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Insight29 Jul 2015M&R has announced the launch of the M-Link X direct-to-garment digital textile printer, an enhanced version of the M-Link printer launched in 2014. The main improvement, when compared to the original M-Link printer, is in the speed. The company said that the M-Link X is able to print white shirts in 30 to 45 seconds and dark shirts in less than a minute. The previous version of the printer had a similar capability printing on white shirts but took two to three minutes to print on dark shirts.
Sawgrass Industrial is to join JK Group, the company which includes the brands Kiian Digital and J-Teck3, to extend the group’s technology capabilities. As a division of the Sawgrass group, Sawgrass Industrial competitor in the high-end market of digital sublimation and water-based pigment inks with a wide portfolio of brands, including SubliM and M-Inks.
Insight21 Jul 2015Olympic opportunities will be laid out to delegates as WTiN brings together a line-up of industry experts for the inaugural WTiN South America Digital Textile Conference, to be held in São Paolo, Brazil this Wednesday and Thursday, July 22 and 23, 2015.
Insight15 Jul 2015Back in September, 2014, French large-format printer Figarol announced the development of, what it claimed to be, the world’s first 5-metre-wide dye-sublimation printer, the Figatex 5000. Since its launch, Figarol has experienced success in many international markets, especially in the UK and Germany, and now, it has found success in Belgium, producing a 1000sqm print for the Rock Werchter festival.
Insight8 Jul 2015Last week, the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) welcomed the extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which allows eligible countries from Sub-Saharan Africa to export a selection of goods to the US, duty free. The Bill was signed on June 30, 2015 by President Obama, authorising the extension of the non-reciprocal trade agreement for another 10 years.
Insight6 Jul 2015Back in September 2014, Turkmenistan appointed a new Minister for its textile industry, Tachmammet Gurbanmammedov. The appointment came with the acknowledgement that in recent years, the industry’s development has become stagnant, with little investment in equipment and education, despite a push for investment in 2012.
Insight1 Jul 2015Back in October 2014, it was announced that BASF was to divest its textile chemicals business to Archroma. Today, Archroma has confirmed that the acquisition is now complete and said that, with this, it hopes to further solidify its position as an industry leader in the supply of chemicals and dyes to the global textile industry.
Insight17 Jun 2015At ShanghaiTex this week, Zimmer launched its new Infiniti digital textile printer to the Chinese market. Developed in collaboration with printer manufacturers Hong Kong FH-Union International Co Ltd (FH-Union), the machine will be exclusively available in China until the end of 2015, becoming commercially available in Europe in 2016.
Atexco has officially launched its single-pass digital textile printer, the VEGA One, at ShanghaiTex and, interestingly, this new high-speed printer combines both rotary and digital technology in a single solution. It is currently being targeted at the Chinese domestic market.
Following global protests denouncing the cruelties committed on angora rabbits on farms in China to obtain the wool used to make clothing and accessories, Benetton has finally conceded and joined the plethora of retailers declaring a suspension of the production and sale of garments made with angora wool. H&M was one of the first to join the initiative and it has been followed by Lacoste, Zara, Pull & Bear, Calvin Klein, and others.
Cleantech Solutions International, Inc., manufacturer of dyeing and finishing machines, is showcasing its line of newly developed air-fluid, dual-use dyeing machines at ShanghaiTex, which use both air flow and fluid flow in the dyeing process.
Insight15 May 2015Back in April, John Provost reported on the significant development in the DTG digital textile printing market, citing Kornit Digital’s growth in the last 12 months to be as much as 34%. As the area grows and increasing numbers of new models are launched, high volume production is becoming the distinguishing factor between machines.
Insight14 May 2015Speciality paper manufacturer Felix Schoeller is the latest company to announce its entry into the dye sublimation market with a new paper, S-RACE. This move into a new product segment extends the company’s product range which includes other papers for inkjet printing and electrophotographic imaging.
