Andrea Riccardi · Director of Product Management · DURST Group · DURST Next

At Durst’s Print Next event in Brixen, INKISH sits down with Andrea Riccardi, one of the key people behind Durst’s highly successful P5 platform, to discuss the company’s next major step: Kyveris.

While many people see Kyveris as a workflow solution, Andrea explains that the vision goes much further. It is about connecting the entire production process—from order intake and RIP to printing, finishing, and logistics—using data to make printing companies smarter, more efficient, and better prepared for the future.

Having played a central role in developing the P5 platform, Andrea shares how the philosophy has always been about more than building outstanding printers. The goal has been to create an ecosystem where software, sensors, machine intelligence, and production data work together to optimize every aspect of production. Kyveris is the natural evolution of that vision.

The conversation also explores one of the industry’s hottest topics: artificial intelligence. Andrea believes AI should be seen as an opportunity rather than a threat. Instead of replacing operators, intelligent software will support them, helping companies overcome labour shortages while allowing employees to focus on higher-value tasks.

With Durst aiming to connect hundreds of machines over the coming years, Kyveris represents an ambitious journey towards Industrial Intelligence—where connected equipment, meaningful data, and intelligent automation become the foundation for the modern print factory.

A fascinating conversation about software, machine intelligence, automation, and why the future of printing is about far more than the press itself.