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TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL 2026
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friday JUNE 26, 2026
12:15 - 13:00
Kyveris
From Precision Hardware to Industrial Intelligence: The Factory That Thinks
For 90 years, Durst has engineered precision. Now it engineers intelligence.
Kyveris is the next evolutionary stage of digital production technology — an Industrial Intelligence that unifies files, machines, software, data, and AI into a single, continuously learning production system. Nine decades of engineering and thousands of production systems installed worldwide have taught us how ink meets substrate, how jobs behave across shifts, how quality drifts and how to prevent it. This knowledge — captured, structured, and continuously expanding — is what drives Kyveris learning.
The goal: a production environment that is not only automated, but transparent, reproducible, and increasingly autonomous — moving toward the lights-out factory.
This isn't automation. Automation follows instructions. Kyveris figures out better ones - Industrial Intelligence for digital print production.
Kyveris is the next evolutionary stage of digital production technology — an Industrial Intelligence that unifies files, machines, software, data, and AI into a single, continuously learning production system. Nine decades of engineering and thousands of production systems installed worldwide have taught us how ink meets substrate, how jobs behave across shifts, how quality drifts and how to prevent it. This knowledge — captured, structured, and continuously expanding — is what drives Kyveris learning.
The goal: a production environment that is not only automated, but transparent, reproducible, and increasingly autonomous — moving toward the lights-out factory.
This isn't automation. Automation follows instructions. Kyveris figures out better ones - Industrial Intelligence for digital print production.
ON STAGE
Christoph Gamper
Michael Deflorian
Wolfgang Knotz
CEO Keynote
CHRISTOPH Gamper
Durst Group, CEO & Co-Owner
Christoph Gamper is CEO and Co-Owner of the Durst Group, leading its transformation into a platform-driven industrial technology company spanning digital printing, automation, and AI-enabled production. He is also founder of Kyveris Technologies, building the industrial software and intelligence layer for autonomous manufacturing. Living between Italy and New York, he focuses on long-term value creation, responsible innovation, and global scale.
KYVERIS
MICHAEL Deflorian
Durst Group, Vice President Kyveris & Software Solutions
Michael Deflorian is VP Kyveris & Software Solutions at the Durst Group, leading the software business and driving Kyveris, the Industrial Intelligence for digital production. He holds a PhD in mechanical engineering applied to machine learning, a background as a software engineer, and prior leadership roles in autonomous driving and digital transformation. Based in Brixen, he focuses on scaling software businesses, open and modular software architecture, and high-performing teams.
KYVERIS
WOLFGANG Knotz
Durst (CTO)
Wolfgang Knotz is CTO at the Durst Group and responsible for the group-wide technology agenda, with a strong focus on integrating software, data, automation and new business models. The goal is to further strengthen Durst Group’s innovative capabilities and provide customers worldwide with even more comprehensive, integrated technologies. Knotz holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering and economics and has held various leadership positions at Durst for many years, most recently serving as Managing Director of Durst Austria, where he was responsible for technological and operational activities at the Lienz site. Since joining the company in 2013, he has played a key role in shaping core production and technology structures. In particular, as Head of Development from 2016, he has been instrumental in advancing and optimizing digital printing systems.