Advanced digital printing technology meets growing textile market needs

摘要

Textiles is one of the world's largest industries, and it has come a long way. The textile printing industry represents 30 billion yards of material volume on an annual basis worldwide. Digital inkjet printing has already made an impact on the world of signs and promotional graphics turning it into an on-demand, fast-turnaround industry. Industry data shows that after a decade of advances in digital printing technologies for textile, only two per cent of the world's printed textiles are pro- duced digitally. This raises an important question: What is the reason digital textile production is still a niche market? And what are the trends that influence the textile market and its technologies.