Durst
The Thirsty Photo Technik AG is a technology company that specializes in copying and printing technology. The company, with headquarters in Brixen (South Tyrol, Italy) has a global presence with offices in the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Singapore and the USA. The Thirsty Photo Technik AG is a subsidiary of Technicon AG, which has an annual turnover of 150.8 million euros to large companies in the region.
History
Founded in 1929 by brothers Julius and Gilbert Durst, the company has repaired first photo equipment. In 1930 it produced enlargers and copy machines. 1933, from the thirst a public company with the participation of Bolzano merchant family upper smoke. The machines of the 1930s were mainly the production of postcards. From the 1940s counted thirst of the pioneers of photography equipment ( magnifying devices and cameras ).
1976 UK Ltd thirst. Founded in Epsom ( Great Britain). As of 1981, the thirst AG placing more emphasis on digital photography and since 1994 on the digital market for cameras in the professional field. The company developed the first laser exposure lambda for exposing photographic paper on a digital basis and has achieved through its broad distribution network for market leadership in this area. More than 1000 units are currently in use - from the exposure of large format advertising, soil survey data from satellite and in medical technology. The majority owner of thirst AG Christof upper smoke was from 2007 to 2010 also served as President of the Federation of Enterprises in South Tyrol.
1999 was built a second plant in Lienz ( East Tyrol ), 2005 its production area doubled ( 5,000 m²) and a technical academy to train built on inkjet printers. Durst Digital Technology - so the company name of the Lienz work - focused on the production of flatbed printers, the brand RHO. 2004 was introduced by thirst of the " white print " on UV ink base, in 2005 a private jet head array " Quadro " developed. 2005 Durst AG opened a branch in Mexico.
On 31 May 2006 was founded in the seventh daughter of thirst AG in Singapore with the Durst Image Technology (Asia ) PTY. According to Durst AG is the 24 -hour service network fully operational. In addition, the Southeast Asian market was recently grown both in purchasing and sales.
Products
The thirst AG produces industrial printer inkjet base for decorative printing of ceramic tiles - Gamma - ( means of ceramic ink, which are baked at 1150 ° C) and RHO - SP - for decorative printing of MDF panels with and without veneer surface using special UV - curable ink, as well as optical devices on laser and LED technology for the professional image reproduction on photo paper. The devices are sold in over 100 countries. In Brixen and Lienz work large format inkjet printer of the brand RHO are manufactured with UV ink.