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At ISA International Sign Expo 2017 (Las Vegas, US, April 20-22), Agfa Graphics will introduce a new dye sublimation printer – the Avinci DX3200. This dedicated, highly productive soft signage engine was designed to bring remarkable print quality on polyester-based fabrics.

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Upgrading to Xaar 1003C printhead delivers quality, reliability and efficiency savings in tile decoration

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When it was first announced at drupa 2016, the Acuity LED 3200R UV inkjet printer caught the eye of Graphics Works Director Peter Barham, and in December 2016 his company became the first in Europe to install this ultra-high quality 3.2 metre wide roll-to-roll printer.

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The company’s Maglev UV-LED large format printers enable high productivity as well as layered prints with high quality.

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"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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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