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Insight6 Nov 2015ITMA Daily News interviews Mitsuhiro Shima, vice president, Shima Seiki.
Insight6 Nov 2015The European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex) is concerned that exports of textiles and apparel from EU countries to Russia are declining dramatically. It warned that while a formal ban on EU textile and clothing exports is not expected, customs processing difficulties are hindering supplies to a market already weakened by recession.
Durst has revealed that it is to arrive at ITMA Milan with a complete new family of high-production multi-pass digital textile printers, for both fashion and home textiles. The Alpha series will be offered in widths from 190-330cm and configured with up to 8 colours and 64 600dpi print heads, dubbed the Alpha-S. Durst says productivity is up to 460 linear metres/hour, which means the new model is aimed at the same market applications as the company’s existing Kappa series. It is not clear yet whether the Alpha machines will be market alongside or in substitution for the Kappa.
News5 Nov 2015c-tex is launching c-tex colour, its online colour monitoring technology at ITMA. Step changes in price and performance of sensing technology, coupled with constant evolution in computing performance has enabled c-tex to offer c-tex colour at an attractive price and capability.
