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This section focuses on the digital transformation occurring in printing of textiles for fashion, fast fashion, home goods and more. Printing technologies, supporting workflow and other software, key suppliers to the industry and manufacturers using digital technologies will be covered, along with textile/fast fashion trends.

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Kornit Digital Boosts Sales Power with New Hires
Kornit Digital Boosts Sales Power with New Hires

Kornit Digital has hired two high-level sales professionals to boost its presence in the Americas. Kyle Garner, Go-to-Market Leader, North America, Kornit Digital and Chris Carson, Vice President of Sales - Kornit Digital Americas, each have a strong background in the world of on-demand printing, from Xerox, HP, and more. They talk about why they chose to join Kornit and their views on the future of digital textile printing. Watch Video

Interloop Develops Innovative Use for Banana Plantation Waste
Interloop Develops Innovative Use for Banana Plantation Waste

Interloop is one of the largest textile companies in Pakistan with more than 35,000 employees. The company recently launched an innovative project, LoomShake, wherein banana plantation waste is collected (instead of being burned) and converted to fibers that can be used in a cotton blend, reducing cotton usage, and the water cotton requires, by 20%. Fahid shares the story in this video interview. Watch Video

Booth Tour: Durst at PRINTING United
Booth Tour: Durst at PRINTING United

In this video sponsored by Durst, Matt Loede, Jim Peterson, and Leland Morgan highlight some of the Durst and Vanguard printing equipment and software solutions on display at PRINTING United. Watch Video

Leveraging Interdisciplinary Research for Smarter Fashion
Leveraging Interdisciplinary Research for Smarter Fashion

In this interview, Eldy Lazaro Vasquez, a Ph.D. candidate at the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, an interdisciplinary institute for radical creativity and invention that works to transform ingenious ideas into reality through research, experimentation, and critical thinking, explains how she has invented a machine specifically designed to spin fibers from bio-based materials, with a view toward future scalability. The first material she experimented with was gelatin, leading to a textile publication's title of "Dissolvable Duds." Watch Video

Keypoint Intelligence's Johnny Shell on Digital Textile Production
Keypoint Intelligence's Johnny Shell on Digital Textile Production

Richard Romano talks to Keypoint Intelligence's Johnny Shell about trends and technologies in digital textile production. While currently accounting for less than 10% of all textile production, new technologies, consumer demands, and emphases on sustainability are driving more and more interest in digital textiles. Watch Video

Cool Tools at drupa: Mimaki
Cool Tools at drupa: Mimaki

Mary Schilling chats with Marc Verbeem, Supervisor Product Management, Mimaki, about a greenfield concept for fabric printing, de-inking, and pollution reduction. This video showcases Mimaki's new Neo-Chromato process that transforms sublimation ink into gas for de-inking printed fabric. The technology, which can be applied with a dispenser, holds potential for larger machines and re-inking shirts. Watch Video

Cool Tools: Mimaki at drupa
Cool Tools: Mimaki at drupa

Mary Schilling keeps on trucking through the coolest tools at drupa with her latest stop at the Mimaki booth to chat with Danna Drion, General Marketing Manager, Mimaki, to discuss how the company collaborates with designers, leverages AI and augmented reality to craft innovative products. They demonstrate printing on diverse surfaces and applications such as cushions and backlit products. Watch Video

Mimaki’s Textile Printing Solutions at drupa
Mimaki’s Textile Printing Solutions at drupa

Nick Gawreluk talks with Marc Verbeem, Supervisor Product Manager at Mimaki, about the company’s solutions for textile printing and sustainbability that were on display at drupa 24. Watch Video

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Cary Sherburne
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