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Insight4 Aug 2016The first LaForte Paper digital dye-sub transfer printer, developed and manufactured by Aleph, has been installed at historic Italian fashion printer company Tintoria e Stamperia di Lambrugo Spa.
Insight2 Aug 2016The opening of a sales office in Italy by industrial print-head manufacturer Kyocera Fineceramics is a timely move by the Japanese company to shore-up its lucrative market in textile inkjet.
News2 Aug 2016Roland DG has introduced Texart Fluor dye-sublimation transfer inks, adding a range of fluorescent colours to the gamut available to Texart XT-640 and Texart RT-640 printer users.
WTiN's John Scrimshaw catches up with Dr Ian Holme about the issues associated with removing flame retardants from textiles.
Insight13 May 2016A newly published draft interim technical report on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) for the first time puts numbers on the likely impact on the textile and clothing industries in Europe and the USA.
Insight29 Mar 2016Pigments are, as Angelo Marelli, of For.Tex, puts it in a recent article, the hottest topic in digital textile printing. Setting aside their established role in direct-to-garment (DTG) printing, they have been the focus of attention in the roll-to-roll sector ever since the conjunction of faster machines and lower ink prices sparked interest in reactive-dye printing from the home-textile community and persuaded the technology strategists that it was worth pitching for the much bigger prize of high-volume pigment printing – even if there we voices that predicted that the economics would never stack up.
Insight29 Mar 2016In the traditional textile print market, there are more pigment-based inks used than dye-based systems. This is particularly true in the home-furnishings sector, where only pigments can deliver the required light fastness cost effectively.
