Durst integrates GMG colour management into workflow and Smart Factory portfolio

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Durst Group has announced the full integration of GMG’s spectral colour management technology into its proprietary Durst Workflow software as well as into the open Smart Factory portfolio of the Open Software Initiative.

With this integration, the company is setting a standard for automated and colour consistent production – regardless of printing system or substrate. From now on, the Durst Workflow will be delivered with fully embedded spectral colour management from GMG. Existing customers with a valid software agreement will receive the new solution at no additional cost.

The integration covers all market segments in which the compamy operates: labels and packaging, corrugated, and sign and display. In addition, the GMG solution becomes a key component of the modular Smart Factory architecture, which is central to the Open Software Initiative – Durst’s vision of an open, fully connected production ecosystem.

‘By integrating GMG into our Durst Workflow and open Smart Factory platform, we are delivering a new level of colour consistency – fully automated and highly scalable,‘ said Michael Deflorian, director, business unit software and solutions.

‘At the same time, this marks a first real world example of a true best of breed integration in the spirit of our Open Software Initiative. It underlines our ambition to deliver the best software solutions on the market – not just for Durst customers, but for the entire print industry.’

Darrian Young, global partnership manager at GMG, added: ‘This partnership brings together two companies with innovation and quality at the core of their DNA. The integration into the Durst Workflow and Smart Factory architecture enables a consistent, media neutral production process – a real gamechanger for the market.’