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Insight6 Nov 2015The US cotton industry is promoting cotton’s attributes as a natural fibre, and working on a range of initiatives designed to ensure that cotton is produced both responsibly and sustainably.
Insight6 Nov 2015Durst has revealed that it is to arrive at ITMA Milan with a complete new family of high-production multi-pass digital textile printers, for both fashion and home textiles. The Alpha series will be offered in widths from 190-330cm and configured with up to 8 colours and 64 600dpi print heads, dubbed the Alpha-S. Durst says productivity is up to 460 linear metres/hour, which means the new model is aimed at the same market applications as the company’s existing Kappa series. It is not clear yet whether the Alpha machines will be market alongside or in substitution for the Kappa.
c-tex is launching c-tex colour, its online colour monitoring technology at ITMA. Step changes in price and performance of sensing technology, coupled with constant evolution in computing performance has enabled c-tex to offer c-tex colour at an attractive price and capability.