#Digital Printing

2025-04-24

Durst Como is born

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.

Andrea Riccardi, Head of Product Management Graphics & Textile © 2025 DURST

“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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