Durst opens Canadian subsidiary and acquires Rotoworx Systems

Durst, a manufacturer of industrial strength digital printing equipment for the wide format graphics market, has established a new wholly-owned subsidiary in Canada – Durst Canada Inc – and proceeded to acquire the assets and ongoing business of Rotoworx Systems, a provider of finishing systems for the narrow web label industry.

Rotoworx Systems was established as an independent company in 2008 after several years of pioneering new technology related to semi-rotary die-cutting.

Utilizing its patented ISO-tensioning technology, Rotoworx’s products are particularly suited to the needs created by the growing number of digital label printing presses in the industry. A modular approach ensures that processes such as semi-rotary die-cutting, rotary die-cutting, flexographic varnishing/coating, lamination, booklet insertion etc can be combined to match the exact requirements of the client.

‘We are extremely excited about joining forces with the Durst organization,’ commented James Koehler, co-founder of Rotoworx Systems, key inventor of the ISO-tensioning system and chief technology officer of Durst Canada. ‘The Rotoworx products incorporate the latest technology available for finishing solutions and our collaboration with Durst will allow us to bring these solutions to the market on a broad scale.’

Durst Canada has established new facilities in Dorval, a suburb of Montral close to Montral-Trudeau airport, where the continued engineering and manufacturing of the Rotoworx products will take place.

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