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Hollanders is continuing its efforts to move into the mainstream digital textile printing market by dividing its printing systems portfolio, clarifying the specific segments for its digital textile printing solutions. While the company’s single-sided platforms are designed for sign-makers and display producers, there has been notable growth in demand for its double-sided devices which increasingly appeal to specialist products, including printing of interior decoration and furnishings.
Insight8 Oct 2015With the growing competitiveness between brands to produce bespoke designs efficiently and effectively, printers are becoming increasingly aware that it’s not just the machinery and the ink that are key to the printing process. Colour management plays a crucial role in digital textile printing as creation of an accurate and attractive print can save time and money.
Insight1 Oct 2015The textile and clothing industry has made leaps and bounds in becoming more sustainable over the past 10 years, and cleaning up waste water has been a top priority. Technology has enabled dyers and finishers to remove chemicals from their waste water and recycling plastic bottles and other materials has enabled fibre production to become greener.
Insight24 Sept 2015Iranian researchers have succeeded in the laboratory production of quantum dots made of graphene as catalysts to produce azo dyes. The produced nanocatalyst showed appropriate performance in increasing the efficiency of the production of azo dye compounds.
Insight24 Sept 2015Complementing the ‘Art of Sustainability’ theme of ITMA 2015, the PCI Consulting Group Fibres Conference, which precedes the exhibition from November 10-11, 2015, is set to explore not only the how sustainable practices can help take a business to the next level, but will also look at the challenges that have been faced in an effort to make the fibre industry more sustainable. Topics include: A difficult year for PET recyclers; and the sustainability of different raw materials for polyester production.
Insight18 Sept 2015InkTec has introduced a new dye sublimation ink, SubliNova R-TS, for Ricoh Gen5 printheads. Designed to deliver quality prints on the high speed Mimaki TS500-1800 printer, SubliNova R-TS ink has been formulated for printing on uncoated and coated light-weight transfer paper, 50-70gsm, with a fast drying time.
Insight18 Sept 2015At IMI Europe InkJet Technology Showcase back in June, Kyocera announced the forthcoming of the Kyocera KJ4C printhead with ink recirculation close to the nozzles. Now, the first KJ4C has been officially announced to the market as Kyocera reveal the KJ4C-0360 will be available from October 2015. The KJ4C recirculation print head will have the same print width as the KJ4B, but with a reduced number of nozzles.
Insight16 Sept 2015UK based specialists in dispersions for digital textile inks, Diamond Dispersions has reported a record 12 months of growth. Over the last four years the company has focused on this ever expanding area of the printing market, redesigning its portfolio of pigmented dispersions and creating a new range of high performance dye sublimation dispersions.
Insight15 Sept 2015Developments in the area of textile coatings are often focused on protecting a textile, or a wearer, from external elements, with water repellents and flame retardants top of the advancements list, and antibacterial coatings becoming ever more popular for use in medical textiles. However, what if a textile coating could enable us to see what’s going on inside our bodies, helping us look after our own well-being?
Insight18 Aug 2015US digital textile print house, Blissett Textiles provides women’s sanctuary, Hagar’s House, with digitally printed fabric and skills training in order to provide victims with financial independence. WTiN spoke to Camilla Franklin, owner of Blissett textiles, about the work she and partner Jeanne Marquez have embarked on at Hagar’s House, and about the success the company has had with pigment inks for digitally printed home textiles.
Insight18 Aug 2015Konica Minolta recently announced that it will launch the Nassenger SP-1 – a high-productivity, high-resolution, single pass digital textile printer – at ITMA Milan, November 2015. The company has now added to the list of new launches at ITMA with the addition of two further inkjet textile printers, Nassenger 10 and Nassenger 8.
Insight17 Aug 2015Solvent inks have traditionally been used in the signage printing market as their composition is, in general, not suitable for printing on textiles. Unlike aqueous inks, where the pigment/dye carrier is water, solvent inks contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These VOCs can produce harmful emissions and strong odours, however they can also be very durable and are comparatively inexpensive. Due to the durability benefits offered by solvent inks, many companies have attempted to create eco-solvent inks, milder versions of the solvent inks, which in turn would be more suitable for printing on textiles.
Recent innovations in digital textile printing have focused on direct-to-textile printing, however transfer printing is still hugely popular. OKI Data Americas is therefore introducing its latest digital textile transfer printer to the market, the C831TS.
Insight5 Aug 2015Dyeing denim has long been an environmentally strenuous process with large amounts of water used to dye only one pair of denim jeans and difficulties presented when adhering the dye to the denim, producing a large quantity of waste water. As a result of this, companies are constantly investing in R&D in order to make the process more sustainable and this is leading to ever more partnerships between brands and chemical manufacturers.
