NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING INKS - SUSTAINABLE INKS AND SUPER FAST PRODUCTION
“With improved runnability, ink cost per meter and increasingly - the requirement for eco-friendly, certified and sustainable credentials - leading the way. New inks were announced along with expansions in production capacity to service the growing Digital Textile Printing market.”
Digital Textile Printing - New Developments in Ink technology for Textile printing.
As much as the Digital Textile Machinery manufacturers made progress during the pandemic, 2020 also saw significant progress in the Digital Printing Inks Industry. With improved runnability, ink cost per meter and increasingly - the requirement for eco-friendly, certified and sustainable credentials - leading the way. New inks were announced along with expansions in production capacity to service the growing Digital Textile Printing market.
An exciting year in spite of all the problems, real progress was shown in this sector, and below, are a few of the news highlights of the last year to explore in 2021.
Dupont Artistri Digital Textile Printing Inks For A Sustainable Future
As global textile markets evolve into a new reality, brands and designers are transitioning towards sustainable raw materials and manufacturing processes for fashion apparel, home furnishings, soft signage and even product packaging. Get more out of your printing process with innovative inks used on both textile and non-textile substrates, allowing you to seamlessly innovate textile production and garment designs for brilliant colors and long-lasting prints.
Kornit Digital Introduces Neopigment™ Robusto Softener Solution For Fashion On Demand
The NeoPigment Solution allows Kornit Presto users to manufacture on demand for top retail and fashion brands, with no compromise on handfeel . Kornit Digital, a worldwide market leader in digital textile printing technology, announced the release of its new NeoPigment™ Robusto Softener solution for Presto, the company’s system for digital, pigment-based direct-to-fabric decoration. Reflecting Kornit’s commitment to expanding sustainable, on-demand (i.e. waste-free) decoration capabilities to all corners of the textile industry, this solution eliminates a key barrier between digital, pigment-based impressions and the fashion industry—namely, a softer handfeel.
Agfa Introduces Interiojet Water-Based Inkjet Printing System For Interior Decoration
Top print quality and advanced customization for digital printing of laminated surface designs. The InterioJet 3300 is a multi-pass, water-based inkjet system for printing on decor paper used for interior decoration, such as laminate floors and furniture. In accordance with Agfa’s matched components’ approach – which ensures the accurate alignment of printing systems, workflow software and inks – the company developed dedicated water-based pigment inks for the InterioJet. These eco-friendly inks are light- and water-fast and use specific pigments that deliver a high color coverage.
Epson Announces Gots Approval For Its Ultrachrome Dg Inks
As consumers and brands become increasingly conscious of the origins of the clothing and fabrics they purchase, textile manufacturers need to be able to prove their eco credentials. Epson is pleased to confirm that its Ultrachrome DG inks and cotton pre-treatment liquid have been approved by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). Both are available as standard for Epson’s newly launched SC-F3000 direct-to-garment printer and are also used on the smaller SC-F2100 printer in the same range.
Dupont Image Solutions Introduces Artistri® Xite P2700 Inks For Digital Textile Roll-To-Roll Printers
DuPont Image Solutions announced the new series for its Pigment Inks portfolio, DuPont™ Artistri® Xite P2700. Artistri® P2700 is an innovative digital textile premium pigment ink formulated for mid- viscosity printheads, offering best-in-class color with deep, rich black and outstanding color saturation. Due to the ink formulation, it delivers the quality needed for textile printers in home, furnishings and apparel applications.
Ricoh’s New Eco-Friendly Collaboration With Farbenpunkt Inks For Digital Textile Printing Will Save 90% Of Fresh Water And 50% Of Energy Use
Ricoh is opening market access to American ink pioneer Farbenpunkt’s innovative new textile ink, PeractoJet. The collaboration enables OEM clients to compete in the highly attractive digital textile market and enhance their environmental offering. Reducing the environmental impact of global textile production caused by using dye-based, such as reactive inks in digital and analogue processes, is the driver for this collaboration. Traditional fabric dyeing and treatment accounts for 20% of worldwide wastewater.
Colorado 1650 Uvgel Ink Receives 3m Performance Guarantee Certification
Canon Production Printing is proud to announce that 3M has certified the Colorado 1650 and its UVgel 460 ink with its 3M Performance Guarantee. 3M put UVgel 460 inks to the test on a wide range of its media. This certification proves that applications printed on the Colorado 1650 in combination with 3M’s approved media achieve the highest quality standards.
Roland DG's TR2 Ink Wins PRINTING United Alliance 2020 Product Of The Year Award
Roland DGA announced that Roland DG TR2 ink has won a PRINTING United Alliance 2020 Product of the Year Award in the Digital Inks - Solvent/Eco-Solvent/Latex category. Specially formulated for use with Roland DG’s TrueVIS™ VG2/SG2 wide-format printer/cutters and the new TrueVIS VF2-640 wide-format printer, GREENGUARD Gold certified TR2 ink features an expanded color gamut and produces incredibly detailed, vibrant graphics.
Mutoh’s New Ms41 Inks Obtain Greenguard Gold Certification
Japan based wide format printer manufacturer MUTOH Industries Ltd.- represented by Mutoh Europe nv for the EMEA business area - today announced that it has obtained GREENGUARD Gold Certification for its MS41 Eco Solvent inks. The certification was obtained for the category Wallpaper, which is the top category allowing the highest surface load of prints per classroom, office or healthcare environment.With this certification, Mutoh MS41 inks meet the UL 2818-2013 Gold Standard for chemical emissions for building materials, finishes and furnishings.
Magna Colours Launches New Transfer Print Inks At Impressions Expo At Long Beach
Leading manufacturers of water-based screen-printing inks, MagnaColours® launched a new water-based transfer printing range at Impressions Expo in Long Beach, California. MagnaTransTM, is a brand-new range of water-based inks, migration blocker, adhesives, fixer and films. The new MagnaTrans inks have been designed for use on the most demanding fabrics, offering a high stretch finish, soft handle and exceptional performance.
Genesta PG-Revo Pigment Inks Show The Way Forward In Eco-Friendly Digital Textile Printing
Genesta PG-Revo Inks are the ground breaking Pigment Inks from For.Tex of Italy that provide the textile market with high abrasion resistance and high print quality in a waterless digital printing system. For.Tex say that in terms of universal awareness of eco-responsible Textile Manufacturing, synthetic materials like polyester with its plastic and microfibre content constitutes an enormous ecological problem and that, in the long run, printing natural fibres such as Cotton and Linen are a better solution.
Siegwerk Opens Europe’s Largest Fully Automated Production Facility For Printing Inks
By commissioning a fully automated production facility at the Siegburg site, Siegwerk is setting a new quality standard for the production of customized printing inks and varnishes, while continuing to push forward its own digitization. Siegwerk, one of the world’s leading providers of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, has opened a new fully automated facility for the production of customer inks at its headquarters in Siegburg today. With this commissioning, the new Blending Center is now the largest fully automated production facility for printing inks in Europe.
Agfa To Increase Inkjet Ink Production Capacity
In order to cope with growing volume demands, Agfa will significantly invest in the expansion of its inkjet ink production capacity. A new manufacturing plant will focus on water-based inkjet inks. The new production facility – located at Agfa’s headquarters in Mortsel, Belgium – will enable Agfa to serve its current customers, as well as to be a key supplier of aqueous inkjet inks for a wide range of novel applications. Its first target is the growing market of printing on décor paper for the production of laminate floorings and furniture panels, where inkjet printing with Agfa’s water-based inks delivers a very cost-effective solution.
