Your place to experience the future of industrial digital printing

Business is about talent – talent is curious and looking for a value-based environment, sustainable education and fun. We offer a challenging enviroment where it is fun to experience what industrial digital printing is all about, with certified quality based on the defined values of the DIPA Academy.

Who we are

Like other industries, industrial digital printing is approaching the best talent. But here, it’s not every company for itself. Instead, 23 companies have joined forces to form the DIPA – Digital Printing Association (https://www.dipa-surface.com/startseite). A training initiative was launched to attract, develop and retain talent over the long term. This led to the foundation of the DIPA Academy in February 2023.

We the DIPA Academy bring people together to share knowledge, exchange experiences and tackle the successful further development of industrial digital printing. Close cooperation with our shareholders, DIPA member companies, and independent experts ensures that our courses are continuously developed to the latest state of the art. Based on our values and certified quality we offer a challenging environment where it is fun to experience what industrial digital printing is. To this end, the DIPA Academy and the UAS Carinthia University of Applied Sciences plan to work together to provide top-class training with certified quality standards. The training certificate e.g. as a „Certified Digital Decor Printing Expert“ (certified by the UAS Carinthia) underlines the value of the training, This is how we attract talent.

Why we created the Academy

We empower people and inspire them to turn innovative ideas into sustainable and successful businesses using the latest industrial digital printing technology.
We share a passion for print and believe that it is worthwhile to spend your (working) life in industrial digital printing.
We love people and want to get them excited for a career in the printing industry.
Print brings color into people’s lives. That’s what we deeply care for and want to get the world excited about

We believe…

that it is essential to manage existing talent adequately and support their continuous growth
in industrial digital printing and support its wider use in various applications and a variety of different industries
that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Therefore, we are convinced that collaboration will bring us further, then walking alone
that well-trained personnel in digital printing can have a positive impact on the environment by reducing waste and saving resources.
that we are working in an exciting high-tech industry offering plenty of opportunities.
that successful digital business transformation requires highly skilled personnel.

How we make the difference

We bring people together who share knowledge, exchange experiences and are ready to tackle future challenges for the successful further development of industrial digital printing.

The close cooperation with our shareholders, the member companies of DIPA as well as independent experts ensures the continuous development of our courses on the latest state of the art.

This is how we support enterprises to attract talent, because talent is curious and seeks a value-based environment, sustainable education and fun. We offer a challenging environment where it is fun to experience what industrial digital printing is, with certified quality based on defined values.

We are open to all companies, professionals and interested people and offer them to learn about the opportunities of industrial digital printing and invite them and contribute also with their knowledge and experience to create a network for successful investments.

DIPA Academy and Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (UAS Carinthia) are going to join forces to ensure certified quality standards. All training participants are planned to be extraordinary students of the UAS Carinthia for the training period and can generate ECTS-Points (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System). ECTS points are awarded for successfully completed training courses and can be used for later studies at a European university.

The cooperation with the University will be used to underline the value of the certification at the end of the training for example a “Certified Digital Decor Printing Expert” certified by UAS Carinthia.

Our values

Respectful collaboration

We collaborate respectfully, because we believe that it is key to any successful endeavor. Our formula: 1+1 = 3.

Curiosity

We stay curious, because it keeps us alive, and is essential for continuous personal and organizational development.

Responsibility and Accountability

We feel responsible for our actions and are fully accountable for them. We own that to our stakeholders and the community we serve.

Caring

We care for the people and organizations we are working with and want them to be save, have meaningful relationships and be successful in what they do with the environment in mind.

Innovation

We innovate in everything we do to address the needs of our students and organizations we support. We invest in the discovery and development of new ways of delivering excellent education.

What we deliver

For 2023 we will offer two courses, for which market demand has been identified:

Digital Decor Printing Expert Digital Decor Printing Expert (160 hours course spread across 3 months) targeting printing operators, production supervisors and employees related to print production. This course will contain on-site learning weeks, online learning sessions and live experience sessions to solidify theoretical knowledge obtained

Digital Decor Printing Compass Course Digital Decor Printing Compass Course (3,5-days compact on-site course) Our „Compass Training“ helps Executives, Project Leaders and other Decision Makers who want to gain state-of-the-art knowledge of the Digital Decor Printing in short time by understanding opportunities in the Digital Decor Industry to generate new business (and) stay ahead of the competition.

For the future we plan to expand the course offerings depending on market demands

We are educating people, who are trained to make a difference, achieve tangible results and inspire their companies.

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Digital Decor Printing Expert

The course is a 3-months part-time training, which delivers expert knowledge along the value chain of digital surface decoration from design and artwork creation to print file generation (prepress) via printing to post-processing and finishing processes. The courses focus is digital decor printing covering roll-to-roll and flatbed printing alike on common substrates. The Digital Decor Printing Expert (DDP Expert) course is a 3-months part-time oder next to the job training, which delivers expert knowledge along the value chain of digital surface decoration from design and artwork creation to print file generation (prepress) via printing to post-processing and finishing processes. The courses focus is digital decor printing covering roll-to-roll and flatbed printing alike on common substrates.
The DDP Expert course is designed for employees already working in the surface decoration industry, whether with analog or digital printing presses. At the same time the course addresses employees from neighboring or related industries, which are planning to enter the world of digital decor printing. Typical professional educations addressed are decor designers, pre-press operators, print operators, production operators, shift supervisors, printing and R&D engineers, quality operators, quality engineers and print production managers. The program is also suited for employees interested in a career change.

Duration, total hours of training and instruction language.
  • 3-month part-time training
  • With a mix of on-site and online lectures
  • 165 hours of professional training incl. theoretical and practical sessions
  • Homework or exams for the learning sections and a final exam at the end of the training.
  • With a total of three on-site live trainings at reputed industry companies
  • The course is designed to study next to students’ current job responsibilities.
  • Spaces are limited to allow an optimal learning environment in small groups with 10 - 12 students.

The language of instruction is English. Courses in German language are possible on request.
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Digital Decor Printing Compass Course

Our "Compass Training" helps executives, project leaders and decision makers who want to gain state-of-the-art knowledge of the Digital Decor Printing in short time by understanding opportunities in the Digital Decor Industry to generate new business (and) stay ahead of the competition.

Duration, total hours of training and instruction language.
  • 3,5 Days onsite training in Villach Austria
  • 32 hours of professional training
  • The course is designed for executives, project leaders and decision makers.
  • Spaces are limited to a group size of 15 – 20 participants.

The language of instruction is English. Courses in German language are possible on request.
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