
Ninety years later, that photo workshop has evolved into a globally leading manufacturer of industrial digital printing and additive manufacturing systems.
Dorking - February 2026 – The FESPA Foundation has announced Durst Group AG as its first official 'Adopt a School' partner, marking a significant milestone in the Foundation's mission to leverage the power of print for social good.
The partnership was formalised during a recent visit to Malekapane School, where representatives from Durst, FESPA Foundation, educators and community leaders gathered to celebrate the beginning of a transformative collaboration.
Brixen, Italy – February 2026 – Durst Group AG, a leading manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has announced that its cutting-edge P5 printing systems are playing a pivotal role in the visual transformation of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games.
In partnership with Materia, a prominent print production house, Durst technology is responsible for producing over 200,000 square meters of high-impact digital graphics across key Olympic venues.
The project encompasses a vast array of visual communication elements designed to create an immersive experience for athletes and fans worldwide.
Gleisdorf - 2026 – ARIAN, a leader in print innovation, is the first company worldwide to install the new Durst P5 SMP Super-Multi-Pass Digital Printing Machine.
As the official beta partner for this groundbreaking technology, ARIAN is set to redefine industry standards for speed, quality, and production capabilities in large-format and point-of-sale (POS) materials.
The installation of the Durst P5 SMP represents a significant leap forward in digital printing technology.
January 2026 – Durst Group AG, a leading manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has confirmed its participation as the main sponsor of the Online Print Summit (OPS) 2026.
The company will use this premier industry event to demonstrate its steadfast commitment to digital transformation within the print sector, showcasing its latest software solutions while celebrating a significant corporate milestone.
As the headline sponsor for the event, Durst Group continues to assert its position as a thought leader in the global printing industry.
On 27 January 2026, industry leaders EFKA, Durst Image Technology Deutschland GmbH and Texo Trade Services BV (TTS) will unite to present a live webinar titled "Outdoor advertising – textile frames and (piping) textiles for outdoor use".
This 45-minute session is designed to equip professionals with the expertise required to achieve sustainable, high-quality results in outdoor environments through the precise combination of textile frames, fabrics and advanced printing technologies.
Lienz, Austria – November 2025 – Durst Group, a leading manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has announced the launch of its groundbreaking P5 SMP (Supermultipass) printing system.
The unveiling took place at an exclusive event in Lienz, welcoming over 60 industry leaders from around the world to witness the next evolution in large-format printing.
The P5 SMP is engineered to redefine versatility and performance in graphic printing. At 3.5 metres wide and capable of speeds up to 1,940 sqm/h, the system is equipped with 30 printhead rows and offers an annual capacity of over 5 million square metres.
Orlando October 2025– Durst Group AG has announced the launch of its P5 XT platform, marking a significant evolution in digital printing technology.
The Extended Technology platform represents the company's commitment to advancing productivity, automation, and integration capabilities for print businesses worldwide.
The P5 XT platform debuts with the P5 350 HS, featuring advanced D4 technology designed to deliver enhanced performance and efficiency.
Rochester, NY – September 2025: It is with excitement and pride that Durst announces their thoughtfully devised 2025 PRINTING United Expo lineup.
Taking place October 22-24 in sunny Orlando, Florida, Durst will present expo attendees with a diverse lineup of their latest and most successful technologies, showcasing their advanced portfolio and integrated systems in booth 3156.
Durst’s commitment to advancing the industry comes from a deep understanding of industry trends, and a strong base of research and development.
September 2025 – Durst Group AG, a leading manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has announced the upcoming launch of its groundbreaking P5 SMP – Super Multi Pass printing system.
The official unveiling will take place on 5-6 November 2025, following an exclusive preview presented by CEO Christoph Gamper and CSO Christian Harder at Labelexpo.
The P5 SMP represents the next evolutionary step of Durst's acclaimed P5 platform, engineered to deliver unprecedented productivity of nearly 2,000 square metres per hour.
There's a persistent myth in parts of the industry that sustainability compliance is something that happens upstream - a supplier issue, a sourcing issue, a problem for someone else's department.
The webinar dismantled that assumption convincingly. Marketing teams sit squarely in the firing line.
Every claim on a hangtag, website, product name or Instagram caption now falls under regulatory scrutiny. A brand name suggesting an "eco collection," a product description claiming "sustainable materials," a carousel post about carbon neutrality - all of it counts as a communication subject to the same rules as formal labelling. This is a cross-functional compliance challenge that touches data teams, supplier relationships, legal counsel and brand communications simultaneously.
The Ecommerce Leadership Summit North brought together retail and ecommerce leaders in Manchester to discuss the challenges, opportunities and commercial decisions shaping the industry.
Across the day's sessions, speakers explored the future of retail profitability, the growing importance of verifiable product data in AI-driven commerce, the realities of building and scaling brands, and how businesses can protect their margins without compromising customer value. From the discussions on stage to the experiences shared by founders, here are the key insights from this year's summit.
The State of Retail 2027: What Will Separate the Winners from Everyone Else?
This is not simply a matter of faster machines.
It is a question of whether your production model - technology stack, workflow discipline, and quality control - is genuinely built for the realities of club and event merchandise.
Those realities are unforgiving: brand-perfect colour, flawless personalisation, licensing compliance, and turnaround measured in hours rather than weeks.
Colour Separation: The Craft Digital Textile Design Shouldn’t Forget
Textile designer Stephan Alker draws on more than 40 years in the industry, going back to his start at Transfertex in 1980, to trace how colour separation moved from drum scanners, hand-retouched films and engraved gravure cylinders to fully digital workflows.
He argues that this production knowledge still matters in the age of digital printing, because properly separated designs give brands far more freedom.
The Path Foward: Connect Every Link:
Design, colour, workflow, production, data. Each link now depends on the one before it, and the printers who will lead the market are those who strengthen the whole chain, not just the machinery at its centre.
So, this autumn, ask the bigger question on your own shop floor.
Not "Which printer?" but "How well does my business connect demand, design and production?"
Rebés's story isn't one of nostalgia - It's a working blueprint for how heritage manufacturers can stay indispensable in a market that rewards speed, certification, and specificity in equal measure. Four million metres of stock mean nothing without the digital printing capability to turn it into something distinctive.
A 150-year name means nothing without the R&D discipline to win a tender for antistatic, carbon-fibre-infused uniform fabric on the first attempt.
Image Credit: Tejidos Rebé
What if the next dress you wore never touched the factory floor?
This is no longer a fringe experiment. It is a maturing production model, backed by genuine material science, real circularity, and an AI-assisted workflow that is becoming more accessible by the month.
Her advice to designers and brands alike is refreshingly practical: start small, get hands-on with an accessible 3D printer, and build fluency before the technology becomes table stakes. The businesses that treat this moment with curiosity, rather than scepticism, will be the ones shaping fashion's next decade rather than reacting to it.
The 2027 FESPA Awards are now open for entry, and the message to businesses across textiles, apparel, interiors and beyond is simple: your work deserves recognition. Every gold winner featured here started in the same place every entrant does - with a project they believed was worth submitting.
As the only independent awards programme with 18 categories dedicated to print and signage, FESPA offers a genuinely global stage, with shortlisted entries displayed at FESPA Global Print Expo in Spring 2027.
Colour Is Too Important to Leave to Chance
Print will always be the part of the garment people see first.
But the sum of all parts — the fabric, the trims, the fasteners, the finish — is what determines whether a design actually delivers on its promise. Brands that continue to treat colour as a single creative decision, rather than a coordinated technical discipline spanning their entire supply chain, will keep paying for it in re-dips, delays, and disappointed design teams.
A Century of Textiles, and an Ever-changing World
Few companies can trace their roots back more than a century and still count themselves among their industry's innovators. Texia, headquartered in Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain, is one of them.
But the story of Texia is not simply one of longevity.
It is a story of continual reinvention. As the textile industry has grown more global and competitive, Texia has repeatedly reshaped its business, investing in technology, developing its own brands, and placing sustainability at the centre of its mission. In doing so, it offers a compelling example of how a heritage manufacturer can lead rather than follow through a period of profound industry change. Image Credit: Texia
What are we craving Ultimately?
The instinct to slow down while simultaneously optimising every measurable aspect of life isn't a passing curiosity. It's a structural response to a world that feels increasingly unstable, and it's reshaping what people expect from their homes, hotels, workplaces and healthcare environments alike.
For the design and manufacturing sectors, this means rethinking both product and process.
The Structual Shift is Real and its Already Here
Volumes are moving east, where digital production is accelerating rapidly. Consumer behaviour has shifted.
Demand is now driven by personalisation, shorter buying cycles, and an expectation of near-instant responsiveness. Regulatory pressure is intensifying, with supply chain transparency now a legal and commercial fact in many markets. And margins? They are under sustained, structural pressure.
This is not a temporary disruption. It is a fundamental reordering of how textile manufacturing must operate.
The Challenge: Standing Firm as the Industry Shifts
The wallpaper landscape has changed dramatically. Digital printing has lowered the barrier to entry, spawning countless direct-to-consumer brands and pushing much of the market towards faster, cheaper production.
At the same time, manufacturing in the UK has grown steadily harder - rising minimum wage, national insurance, energy and substrate costs all bear down on margins. Surface Print have embraced all of these challenges - and stand resolutely prepared for the future.
From Helsinki's printing mill to Paris's Le Marais, discover how Marimekko is scaling a design-led brand with purpose, craft, and bold innovation.
But what makes Marimekko's story compelling is not just its aesthetic legacy?
The word "toxic" carries weight. It conjures danger, harm, and things best avoided.
“Yet in the textile industry - Where between 3,000 and 10,000 chemicals move through the supply chain, a reflexive fear of the term is one of our biggest obstacles to progress.”
This article distils the key takeaways and what buyers, designers, and brands should be asking right now.
What Is the Digital Product Passport?
At its core, a Digital Product Passport is a digital record attached to a physical product - For a printed textile product, this means the DPP would capture data on the substrate, inks and dyes used, the printing process and technology, chemical compliance, environmental impact (including water and energy use), supply chain traceability, and end-of-life instructions.
The Market Gap that Changed Everything
Future Fashion was founded in 2019, timed deliberately to coincide with a pivotal moment in global textile technology: the commercial launch of the EFI Reggiani BOLT Single-Pass digital printing system.
The founders recognised that single-pass architecture had fundamentally changed what was industrially possible - and that Pakistan's domestic market had yet to catch up.
Print is no longer defined by the inefficiencies that once characterised it…as advances in production processes and technology have significantly improved its environmental performance.
Taran Rai, Corporate Sustainability Manager at Epson explains why?
The story of what happens when young designers access digital technology is still being written.
What once was a theoretical sustainability goal seems to have shifted into an active regulatory reality.
Is the Textile Market Finally Recovering?
After a difficult few years, there are genuine reasons for optimism. Duncan was candid about the challenges: "The market for textiles has been very difficult over the last three years. I'm not going to hide the truth there. But the tide is turning.“
A profound shift is currently reshaping the sector
Changing consumer expectations demand greater design diversity, faster turnaround times, and sustainable manufacturing practices.
To thrive, interior brands must adapt their supply chains, bringing production closer to the end consumer and moving away from bulk manufacturing.
Digital textile printing offers a definitive solution to these operational bottlenecks.