Avery Dennison rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange to mark 75 years.
Creative Printing Services has licensed the Color-Logic Process Metallic Color System™.
Cooley Group helps install the first 100-percent solar- powered billboard in Times Square.
Fabric Images Inc. announced its newest business division and product launch, FI Outdoors.
Sawgrass Technologies Industrial Division announced a partnership with Glaser Mills.
Moss Inc. has acquired the inventory and trade name “ Pink Inc.”
SEPIAX was named the Best Environmental Ink of 2010 thanks in part to the product’s suitability for use in Epson DX3, DX4 and DX5 print head machines.
Xennia Technology Ltd. announced its supply agreement with industrial inkjet printhead manufacturer Trident.
Neschen Americas opens the Neschen Americas Training & Education Center.
Mutoh America added of Fumiya Aramaki as west coast regional sales manager. Aramaki will work out of Mutoh’s new west coast branch in Torrance, Calif.
The Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF) announced the development of the Innovation Award, a new award program created to inspire imagination and innovation within the specialty fabrics industry.
The Leadership Development Committee of the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) is now seeking candidates to be considered for three director positions on the IFAI Board of Directors.
Neschen Americas, which manufactures and markets Seal and Neschen brand products in laminating and wide-format textile and PVC printing, has appointed Microgeo USA as its sales agent in South America, Latin America and the Caribbean.
EFI announced that its VUTEk QS Series r ink has been approved by the Nordic Ecolabelling Board, and print companies may now refer to the approved ink when documenting their application for a Nordic Ecolabelling license.
Now available at Tri Vantage is the new and improved Firesist, a fire retardant awning fabric specifically designed for the commercial awning, canopy and shade markets.
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.