Printing & Digital Printing

Nov102020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Calvi Achieves Efficient, Eco-Conscious Production on Demand with Kornit Digital

Printing & Digital Printing, Sustainability & Recycling, Textile

"We are sustainable; we don’t have to create more water waste or use more resources.” Kornit Digital (Nasdaq: KRNT), a worldwide market leader in digital textile printing technology, announced Vizela, Portugal-based Calvi has implemented the Kornit Avalanche HD6 system for efficient, retail-quality digital decoration on demand. Founded in 1977, Calvi is a textile manufacturing company that works with national and international partners to deliver sportswear and casual apparel for men, women, and children. Now occupying a 6,600-square-meter facility and employing a team of more than 120 qualified professionals, they are committed to the evolution of textiles with regard to three fundamental values: quality, availability, and efficiency. In addition to their own e-commerce operation, C

Feb262020 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Kornit Offers New Solutions to The Changing Needs of Digital Printing

Printing & Digital Printing

Textil del Valle South America selects Kornit Digital for direct-to-garment printing. Kornit Digital, a worldwide market leader in digital textile printing technology, today announced that Textil del Valle South America, a vertically integrated garment manufacturing company based in Peru, has chosen to implement Kornit’s digital direct-to-garment (DTG) printing technology at its 1.1 million-square-foot facility in Lima, Peru. Textil del Valle services many of the world’s most prominent apparel brands, including global leaders in sports and athleisurewear. “Kornit’s sustainable print technology provides the last piece of the puzzle, so we have the ‘full package’ for manufacturing the garment itself, imprinting it on demand based on the customer need, and shipping it ourselves, all

May152019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

EFI Reggiani Significantly Strengthening Its Presence in Turkey

Printing & Digital Printing, Textile

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) in the previous days announced that it has acquired privately held BDR Boya Kimya San. Tic. A.S. Based in Bursa, Turkey EFI Reggiani is a leading, state-of-art technology provider with an extensive line up of industrial textile inkjet printers utilizing water-based inks. It is part of a complete EFI ecosystem of advanced products for textile design and production, including EFI Fiery® proServer digital front ends and Fiery DesignPro software, and the EFI Optitex® 2D and 3D integrated platform for product development and design. Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) in the previous days announced that it has acquired privately held BDR Boya Kimya San. Tic. A.S. Based in Bursa, Turkey, BDR is a leading manufacturer of reactive inkjet inks for i

Jan232019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Sensient® Continuing a Revolution in Sublimation Transfer Printing

Printing & Digital Printing

Sensient® launches latest ElvaJet® Opal Ink continuing a revolution in sublimation transfer printing. Sensient Imaging Technologies, a subsidiary of Sensient Technologies Corporation, announced the launch of a new range of high performance digital dye sublimation inks for low-viscosity Epson® printheads, ElvaJet® Opal SB inks. Following the extensive success of ElvaJet® Opal SC inks for mid- viscosity printheads, ElvaJet® Opal SB ink addresses the needs of low viscosity printheads, and allows customers of wide format printers to benefit from the revolutionary technology. ElvaJet® Opal SB ink fulfils the need for a plug and print solution in this market. ElvaJet Opal SB ink is also certified for Eco Passport for OEKO-TEX®, epitomising Sensient’s commitment to sustainability and responsib

Jan72019 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Sensient Inks Announces New Turkish Distrubtion Partner

Printing & Digital Printing

Sensient Imaging Technologies, a leading developer and manufacturer of digital inks, is delighted to announce that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Spot Uluslararasi Tekstil for the Turkish market. Founded in 1991 and based in Istanbul, Spot Uluslararasi Tekstil will help promote Sensient’s range of high quality digital textile inks throughout Turkey. “Spot Uluslararasi Tekstil is an experienced partner with a strong reputation for quality and service that matches the values of Sensient and the professional service and commitment we expect for our clients,” notes Jerome Jeanneret, Managing Director of Sensient Inks Europe. “We believe that this appointment will make Sensient a leading provider of digital textile inks for the Turkish markets and allow existing and ne

Nov302018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

EFI Introduces Next-generation Single-pass Reggiani BOLT Textile Digital Printer

Printing & Digital Printing

The EFI Reggiani BOLT re-writes the rules of digital textile single-pass printing. The brand-new, next-generation, single-pass EFI™ Reggiani BOLT textile digital printer from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) made its debut this week during an open house event at the EFI Reggiani facility in Bergamo, Italy. The advanced, ultra-high-speed digital single-pass printer has the potential to revolutionise the textile printing market, providing users with high uptime and reliability, outstanding performance, superior printing uniformity and accuracy, long printhead life and minimal maintenance needs. The EFI Reggiani open house has created huge interest in global textile market opportunities, with nearly 300 customers and journalists attending to see the new BOLT in action. “T

Aug12018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Quality Assurance Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Industry 4.0, Printing & Digital Printing

BST Eltromat International’s iPQ-Center offers flexo and gravure printing companies comprehensive ways of controlling and assuring their production quality. The history of the modular solution suite reflects the dynamism with which quality requirements in the packaging industry have developed over the decades. It also documents how BST eltromat is proactively driving this development forward. At the same time, a glance at the history of the iPQ-Center allows conclusions to be drawn for further development in the age of Industry 4.0. “We entered the quality assurance systems market as a manufacturer at a time when web guiding technology was increasingly going electronic,” says BST eltromat’s Head of Product Development for Web Handling Jürgen Bettführ. He is referring to the year 1979, w

Jul192018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

5th International Digital Textile Congress

Printing & Digital Printing

Following on from the success of the 2016 event (number of attendees: 274), announce the dates for 5th edition of the International Digital Textile Congress 2018, entitled: “ Digital Plugin for the Textile Factory of the Future “ on September 27-28, 2018 in Ghent-Belgium. The congress is a joint initiative of UNITEX and ESMA 25 lectures will focus on following core topic areas: Digital Printing/finishing, Fabrication Principles and Processes Devolopments in digital inks (waterborne, UV...) hardware, software, textile Functional links (electronic, OLED, hydrophobic...) Lab2Fab 3D-Printing Digital Workflows – Applications Designing, Fashion New Business Models, e-commerce... An efficient congress will take place with 25 high-level presentations. Participan

May252018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

Reggiani has Exhibited the Newly Released Textile Printing Machine in ITM

Industry 4.0, Printing & Digital Printing

Twelve-colour Reggiani printer and Mezzera product for greener denim production make their debuts in EFI exhibit of advanced textile technologies Textile companies can take full advantage of expanded print opportunities with the groundbreaking new EFI™ Reggiani COLORS digital printer which Electronics For Imaging, Inc. EFI’s exhibit, also highlights important advances in traditional manufacturing, with new EFI Mezzera technology for more environmentally sustainable dyeing on denim garments. The EFI Ecosystem of technologies leverages EFI Reggiani’s 70 years as a leader in textile industry innovation with digital and conventional processes. EFI Reggiani products, along with some of the industry’s most advanced software innovations, simplify the transition from conventional to digital p

May92018 by Textile Planet MagazineNo Comments

TRESU Offers Quality, Safety and Process Efficiency in Print

Printing & Digital Printing

The Slovakian Company SCA Gemerská Hôrka enhanced its production lines with the installation of the four-colour TRESU flexo printing units featuring F10 iCon automated ink supply systems. The company reported a ‘step change’ in quality, safety and process efficiency improvements, after installing the new TRESU printing units. Replacing offline single printing units with an ‘open’ ink supply and chamber, the new TRESU printing units integrate into the production lines, enabling SCA to manufacture its products and apply brand identification graphics, in a single pass for the first time. Featuring two printing chambers, the printing units handle non-woven liner products between 85mm and 300mm wide, using water-based inks. The TRESU printing units with F10 iCon supply system were