Durst Group to acquire Dutch label printer MPS, expanding flexographic reach
What's the deal? Durst GroupDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has agreed to acquire MPS PrintingDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Netherlands-based maker of flexographic printing systems for labels and flexible packaging. MPS will join the group on January 1, 2027, trading as MPS — A Durst Group Company, with financial terms undisclosed.
Why now? The purchase advances Durst's push into the labels and flexible packaging segment. It adds MPS's flexographic technology, engineering capability and application expertise to a group already spanning digital printing, software and automation.
What's the endgame? Durst wants to widen its technology base and cut development times. The aim is faster market introduction of systems that link digital and flexographic printing with software, automation and finishing.
What changes for customers? MPS keeps its current range, name and management team. CEO Michiel Borst stays on as managing director, reporting within the Durst Group structure.
MPS's direct sales network in Europe continues unchanged. In the US, Durst US takes over sales and service, and MPS will tap Durst's international service and spare-parts network.
Borst said MPS "will retain its entrepreneurial approach, its customer focus and its commitment to flexographic innovation." He added that joining Durst gives it "access to a broader technology platform, a global organisation and the long-term perspective of a family-owned company."
Durst's existing partnership with packaging machine developer OMET continues separately from the MPS deal. The two jointly develop the KJet and XJet hybrid platforms, which combine flexographic printing, digital printing and finishing.
The signal: The deal reflects consolidation in packaging printing as vendors bundle digital and flexographic technology under one roof. As Durst Group CEO and co-owner Christoph Gamper put it, MPS gives the group "additional integration options" to "pursue complementary development paths in parallel." The transaction remains subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory clearances.
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