Country: Europe

European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex) is hosting its 5th Convention, with the theme ‘Creative industries – an asset for Europe’, to be held on 24^th November 2016 in Lyon, France.

Co-organized with Union Française des Industries Mode & Habillement (UFIMH), Union des Industries Textiles (UIT), Mode-Habillement Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and UNITEX, the convention will be devoted to the role of creativity as an essential competitive asset for the European textile and clothing industry.

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At the event, speakers from French and European regional authorities, local associations, companies and experts will discuss how to encourage and protect creativity; facilitate access to financing for SMEs; maintain the European excellence in fashion and creativity; and preserve, transmit and upgrade skills for the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI).

Since EU is the world luxury leader in the fields of ready-to-wear, perfumes, leather goods, shoes, with more than 2/3^rd of global brands, it is important to address the topic of how it can maintain its leadership in a world where creation is without borders and where production can easily be relocated.

As the voice of the European industry, EURATEX aims to create favourable environment within the European Union for manufacturing of textile and clothing products.

IMI Europe Digital Printing Conference, the strategic business and technical conference for the inkjet industry, will be held from 30^th November to 1^st December 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

This two-day event includes market and application overviews from key industry figures, as well as the latest technology developments from leading players covering printheads, printing systems, inks, software and other significant areas. The conference programme has been designed by the Strategic Advisory Board of industry luminaries whose expertise covers a wide range of technology and applications in digital printing. The members include – Marco Boer, Vice President, IT Strategies; Debbie Thorp, Business Development Director, Global Inkjet Systems; Mike Willis, Managing Director, Pivotal Resources; and Tim Phillips (who will chair the event), Managing Director, IMI Europe.

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The conference is the ideal place to learn of the latest news from major and emerging companies, as well as exploring business opportunities by networking with top executives across the industry.

Mimaki, the world renowned company which offers digital printing solutions, has bagged the “Golden Seal” Award for its JFX500-2131 UV-LED printer as the ‘best printer’ at the 38th Grafima 2016 fair, which took place on 28th September – 1st October in Serbia. The award was received by Vladimir Milakovic from Sitotehnika and Sales and Marketing Manager for the Mimaki products and Patrick van Soelen, Area Manager Central Europe, Mimaki.

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The Mimaki JFX500-2131 uses UV LED technology for printing applications in very high resolution in formats up to 210 cm x 310 cm. With its 6 printing head system, this printer is up to 2.5 times faster compared to other JFX series models. Maximum printing speed for the machine in CMYK setting goes up to 60 square metres per hour. Advanced LED curing technology enables printing high resolution images and text as small as 2 point and also enables printing with white ink on a wide range of materials.

SPGPrints, the Netherlands-based leading provider of system and application know-how in textile and graphic printing, will exhibit during the Febratex 2016, scheduled to be held from 9-12 August in Brazil. At the event, SPGPrints will launch a new range of NEBULA Acid HD inks.

The NEBULA Acid HD inks offer increased colour depth, better run-ability and can be used with every printer using Kyocera print heads, claims the manufacturer. The new ink range is ideal for polyamide lycra swimwear, luxury silk items like fashion scarves and neck ties, and wools.

Elaborating more on the innovation, Jos Notermans, Commercial Manager – Digital Textiles at SPGPrints averred, “The swimwear industry puts high demands on textile printers with requirements for high performance, enduring bright colours, and complex designs with increasingly fine detail. NEBULA Acid HD inks rise to that challenge, setting a new benchmark for inks for activewear.” The new range of inks will be available from September 2016 initially in CMYK, orange, red, blue and grey.

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During the exhibition, the company will also mark the introduction of Javelin digital ink-jet textile printer for the first time in Americas (North America and South America). These printers are capable of producing up to two million metres every year and present the same innovative Archer print head technology, used in high- volume Pike printers.