Output and machinery market review
Strategic analysis of Market Tracker data on printer installations and printed fabric output, with industry forecasts.
For printer manufacturers, printhead developers, software developers, resellers and brands.
Independent data and expert analysis on the technologies, markets, installations, output and players shaping digital textile printing.
WTiN tracks roll-to-roll digital textile printing country by country: the printers installed, what they produce and the ink and transfer paper they use. Our market reviews then set out where the industry is heading. Whether you make or sell printers, printheads, inks, paper, software or ancillary equipment, or you are a brand, retailer or materials specialist, the Digital Textiles Hub shows where demand sits. Use it to choose which markets to target, decide which products to invest in and benchmark your business against the market.
If you supply the digital textile printing industry, or buy from it, you will recognise the questions. Where are new printers going, and which segments have gone quiet? How much ink and paper will a market need, and what formulas are in demand? And what are the specific printer requirements for each application? Where is the print capacity to support your next product range?
The Digital Textiles Hub is built to help answer them and many more. Its Market Tracker follows roll-to-roll printer installations and production across more than 100 countries, and lets you combine seven data points in whatever way suits your question: width, speed, application, sublimation or direct, printhead, multi-pass or single-pass and price. It also measures the ink and transfer paper the sector consumes. Alongside it, the Digital Textiles Directory shows who is active in each market.
That gives you solid ground for decisions such as which market to enter next, what sales targets to set by country and where to put your R&D budget, whether that is a new ink chemistry or the next printer width and speed you develop. It also gives you a benchmark: set your own installations, sales or consumables volumes against the market and see how your share compares, country by country.
The Tracker shows the market as it stands. For where it is heading, our analysts publish market reviews of output and machinery, ink and transfer paper. Each is built on Tracker data and includes industry forecasts you won't find in the Tracker itself. An annual direct-to-film (DTF) market review covers garment decoration. And if you want to talk through what the numbers mean for your business, the analysts who maintain the data are on hand.
A framework of thousands of hardware and consumables products serving the roll-to-roll and garment decoration textile printing sectors.
These charts show global Market Tracker data for H1 2026. In the Digital Textiles Hub you can go further, across more than 100 countries and any combination of data points.
The tonnes of ink roll-to-roll printers consume in each end use, split by chemistry.
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The roll-to-roll printers in operation, grouped by print width or speed band and split between sublimation and direct printing.
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The 12 largest countries by production in H1 2026 and their share of the world total. The top five are shown here. Partners can see all 12 and compare countries on installed printers, ink and transfer paper as well.
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Filter by any combination
By chemistry
By paper type
Find suppliers, partners and competitors. Every profile is checked by WTiN before it is published.
| Company | Type | Country | Chemistries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Example company one | Printer manufacturer | Country | Pigment, reactive |
| Example company two | Ink supplier | Country | Disperse |
| Example company three | Transfer paper | Country | Sublimation |
Directory preview is illustrative. Charts show Market Tracker data to date; forecasts are published in our market reviews.
Our analysts turn Market Tracker data into strategic reviews of each part of the market. The output and machinery, ink and transfer paper reviews include industry forecasts that are not available in the Tracker. Use them to plan R&D, capacity and sales beyond the current year.
Strategic analysis of Market Tracker data on printer installations and printed fabric output, with industry forecasts.
For printer manufacturers, printhead developers, software developers, resellers and brands.
Strategic analysis of Market Tracker ink consumption data, outlining trends in chemistry demand with industry forecasts.
For ink developers, printhead developers and resellers
Strategic analysis of Market Tracker transfer paper data, detailing paper weights, tackiness and coatings with industry forecasts.
For transfer paper manufacturers, ink and ancillary equipment providers
Our annual review of the direct-to-film (DTF) market in the garment decoration space.
For suppliers, OEM's, consumables, and printhead developers active in, or moving into, garment decoration.
Four questions. Every answer comes from WTiN’s proprietary digital textile printing market data.
See how your view of the market compares with the data. It takes about a minute.
Four questions, about a minute. Compare your answers with WTiN data, then see the correct answers and receive a copy by email.
As a manufacturer of digital textile printing solutions, we find WTiN's market data and reports valuable. We recognise WTiN as a well-established and trusted source of intelligence in the digital textile printing industry.
WTiN’s annual flat data is very useful for understanding the overall market situation and trends. The latest news also helps us understand what the market is looking for. I have also attended WTiN’s events in Como and Guangzhou, which were very good opportunities to exchange information with people in the industry.
WTiN is a great partner for our marketing initiatives, enabling us to increase our ability to reach new prospects and get known by potential customers beyond our traditional base.
Plus, the DT Intelligence tool is truly valuable to our company to make informed business decisions. Thanks to the granularity and quality of the data, as well as the focus on Textile of the team, we get strong insight that we can rely on.
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