Durst takes out twin Euro press awards

Digital print systems developer Durst has won two European Digital Press awards for its high-performance P5 350 HS hybrid printing system for roll and board media, and its P5 TEX iSUB roll-to-roll textile printer.

The EDP Awards are the printing industry's leading technology awards in Europe, and are an open competition for all products announced and launched in the period of one year.

Matt Ashman, managing director of Durst Oceania said, "It is great to see the hard work for the guys in the factory be recognised, and so good that Australia led the way with one of the first installations of the award winning devices, at Avon Graphics mid last year. It just proves how versatile and innovative Durst devices are."

The high-performance P5 350 HS hybrid printing system for roll and board media with a printing width of up to 3.5m took out the best new UV printing system for the corrugated packaging market. With a speed of up to 710 sqm/h, and the ability to change materials quickly, with multi-roll and multi-track options, Durst says the P5 350 HS makes the printing process much more efficient.

It will print corrugated and other materials, and further increases to productivity are enabled with the integrated Durst Workflow and Durst Analytics software.

For the EDP jury, the P5 TEX iSUB took out the best roll-to-roll textile printing system with an integrated inline finishing unit. The abbreviation iSUB stands for inline sublimation, suitable for direct printing, which enables it to eliminate the process of calendering, resulting in a significant increase in quality and efficiency for the user. However, the printing system can also be used for transfer paper printing. The P5 TEX iSUB is targeted at the growing soft signage market.

"We are delighted to receive the EDP awards, as it shows that the continuous development of our modular P5 platform is marking out a new path in the world of digital printing aimed in making production flows increasingly efficient, also thanks to our own software solutions fully integrated into the platform," says Andrea Riccardi, head of Product Management, Durst Group. "At this year's Fespa in Berlin, interested visitors can see for themselves the performance of the P5 printing systems, and also expect further innovations from us."