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Insight5 Jan 2016January has got off to a busy start for Kornit Digital with the appointment of Eyal Manzoor as managing director.
Insight5 Jan 2016Digital textile printers are gradually increasing their market share of the broader textile print industry, with many brands and retailers looking to it as a more sustainable and, in some ways, cost-effective solution.
Profile21 Dec 2015WTiN speaks to designer Natsai Audrey Chieza about how she uses Streptomyces to create unique designs on silk.
Chemical group Solvay has secured the acquisition of manufacturing firm Cytec Industries, and has begun an integration process – which is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.
Review10 Dec 2015There will be some new faces in the digital printing area at Heimtextil 2016 as Fotoba International, J-Teck3 and PigmentInc take stands alongside exhibition regulars Durst, Epson, HP, Kornit, Mimaki, MS and EFI Reggiani, in Hall 4.0.
Insight2 Dec 2015Inkjet conference and course provider, IMI Europe Ltd has announced a change to its management and ownership for 2016 with managing director Mike Willis to be succeeded by Dr Tim Phillips, formerly Marketing Manager for inks at Xennia and then Sensient.
Insight29 Oct 2015The third quarter of 2015 saw textile machinery orders decline slightly, down 2%, with external orders causing the fall. The domestic market, on the other hand, saw a rise in orders. Raffaella Carabelli, president of ACIMT, commented: “What we’ve seen in Italy is the bucking of a trend, and this is a good omen for ITMA Milan.”
Insight23 Oct 2015Having acquired Italian digital textile printer manufacturer MS back in 2014, Dover is increasing its impact in the digital textile industry with the announcement that it has acquired JK Group SpA. JK Group is made up of the well-known digital textile printing brands Kiian Digital, J-Teck and Sawgrass Industrial, and the Group will become an operating company within the Printing & Identification platform of Dover's Engineered Systems segment.
Insight21 Oct 2015Wide-format inkjet printer manufacturer, Mimaki has announced the introduction of its brand-new direct-to-textile inkjet printer, which will debut at ITMA 2015, in Milan, Italy. The show takes place from November 12-19 bringing together industry leaders for a discussion on emerging trends and innovative solutions, of which the TX300P-1800 printer is one. In Hall 18, Stand C104, Mimaki will launch this 1.8 meter roll-to-roll direct-to-textile inkjet printer, which replaces the Tx2-1600 model that has been used for textile printing worldwide for the last 14 years.
Insight12 Oct 2015Sensient today announced the launch of its new range of digital sublimation printing inks for fashion apparel, sportswear, and flag and banner applications, the ElvaJet Punch. This range of digital textile inks is designed to achieve high quality sublimation printing using both coated and uncoated transfer papers. Sensient has designed a specific set, ElvaJet Punch EP, for use on all types of Epson-based systems, including both Epson DX- and Epson TFP-based printers.
Insight8 Oct 2015SGIA Expo 2015 will feature much of the latest in digital textile printing technology and it is expected that this area of the show will grow this year after success at the 2014 edition. Despite the exhibition taking pace in the same month as ITMA Milan, which has a new dedicated printing hall, SGIA 2015 is guaranteed to see new product launches and Graphics One brings the latest printer from Pigment.inc.
