#Digital Printing

2023-10-12

‘Mimaki Application Days’ EMEA-wide customer event program launched to highlight application opportunities and inspire business growth

Mimaki Europe, a leading provider of industrial inkjet printers, cutting plotters, and 3D printers,has today announced that it will be co-hosting a series of 200 in-person events across EMEA. This extensive events program, entitled ‘Mimaki Application Days’, will take place over the next six months in partnership with Mimaki’s valued dealer network. Each event features special localised content designed to provide customers with face-to-face application-focused information and advice, aimed at supporting business growth.

Mimaki’s Global Innovation Days (25th-27th October) to return for the fifth time, with this year’s theme centring on UV Printing.

In addition to these in-person events, Mimaki has also revealed the dates for its hugely popular virtual event, ‘Global Innovation Days’, which will complement the ‘Mimaki Application Days’ program. The Fifth Global Innovation Days event will take place on the 25th-27th October 2023, with webinars and discussions centred around UV printing technologies and applications. The new Mimaki UJV100-160Plus and UCJV330-160 printers will be a highlight of this next event, with talks and demonstrations showcasing these latest additions to the Mimaki product range. The webinars will offer attendees a deep dive into the many production benefits and extensive variety of applications made possible with these new machines, as well as with other UV technologies in the Mimaki portfolio. There will also be talks highlighting the benefits of adopting UV printing to support a more sustainable future for the industry.

To register for Global Innovation Days, please visit:

http://innovationdays.mimaki.com.

New Mimaki Application Days - Focusing on Local Market Trends

Each ‘Mimaki Application Days’ event will offer customers a chance to connect with Mimaki and its partners on a local level and engage on the latest market trends and applications driving new business opportunities. It also provides a platform for customers to see the latest Mimaki technology in action, ask the Mimaki and partner teams for expert advice and technical support, as well as connect with industry peers.

The events will have product demonstrations, presentations and discussions themed around local trending applications, such as car wrapping, interior décor, and light boxes, tailoring each show to the demands of the region.

Danna Drion, General Manager Marketing, Mimaki Europe, explains, “The core objective of these events is for us to further our support for EMEA customers looking to identify new ways to grow their businesses. The speakers will offer customers a deep dive into trending applications and explain how they can use their Mimaki solutions to maximise productivity, output quality and meet demand for various types of products.”

The full ‘Mimaki Application Days’ program and individual event registration pages can be found at:

http://www.mimakieurope.com/application-days/.

Mimaki upgrades TS330 series for vibrant and seamless dye sublimation printing

The TS330 Series now provides users with an extended colour gamut, offering the flexibility to serve different markets profitably from one solution – from fashion to décor to signage – with improved colour vibrancy, fidelity and accuracy. Mimaki also introduces a larger solution to the TS330 Series, the TS330-1800, able to accommodate single-piece, wide textile fabrics, ideal for larger home décor applications.

Mimaki demonstrates versatile, simple TRAPIS textile printing at Heimtextil 2026

Mimaki’s textile pigment transfer printing system, TRAPIS, is able to print on a diverse range of fabrics - unlike traditional processes - including natural fibres and synthetic fabrics. The full solution will be shown on Mimaki’s booth (Hall 3.0 Stand A97), as the company returns to Heimtextil to showcase its advancements in sustainable, high quality and efficient textile printing.

Mimaki introduces entry-level TS200-1600 dye sublimation printer for vibrant and versatile Results

Mimaki Europe, a leading manufacturer of industrial inkjet printers and cutting plotters, today announces the TS200-1600, its latest sublimation transfer inkjet printer, which will make its international debut at The Sign Show / The Print Show in Birmingham, UK (23–25 September 2025). Building on the success of the TS100, the new TS200-1600 delivers fast production speeds, high-quality and versatile applications at an affordable price point, making it an ideal solution for small shops, start-ups, and businesses looking to expand into customised goods and short-run textile production.

Elle-Erre – Scaling up with Mimaki’s textile printing innovation

The Italian company Elle-Erre is building on Mimaki technology to advance its business in digital textile and visual communications printing. With the third generation of Mimaki systems now in operation, Elle-Erre has increased productivity, reduced material waste, and further diversified its portfolio in areas such as sportswear and event applications.

Epson future proofs textile printing with Epson Textile Academy 2.0

Technology leader Epson today hosted its second Textile Academy Event at the company’s Textile Innovation Centre in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Building on the success of its inaugural Textile Academy earlier this year, the event welcomed Textile Design BA students from Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and Loughborough University. The event features workshops designed to enhance student’s practical textile printing skills; corporate and entrepreneurial business acumen; marketing and self-branding; and environmental awareness around the textile industry.

EFI and Fiery, LLC, reach agreement on Fiery acquisition of Inèdit software

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI™) today announced that it has signed an agreement for Fiery, LLC, to acquire all interests in Inèdit Software, the leading RIP and color management software company serving all brands of digital textile printers worldwide. Inèdit’s software products, including neoStampa, neoTextil and neoCatalog, serve the digital textile and specialty printing markets, and will enable Fiery to broaden its suite of solutions targeted at those markets. EFI Reggiani will continue its strong working relationship with Inèdit as an OEM partner.

VIATT 2026 announces inaugural lifestyle Trend Forum: Unified vision for S/S 2027 across fashion, home, and tech

The Vietnam International Trade Fair for Apparel, Textiles and Textile Technologies (VIATT) is set to host its first Trend Forum, offering a forward-looking, industry-wide perspective for Spring / Summer 2027. With the show scheduled from 26 – 28 February 2026 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), VIATT’s trend curators – NellyRodi™ Agency and MUSEATIVE – will provide comprehensive insights across the interconnected realms of Apparel Fabrics & Fashion, Home & Contract Textiles, and Technical Textiles & Technologies.

Precision jet dyeing moves towards industrial scale as Alchemie partners with Acatel

BTMA member Alchemie Technology, the pioneer of precision jet dyeing solutions based in Cambridge, UK, is partnering with Acatel, the Portuguese leader in sustainable textile manufacturing. The two companies will work together to validate and optimise Alchemie’s Endeavour system for knitted cellulosic fabrics.

MUNICH FABRIC START: Between Attitude and Sensuality

The future begins where we reimagine it. After seasons of restraint, Spring.Summer 27 marks a conscious counter-trend: optimism, sensuality, and creative freedom are replacing pragmatism and neutrality. Physical presence and individuality are regaining importance – as a response to uncertainty, exhaustion, and algorithmic predictability. The overarching theme of PLEASURE stands for fashion as an emotional space, as an expression of attitude and cultural reflection. Colours, surfaces, and materials become vehicles for self-confidence and joie de vivre.