Durst has restructured its Industrial Textile Printing Segment, appointing Stefan Kappaun as segment manager in place of Martin Winkler, who will take on the role of global sales manager, textile printing.
Mr Kappaun will have strategic responsibility for the direction the company takes in home textiles, clothing and accessories. He will also be the connecting link to the Large Format Segment, which is responsible for soft signage and fabrics.
A member of Durst Group’s executive team, Mr Kappaun is a technical chemist with a focus on polymer science and a trained business economist. His company described him as an ‘expert in materials science and the development and marketing of ink systems for digital inkjet printing.’
‘The digital textile printing market is fragmented in itself and we see different speeds and developments worldwide,’ Mr Kappaun. ‘While new, non-industry service providers often already have digital know-how but less textile experience, the traditional manufacturers are masters of textile finishing, but not all analog processing steps can be transferred directly to digital textile printing.
‘Durst has a comprehensive ecosystem to serve the different requirements and to support customers in the digital transformation. Our printing systems are designed for industrial productivity, but also offer profitability from the very first meter. The prerequisite for this is mastery of the pre-treatment and post-treatment steps as well as the digital workflow, in which Durst focuses on the consulting and training services in the new Customer Experience Center at the Durst headquarters in Brixen.’
Durst’s textile team will also be supplemented by experienced service technician Martin Oberparleitner, who is the new junior product manager, textile printing. New sales and service structures are also being implemented in the core markets.
