Wide-format printing the key to profitable diversification?
Few print industry sectors have benefited from the recession. Dwindling print spend has led clients to demand more for less, resulting in many commercial printers agreeing to unsustainable – and in...
View ArticleThe green & economic impact of Textile Printing
Sometimes I wonder why there is so much discussion about sustainability and the green impact, when most of us are just worried about surviving in this economic crisis. Yes the politicians say the...
View ArticleWide-format printers cotton on to digital textiles
The wide-format market is evolving rapidly. As is the range of substrates that wide-format exponents can utilise. Nowadays printers can virtually print onto anything and everything, from paper, through...
View ArticleTAKE-OFF TIME FOR TEXTILE INKJET
John Scrimshaw, moderator of FESPA’s Digital Textile Conference, looks at the prospects for 2011 This is already shaping up to be a pivotal year for digital textile printing. Many expect 2011 to be the...
View Article“You design it, we print it” - the future for digital garment printing?
In the last blog we discussed the possibilities of garment printing using digital technology, a practice that was historically the domain of screen presses. As stated previously, digital garment...
View ArticleEvolution & Convergence: Reshaping Garment Print
FESPA Fabric 2011 and its event FESPA Digital 2011 carry a theme of ‘Evolution’. That’s just as evident in the garment industry as in other areas of print. The make-up of the garment decoration...
View ArticleFast Fashion Sets The Pace For Garment Printers
With the international fashion week season in full flow, it's worth considering the interplay between fashion and print. The creativity of garment decorators, and their ability to economically...
View ArticleThe Internet: Reshaping fashion, and with it, Print!
Of all the inventions of the last century, the internet must be the one that has most affected our lives. ‘What did we ever do without email?’ we hear asked with certain regularity. Most of us can...
View ArticleDigital: At The Cutting Edge Of Fashionable Print
Flicking through recent fashion titles, digital print seems to be playing an increasingly dominant role on the catwalk. If you look at the fashion collections of SS11, it's clear that digitally printed...
View ArticleFespa Fabric: A Garment Show With A Difference
Following the success of the inaugural FESPA Fabric in 2010, FESPA Fabric 2011 (24-26th May), has opened for a second year in Hamburg, delivering a campus-style ‘event-within-an-event’ concentrating on...
View ArticleFespa Fabric : Un Salon Textile Avec Une Différence
Fort du succès rencontré lors de sa toute première édition qui s’est tenue en 2010, le salon FESPA FABRIC réouvrira ses portes pour une seconde année consécutive à Hambourg du 24 au 26 mai 2011, et...
View ArticleFESPA Digital 2011 and the Digital Textile Conference
It was a great week in Hamburg, with lots of new things to look at and lots of new developments in the textile arena. The highlight of the show was the Digital Textile Conference, with excellent...
View ArticleDigital print fabrics personalise home furnishing
Welcome to the house of the future. The hallway floor features a large map of your local area, in the living room the leather sofa is emblazoned with your favourite work of art, the wall is covered by...
View ArticleExplore The Wider Garment Opportunities At FESPA Fabric 2012
As part of a comprehensive FESPA Digital visitor experience, FESPA Fabric 2012 (21-24 February 2012), offers garment decorators and printers the opportunity to explore the latest trends and...
View ArticleExplore Wider Garment Opportunities And Enter The FESPA Fabric 2012 T-Shirt...
FESPA is offering one innovative individual or business the chance to have their design showcased as the official FESPA Fabric 2012 t-shirt.This new competition is part of FESPA Fabric, the 'show...
View ArticleAnswering questions about digital textile printing
The rush towards digital-textile signage shows no sign of slowing down, and any wide-format PSP keen to join this bandwagon needs to address several questions. Should it be UV pigment or dye-sub? And...
View ArticleAdditional Marketing Opportunities for Garment Decorators
If you find it getting harder and harder to make a living printing t-shirts then take a good look at the markets you serve. There are lots of niches where you can print specialty items, charge a...
View ArticleGrowth and opportunities of garment decoration
The garment decoration industry seems to be in a good place at the moment and even appears to have weathered the recent economic downturn better than some other industries. One reason for such...
View ArticleKnowledge is power: be certain of the knowledge that you base your business...
Management information software for print, lean manufacturing, efficiency, more than estimating, choosing the right MISIn recent years, suppliers of management information systems (MIS) have reported...
View ArticleGarment printers - get on track in the race to increase your business potential
In a year of high profile global sporting events, most notably the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, there is a real business opportunity for printers to continue to respond to the growing...
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