For many years, Agfa is known as a solution provider – combining all offerings: software, press and ink. At Agfa, we believe in print as an essential and powerful medium of communication.
Our mission is to enable printing businesses to achieve profitable growth.
We do this by offering you integrated solutions which are innovative, reliable, sustainable, cost-effective and price-competitive, enabling you to adjust swiftly to new market demands.
Printing begins with fast, error-free delivery of print files to the pressroom.
The ability to process jobs through a dedicated workflow saves time and money and ensures that every machine is fed with the right data at the right time.
This is where Agfa’s award-winning Asanti workflow comes into play as it automates everyday tasks without restricting the operator.
Agfa UK’s Inkjet Experience Centre in Rugby, Warwickshire is fully open. To book your demo visit www.agfa.co.uk/inkjet, email icc.gb@agfa.com or call 020 8231 4027.
Mortsel, Belgium – October 29th 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions has announced Experience Day 2026, a hands-on event dedicated to demonstrating how advanced inkjet printing and precision finishing can work together within a single, integrated workflow.
The event will take place on Thursday, 26 November 2026, from 09:00 to 15:00 at Agfa Headquarters in Mortsel, Belgium.
Developed in partnership with Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems, Experience Day 2026 will give print service providers a first-hand look at how combining print and finishing technologies can boost productivity, broaden application possibilities, and open up new business opportunities across sectors including signage, display, packaging, and corrugated production.
Milan, Italy – October 22nd 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions today announced it will present its award-winning Jeti Bronco H3300 HS live at Viscom Italia 2026, taking place 28–29 October at the Allianz MiCo Convention Center.
Visitors can see the hybrid wide-format printer in action at Stand 8 B17/C20, where Agfa will demonstrate its capabilities for sign and display businesses seeking greater productivity without compromising on image quality.
The 3.3-metre Bronco H3300 HS delivers print speeds of up to 450 m²/h while maintaining high image quality, combining the flexibility to handle both rigid and roll media in a single hybrid platform.
Capurso, Italy – October - 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions today announced that Digibux Print, an Italian digital print specialist, has invested in the Jeti Bronco H3300 HS, a 3.3-metre wide-format hybrid UV LED inkjet printer.
The investment marks a significant step in Digibux Print's evolution from digital print specialist to industrial production powerhouse, as the company expands its production capabilities to meet changing customer demands.
Milan, Italy – October 2026 – Agfa has confirmed its participation in Viscom Italia 2026, the international trade fair dedicated to visual communication and graphic arts.
The event will take place on 28–29 October 2026 at the Allianz MiCo Convention Center in Milan, with doors open daily from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM.
Birmingham, UK – 29 September 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions today opened three days of exhibiting at The Print Show 2026, held at the NEC Birmingham, where the company is demonstrating a complete wide-format production environment designed to boost productivity, efficiency, and application versatility for print businesses.
Visitors to Stand P510 in Hall 1 can see the Anapurna Cierva H3200 in action, seamlessly switching between rigid and roll media
Mortsel, Belgium and Londonderry, N.H. – 28 September 2026, 7.45 a.m. CET – Electronics for Imaging, Inc. ("EFI"), a leading industrial inkjet business and portfolio company of Siris, and Agfa-Gevaert ("Agfa") today announced a definitive agreement to combine Agfa's Digital Printing Solutions business ("Agfa DPS") with EFI.
An affiliate of Siris will hold a 60% interest and Agfa will hold a 40% interest in the newly formed company, with Siris and Agfa acting as equal partners under the combined governance structure.
The agreement builds on the global partnership EFI and Agfa established in 2024, which enabled both companies to expand their product offerings through access to complementary technologies.
Las Vegas, NV – August 2026 – Agfa will return to PRINTING United Expo 2026, one of the printing industry's most important events, to connect with print professionals from across North America and beyond.
The company will exhibit at Booths 1149 and 1161 at the Las Vegas Convention Centre from 23–25 September 2026.
At the show, Agfa will demonstrate how its latest inkjet solutions help businesses increase productivity, expand application possibilities, and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving print market.
Mortsel – Belgium – September 2026– Agfa has today announced the launch of the Jeti Tauro H3300 HS, a new hybrid UV LED inkjet press that extends its award-winning Tauro family.
Built on technology and insights gathered across the entire Tauro range, the new press is designed to meet the productivity demands of today's print service providers while offering a clear path for future growth.
Agfa will return to The Print Show for the third consecutive year, reinforcing its commitment to the UK print and signage market.
The event takes place at the NEC Birmingham from 29 September to 1 October 2026, with Agfa welcoming visitors to stand P510 in Hall 1.
This year, Agfa is bringing print technology, workflow software and real-world applications together to demonstrate a complete wide-format production environment.
Florida – July - 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions has announced its return as a Keynote Sponsor of the 2026 Wide Format Summit, marking the sixth consecutive year the company has supported the industry's premier gathering.
The event is scheduled to take place from 27 to 29 July 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs, Florida.
Agfa is pleased to announce it has received two 2026 Pinnacle Product Awards from PRINTING United Alliance, recognizing both its Onset Panthera FB3216 and its MAX automation ecosystem for the Jeti Tauro platform.
The Onset Panthera FB3216 has been recognized in the RTR/Hybrid/Flatbed New Technology category, while Agfa’s MAX automation solutions for the Jeti Tauro earned the award in the Non-Output – Automation Equipment category.
Birmingham, UK – June 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions has announced its participation in The Print Show 2026, the United Kingdom’s premier print industry event.
Taking place from the 29th of September to the 1st of October at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, the exhibition will serve as a platform for Agfa to demonstrate its authoritative stance on the future of print technology.
Visitors can locate the company at Stand P510 in Hall 1, where industry leaders will unveil strategies to unlock new business opportunities, drive operational efficiency, and address critical industry shifts.
Southend on Sea – June 2026 – Agfa is pleased to announce that Solopress has successfully installed the Anapurna Ciervo H2500i, a state-of-the-art wide-format inkjet press designed to deliver exceptional productivity, versatility, and print quality.
This milestone marks the latest chapter in a longstanding partnership between the two companies, reinforcing their shared commitment to innovation in the printing industry.
Agfa has been recognised at the EDP Awards 2026 with its Jeti Bronco H3300 HS hybrid printer taking home one of the industry’s most prestigious accolades.
The awards, presented during FESPA Global Print Expo 2026 on 20 May, saw judges praising the Bronco’s combination of high-speed productivity and hybrid versatility that enable print service providers to handle rigid and roll media applications on a single platform.
With speeds of up to 450 m²/h and a 3.3m print width, the Bronco is engineered for strong output without compromising on throughput or quality.
Gistel – Belgium – May 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions has announced its upcoming showcase at the FESPA Global Print Expo 2026, taking place in Barcelona from the 19th to the 22nd of May.
Positioned at Booth 3-D100, the industry leader will unveil the Jeti Bronco H3300 HS, a powerful new hybrid printer engineered to deliver unparalleled speed, scale, and production confidence.
This launch reinforces Agfa's commitment to driving innovation and efficiency in the print industry, addressing the urgent demand for sustainable and high-performance printing solutions.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 : Agfa will unveil the latest version of its award-winning Asanti workflow software at FESPA Barcelona this May as part of its comprehensive ‘beast for every need’ showcase.
Designed to help print service providers produce faster, more accurately, and with greater confidence, Asanti combines powerful automation, smarter color management, advanced connectivity, and enhanced performance to raise the bar for industrial-scale converting efficiency.
Leeds – UK – April 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions has announced the successful installation of the UK's first Jeti Condor RTR5200 at FaberExposize UK.
This milestone marks a significant leap forward in large-scale print production, introducing Agfa's widest roll-to-roll inkjet press to the British market and enabling unprecedented speed, scale, and visual impact for the retail and exhibition sectors.
Mortsel – Belgium – April - 2026– Agfa Inkjet Solutions has announced the upcoming launch of its latest high-performance hybrid inkjet printer, the Jeti Bronco H3300 HS, at the FESPA Global Print Expo from 19 to 22 May 2026.
The highly anticipated unveiling will take place at the Fira de Barcelona, Hall 3, Booth D100, introducing a new era of speed, scale, and sustainable production power designed to equip print service providers for the future.
Mortsel – Belgium – April 2026– Agfa Inkjet Solutions has announced it will provide complimentary entry tickets for industry professionals to attend the FESPA Global Print Expo 2026.
The prestigious event will take place from May 19 to May 22, 2026, at the Fira de Barcelona.
By offering these passes, Agfa aims to accelerate the adoption of sustainable and highly productive inkjet technologies, empowering printing businesses to navigate current market demands and grow with absolute confidence.
April 2026 : Dale Studios has strengthened its production capabilities and future-proofed its wide format offering by investing in an Anapurna Ciervo H3200 from Agfa.
The installation in November 2025 marks the latest milestone in a long-standing partnership between Dale Studios and Agfa that has helped the Leicester-based creative production house unlock new levels of speed and quality.
The Ciervo H3200 is the third Agfa engine to join Dale Studios’ line-up after seeing the machine at the Print Show 2025.
São Paulo, Brazil - March 2026 – Agfa is set to demonstrate its authoritative position in the printing sector by presenting a comprehensive programme of wide-format inkjet printing and workflow solutions at Expoprint Latin America 2026.
From 24 to 28 March at the Expo Center Norte in São Paulo, the company will exhibit an impressive lineup of sustainable and highly efficient inkjet systems designed to meet the urgent and evolving demands of modern print businesses.
Visitors to Agfa’s stand, located at H-14-050, can expect to discover the company’s complete ‘beast for every need’ portfolio, which is engineered to drive operational efficiency while strictly minimising environmental impact.
Mortsel – Belgium - Saturday -21st March - 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions, a pioneer in the global printing industry, marks International Colour Day by reaffirming its commitment to advancing print technology through innovative and sustainable ink solutions.
As the market increasingly demands high-quality, eco-conscious printing, Agfa continues to lead the sector by delivering ink technology designed entirely in-house, ensuring lasting quality and exceptional performance for commercial printers worldwide.
Mortsel Belgium : March 2026– Agfa Inkjet Solutions has announced its confirmed participation in the upcoming International Sign Association (ISA) Sign Expo 2026, which will take place from the 8th to the 10th of April in Orlando, Florida.
Recognised as a critical event for the global sign, graphics, and visual communications industry, the expo will provide a prominent platform for Agfa to demonstrate its role as an industry innovator.
The company will proudly showcase the Anapurna Ciervo H2500, a highly versatile hybrid inkjet printer specifically engineered to deliver unparalleled quality, flexibility, and productivity across various applications.
February 23rd 2026 – Leading large-format printer The Big Ink Tank LTD has announced a significant expansion of its production capabilities through the acquisition of an Agfa Anapurna Ciervo H3200 UV LED inkjet printer.
This latest investment marks a continuation of the company's successful partnership with Agfa, which began with their first equipment purchase in 2018.
The addition of the Anapurna Ciervo H3200 represents a strategic move by The Big Ink Tank to meet growing demand whilst broadening its application portfolio in the exhibition and signage sectors.
February 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions has announced its participation in FESPA Barcelona, where it will present a formidable lineup of wide-format inkjet printing solutions.
From 19 to 22 May 2026 , the company will be located in Hall 3, Booth D100, demonstrating high-performance technology designed to deliver tangible impact for print service providers across the industry.
The exhibition will feature a range of "inkjet beasts," highlighting Agfa's commitment to speed, automation, and versatility.
Morstel – Belgium - February 2026 – Agfa spotlights the Oberon RTR3300, a high-end 3.3 m roll-to-roll dedicated machine designed to redefine productivity and quality in the wide-format printing sector.
This latest addition to Agfa’s large-format portfolio combines extreme speed with exceptional print quality, offering print service providers a robust solution for tackling high-volume workloads with efficiency and precision.
The Oberon RTR3300 is engineered to meet the evolving demands of the sign and display market, where versatility and quick turnaround times are paramount.
As a dedicated roll-to-roll system, it features a unique design that allows for meaningful productivity gains.
January 2026 – Agfa Inkjet Solutions has announced the appointment of Andy Clifton as its new Head of Innovation.
In this pivotal role, Clifton will report directly to Vincent Wille, President of Digital Printing Solutions, and will lead Agfa’s global Research and Development organisation.
His primary mandate is to further strengthen the company's recognised leadership in innovation by continuing to integrate developments across ink, equipment, and software technologies.
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”