Aleph is showcasing its flagship digital printing solutions for the textile printing industry at the Innovate Textile & Apparel virtual trade show.
During the event, the Italian manufacturer of direct-to-fabric and dye-sublimation inkjet printers, invites the show’s attendees to visit its virtual booth and see demonstrations of its ‘cutting-edge’ printing platforms in action, while also offering the opportunity to book 1:1 meetings with the company’s management and partners to discuss the latest market and technology trends.
“We are thrilled to participate in a virtual event of this magnitude,” says Alessandro Manes, CEO, Aleph.
“Over the past few months, we have nurtured our conversations with the market, while our R&D team has kept progressing our technological developments. This is why we are keen on taking the opportunity of Innovate Textile & Apparel to demonstrate our consolidated textile digital printing platforms and solutions. In addition, we aim to highlight the sustainable reach of our portfolio, which comes from a commitment to the environment that aleph has been leveraging since its foundation.”
Under the spotlight on Aleph’s virtual booth are the company’s flagship series: LAFORTE Fabric and LAFORTE Paper. The LAFORTE Fabric series features an extensive range of inkjet printers for printing onto textiles. Those include LAFORTE 100 Fabric, an entry-level printing system achieving a production speed of up to 220 sqm/h in one pass; LAFORTE 200 Fabric, designed to address mid-to-high print volume production (up to 300 sqm/h in one pass); and LAFORTE 400 Fabric, delivering high-volume manufacturing (up to 600 sqm/h in one pass).
All LAFORTE Fabric models display a compact design which facilitates the integration into various production environments. In addition, they feature a waterless printing process envisaging a reduced consumption of water and energy and low production and maintenance costs and use Aleph’s newly developed pigment inks, resulting in a reduced environmental impact.
LAFORTE Paper is the company's flagship series of dye-sublimation printers. It ranges from the entry-level versatile model, LAFORTE 100 Paper, up to industrial-grade LAFORTE 400 Paper. Equipped with a patented rotary vacuum belt system, all the models of the LAFORTE Paper series enable users to achieve extreme application flexibility across different market segments, including fast fashion, sportswear and soft signage.
Aleph is also using Innovate Textile & Apparel to showcase its ranges of inks for the textile industry. These are the result of extensive R&D work performed in partnership with a third-party digital textile ink manufacturing specialist.
Debuting at the virtual event are the brand-new certified acid inks by Aleph. These inks enable outstanding print quality on the right and reverse sides, using a double-sided printing process with a wetting liquid. Aleph’s acid inks are designed for direct-to-textile printing onto textiles such as silk, wool and Lycra, and to help users diversify the applications in the accessories area, as well as in beachwear and underwear – with the new fluo colours adding extra value to those products.
Additionally, Aleph offers virtual demonstrations of its pigment inks, which have been further enhanced in terms of colour brightness and is showcasing its new chemistries for pre and post treatment, designed to improve the level of brightness and fastness of the printed textiles.
