HOW EUROJERSEY S.P.A ARE DRIVING THE INNOVATION OF PERFORMANCE TEXTILE PRINTING WITH TECHNOLOGY FROM EPSON
“We started printing many years ago and have a strong tradition. We began as traditional printers and then 10 years ago we implemented digital printing - our experience in the field grew from there on. Today our collaboration with Epson is fundamental: We consider ourselves atypical printers because at Eurojersey we use this technology on our Sensitive® Fabrics to enhance the fabrics features. Therefore, after undergoing this high-technology digital printing process, the fabric has a different appearance and different properties with respect to our plain colour products.” commented Andrea Crespi, Managing Director – Eurojersey S.p.A
Founded in 1960, Eurojersey are a vertical manufacturer of printed and plain dyed fabrics serving the Apparel industry worldwide.
As a specialist in the field of knitted textiles, Eurojersey have over the years become a trusted reference point in the sector of Italian-made warp knit fabrics, thanks to their patented range Sensitive® Fabrics, which are used by many leading brands for sportswear, ready to wear, intimate apparel and swimwear markets. Supported by a fully integrated production plant, from knitting to dyeing, through finishing and printing.
Underpinning the Company’s success is a business strategy that combines innovation and constant attention to quality with the sustainable development of large-scale production.
Euro Jersey began their activities at the end of the 1950’s, as a producer of warp knitted fabrics.
Having designed and created Sensitive Fabrics, which is now a registered trademark around the world, the company continues to lead the market in technical fabric innovation and sustainable sourcing. Its success relies on a strategy that combines innovation, consistent attention to quality and the sustainable development of large-scale production.
“We started printing many years ago and have a strong tradition. We began as traditional printers and then 10 years ago we implemented digital printing - our experience in the field grew from there on. Today our collaboration with Epson is fundamental: We consider ourselves atypical printers because at Eurojersey we use this technology on our Sensitive® Fabrics to enhance the fabrics features. Therefore, after undergoing this high-technology digital printing process, the fabric has a different appearance and different properties with respect to our plain colour products.” commented Andrea Crespi, Managing Director – Eurojersey S.p.A.
“Thanks to the Epson Monna Lisa the appearance of our Sensitive Fabrics collections evolves continuously - the prints range from a hyper realistic animal prints to an almost 3D representation of lace or embroidery. And onto the perfect reproduction of a herringbone weave, where you can almost see the faux wool strands to create the precise photographic reproduction of any drawing”.
With the Epson Monna Lisa, Eurojersey have brought to the catwalk an unprecedented style evolution giving class and elegance to the technical Apparel sector.
Andreas Crespi went on to explain: “The Sensitive Fabrics’ range is suitable for different applications, from swimsuits to underwear and lingerie. Today, also thanks to the development of digital printing technologies, we have found strong support and help in crossing over to new and previously unfamiliar sectors such as sportswear and clothing. In these markets we have successfully implemented digital printing techniques to give our product a different finish. That gives us the chance to get into areas of business where we were previously not present. The union and synthesis between the characteristics and our unique fabric and Epson printing technology enables us to create effects that cannot be found anywhere else.”
“Our collaboration with Epson is aimed at achieving new entrepreneurial goals, through technical innovation and has allowed Eurojersey to set a new standard in the Fashion industry” – Andrea Crespi.
As a vertical manufacturer Eurojersey are at the forefront of innovation for performance fabrics for Apparel, Athleisure and Outdoor sports. The Euro Jersey fabric range offers knitted textile constructions with Polyamide Lycra blends and delivers specific performance qualities for drying, breathability and elasticity. Fabrics are constructed in multiple weights starting from 89gsm to bonded fabrics with three layers going up to 250gsm. Eurojersey offer a range of exclusive prints for the outdoor and sportswear sector including key performance fabrics; compression textiles for hiking, training and running etc. Their unique fabric collections offer printed performance textiles, designed and constructed to meet the specifications of the leisure and sportswear industries which combine both function and fashion.
With an in-house design team Eurojersey’s offer the fashion industry inspiring printed design collections. The AW 2022 Ready to Wear collection features Sensitive® Fabrics digitally printed to meet the requirements of an ever-faster, on-demand, fashion design cycle. Among the AW 22 trends: Rustic Nobility - offers a retro style with a sophisticated interpretation - designs include folk and tartan patterns. Pop Nomads offers a nostalgic flashback to the typical colour codes of Pop Art. Here designs feature eye-catching prints straight from the 1960s, drawing inspiration from wallpaper designs, with graphic elements and striking colour contrasts that set the fashion trend for the season. Further collections for AW 22 include - Bucolic Ride and Predators all of which offer a dazzling array of high quality digital textile prints.
Eurojersey have always been committed to sustainability:
“in 2007, it inaugurated the SensitivEcoSystem® project, reflecting a holistic vision in the choice of measures specially designed to minimise the use of water, energy and chemical products and the quantity of emissions and waste generated, triggering a series of virtuous behaviours that characterise every aspect of company life and extend beyond its boundaries to help build a widespread culture of environmental responsibility”. For many years, Eurojersey have flanked the WWF in Italy, fully aware that they have to work together to trigger positive change. “We have backed conservation projects involving our planet’s water resources and biodiversity, while contributing to the protection of iconic marine and freshwater species and safeguarding the Oases run by WWF Italia” commentated Eurojersey S.p.A.
EuroJersey are equally serious about certification. The quality of their products and manufacturing processes is guaranteed by authoritative international certification services that attest the conformity of Sensitive® Fabrics products to the most stringent standards in force in numerous countries.
