News & trends

<p>DaVinci Technologies donated Solvent Satin Canvas to the ABC reality television show, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."</p>

DaVinci Technologies donated Solvent Satin Canvas to the ABC reality television show, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”

  • Industry news

  • 3M to sponsor American Wrap Star contest at ISA Expo

    Digital Designware and the International Sign Association (ISA) are hosting the American Wrap Star contest for the first time at ISA Expo in Orlando, Fla., April 8-April 10. The contest will award $250,000 worth of prizes.

    March 11, 2010

  • EDPA elects Burkette

    The Exhibit Designers and Producers Association elected Jay Burkette to the executive board in the role of vice president, administration.

    February 26, 2010

  • IMA elects chairman

    Janice Christiansen was elected chairman of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association.

    February 26, 2010

  • Company news

  • DaVinci donates to TV show

    DaVinci Technologies donated Solvent Satin Canvas to the ABC reality television show, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”

    February 26, 2010

  • LA-approved printing products

    Cooley Digital Products announced that several products are now approved for use by the city of Los Angeles.

    February 26, 2010

  • Neschen sales team

    Neschen Americas added Dan Hall, Matt Myers, Charles Pulliam and Darren Speizer to its internal sales department.

    February 26, 2010

  • Trends

  • The future of digital printing technologies

    Two technologies that will make a big impact are Latex inkjet printing and UV-curable inkjet printing.

    March 1, 2010

  • Customize products on the web

    Peach Berserk is a buzzing “bricks and mortar” store and workshop in Toronto, Ontario, but it has a far more commanding reach via an interactive website.

    February 26, 2010

  • Commercial interior wall coverings boost graphics market

    In one of our recent surveys, commercial interior wall coverings was identified as one of the strongest growing applications for wide format digital printing.

    January 1, 2010

  • Sustainability

  • Opportunities abound for printed fabric bags

    Paper and plastic bags have their environmental issues, so it’s somewhat obvious which bag solution is likely to win in the end. Fabric is it.

    January 1, 2010

  • Defining sustainable inks

    In order to keep up with today’s demand for sustainable processes and products, manufacturers of digital printing inks are creating products that have labels attached to them like “safe,” “green” and “eco-friendly.”

    November 1, 2009

  • Green sourcing resurfaces

    The practice known as “green sourcing” has resurfaced following last fall’s economic tsunami, and appears to be very much afloat.

    September 1, 2009

  • Growth potential in fabric graphics market

    Sponsored by IFAI Market Research

    Digital technology is the fastest growing method of printing textiles. In 2007, digital printing accounted for less than one percent of the global market for printed textiles. Its share is likely to grow to as much as 10 percent in three to five years. Digital textile printing applications in the United States, especially wide format, continue to grow at about 10 percent per year. The sustainability movement in the United States is a key issue driving growth in the soft signage market.

    More direct to fabric printers are entering the digital textile printing market with new technology and productivity enhancements, including new large format capability, increased printer resolution and output speed, new inkjet printing technologies, improved textile coating technologies, and decreased equipment costs.

    A Digital Textile Survey shows digital direct-to-fabric manufacturing process as the second most used manufacturing process (25.7 percent) for imaging finished textiles. Applications driving growth in digital direct-to-fabric imaging: Soft signage, short runs for events, fabric samples, and custom fabrics for commercial interior design.

    Continued product enhancements should enable a strong future for digital textile printing, although the current economic climate will likely slow the growth seen in 2007 and the first half of 2008. Outlook is strongest at the low end of the market.