Brother Industrial: Innovative expert in the industrial printing industry
In the ever-changing world of industrial technology, Brother stands for innovation and expertise. With the Group's development dating back over a century to its founding in 1908, Brother has established itself as one of the global leaders in industrial solutions with a focus on industrial printing and industrial sewing.
Brother has a comprehensive range of solutions in the areas of direct-to-garment and direct-to-film printing - from mass production to smaller printers for customisation, a water based latex large format printer with Brother made piezo printheads, Brother made software and automation solutions as well as a wide range of industrial sewing machines.
Through continuous innovation, Brother remains an expert in the industrial printing industry and continues to strive to offer its customers the best solutions.
Belgrade, Serbia – October 2026 – Brother Industrial EMEA today announced that its GTX300 digital textile printer has been awarded the prestigious Gold Seal Award at Grafima 2026, the 46th International Fair of Graphic, Paper and Creative Industries, held in Belgrade.
The machine received top honours in the category "Digital Printing Machines for Textile Materials up to 160cm Wide", as judged by the fair's expert panel.
The Gold Seal Award recognises outstanding quality, innovation and professional capability within the graphic and textile printing industries.
September 28th 2026 – Time is running out to secure a place at tomorrow's live presentation of the Brother GTX300, where industry experts will showcase the printer's capabilities in real time.
Registration closes shortly, offering one final opportunity for professionals to gain firsthand insight into this innovative print technology.
The session will give attendees an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the GTX300, exploring what sets it apart in an increasingly competitive market
Emmerich am Rhein, Nordrhein-Westfalen – September 2026 – Brother Industrial EMEA has announced that its DTRX direct-to-film (DTF) roll-to-roll printer will be demonstrated live at a special Textile Edition Open House, hosted by trusted dealer Vemar.
The event will take place on 25–26 September at Vemar's showroom in Paterno, Italy, giving visitors the chance to see the technology perform first-hand.
Emmerich am Rhein, Nordrhein-Westfalen – August 2026 – Brother Industrial EMEA has announced the launch of a new white ink formula for its entire GTX series of textile printers.
Developed in response to evolving EU requirements, the new formulation meets the latest environmental and chemical standards while preserving the print quality and performance the brand is known for.
The new white ink reflects Brother's ongoing commitment to more sustainable textile production.
Echbolsheim – France – August 2026 – Caldera has announced that its Direct-to-Film software now supports the Brother DTRX100, one of the most advanced integrated direct-to-film (DTF) production systems available on the market today.
The development extends Caldera's growing portfolio of compatible DTF devices, offering print professionals greater flexibility in their choice of production hardware.
The Brother DTRX100 is a 32-inch roll-to-roll DTF printer engineered for high-volume, continuous production environments.
Emmerich am Rhein, Nordrhein-Westfalen – August 2026 – Brother Industrial EMEA has announced the launch of its GTX300, a hybrid direct-to-garment (DTG) and direct-to-film (DTF) garment printer that the company says sets a new benchmark for textile print quality.
To mark the occasion, Brother Industrial EMEA is offering eligible print professionals across the EMEA region a complimentary demo package to experience the printer's capabilities firsthand.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., July 20, 2026 -- Brother International Corporation announced the launch of the GTX300 Hybrid Garment Printer, a professional-grade hybrid printing solution with both direct-to-garment (DTG) and direct-to-film (DTF) capabilities in a single compact machine designed to give apparel decorators greater flexibility, efficiency and control.
Engineered as a true hybrid solution, the GTX300 allows apparel decorators to switch seamlessly between DTG and DTF workflows to meet a wide range of customer demands without adding equipment or complexity.
June 2026 – Brother today highlighted the DTRX system, a complete direct-to-film (DTF) printing solution that combines 32-inch roll-to-roll printing, integrated powder application, and built-in curing within a single, seamless system.
The DTRX is designed to replace the patchwork of mismatched equipment that has long defined DTF production, giving businesses a streamlined path to consistent, production-ready transfers
METZINGEN, GERMANY – June 2026 – Brother Industrial EMEA has announced its upcoming participation in the Print & Stitch event in Metzingen, where the company will demonstrate the critical role of modern textile finishing in today's rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape.
The exhibition from June 10th to 11th 2026 will highlight the seamless integration of intelligent workflows and powerful printing technologies, providing industry professionals with the tools necessary to modernise their operations while addressing urgent demands for sustainable and ethical production methods.
Barcelona, Spain – March 2026 – Brother Industries will present a comprehensive range of professional textile decoration and print solutions at FESPA 2026 in Barcelona.
The company's stand, located within the fair's dedicated Textile section, will feature hybrid Direct-to-Garment (DTG) and Direct-to-Film (DTF) systems, alongside the recently launched DTRX — an industrial DTF solution designed for medium to high-volume production environments.
Brother Industrial EMEA has announced its renewed partnership with the FESPA Foundation to champion waste reduction and deliver meaningful social impact at the FESPA 2026 exhibition in Barcelona.
By combining advanced industrial printing technology with a resolute commitment to global sustainability, Brother will live-print children’s sports shirts throughout the event.
These garments will subsequently be donated to schools in South Africa, providing essential activewear to youth living in challenging circumstances.
B-FLEX Italia – the Global Hub for Garment Decoration Materials for over 20 years – and Brother announce a European-level collaboration focused on the development of an optimised DTF solution for the Brother DTRX printer series.
Following extensive testing carried out in collaboration with Brother’s technical teams, B-FLEX has developed a dedicated line of DTF film and hot-melt powder specifically engineered for the DTRX platform.
The solution has demonstrated outstanding performance both in terms of print quality and workflow optimisation, ensuring vibrant colours, sharp details and a soft, elastic hand on the finished garment.
Frankfurt – Germany – April 2026 – Brother, a global leader in industrial sewing technology, has announced its participation at Texprocess, the leading international trade fair for the processing of textile and flexible materials.
At the event, Brother is presenting its latest innovations designed to support manufacturers across the apparel and non-apparel industries.
The showcase highlights the company's commitment to reliable, high-performance machinery, advanced automation, and customised production solutions that address the urgent need for efficiency and sustainable manufacturing practices in a rapidly evolving market.
At this year’s exhibition, Brother demonstrates a comprehensive portfolio of industrial sewing machines and intelligent automation systems.
Nagoya – Japan – March 2026 – Brother Industries has officially secured effective control of Mutoh Holdings after its ¥35 billion tender offer succeeded, marking a transformative step in the Japanese group's expansion into the sustainable industrial printing sector.
The acquisition of 4.04 million shares, representing 88.01 per cent of voting rights, comfortably exceeded the minimum threshold and solidifies Brother's commitment to leading technological innovation whilst addressing evolving industry demands.
The shares were purchased at ¥7,626 each, bringing the total initial investment to approximately ¥30.8 billion.
Mutoh will officially become a consolidated subsidiary of Brother starting on 30 March, when the settlement of the tender offer begins.
BOCHUM, GERMANY – March 2026 - – Brother Industrial EMEA has announced its upcoming participation at the INHOUSE2 trade fair, taking place next week in the Jahrhunderhalle in Bochum.
The company will unveil its latest high-performance hardware and software solutions designed to drive efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability in the professional textile printing sector.
FRANKFURT, Germany – February 2026 – Brother Industrial has confirmed its return to the leading international trade fair, Texprocess, scheduled for 21–24 April 2026 in Frankfurt.
As the industry faces increasing pressure to modernize and adopt ethical manufacturing practices, Brother Industrial will utilize this platform to unveil its latest advancements in industrial sewing technology, designed to enhance operational efficiency while championing sustainability.
Located at Messe Frankfurt in Hall 8, Stand G75, the exhibition will offer industry professionals an exclusive first look at cutting-edge technologies engineered to redefine precision and performance in modern textile production.
Rome, Italy – February 24th 2026 – Brother Industrial EMEA will exhibit its GTXpro hybrid direct-to-garment printer this weekend at ComuniKart - L'Expo B2B della Comunicazione in Rome.
The company will be present at the booth of its partner TECHNOPROGRESS in hall 2, where attendees can see the printer's capabilities first-hand.
NAGOYA, Japan – 5 February 2026 – Brother Industries has today announced a decisive move to bolster its industrial printing capabilities through a ¥35 billion ($230 million/€215 million) takeover bid for Mutoh Holdings.
Strategically, the deal positions Brother to leverage Mutoh’s established technologies and product lines across UV, eco-solvent, and roll-to-roll platforms, while expanding access to Mutoh’s dealer channels and installed base.
Mönchengladbach, Germany – January 2026 – Brother Industrial EMEA has successfully concluded a two-day strategic event at its microfactory in Mönchengladbach, held in collaboration with the team behind Myze, its specialized Print and Embroidery Workflow Software.
The gathering served as a pivotal platform for dealers, partners, and customers to engage directly with the latest technological advancements driving the industrial printing sector.
Frankfurt am Main – December 2025 – Brother Industrial EMEA has officially confirmed its upcoming participation in Texprocess 2026, the leading international trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials.
Taking place from April 21 to April 24, 2026, in Frankfurt am Main, the exhibition will serve as a premier platform for the company to unveil its latest technological advancements.
Industry professionals are invited to visit Hall 8.0, Booth G75, to witness firsthand how Brother Industrial EMEA is shaping the future of the sector through sustainable and ethical manufacturing solutions.
December 2025 – Brother Industrial EMEA has officially announced a significant upgrade to its printing ecosystem, revealing that its Latex Wide Format Printer range now supports the latest VersaWorks 7 software.
This strategic update is set to unlock enhanced performance capabilities and streamline workflow efficiency for print professionals across the region, reinforcing the company's commitment to delivering forward-thinking industrial solutions.
December 2025 Brother Industrial Printing has announced a new strategic financing initiative designed to accelerate growth for garment decorators.
The programme offers lease rates starting at 3.9 per cent for the GTXpro B Hybrid printer, enabling businesses to access high-volume production capabilities without the traditional barrier of significant upfront capital investment.
This move underscores Brother’s commitment to supporting the scalability and financial health of print businesses in a rapidly evolving market.
Brother has announced that its next generation of direct to film printing solutions, the Brother DTRX, will be launched in January 2026.
This new system combines outstanding print quality with proven reliability, empowering users to confidently manage larger orders and expand their production capacity.
Designed for professional, high-volume operations, the DTRX features an 80cm print width supported by an 81cm roll width, ensuring consistent, high-quality results across large-format projects.
0ctober 2025 - Brother Industrial Printing, a leader in the digital printing sector, today announced the upcoming launch of its latest innovation, the Brother Industrial Printing - Americas 9.
This new Direct-to-Film (DTF) printer is engineered for unprecedented speed and designed to meet the demands of high-volume production environments.
The official unveiling will take place at the Printing United Expo at booth #4670.
Milan, Italy – October 2025 – Brother high;ights its groundbreaking DTRX Direct to Film (DTF) medium format printer at Viscom Italia 2025.
The state-of-the-art printing solution supports media widths up to 810mm and represents a significant advancement in digital textile printing technology.
The Brother DTRX addresses critical industry challenges by delivering exceptional precision, vivid colour reproduction, and reliable performance for commercial printing applications.
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.
Friedmans stands as a testament to the power of combining traditional textile knowledge with forward-thinking innovation.
“Operating from their UK headquarters, Friedmans now serves a diverse array of sectors, including swimwear, dance, entertainment, sportswear, interior decor, prosthetics, and even pet apparel. With a strategic supply chain that reliably serves clients worldwide”