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Review4 Jan 2021

Industry experts forecast the future of digital printing

As a number of digital textile print specialists gathered virtually at the Sign & Digital Online event, Talking Textiles, Harry McMullen reflects on the key talking points from the event and the future of digital textile printing.

Digital PrintingScreen PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight16 Dec 2020

Organisers confident Heimtextil, Techtextil and Texprocess will go ahead

Messe Frankfurt, organiser of the now merged Heimtextil, Techtextil and Texprocess trade shows believes that the trio of shows will go ahead as planned in May.

Digital PrintingScreen PrintingCompanies & Finance

Insight15 Dec 2020

Capturing Brazilian culture through digital printing

Digital textile designer Juliana Pelegrinello speaks to Harry McMullen about the burgeoning South American digital textile scene, embracing her Brazilian roots, and bouncing back from Covid-19 in 2021

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight11 Dec 2020

FESPA Global Print Expo postponed for the third time

FESPA has postponed its Global Print Expo and the co-located European Sign Expo for a third time due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Digital PrintingEvents

Insight8 Dec 2020

drupa 2021 cancelled and replaced with virtual event

Organisers Messe Düsseldorf have decided to pull the plug on the quadrennial drupa exhibition, which was already postponed until April next year, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Digital PrintingEvents

Insight1 Dec 2020

Italy-Pakistan Textile Technology Centre officially opens

The Italy-Pakistan Textile Technology Centre (IPTTC) has officially opened its doors in Faisalabad, Pakistan – inaugurated by the Italian Ambassador to Pakistan, Andreas Ferrarese, and by Rizwan Shafi, CEO of Crescent Bahuman Limited.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight1 Dec 2020

Jowat releases latest PUR hot melt adhesive solution

The GROW 631.20 adhesive is the first certified biobased reactive polyurethane hot melt adhesive for textile laminating.

EffectsTechnical TextilesSustainability

Insight25 Nov 2020

SaltyCo receives Vogue award for sustainable innovation

British start-up SaltyCo has collected an award for its work in eradicating the use of fresh water in the production of textiles. Harry McMullen speaks to the company’s co-founder Julian Ellis-Brown.

RecycledSustainability

Insight24 Nov 2020

İlay drives for efficiency with new Monforts solutions

Now supplying to customers in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK, including to major brands such as Inditex and Otto – İlay says it is committed to sustainable practice through investment in its production.

FinishingSustainability

Insightfree24 Nov 2020

An innovative and sustainable future for the denim industry

Industry experts have gathered virtually to express a shared drive to make the denim finishing industry more economic and sustainable through innovation for generations to come.

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Insightfree17 Nov 2020

imogo develops new sustainable spray application technologies

Sweden-based dyeing company imogo announced its latest sustainable spray application at World Textile Information Network’s (WTiN) Innovate Textile & Apparel virtual trade show last month (October).

DyeingFinishingSustainability

Insight16 Nov 2020

SupplyCompass and Flexport launch fashion logistics guide

Software company SupplyCompass and leading digital freight forwarder Flexport have together launched a comprehensive guide that aims to simplify logistics for fashion businesses.

ApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight12 Nov 2020

Inedit presents latest neoStampa RIP software solution

RIP software developer Inedit Software has premiered the latest generation of its neoStampa technology.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight5 Nov 2020

Companies to physically exhibit at China Interdye 2020

A number of leading dyeing and finishing companies, including Dystar are set to travel to China to exhibit their latest innovation at China Interdye 2020

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Insight4 Nov 2020

Italian textile machinery orders show third quarter fall

Orders on Italian textile machinery are down 26% compared to the third quarter of 2019.

Digital PrintingTrade

Insight29 Oct 2020

Fujifilm Dimatix launches latest Samba print head technology

Fujifilm Dimatix, one of the world’s leading suppliers of commercial and industrial inkjet products, has launched the latest member of its Samba print head family at the PRINTING United Digital Experience (26 October – 12 November).

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight28 Oct 2020

China steps into the world of virtual at Innovate Textile & Apparel

Chinese companies are adapting from conventional trade show models to a virtual alternative at Innovate Textile & Apparel 2020.

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Insight18 Mar 2020

Innovating wool dyeing with ancient methods

Harry McMullen speaks with Gudrun Bjarnadóttir, founder of the Woollen Circle, on how ancient dyeing techniques could be the answer to today’s sustainability issues.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Insight16 Mar 2020

drupa 2020 postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic

The drupa 2020 trade show has been postponed by organisers until 2021, following recommendations from the German authorities on the outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Digital PrintingScreen PrintingEvents

Insightfree13 Mar 2020

Streamlining operations in the fashion supply chain

Harry McMullen interviews Ben Balfour, commercial director at Advanced Supply Chain Group to explore the importance of supply chain solutions in the fashion industry.

ApparelCompanies & Finance

Insight12 Mar 2020

Could 3D personalisation be the future of fashion?

Harry McMullen speaks to Alper Aydemir, co-founder and CTO at Volumental, a 3D scanning company, on how 3D personalisation could be shaping the apparel industry forever.

ApparelFootwearSustainability

Insight11 Mar 2020

CHILI publish drops out of drupa over coronavirus

Belgian software developer CHILI publish has become the first company to drop out of drupa 2020 amid fears of coronavirus.

Digital PrintingScreen PrintingEvents

Insight2 Mar 2020

Digital’s influence on western markets

Digital textile artist Rachel Reynolds discusses the British digital textile printing scene, her work and how other print artists in the UK should consider keeping their textile designs digital and local. Harry McMullen reports.

EffectsManufacturing Technology

Insight19 Feb 2020

EU revokes Cambodia trade privileges

With the EU partially revoking Cambodia's trade privileges, we take a look at why it happened - and what it will mean for the country's burgeoning textile sector.

FibresYarnsTrade

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