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Insight9 Apr 2021

Textile machinery market bouncing back, according to ITMF

he textile machinery market may be finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel as the global supply chain makes its road to recovery, following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight7 Apr 2021

ColorGATE announces new product innovations

The colour management solutions producer ColorGATE has announced three new innovations to enhance and improve technology right across its extensive product range.

Digital PrintingIndustry 4.0

Insight7 Apr 2021

Championing women’s equality through sustainable finishing

Jeanologia, a world leader in sustainable finishing solutions, and Anish India Exports (AIE), an innovative apparel manufacturing company, have launched the ‘world’s first’ zero waste finishing plant, with a twist.

FinishingDyeingSustainability

Insight6 Apr 2021

Canada’s digital signage market on the rise

Harry McMullen speaks with Mimi Ko Leung of TK Graphics, about the soft signage market throughout Covid-19, utilising digital capabilities and fighting for custom with the colossal US digital print market.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight31 Mar 2021

Ralph Lauren announces ‘world-first’ wastewater-free cotton dyeing system

Ralph Lauren has revealed its plans to create the world’s first scalable wastewater-free cotton dyeing system, with the aim to tackle the huge environmental issue of water waste in the textile supply chain.

DyeingFinishingSustainability

Insight31 Mar 2021

GMG and MeasureColor integrate colour management capabilities

The colour management solutions companies GMG and Colorware have announced the latest technical development to the colour reproduction solution GMG OpenColor.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight30 Mar 2021

Is digital automation the future of knitting?

With the Covid-19 pandemic halting a large proportion of the global knitting market, Masaki Karasuno, marketing manager, Shima Seiki, reflects on how digital automation could now shape the future of the industry.

KnittingIndustry 4.0

Insight29 Mar 2021

Serious interventions needed for the safety of global textile workers

With two fatal fires breaking out in garment factories in Egypt and Bangladesh in the space of a week, vast intervention may be needed in the production market to save custom. Harry McMullen reports.

EffectsCompanies & Finance

Insight16 Mar 2021

Examining the digital print market in the Covid-era

Harry McMullen speaks with Tobias Sternbeck, CEO of Beaver Paper, about the company’s latest cut and sew brand, its acquisition by paper giants Koehler, and how the Covid-19 pandemic is starting to shape the future of digital print.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight15 Mar 2021

Exploring the sustainable future of the denim industry

A collection of the denim industry’s leading names and brands congregated virtually at the Kingpins24 Flash online event in February. Their aim was to present, discuss and explore the sustainable future of the denim market.

EffectsCompanies & Finance

Insight11 Mar 2021

Rewriting the DWR finishing handbook

Alberto de Conti, head of marketing and fashion at the Rudolf Group speaks on the ever-changing finishing sector and company’s recent revolutionary product launch in the durable water repellent (DWR) market. Harry McMullen reports.

FinishingCoatingResearch & Development

Insight8 Mar 2021

Implementing innovative DTG technology

As Spain-based Rafa’s Textiles signed the contract to purchase its fourth Kornit Digital printer, Harry McMullen speaks to Sergio Alfaro Lloret, marketing lead on unlocking the potential of digital textile printing.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight26 Feb 2021

Pioneering sustainable plant-based football kit designs

The English football club Forest Green Rovers has made history this week by announcing the launch of a new jersey made using coffee and plastic waste. Harry McMullen reports.

RecycledSportswearSustainability

Insight25 Feb 2021

Embracing the versatility of digital printing

Giulio Masciocchi, founder of G.DISEGNI, a creative digital print studio, speaks on the fluidity of digital print, the upcoming design trends in the market and how the Italian direct to garment has thrived in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight18 Feb 2021

Producing sustainable black pigments using wood

With most of the world’s black pigments made using petroleum in the production process, Nature Coatings, a company founded by Jane Palmer, aims to take on the industry with its wood-based alternative. Harry McMullen reports.

DyeingResearch & Development

Insight16 Feb 2021

Kornit Digital to host digital print fashion week

In an industry first, Kornit Digital aims to highlight the very best of the sustainable digital printing market with the Kornit Fashion Show, Tel Aviv 2021.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight10 Feb 2021

Italian textile machinery sales fall for fourth consecutive quarter

With Italian textile machinery sales down for a fourth consecutive quarter, the industry seeks a change in fortune in 2021 and beyond.

Digital PrintingCompanies & Finance

Insight3 Feb 2021

Exploring the future of fashion’s 3D technology

SupplyCompass’ webinar on integrating 3D technology into fashion explored how the technology could be used to bolster supply chain efficiency and tackle the industry’s poor sustainability track record. Harry McMullen reports.

ApparelDesign & Trends

Insight2 Feb 2021

Assessing Turkey as a major digital print player

With the Turkish market producing 120% more digitally printed fabric in just four years between 2015 and 2019, Erkut Erenoğlu assesses the impact of Covid-19 and Turkey’s stature in the inkjet textile printing arena.

Digital PrintingSustainability

Insight28 Jan 2021

Driving sustainability through AI-powered online shopping

Just over a year on from its conception, Staiy now provides shoppers with online access to sustainable fashion collections from over 140 brands, but its mission goes far beyond the fashion industry.

ApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight25 Jan 2021

Datacolor unveils new colour management solution

The Spectro 1000/700 series of spectrophotometers are designed for efficiency in colour formation and cross-industry quality control, according to Datacolor.

EffectsManufacturing Technology

Preview22 Jan 2021

ITMA 2023 to showcase industry innovation

With much of the textile supply chain rebuilding itself following the footfall of the Covid-19 pandemic, ITMA 2023 seeks to highlight the very best in innovation across the textile world.

EffectsFabricsCOVID-19

Insight11 Jan 2021

Global textile machinery market expecting turnover boost

The latest survey from the International Textile Machinery Federation (ITMF) predicts positive market growth in the textile machinery sector, following a dismal 2020.

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

Insight6 Jan 2021

Pioneering digital print in the New Zealand market

Harry McMullen speaks with Jacques Swanepoel of Textiles Alive, a digital print house in New Zealand, about operating within a niche market, tackling Chinese competitors, and the future of digital printing in New Zealand.

Screen PrintingDigital PrintingCompanies & Finance

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