Premier Digital Textiles is Europe’s leading supplier of fabric truly prepared for digital print.
With over three decades of expertise and innovation, we are your go-to partner for all your fabric needs. Our commitment to driving the digital textile market forward is fuelled by our passion for innovation and our focus on delivering high-quality, value-adding textiles.
Our PrepRITE fabrics are designed to optimise print performance across various ink types which include Sublimation, Pigment and Latex. Our extensive range includes fabrics in multiple weaves, weights, constructions and compositions, each meticulously engineered to meet specific printing needs. Every fabric undergoes comprehensive testing to ensure superior quality and performance, making PrepRITE the go-to choice for reliable and high-performing print ready fabrics.
Our team of dedicated professionals offer unmatched knowledge across the entire textile production process—from yarn selection right through to finishing. Whether you're an established brand or a new startup, we are here to support your business with personalised solutions.
We are committed to ensuring quality and consistency in everything we do. We understand that our customers rely on us to provide the best materials and service, and we take that responsibility seriously. Whether you are in the home furnishings, interior décor, or fashion market, you can trust us to deliver fabrics that are not only of exceptional quality but also backed by unmatched customer service.
With over 4 million metres of fabric housed in 100,000sq ft. of modern storage and distribution facilities in both the UK and US, we are well-equipped to deliver fabrics worldwide on a daily basis.
A key selection of the PrepRITE fabrics range is also available in Australia through our exclusive distributor Select Textiles.
One of our biggest strengths is our close-knit relationships with our global mill partners which means we innovate from concept through to delivery. We also work extensively with global OEM brands and collaborate with the print industry.
Manchester – October 2026 – Premier Digital Textiles has today highlighted its 33130 Achill Natural Linen, a beautifully understated fabric defined by timeless texture and natural character.
The luxurious fabric reflects the company's ongoing commitment to quality materials that serve both designers and the environment
Manchester – August 2026 – Premier Digital Textiles today highlights its 2555 Dimout, a versatile, dual-purpose fabric designed to bridge the worlds of fashion and interior design.
With its distinctive silver finish and subtle sheen, the fabric is positioned as a premium material for designers and makers operating across both industries.
2555 Dimout features a smooth silver surface that lends itself naturally to elegant occasionwear, flowing garments, and bold statement pieces.
Its fluid drape and refined aesthetic make it particularly well-suited to summer collections, where lightness and visual impact are equally valued.
London, UK – July 2026 – Textile designer Jess Parker, a graduate of Norwich University's Textile Design programme, has been awarded the Premier Digital Textiles Vibrancy in Print Award at this year's New Designers exhibition, held at the Business Design Centre in London.
The award, presented by Premier Digital Textiles, recognises outstanding achievement in print and pattern design. Parker's winning collection was selected by an industry panel of judges for its striking use of colour, pattern, and innovative approach to digital textile design.
Barcelona - 2026 – Premier Digital Textiles made a significant impact at FESPA 2026, partnering with Epson Europe B.V. to showcase the capabilities of its high-performance PrepRITE® Fabrics on the Epson Monna Lisa and SureColor print series.
The collaboration drew considerable attention from industry professionals, demonstrating what is achievable when advanced print technology meets precision-engineered fabric.
The partnership with Epson Europe provided an ideal platform to highlight the critical role that fabric selection plays in realising the full potential of digital textile printing.
Leyland – Lancashire – May 2026 – Premier Digital Textiles recently met with John Mark Wallpaper Printing, following the Lancashire-based company's bold investment in the Epson UK & I ML-13000.
This state-of-the-art installation signals a crucial expansion for John Mark Wallpaper Printing into the digital textile market.
Premier Digital Textiles are poised to provide essential infrastructure and premium fabric support, driving industry-wide innovation at a time when sustainable manufacturing is an urgent necessity.
Manchester – UK – April 2026 – Premier Digital Textiles has announced the release of the second article in its definitive six-month series, exploring key directions in print and pattern design for 2026.
The newly published piece, authored by Elen Hughes, critically examines the evolution of floral botanicals as they shift from traditional decorative repeats to highly immersive, expansive surface statements.
The analysis identifies several pivotal shifts currently shaping the future of textile design. Oversized blooms are beginning to dominate entire fabric surfaces, accompanied by painterly textures and intricate layered details.
Manchester, UK – October 2025 – Premier Digital Textiles, a leading innovator in the textile industry, today announced its significant presence at the upcoming Printing United Expo.
The company will showcase extensive collaborations with industry giants including HP, Mimaki, Monti Antonio, and Klieverik, highlighting the versatility and quality of its fabrics through a series of live demonstrations and application showcases.
At the HP stand, Premier Digital Textiles will feature a major display of fabrics printed with designs from New Designers prize-winner, Beth Lingard.
This collaboration will demonstrate a wide range of applications for both dye-sublimation and latex printing, including tote bags, scarves, cushions, and lampshades.
Manchester February 2026 – Premier Digital Textiles, a leader in innovative textile solutions, has announced a renewed focus on its premium Herringbone fabric collection, also known as broken twill weave.
As the textile industry continues to evolve towards high-quality, durable, and aesthetically distinct materials, the company is positioning this classic V-shaped weaving pattern as a cornerstone for contemporary design and sustainable fashion applications.
Manchester – UK -January 2026 – Premier Digital Textiles has announced the release of its latest industry analysis, "Key Directions in Print & Pattern Design 2026."
The report, curated by Elen Hughes, forecasts a significant paradigm shift within the creative sector. It highlights that while artificial intelligence and digital tools are pushing the boundaries of complexity, there is a simultaneous and growing demand for the unique value of the human hand.
.London, UK – January 2026 – Premier Textile, a leading supplier in the textile industry, has announced its strategic roadmap looking toward 2026.
This forward-thinking initiative aims to solidify the company's position as a premier provider of high-quality textile solutions while addressing the evolving needs of a diverse global market.
25 November 2025 : Premier Textiles has announced the appointment of Polly Beard as Account Manager, bringing over two decades of international experience in product development, sourcing and textile innovation to the Manchester-based company.
Polly joins Premier Textiles following an extensive global career working with some of the most respected names in fashion and manufacturing, including Esquel Group, Smart Shirts, Heathcoat Fabrics, Faconnable, Tommy Hilfiger, Emanuel Ungaro and DKNY.
Her work has spanned product design, sourcing, manufacturing and leadership, with a particular focus on sustainable production and long-term supplier partnerships.
Premier Digital Textiles and Hybrid Services, Mimaki’s exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland, recently highlighted the power of industry collaboration at the TRAPIS & More Showcase.
The event, held at Hybrid’s showroom, brought together leaders in print design and manufacturing to demonstrate how partnership is driving the next wave of textile innovation, with a strong focus on sustainability and performance.
The showcase served as a platform to exhibit the convergence of advanced print technology, materials science, and creative application.
Premier Digital Textiles played a crucial role by supplying its PrepRITE™ digitally prepared fabrics, which are engineered to deliver the consistency and colour vibrancy demanded by modern digital printing systems like those from Mimaki
Join Hybrid and Premier Digital Textiles for the TRAPIS & More: Mimaki Textile Sessions event, and see your own fabric printed with this versatile new system
February 2026 – Premex Solutions has published a customer spotlight featuring Little Cocalico, a Pennsylvania-based digital textile printing company specialising in natural fabrics.
The Q&A-style feature explores how family-owned businesses are responding to evolving market demands for sustainability, flexibility and shorter production runs, while maintaining quality and consistency at scale.
Mimaki’s exclusive UK and Ireland distributor, Hybrid Services announces the launch of the new TS200-1600, the Japanese manufacturer’s latest sublimation transfer inkjet printer, which will make its international debut at The Sign Show at the NEC in Birmingham, UK (23–25 September 2025).
Lingard described winning as "surreal and moving" and has already begun collaboration discussions with several design studios since receiving the award. "Winning the Premier Digital Textiles Vibrancy in Print Award means so much to me — both personally and professionally," she said. "Not only is it an incredible recognition of my creative journey, but it also gives me the chance to collaborate with Premier Digital Textiles, whose expertise and state-of-the-art digitally prepared fabrics will help bring my designs to life in stunning quality."
Colour Separation: The Craft Digital Textile Design Shouldn’t Forget
Textile designer Stephan Alker draws on more than 40 years in the industry, going back to his start at Transfertex in 1980, to trace how colour separation moved from drum scanners, hand-retouched films and engraved gravure cylinders to fully digital workflows.
He argues that this production knowledge still matters in the age of digital printing, because properly separated designs give brands far more freedom.
The Path Foward: Connect Every Link:
Design, colour, workflow, production, data. Each link now depends on the one before it, and the printers who will lead the market are those who strengthen the whole chain, not just the machinery at its centre.
So, this autumn, ask the bigger question on your own shop floor.
Not "Which printer?" but "How well does my business connect demand, design and production?"
Rebés's story isn't one of nostalgia - It's a working blueprint for how heritage manufacturers can stay indispensable in a market that rewards speed, certification, and specificity in equal measure. Four million metres of stock mean nothing without the digital printing capability to turn it into something distinctive.
A 150-year name means nothing without the R&D discipline to win a tender for antistatic, carbon-fibre-infused uniform fabric on the first attempt.
Image Credit: Tejidos Rebé
What if the next dress you wore never touched the factory floor?
This is no longer a fringe experiment. It is a maturing production model, backed by genuine material science, real circularity, and an AI-assisted workflow that is becoming more accessible by the month.
Her advice to designers and brands alike is refreshingly practical: start small, get hands-on with an accessible 3D printer, and build fluency before the technology becomes table stakes. The businesses that treat this moment with curiosity, rather than scepticism, will be the ones shaping fashion's next decade rather than reacting to it.
The 2027 FESPA Awards are now open for entry, and the message to businesses across textiles, apparel, interiors and beyond is simple: your work deserves recognition. Every gold winner featured here started in the same place every entrant does - with a project they believed was worth submitting.
As the only independent awards programme with 18 categories dedicated to print and signage, FESPA offers a genuinely global stage, with shortlisted entries displayed at FESPA Global Print Expo in Spring 2027.
Colour Is Too Important to Leave to Chance
Print will always be the part of the garment people see first.
But the sum of all parts — the fabric, the trims, the fasteners, the finish — is what determines whether a design actually delivers on its promise. Brands that continue to treat colour as a single creative decision, rather than a coordinated technical discipline spanning their entire supply chain, will keep paying for it in re-dips, delays, and disappointed design teams.
A Century of Textiles, and an Ever-changing World
Few companies can trace their roots back more than a century and still count themselves among their industry's innovators. Texia, headquartered in Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain, is one of them.
But the story of Texia is not simply one of longevity.
It is a story of continual reinvention. As the textile industry has grown more global and competitive, Texia has repeatedly reshaped its business, investing in technology, developing its own brands, and placing sustainability at the centre of its mission. In doing so, it offers a compelling example of how a heritage manufacturer can lead rather than follow through a period of profound industry change. Image Credit: Texia
What are we craving Ultimately?
The instinct to slow down while simultaneously optimising every measurable aspect of life isn't a passing curiosity. It's a structural response to a world that feels increasingly unstable, and it's reshaping what people expect from their homes, hotels, workplaces and healthcare environments alike.
For the design and manufacturing sectors, this means rethinking both product and process.
The Structual Shift is Real and its Already Here
Volumes are moving east, where digital production is accelerating rapidly. Consumer behaviour has shifted.
Demand is now driven by personalisation, shorter buying cycles, and an expectation of near-instant responsiveness. Regulatory pressure is intensifying, with supply chain transparency now a legal and commercial fact in many markets. And margins? They are under sustained, structural pressure.
This is not a temporary disruption. It is a fundamental reordering of how textile manufacturing must operate.
The Challenge: Standing Firm as the Industry Shifts
The wallpaper landscape has changed dramatically. Digital printing has lowered the barrier to entry, spawning countless direct-to-consumer brands and pushing much of the market towards faster, cheaper production.
At the same time, manufacturing in the UK has grown steadily harder - rising minimum wage, national insurance, energy and substrate costs all bear down on margins. Surface Print have embraced all of these challenges - and stand resolutely prepared for the future.
From Helsinki's printing mill to Paris's Le Marais, discover how Marimekko is scaling a design-led brand with purpose, craft, and bold innovation.
But what makes Marimekko's story compelling is not just its aesthetic legacy?
The word "toxic" carries weight. It conjures danger, harm, and things best avoided.
“Yet in the textile industry - Where between 3,000 and 10,000 chemicals move through the supply chain, a reflexive fear of the term is one of our biggest obstacles to progress.”
This article distils the key takeaways and what buyers, designers, and brands should be asking right now.
What Is the Digital Product Passport?
At its core, a Digital Product Passport is a digital record attached to a physical product - For a printed textile product, this means the DPP would capture data on the substrate, inks and dyes used, the printing process and technology, chemical compliance, environmental impact (including water and energy use), supply chain traceability, and end-of-life instructions.
The Market Gap that Changed Everything
Future Fashion was founded in 2019, timed deliberately to coincide with a pivotal moment in global textile technology: the commercial launch of the EFI Reggiani BOLT Single-Pass digital printing system.
The founders recognised that single-pass architecture had fundamentally changed what was industrially possible - and that Pakistan's domestic market had yet to catch up.
Print is no longer defined by the inefficiencies that once characterised it…as advances in production processes and technology have significantly improved its environmental performance.
Taran Rai, Corporate Sustainability Manager at Epson explains why?
The story of what happens when young designers access digital technology is still being written.
What once was a theoretical sustainability goal seems to have shifted into an active regulatory reality.
Is the Textile Market Finally Recovering?
After a difficult few years, there are genuine reasons for optimism. Duncan was candid about the challenges: "The market for textiles has been very difficult over the last three years. I'm not going to hide the truth there. But the tide is turning.“
A profound shift is currently reshaping the sector
Changing consumer expectations demand greater design diversity, faster turnaround times, and sustainable manufacturing practices.
To thrive, interior brands must adapt their supply chains, bringing production closer to the end consumer and moving away from bulk manufacturing.
Digital textile printing offers a definitive solution to these operational bottlenecks.
Digital transformation doesn't announce itself.
It accumulates - one innovation at a time - until an entire industry looks back and realises the ground has shifted beneath its feet. That's precisely where textiles stands today.
The conversations happening now about AI, automation, sustainability, and digital product passports are not theoretical. They are shaping decisions being made on factory floors and in boardrooms right now.
“By leveraging advanced digital textile printing, Marylene Madou has successfully merged traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology. Her approach offers a blueprint for how independent designers can scale their brands globally while maintaining a minimal environmental footprint.”
The textile industry is undergoing a vital transformation. As the insights from Techtextil and Texprocess reveal, the path forward relies on a combination of sustainable hardware, intelligent chemistry, and seamless digital workflows.
From Zimmer's industrial-scale energy reductions and Stratasys's on-demand 3D embellishments, to Kornit's single-step technical printing and the unified digital ecosystems of NedGraphics and Optitex, the tools for change are here. To stay competitive, brands and manufacturers must adopt these innovations, moving away from fragmented, wasteful processes towards a truly connected, circular economy.