BRIXEN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 19, 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.
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“Durst started 90 years ago with a clear idea: to make good things better,” said Christoph Gamper, CEO and co-owner of Durst Group. “This idea continues to guide us today. With digital production, automation and Industrial Intelligence, we are building on our heritage and looking ahead to the next chapter of industrial production. The Durst NEXT Technology Festival gives us the opportunity to open our doors, bring people together and discuss this future in Brixen.”
“Industrial innovation has always been shaped by the ability to connect people, ideas and technologies,” said Rachel Brill, Durst NEXT Technology Festival Director and Founder of CHAPT3R, Inc. “Durst NEXT creates a setting where visitors can experience how automation, artificial intelligence and Industrial Intelligence are becoming part of real production environments – and how these developments can open new perspectives for industry, business and society.”
The Durst NEXT Technology Festival is designed as an open platform for dialogue, exchange and hands-on experience. It brings together international perspectives from technology, industry, entrepreneurship, academia, policy, agriculture, print and advanced manufacturing – reflecting the diversity of Durst’s global ecosystem of customers, partners, experts and employees.
At the center of the festival is the question of how industrial production is evolving in an age of automation, data and artificial intelligence – and how these developments can be translated into reliable, scalable and responsible production systems.
A central focus will be the introduction of KYVERIS, Durst’s platform for Industrial Intelligence in Digital Print Production. By connecting hardware, software, data and process knowledge, KYVERIS reflects Durst’s approach to more intelligent, adaptive and efficient production environments.
Beyond the stage program, visitors will be able to experience selected applications including robotics, 3D scanning, technical ceramics, wearable systems, digital production workflows and the KYVERIS Sandbox.
Food, music and community formats will complement the day and reflect both the festival’s location in South Tyrol and Durst’s international orientation.
The public festival day is June 26, 2026.
Registration and further information are available at:
www.durst-group.com/durst90
Journalists interested in interviews with Durst representatives, participating partners or festival contributors are invited to contact Durst Group Communications at suemer.cetin@durst-group.com.
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About Durst Group
Durst Group is a global manufacturer of digital production technologies. Founded in 1936 and headquartered in Brixen, Italy, the family-owned company stands for technological innovation, deep development expertise and long-term strategic vision.
With more than 1,150 employees and over 30 companies worldwide, Durst develops and provides integrated solutions for industrial digital printing and production. The company combines hardware, software, inks and services into scalable production systems for applications in graphics, labels and packaging, textiles, ceramics, corrugated board and other specialized segments.
With a clear focus on digitalization, automation and intelligent system integration, Durst Group supports the transformation toward connected, data-driven production environments.
www.durst-group.com
OUR WORLD IS PRINTED.
Durst Next Technology Festival 2026
LONDON (AP) — A British court sent two men to prison Friday for setting fire to property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a plot orchestrated by a mysterious Russian-speaking figure.
Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Stanislav Carpiuc, a 27-year-old Romanian citizen, were imprisoned for 7 years and 2 years, respectively, after being found guilty of conspiracy to damage property by fire.
The men targeted a car and two properties linked to Starmer over three nights in May 2025 on the orders of a Russian-speaking figure going by the name of “El Money,” according to prosecutors. The identity of El Money, who communicated on the messaging app Telegram with Lavrynovych, was never revealed and they were not charged.
Lavrynovych was a “useful idiot, a fool,” who could be manipulated to his handler’s advantage, Judge Neil Garnham Garnham said. The court heard that Carpuic was a middleman tasked with facilitating payment — which never came — and recruiting someone to film the fires.
The plot fits the description of Russian state-backed sabotage, Cmdr. Dominic Murphy has said previously. He oversaw the initial investigation into the fires as head of the counterterrorism team at the Metropolitan Police before retiring in March.
He said evidence gathered by police showed that El Money spoke Russian and is “likely to be in Russia.” El Money’s methods were “very similar” to those known to be used by Russian intelligence services acting in the U.K. Such plots, he said, often have “very senior sign-off.”
Western officials say Russia is carrying out a sabotage campaign against European countries that support Ukraine. The Associated Press has tracked at least 192 attacks across Europe since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine that include arson and cyberattacks as well as attempted assassinations.
When asked by AP in June if Russia is waging a covert war against the West, President Vladimir Putin brushed off the allegations.
Addressing Lavrynovych in the dock, Garnham said he agreed to carry out this “mindless piece of arson for money.”
“You are not a man of great principle. And you were easily bought,” Garnham said. He said that Lavrynovych is a man of “significantly low-level intellectual functioning,” and was therefore vulnerable to manipulation.
He accepted the job from El Money as he had also accepted “other grubby little tasks,” Garnham said.
Lavrynovych’s defense lawyer James Scobie said his client was “low-hanging fruit” used by El Money to deliberately target the prime minister and was prime “fodder for this type of infiltration.” Lavrynovych, he said, had brought shame on his family in Ukraine where his father worked with the military before he died.
The U.K. Home Office called the fires an “abhorrent attack” and said those responsible have been brought to justice. It did not respond to requests for comment about whether the British government planned to attribute the fires to Russia.
Lavrynovych was tasked with setting and filming the fires over several days in May 2025, according to evidence presented during his six-week trial. El Money recruited him online and sent detailed instructions, including the locations of the targets and how to mix flammable liquids from a hardware store.
The attacks did not cause injuries or major damage, but the prime minister’s sister-in-law, Judith Alexander, said she was left “struggling to breathe” after smoke filled her house in the third attack. She and her family were staying at the residence, which had been Starmer’s home before he became prime minister.
Messages recovered from Lavrynovych’s phone showed he discussed other vandalism he conducted for money, such as painting the windshields of cars black and putting up anti-Islam posters in Muslim areas of London.
He was not charged with that activity and it will be investigated, said Cmdr. Helen Flanagan, the current head of the Metropolitan Police’s counterterrorism team.
Counterterrorism police are dealing with more and more crimes, such as arson, which are being directed by anonymous people online promising payment, Flanagan said in a statement after the sentencing.
People who consider carrying out such activity should “think again,” because they could, like Lavrynovych, not get paid and go to jail instead, she said.
This photo combination of undated photos originally issued on April 29, 2025 by the Metropolitan Police shows Roman Lavrynovych, left, and Stanislav Carpiuc. (Metropolitan Police /PA via AP)
