The Latrobe Valley Enterprises female powerhouse of Wendy Bezzina (l) and Suzanne Lewis (r)
Widened horizons with Durst Latrobe Valley Enterprises has opened itself up to a wealth of opportunities following its investment in a new Durst Rho 163 TS HS traffic sign printer
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endy Bezzina (known to the industry as Wen) runs a unique organisation that is unlike many – she is the CEO of Latrobe Valley Enterprises (LVE), a not-for-profit social enterprise in Victoria with a network of commercially viable businesses that creates meaningful and sustainable
employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Having been in business for 54 years, a pressing need for LVE was to develop the sign making arm of its operations to keep up-to-date with the nature of today’s demands and modernday technology. With Wen at the helm, the organisation went on the hunt for a large format press manufacturer that could deliver on its needs.
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It wasn’t long before Wen came across Durst and its fleet of productive, highquality industrial traffic sign production machines. Within just a few months, LVE chose Durst and has become a first-time customer of the business, having purchased its Rho 163 TS HS traffic sign printer. “We were really impressed with the equipment and its capabilities. For us, because we had equipment that were much older, just to see the speed of the Durst Rho 163 TS was amazing,” Wen said. “There are so many opportunities that the Durst traffic sign printer presents us with – it is one of the only few in Australia with six-colour capabilities. We can do roll-to-roll printing, flatbed printing, and the fact that it has UV capabilities shows that Durst is a leader in the marketplace.
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