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Anthony Locicero, Associate Editor02.01.21
Durst is a family-owned company headquartered in Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy. Founded in 1936, Durst started with pioneering photo enlargers and continued its innovation journey with a multitude of different photo products such as cameras (e.g. Durst Automatica) and digital developers (e.g. Lambda 130).
With the digital disruption of the photo business in the mid-1990s, Durst had to re-invent itself, said Stefan Kappaun, Durst Group’s executive VP Inks & Fluids.
“Remaining true to the core competency of ‘reproducing images,’ Durst entered the field of industrial inkjet printing and initiated an impressive growth story,” Kappaun said.
“Soon, the company realized that a pure focus on machine engineering and printheads/electronics is not enough, so further know-how in the fields of applications and ink chemistry was established. Owning and optimizing this ‘magic triangle of inkjet printing’ is still considered a key success factor for
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