Visitors to FESPA 2018 will be able to experience Print Make Wear, a design-to-finish production line for fashion and sportswear. Within the feature, visitors can discover all aspects of a textile production line, from creation and preparation to production and presentation incorporating both screen and digital print.
Print Make Wear visitors will also find a range of equipment from leading textile manufacturers in action, including a direct-to-garment machine from Brother; colour software from Coloro; Dekken’s new T-Apparel folding machine, a cutting table from Gerber Technology; Inedit digital printing software solutions; Grafco AST screen printing software solutions; a Juki sewing machine; MagnaColours inks; an auto screen carousel from MHM and a manual screen carousel from Vastex, a Mimaki pigment printer and dryers from Adelco, Chiossi and Klieverik.
Textiles used in the fast fashion factory will be provided by Premier Textiles as well as Falk and Ross, who are providing a selection of shirts, bags and aprons for the direct-to-garment printing machines.
Fashion designer Sanna Annukka of Marimekko, has created a design for garments produced in Print Make Wear, using a combination of Pantone spot colours, metallic and special effects, which will be printed live daily on MHM’s oval automatic screen printing press.
Visitors looking to learn more about the technology in Print Make Wear can take part in daily informative tours of the equipment, substrates and inks used within the feature.
Other textile focused exhibitor highlights announced to date include:
FESPA 2018 Corporate Partner Dover Digital Printing who will be demonstrating a full production workflow for the creation of customised football jerseys.
Dover Digital Printing’s sportswear factory will showcase products from Dover Digital Printing brands: Caldera, MS Printing Solutions, JK Group, Monti Antonio and Zund. The factory will highlight the entire production process, from initial design through to printing, cutting and sewing.
Other exhibitor highlights
It will be the first showing, at a FESPA event, of Epson’s Monna Lisa industrial textile press. Epson will also present a haute couture womenswear collection by fashion designer Richard Quinn, and all of the items will be printed on Epson’s SureColor SC-F series printers.
Aeoon will showcase its Aeoon Kyo Hybrid Series, which provides digital production on an industrial scale combined with the benefits of screen printing. FESPA Gold Partner, Brother, will highlight its latest GTX print heads, which produce high quality prints at industrial production speeds.
Upcoming FESPA events include FESPA Africa, the region’s largest, focused exhibition for wide format digital printing, screen printing, garment decoration and textile printing, which is co-located with Sign Africa and Africa Print, the region’s leading events for the signage industry. The event is taking place from 12-14 September 2018 at Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg.
