"Deploying inkjet technology into the textile industry is presenting an increasingly compelling opportunity for the print industry, recent research from Smithers Pira reveals this. Double digit growth across 2016-21 is making digital textile printing one of the most exciting market opportunity in the print and textile supply. It is creating new value-adding business opportunities for fabric printers and material suppliers, as the capabilities of the latest generation of digital textile presses dovetails with evolving priorities for end users, like fashion designers."
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ITALIAN COMPANIES FORM NEW GROUP CONFINDUSTRIA MODA
Italian textile companies working in the fashion and accessory space have come together to form a federation called ‘Confindustria Moda’. The federation represents more than 67,000 companies, having a turnover of more than 88 billion euro and employing more than 5,80,000 workers. It includes leather manufacturers, footwear manufacturers, jewelry manufacturers, optical manufacturers and tanners.
UK’S CAMIRA AWARDED EU ECOLABEL
Camira’s wool and polyester products have been awarded the EU Ecolabel. Camira is a UK-based textile group known for its fabrics Patina, Synergy, Synergy 170, Individuo and Rivet. Camira has 20 years’ experience in designing and manufacturing recycled fabrics. It’s known for classic 100 per cent recycled polyester fabrics like Xtreme and Lucia, and other products such as Aspect and Era.
INNOVATIVE COLOUR CHANGING CLOTHES WARM UP GLOBAL APPAREL MARKET
Designers are experimenting with color changing clothing. Researchers and designers around the world are developing techniques and technology with exciting possibilities. Color-changing textiles are still in their infancy but knowledge around them is beginning to spread. However, thermochromic inks have been used for decades, from novelty items such as mood rings, to packaging that indicates when food or drink is at the right temperature, to more utilitarian applications such as thermometers and battery indicators.
BRAZILIAN TEXTILE EXPORTS TO GULF UP 87 PER CENT
Brazilian textile and clothing exports to the Arab world increased 87.5 per cent in January and February this year compared to the same period last year. The increment was almost exclusively a result of synthetic fabric and sisal rope for use in ships and rigs. Exports of beachwear, textile yarns and intimate wear also went up in the first two months of the year.
EU’S APPAREL IMPORTS ON THE RISE
Apparel imports by the EU were up 0.22 per cent in December 2016. Full year imports reflect a rebound in clothing demand from EU buyers after the euro stopped falling from a year earlier. During 2016, the combined imports of woven and knitted apparels increased by 5.53 per cent compared to 2015.
SHIMA SEIKI to Participate in SaigonTex 2017
Leading computerized knitting machine manufacturer SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan will participate in the 30th Vietnam Saigon Textile & Garment Industry Expo (SaigonTex 2017) show to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam next month.
SHIMA SEIKI to Participate in Expo Producción 2017
Leading computerized knitting machine manufacturer SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan will participate in the Expo Producción textile and machinery show to be held in Mexico City, Mexico later this month. SHIMA SEIKI will exhibit as part of the booth by its Mexican representative MACOCA.
ONE PRINTER, TWO INKS: ENABLING FAST, EFFICIENT PRINT ON COTTON, HEMP, POLYESTER AND MORE, AT AN ENTRY-LEVEL COST AND WITH A COMPACT FOOTPRINT
Mimaki, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutting systems, today announced that its Tx300P-1800 and Tx300P-1800B direct-to-textile printers have been updated to simultaneously load both textile pigment and sublimation dye inks. This enables the use of a single printer to print directly on a wide range of textiles without the need to change out ink systems. This new technology, that wasn’t possible until now, is a breakthrough that will improve productivity and increase flexibility for these Mimaki textile printers.
SHIMA SEIKI to Exhibit at SPIN EXPO Shanghai
Leading computerized knitting machine manufacturer SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan, together with its Hong Kong subsidiary SHIMA SEIKI (HONG KONG) LTD., will participate in the 29th Session of SPIN EXPO in Shanghai, China from the end of February.
SHIMA SEIKI to Participate in BSTIM
Leading Japanese computerized flat knitting machine manufacturer SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. will exhibit at the upcoming Best Solutions in Textile Manufacturing Fair (BSTIM) in Igualada, Spain this month.