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News18 Dec 2014Collaborating at Heimtextil 2015, Kornit Digital and designer Gideon Oberson will aim to showcase the partnership opportunities that exist between the creative design industry and digital textile printing.
Arvind Limited has been named as the first prize winner in the textile sector at the National Energy Conservation Award 2014, in India.
Extex was established in 2002 out of parent company Marina Mill – a design, hand print and weaving business – as a luxury outdoor range of fabrics, specifically designed at the time for use on all exterior areas of a yacht. Twelve years later, the range is being used extensively in the residential, marine and hospitality sectors.
News12 Dec 2014Arioli successfully launched its ArioPrint digital textiles printer at of FESPA Eurasia, in Istanbul, Turkey, following a minor hiccup on day one when its Kyocera printheads were stopped by Turkish customs. Day two of the exhibition was far more triumphant as all 16 heads were fully installed, thanks to the hard work of Arioli Engineers and its Turkish partners Aras Teks Kimya.
News12 Dec 2014Digital textiles printing was a clear focus at FESPA Eurasia, held in Istanbul, Turkey last week, as international and local brands came together to present their latest innovations. Spread over two halls, FESPA announced that the event had increased in size by 20% when compared to the previous year, with international participants also an area of growth.
News10 Dec 2014As a result of increased demand and an ever expanding product range, Your Print Partner has invested in a new Mimaki JV5-320DS dye sublimation printer, capable of printing on 3.2m wide rolls of fabric. As well as improving efficiency, decreasing set up times and reducing fabric wastage, the new printer optimises the potential for new product development and brings the company’s annual print capacity up to 250,000m².
News10 Dec 2014Orla McCarthy, a Textiles and Surface Design graduate from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland, has been announced as the winner of the SDC International Design Competition 2014 at an awards event held at Huizhou University in China.
Review9 Dec 2014Mimaki is set to showcase its latest textile printing technology at Heimtextil 2015, the international trade fair for home and contract textiles. The event will take place at Messe Frankfurt, Germany, from January 14th to 17th, 2015 and Mimaki will be on stand G15 in Hall 4.0.
The Society of Dyers and Colourists Education Charity (SDC EC, India) has announced that the theme of its 11th International Conference will be “Innovations for Sustainable Textile Production … Connecting the Dots.”
Review26 Nov 2014Itema, manufacturer of advanced weaving machines, is showcasing its innovations at a two-day Open House in Puebla, Mexico. The Itema Open House Mexico spotlights the Company’s latest weaving technology advancements with a focus on the rapier R9500 and airjet A9500 models.
REACH&Colours Italia and Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group (University of Milano-Bicocca) have partnered to produce new software designed to predict specific toxicological and environmental properties of dyes, on the basis of a Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) approach.
The non-profit organisation, Textile Exchange, which is committed to a sustainable textile industry, has released the result of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that it said demonstrates the tangible benefits of organic cotton cultivation.
News20 Nov 2014A new ink from Pigment.inc is to be compatible with DTG Digital M Series machines, which the companies claim means they have created a direct to garment printer which could print directly onto mixed fibre shirts as well as 100% cotton.
News19 Nov 2014New social enterprise, JUST (www.projectjust.com), aims to connect designers with ethical suppliers and ethically-minded customers, promoting the fair production of clothes by being transparent about who it sources them from.
