BRIXEN. ITALY— Durst, manufacturer of high end wide format printers, is acquiring  a majority stake in Vanguard Digital Printing Systems, headquartered in Lawrenceville, Georgia/USA. Vanguard Digital is a manufacturer of printing systems for the signage, decoration, corporate, industrial and packaging sectors. Durst adds new printer classes to its large format portfolio, while Vanguard now has a global distribution and service network and technical support. "Vanguard Digital Printing Systems is a rapidly growing and very successful company in a customer segment in which we are currently not active," said Tim Saur, President of Durst North America. The new company will operate as Vanguard Durst Digital Printing Systems.  David Cich remains CEO while Jim Peterson continues to serve as Vice President of Sales.