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Insight27 Mar 2020

Gerber helps garment manufacturers transition to PPE production

Gerber Technology recently launched its PPE Task Force and Resource Team to ramp up production of masks and protective equipment around the globe amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Insight26 Mar 2020

Bangladeshi manufacturer begins producing masks and PPE

Denim Expert has offered its full manufacturing capacity towards the creation of protective face masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on a non-profit basis to help tackle the Covid-19 global pandemic.

EffectsFibresResearch & Development

Insight25 Mar 2020

Mimaki updates product portfolio at new online event

Mimaki, a global manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers with headquarters in Japan, has announced a range of updates and new machinery to its product portfolio during the first week of its Mimaki Virtual Print Festival.

Digital Printing

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Insight24 Mar 2020

Democratising knitting automation for education and creativity

Otis Robinson interviews Triambak Saxena, co-founder at Kniterate, about the company’s journey to democratise knitting automation and its development of a creative platform for knitwear designers.

KnittingIndustry 4.0

Insight19 Mar 2020

Agile textile surface patterning through laser peri-dyeing

Otis Robinson examines research into a laser dyeing technique – titled peri-dyeing – that could increase dyehouse sustainability and parallel digital printing capabilities for sportswear applications.

DyeingSustainability

Intelligence13 Mar 2020

Artificial intelligence in garment manufacturing

WTiN explores the past, present and future of artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing, the barriers blocking adoption and commoditisation, and the application of AI in the garment manufacturing sector.

ApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight9 Mar 2020

Examining the Spanish and Portuguese digital printing market

The EMEA region is a dominant player in the textile market, and thus has the largest share in the global digital textile printing market, according to WTiN Intelligence: Digital Textiles.

Digital PrintingMarkets & Prices

Innovation Briefing5 Mar 2020

Cloud-based garment design system

A patent puts forward a method to enable network-accessible, automated, interactive 3D fashion design, product visualisation, made-to-measure pattern drafting and commercialisation as a one-step process.

ApparelResearch & Development

Insight3 Mar 2020

Industrialising life-saving sonochemistry alternatives to chemical finishing

Otis Robinson speaks with Liat Goldhammer, chief technology officer (CTO), SONOVIA, about the company’s sonochemistry solution to chemical finishing, its implementation in healthcare facilities and the road to commercialisation.

FinishingSustainability

Insight2 Mar 2020

Roland reveals new digital opportunities

Roland DG, a manufacturer of textile machinery, is set to debut a range of technologies at FESPA Global Print Expo in Madrid, Spain.

EffectsManufacturing Technology

Insight27 Feb 2020

TTS acquires Rootring Papier

Netherlands-based Texo Trade Services (TTS), a provider of transfer print media and large-format printable textiles, has acquired Rootring Papier B.V, a paper processor.

EffectsCompanies & Finance

Insight20 Feb 2020

Developing algae inks for textile applications

Dr Scott Fulbright, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) at Living Ink, speaks with Otis Robinson about the company’s development of algae inks and their potential digital textile printing applications.

ApparelDigital PrintingResearch & Development

Sector Analysis14 Feb 2020

Digitalisation increases in the textile & apparel industry

In Q4 2019, following WTiN’s previous sentiment analysis report published in Q3 2019, the overall endorsement of Industry 4.0 in the textile & apparel industry increased from 0.54 to 0.69 on a scale of -1 to +1.

ApparelFibresResearch & Development

Intelligence31 Jan 2020

Exploring distributed manufacturing

Otis Robinson examines the challenges in defining and the benefits of adopting a distributed manufacturing (DM) model.

ApparelEffectsManufacturing Technology

Innovation Briefing31 Jan 2020

HARP (high-area rapid printing)

Researchers at Northwestern University, US have developed a 3D printing technology that could benefit fashion designers and manufacturing.

EffectsManufacturing Technology

Insight31 Jan 2020

Eon introduces connected products with CircularID Protocol

Natasha Franck, founder and CEO of Eon, explores the launch of Eon’s CircularID Protocol and connected products pilot phase, leading the journey to circular economy. Otis Robinson reports.

ApparelSustainability

Insight30 Jan 2020

Extending garment lifetimes with enzymes

Novozymes, a provider of biological solutions for technical industries including textiles, shares its plans to launch an enzymatic solution capable of extending the life of all plant-based fibres. Otis Robinson reports.

EffectsCellulosicsSustainability

Insight29 Jan 2020

Examining Spanish digital textile print trends

Otis Robinson speaks with Jan Floor, director and owner of Printtex, a Spanish digital textile print house, about the Spanish market, trends and future plans.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight29 Jan 2020

ITEX CAIRO talks Egyptian digital textile printing market

Otis Robinson speaks with Dr Mahmoud Abbas, organiser of ITEX CAIRO, an event that gathers textile printing stakeholders in Egypt to share innovations in the sector.

Digital PrintingSportswearManufacturing Technology

Insight23 Jan 2020

Exploring 5G manufacturing applications

Otis Robinson speaks to Claire Caminade, 5G product and commercial lead, and Nick Wright, head of manufacturing industries, from Digital Catapult.

Manufacturing Technology

Insight15 Jan 2020

TTS examines transfer paper trends

Otis Robinson interviews Floris Jan van den Heuvel, director of Texo Trade Services (TTS), about the growing transfer paper market.

EffectsApparelDesign & Trends

Insight15 Jan 2020

Diener Electronic examines developments in plasma coating

Otis Robinson speaks with Arkadi Konavko, sales manager at Diener Electronic, about market trends in plasma technology.

ApparelSportswearManufacturing Technology

Insight10 Jan 2020

Scraping DNA to create bio dyes for fashion

Otis Robinson speaks to Orr Yarkoni, CEO of Colorifix, a UK tech start-up, about its use of DNA to create bio dyes, its plans to bring unique, sustainable solutions to market and how regulatory pressure is finally paying off.

DyeingApparelSustainability

Insight9 Jan 2020

OnRobot develops unified platform for cobot application

Otis Robinson speaks with Nora Bereczki, head of global marketing at OnRobot, about fabric gripping, trends in the robot arm industry and its development of a cobot standardisation platform for manufacturers.

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

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