Textile Solutions
Kornit Digital has announced that it is taking the power of digital fashion to new heights with enhancements to the Kornit Presto Max system for digital fabric decoration on demand.
Designed with the fashion and home décor industry in mind, the enhanced solution presents breakthrough capabilities for transforming virtual concepts into brilliant custom fabrics, supplementing digital efficiency and quality with brilliant white printing on coloured fabrics. The new NeoPigment Vivido ink breaks barriers to achieve darker, deeper blacks and colours and establish new fashion standards with a pigment based process. Kornit’s patented solution offers a streamlined and completely dry process for the most sustainable fabric decoration. Bringing together richer, deeper blacks with lower ink use and better hand-feel is the combination necessary for sustainable fashion fulfilment – which Kornit pioneered and continues to lead.
At ITMA 2023, the company is displaying an end to end partner ecosystem – underscoring how integrated solutions ensure a smooth transition towards a digital infrastructure and enable long-term business growth. Highlighting the power of partnership alongside Kornit is Greentex.co, a top supplier of textiles and apparel leveraging digitally enabled, eco friendly waterless printing. The company is showing Presto Max with fabrics highlighting the depth of black inks. Working alongside Kornit, Zünd is demonstrating how its modular cutting systems is the foundation for an end to end ‘eco factory’, completing top of the line fashion decorated by Presto Max with digital cutting solutions. Pentek Textile Machinery joins to display the possibilities for in line, sustainable softening of fabrics for demanding applications.
According to recent Kornit Impact Reports, fashion production is plagued by wasteful practices. The industry is responsible for severe ecological damage with overproduction of approximately 30% of manufactured garments and nearly 20% of global wastewater. Presto Max is designed to address these challenges, offering a sustainable, single step process meeting the highest quality standards of the world’s top fashion and home décor brands. Powered by Kornit Max technology, the sustainable, on-demand textile decoration system allows producers to create more with less, shrink carbon footprints, and tap into new markets.
‘When we first unveiled our industry leading Presto Max in 2021, the intent was to change the world of fashion and textiles forever – tapping into the power of on-demand digital decoration to set new standards for sustainability and creative fulfilment,’ said Ronen Samuel, chief executive officer at Kornit Digital. ‘We are proud to highlight how Kornit anticipates the needs of an industry facing new opportunities sparked by digital transformation, while addressing mandates to cut waste and overproduction. Continuous innovation across our production systems, as well as supporting automation technologies, software, and partnerships, ensure customers achieve the highest possible return on investment, receive best in class support for their operational and business needs, and prepare to capitalise on trends shaping fashion and textiles for years to come.’
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