Durst has opened new headquarters and customer experience centre in Brixen, Italy. The striking design incorporates a flat, floating ‘wing’ with six floors, as architects Monovolume draws inspiration from a 50 year-old idea for a tower that was never realised.
Over 1000 guests attended the inauguration ceremony for the building, where they heard speakers including Durst’s co-owners Christoph Gamper, Harald Oberrauch and Christof Oberrauch, as well as the mayor of Brixen, Peter Brunner.
The company employs more than 700 people and has over 20 subsidiares around the world. Its history dates back more than 80 years and is closely associated with the Oberrauch family, which is now in the third generation of ownership. The board recently underwent a management change with Christof Oberrauch handing over the reins to his son, Harald. At the same time, Mr Gamper was appointed CEO, and has now been given stronger ties to the long-established business through joint ownership.
‘This is a very proud day in the long history of Durst,’ Mr Gamper told the guests. ‘We do not fear the future. We are here to shape the future. We have the best employees, the best customers and the best technology. Driven by the mantra of innovation, Durst offers complete solutions from pixel to output. Here at our headquarters in South Tyrol is where things come full circle with the mountain habitat and the aim of focusing not just on the machines but also on the people behind them.
‘Here it is not a question of appearance but of essence, of conveying the idea to the outside world, of creating a protected space for innovation, of bringing together very special people who have devoted themselves to a vision: to create something new, to inspire and to always ask the next question.’
