UK-based T-Shirt & Sons recently placed on order for its second Kornit Vulcan system, which will be installed in the third quarter of 2018.
On average, T-Shirt & Sons produces 9000 garments per day, with peak time deliveries amounting to 18,000 garments per day. In May 2018, the company invested in its first Kornit Vulcan system to offer high-definition prints with an unparalleled colour gamut and exceptionally soft hand feel to its customers. The smooth installation process, quick ramp-up and fast ROI of their new direct-to-garment workhorse convinced the company to invest in a second unit.
Andy Lunt, co-founder of T-Shirt & Sons, said, ‘Digital printing is a game-changer to the garment decoration industry. The Kornit Vulcan keeps amazing us with its low cost-per-print, consistent ultra-high speed and its quality of print. We spotted the opportunity to bridge the gap between the ‘one-off’ fulfilled garment and the conventional ‘long-run’ screen printed garment.
‘However, we needed a platform that makes financial sense to produce these medium runs digitally alongside flexibly printing one-offs at high speed during peak season. The Kornit Vulcan is the first one that delivers. We now print a run of T-shirts in less time than it would take for a screen job to be prepared, let alone for the screen print to be sampled, printed and delivered. This leading-edge solution saves us both time and money.’
Eyal Manzoor, managing director at Kornit Digital EMEA GmbH, commented on the importance of this installation, ‘With mass customisation trending towards hyper-customisation, digital print will quickly become an undeniable game-changer for textile companies worldwide. The UK is a frontrunner when it comes to making textile history, and we consider T-Shirt & Sons a figurehead of how to transition from traditional to digital print in a business-savvy manner. Medium size runs on high-tech industrial equipment are the new margin makers as T-Shirt & Sons have demonstrated from their first Kornit Vulcan installation. This is a trend worth picking up on.’
The Vulcan produces photorealistic quality, featuring 60 new generation print heads with an advanced recirculating ink system in a six-colour-plus-white configuration. The system caters for multiple print sizes and configurations with a maximum print size of 70 x 100cm (27.5 x 39.5 inch). Like all other Kornit systems, the Vulcan was developed around the company’s unique NeoPigment patented printing process. Kornit’s water-based inks work on a variety of fibres (natural, man-made, synthetics, and blends) and allow for inline pretreatment. After printing, garments are cured with a standard hot-air dryer. The inks are OEKO-TEX 100 certified and GOTS pre-approved.
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