Gross margin is falling in the gap between 100 m/min digital and 200 m/min flexo
After Durst brings MPS inside the group, label plants will split on whether they can sell “guarantee + setup design,” not on which press they buy. Can your plant turn inspection and data operations into a product?
Digital tops out at 100 m/min. Flexo runs at 200 m/min. Look only at those numbers and it sounds like an equipment race. But on the label shop floor, that speed gap quietly creates double operations in setup, inspection, and plate/data management—and it steadily erodes gross margin.
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Durst officially announced that it has acquired MPS Printing B.V., and that MPS will become part of the Durst Group on January 1, 2027.
The messaging around the deal puts less emphasis on “expanding the flexo press lineup” and more on integration across digital + flexo, “connected workflows,” and end-to-end automation. The moment digital and flexo coexist in one plant, the place where you make gross margin gets pushed outside the press-spec comparison game.…
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