Category: Textile Printing

  • Brother shows powderless DtF

    Brother shows powderless DtF

    Brother has shown off a prototype of a new approach to DtF that takes a completely different approach to just about every other DtF solution.

  • Durst acquires Aleph

    Durst acquires Aleph

    Durst has acquired the Italian company Aleph SrL, which makes textile inks and printers, in a move that should bolster Durst’s capability in this area in terms of manufacturing capability as well as software design and water-based ink experience.

  • Stratasys updates J850 Techstyle

    Stratasys updates J850 Techstyle

    Stratasys took the opportunity of the ITMA textile show to demonstrate a new version of its J850 Techstyle printer, which has switched from mercury lamps to an LED array.

  • EFI Reggiani reveals Bolt XS

    EFI Reggiani reveals Bolt XS

    EFI Reggiani used its presence at the ITMA textile show to announce a new single pass press, the Bolt XS, and to show off a series of printers running its EcoTerra pigment ink as well as to demonstrate the high productivity Hyper machine.

  • Fespa and garment printing

    Fespa and garment printing

    Earlier this week I wrote about the main display graphics side of this year’s Fespa show so now I want to wrap up my reports from Fespa 2023 with a look at textile printing.

  • Kyocera jumps into textile market

    Kyocera jumps into textile market

    Kyocera has announced a new inkjet textile printer, the ForEarth, which marks its first entry into the textile printer market.

  • Kornit introduces smart curing

    Kornit introduces smart curing

    Kornit has introduced two new options for its Atlas Max range of direct to garment printers, including a new approach to curing the prints from the water-based pigment inks.

  • Polyprint introduces new generation DtG

    Polyprint, which has developed a range of desktop DtG printers, has announced a number of new products, including two new Direct-to-Garment printers the TexJet NG 120 and its slightly larger sibling, the TexJet NG 130. These are designed to compete against mid range industrial printers, which marks a new direction for Polyprint.

  • Fashion-Enter sets up Kornit manufacturing centre

    Earlier this month I visited Fashion-Enter, a garment manufacturer in North London, UK, that has invested in a couple of Kornit textile printers to establish a digital micro factory.

  • Blur invests in Kornit Presto S

    The Portuguese company Blur, which garments for high end fashion brands, has installed a Kornit Presto S and a few weeks ago I caught up with the company’s CEO Mariano Dias to talk about this.

  • Kornit opens new ink factory and acquires Tesoma

    Kornit opened its new state-of-the-art ink manufacturing facility in Kiryat Gat, Israel at the end of January and is hoping that this factory will be able to supply its consumables for the next decade. 

  • Mutoh teams up with STS for DtF printer

    Mutoh has partnered with STS Inks to put together the STS Modular Direct to Film system, which is targeted at the t-shirt and apparel market.