Texintel CEO’s Keynote Speech To Kick Off The Sixth International Digital Textile Congress At Ghent In September
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UNITEX and ESMA have come together to produce a world-class event to deliver a forensic examination of the fast growing Digital Textile Printing sector.
The 6th edition of the bi-annual Digital Textile Congress 2023 will take place in Ghent, Belgium, September 28-29, 2023.
This international conference intends to bring forward the best research, latest developments on digital technologies, including hardware, software, digital inks, printed materials and their related applications.
It’s about all the aspects of digital technologies that go into making creative, functional textile, from clothing, soft signage, technical, outdoor and indoor textile.
Opening Day Programme For The Digital Textile Congress 28th September
Keynote Speech : Key Industry Trends and Technologies that Reframe Textile Manufacturing, D. McKeegan, Texintel (UK)
Market shifts have accelerated the digitisation of the Textile Industry and affect all stakeholders across the industries complicated supply chain. In this presentation we will explore markets, buying behaviours, new technologies, materials, and their impact on future production.
Facts And Fairy Tales In Digital Textile Printing, J. Notermans, SPGprints (NL)
The presentation will address how confusing and sometimes even misleading the information about Digital Textile Printing can be. All printers have multiple printing modes, using uni- or bi-directional printing, single pass, one pass, multiple pass, etcetera. What are the differences and when to use what? The perfect print quality normally comes with a sacrifice on speed, or a fast print mode can only print certain designs. Data about resolutions can be very confusing, what can you expect from it and maybe even more important, what not? Pigment printing is becoming very popular, but what is the real workflow? Do you need to pretreat the fabric or not?
Keep Going, Keep Growing, H. Haas, CHT (DE)
After more than a decade of industrial digital textile printing, mills are now actively seeking to differentiate themselves from competitors. Within this talk, we will have a look at current technological advancements that might further enhance the ecological footprint of digital printing. In addition, we will shed light on some challenges of printing mills that might have kept them from growing in the past years and give insight into overcoming some of them.
Maximising Print Performance With Reactive And Acid Inks, S. Daplyn, Sunchemical (UK)
As the market for fashion and accessories has grown and developed, digital printing has become an established tool to enable vibrant prints onto natural fibres with reactive and acid inks. Whilst established technologies, both reactive and acid inks require careful process management for optimal results. Raw material selection, fabric preparation, printing and finishing all play critical roles to deliver the required print output. We will explore the impact of dyes and pre-treatment, the fabric and how when managed correctly there are sustainability benefits to be found.
Bio-Based Products And Sustainable Process - Urea Replacement In Inkjet Printing, S. Hane, T. Ruchser, Tanatex (DE)
Within the last decade, digital inkjet printing has become an excellent alternative to traditional printing. Digital inkjet printing delivers a variety of benefits such as greater production flexibility, limitless design possibilities and significant reduction in water and energy consumption
DMIx®: an innovative digital solution designed to revolutionize the physical supply chain, G. Willschütz: ColorDigital GmbH (DE)
During this presentation, we explore the potential of DMIx®, an innovative digital solution designed to revolutionize the physical supply chain. Specifically, addressing the long-standing challenges of color matching and communication, DMIx offers a groundbreaking digital approach that transcends physical limitations and enhances efficiency, accuracy, and consistency throughout the physical and digital supply chain.
Can Digital Pigment Be The First Choice For Fashion? R. Li, FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group (UK)
Advancements in digital printing technology are creating new opportunities for fashion designers and manufacturers, with dye-based inkjet the dominant technology for its vibrancy and softness. Digital pigment technology offers advantages in its simpler process and potential lower environmental impact compared to dye. But can digital pigment technology truly deliver the properties required for fashion applications? In this presentation, we will explore this question, and consider what ink developments would be required for digital pigment to be the technology of choice.
About ESMA
ESMA was founded in 1990 as the European association of screen printing equipment manufacturers.
In 2000 we offered membership to companies manufacturing machinery and consumables for the digital imaging process and since 2012 we welcome consultants and print services providers.
Today, ESMA’s focus lies on all industrial, functional and specialised printing applications, as well as graphic applications that lead to disruptive developments in printed interior decoration, printed electronics, plastics (IMD and FIM), textiles and glass.
About UNITEX
UNITEX is the National Association of (technical) executives of the textile industry in Belgium.
Beside members in Belgium, Unitex has also members in other countries (Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal, Great-Britain, USA...).
It is led by Professor Dr. em. Marc Van Parys.
Its activities mainly consist of the organization of bi-annual international congresses such as International Coating and Laminating Congress, Digital Textile Congress and World Carpet Congress (in collaboration with Fedustria and Centexbel).
UNITEX also publishes a well-organised trimonthly magazine. Members can call on UNITEX for all kinds of (mainly technical) information free of charge.
