Tag: Textiles

  • 3D printing meets high fashion

    The Italian research and development lab D-House has been working with Stratasys’ direct-to-textile 3D printing technology to create a new fashion collection, ‘Knitting the Future: 3D Printing meets Merino Wool’, which was developed with The Woolmark Company and is being shown at this week’s Milan Design Week in Italy. 

  • Baldwin to launch TexCoat G4 fabric finishing

    Baldwin Technology is planning to launch its TexCoat G4 application system for fabric finishing at next month’s ITMA show in Barcelona. This system helps various chemical finishes to be applied such as a water-repellant or fabric softeners.

  • Soyang boosts its textile portfolio

    Soyang Europe has announced availability of a number of printable textile products developed by its Chinese partner, Soyang Technologies.

  • J-Teck3 to launch J-Lux dye sub inks

    The Italian company J-Teck3 has said that it will launch a new range of J-Lux dye sub inks at the Fespa show in May.

  • Kiian develops PVC-free range of plastisol textile inks

    Kiian Specialty Inks has launched a range of plastisol inks that can be used with most textiles, from cotton to synthetics.

  • Epson releases dye sub paper

    Epson has released details of its first dye sub paper, called DS Transfer Production Paper.

  • Kornit broadens textile colour gamut

    Kornit Digital has released its Avalanche Hexa six-colour system to the European market with machines already sold to Germany, France and Portugal. This can print direct to multiple fabric types and claims 30% more gamut than other textile printers thanks to having red and green alongside CMYK inks as well as white. Kornit Digital partnered…

  • Mutoh updates ValueJet 1638 LFP

    Mutoh has updated its 165cm-wide ValueJet large format printers with the launch of the X-series. The new ValueJet 1638X is targeted at long term outdoor and indoor sign & display applications and can be configured with Mutoh Eco Ultra inks as well as Universal Mild Solvent (UMS) inks.   There’s a textile version, the 1638WX, which…

  • Mimaki launches new textile printer

    Mimaki has launched a new textile printer, the Tx500-1800B, a variation on the existing Tx500-1800A. The new model includes a specially designed conveyor belt that feeds fabric without tension, enabling high quality printing on elastic materials, even with unattended operation. Print speeds are said to be 1.6 times faster than conventional Mimaki textile printing products…

  • Hollanders upgrades printheads

    Hollanders Printing Systems will use the Seiko 508GS print-head with nozzle guard in all of its future ColorBooster XL installations, following a test earlier this year. This new head features a stainless steel cap to protect the anti-wetting layer of the nozzle plate from deterioration during operation and cleaning cycles. The new heads will also…