TEXINTEL

Software is accelerating the growth of the print-on-demand marketplace. Andrew Talbot is the CEO of Custom Gateway, a company which recently became part of the Kornit Digital family. In this podcast we discuss the critical need for print automation, the challenges that software overcomes and why technology will enable exponential growth in the manufacture of customized and personalized products in the next few years. Close proximity production is in high demand as customers increasingly require products delivered in 24 hours. Equipping your business for the transition to cloud based software integration, workflow management and automated manufacturing will deliver rewards: accelerated sale conversions, reduce operational inefficiencies and increase profitability.

SPG PRINTS has a long history in textile printing, founded in 1947 and originally known as Stork Prints the company first entered the textile market in 1953 with a flat-bed textile printing machine. In 1963 SPG Prints launched the ground breaking RD-1, together with the world’s first seamless circular screen. For the first time, high speed textile printing was possible and its these innovations that were the foundations, thus enabling mass production across the globe. In 1991 SPG Prints launched the first digital textile printing machine - that was just the beginning of three decades of digital innovations that would lead us to where we are today as the digital textile sector expands to challenge rotary production. In this podcast we discuss the journey to Digital and the future of hybrid production with Jos Notermans.

The Conscious Fashion Campaign, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships, co-creates high-visibility global fashion event partnerships to advance the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The initiative, founded by Kerry Bannigan, was established in 2019 to inspire innovative ideas, connect industry leaders, enable new partnerships, and enact sustainable change. Through advocacy, education, and partnership development; the campaign supports solutions for sustainable innovation in the Decade of Action. In this podcast we discuss the fashion system and why the implementation of the 17 SDG’s is so important for the future of our industry, the environment, our corporate social responsibilities and much more…. << LISTEN TO LEARN MORE >>

Colour management and a digitised print workflow are the bedrock of sustainable production, and yet both are so often underused, ignored completely or misunderstood.

In this podcast we discuss colour management, print process and best practice for the Textile Industry as it switches to a digital future with Simon Landau of The Print Factory, a specialist print software solution company. When correctly utilised colour management software enables efficient print-on-demand, and in all cases saves time, reduces operational costs, defines and eliminates waste, and increases profits. Beginning with Colour management we discuss the Textile Industry as it flexes to blend analogue production into the digital sphere. Across the globe the same production issues arise, in large or small volumes, but one thing is for sure – without best practice alongside and the adoption of digital technologies we will not improve our industries sustainability objectives << Listen to Learn More >>

Sportswear of Tomorrow manufacture sportswear and apparel in Latvia, Romania. Owned by Kevin Van Lanker, also a champion speed skater, the company are carving a niche supplying many of the world’s largest brands.
As digital technologies continue to unlock this fast paced sector the business has invested to build a manufacturing facility that now offers online customised production. In this podcast Kevin shares his unique journey to digital manufacturing.
Sport is about winning – and Kevin’s team understand that to do so athletes need performance sportswear, customised to their exact specifications using high quality textiles, print and sewing technologies. Digital technologies now enable the independent Athlete, small teams and clubs easy access to personalised products – and the customised apparel sector offers exceptional growth opportunities.

The future of fashion is in flux – it needs a new supply chain and a complete reset. Kirby Best and the team at Onpoint Manufacturing based in Florence, Alabama, USA, specialise in customised sewn production for the Apparel Industry.
With a smart factory manufacturing on-demand they offer a new vision of the future. Customised garment production at any scale from their high tech - Smart factory. But that’s not all, Kirby has exciting plans for the Apparel industry and is busy setting up a worldwide network for on demand fulfilment, partnering with software, technology companies and manufacturing hubs across the globe, it’s an exciting project and one that offers the fashion industry incredible diversity.

Onpoint Manufacturing are redefining the manufacture of fashion, the first partner resource Eloise.fashion is now live and offers the first step to an alternative manufacturing route and perhaps an end to the over production of the last 2 decades of fast fashion...
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Epson technologies have been at the forefront of the textile industries evolution and the development of new emerging markets. Duncan Ferguson is the vice president of commercial and industrial printing for Epson Europe, and responsible for Wide Format Textiles and Labels. In our latest interview we discover how Epson is driving change and how the industry must evolve at speed to meet both consumers expectations and the evolution of the global textile marketplace...

What’s driving change and accelerating the demand for digital textile printing?

In this Interview with Kenny Macrae of Northumbria University we talk through the application of digital technologies, the new HP Stitch textile printing machine, and importantly how such access to digital equipment will educate the next generation to deliver a vibrant, creative and sustainable textile industry in the years ahead.

The Textile department at Northumbria University recently invested in the HP Stitch Dye Sublimation print technology to further expand its digital printing capabilities. The university has a suite of digital textile printing machinery alongside cutting technologies and supporting software with which the students can design, develop and create textiles across multiple departments. Dye sublimation is a huge growth sector and enables greater variance of application – as essential in a learning facility as it is in a live production environment.

The fibres of the future must be reinvented to deliver environmental protection and a solution to the unsustainable use of fabrics that serve to contaminate our planet and destroy our habitat.

Material science must be reimagined. Dupont’s Bio-materials team are focused on providing solutions to the industry’s most pressing issues. In our most recent podcast we talked to Samit Chevli – an accomplished chemist and industry expert. Samit began his career in digital textile printing, developing the Dupont Artistri inks (amongst other innovations) and has five patents for his accomplishments so far. He is now concentrating his skills on the development of biomaterials for Dupont. It’s these innovations that will transform the fibres of the past to offer sustainable solutions for the present and future development of the worlds textile industry.
One such fibre which today celebrates its 20th Anniversary is Sorona – which has been reengineered to be a bio-based polymer.

Welcome to today's podcast - In conversation with Rebecca Craig lead designer with Style Library for the Sanderson and William Morris brands. Behind every printed metre of fabric there are numerous industry professionals, each of whom apply their skills to manufacture the beautiful textiles that dress our residential homes and Interiors.
The diversity of skills required within the textile production sector cannot be underestimated.
However, the creation, design and production of furnishing fabrics requires an equally diverse skill set - creative talent and expertise. Designers begin the process, working to a specified and detailed brief which will include a design budget and a defined product price point which must all be achieved in unison. Balancing the design and production process to achieve the required product in budget often creates operational challenges that must be overcome. The designer will track and supervise the products manufacture from design through to production to ensure that an exact replication of the painted pattern is achieved on fabric, whilst meeting the product launch CPA and specified budget. << Listen to learn more