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Personalised Apparel: How Customisation Adds Value
Personalisation

Personalised Apparel: How Customisation Adds Value

Third-generation garment producer, Samantha Taylor runs The Good Factory, a company specialising in sourcing fabrics, the development of sustainable sportswear and advising businesses on how they can implement sustainability throughout the manufacturing process and supply chain. Ahead of her talk at the 2024 Personalisation Experience conference (20 March at RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands), she delves deeper into how print personalisation can add value to the customer while maintaining a healthy profit margin and improving a brand’s sustainability efforts.

18-03-2024
Optimise efficiencies in print with CorelDRAW at FESPA Global Print Expo 2024
Software

Optimise efficiencies in print with CorelDRAW at FESPA Global Print Expo 2024

CorelDRAW share an insightful industry report which demonstrates how the print industry leverages design software to maximise efficiency and reduce waste and shares 6 benefits of incorporating state-of-the-art design software into your printing process.

15-03-2024
New fibres and materials influencing the future of sustainable printed Sportswear
Sportswear

New fibres and materials influencing the future of sustainable printed Sportswear

Debbie McKeegan discuesses how the landscape of sportswear is drastically changing. With sportswear manufacturers focusing on using recycled and new fibres in their production.

15-03-2024
The opportunities provided by printed floor graphics
Digital Printing

The opportunities provided by printed floor graphics

Nessan Cleary shares the opportunities offered by printed graphics on the floor and how it provides a different and valuable experience. He also discusses the factors that should be considered when selecting materials to print floor graphics.

15-03-2024
Over 75 products to be launched at FESPA Global Print 2024 and co-located events
Digital Printing

Over 75 products to be launched at FESPA Global Print 2024 and co-located events

With just a matter of days to go until doors open at the RAi Amsterdam, Rob Fletcher takes a look at some of the new launches and technology showcases visitors can look forward to at the FESPA Global Print Expo 2024, European Sign Expo 2024, Personalisation Experience 2024 and FESPA’s new exhibition, Sportswear Pro 2024.

14-03-2024
Weaving AI into the future of fashion
Sportswear

Weaving AI into the future of fashion

Thomas Rothery, Fashion-Tech Consultant, Copper Global, has extensive experience working in the fashion industry as a menswear designer for numerous brands, including USC, Berghaus and FILA, where he led the development of metaverse strategy. Now, he’s shifting his focus to future fashion-tech by designing items for digital spaces, exploring their interaction with physical space and consulting brands on how they can tell stories across both spaces – through video games, in particular.

14-03-2024
Sportswear Pro Conference
Sportswear

Sportswear Pro Conference

Duncan MacOwan, Head of Marketing & Events at FESPA shares details the upcoming Sportswear Pro Conference 2024 taking place on 21st March at the RAI Amsterdam.

14-03-2024
Sustainable sportswear: Closing the loop for a circular economy
Blog

Sustainable sportswear: Closing the loop for a circular economy

Joanna Czutkowna is a consultant and doctoral researcher specialising in circularity within sports apparel. With over 20 years’ experience managing global sourcing strategy and innovation departments for some of the world's largest brands, she has extensive experience in product development and global supply chains. In this blog, and ahead of the ‘Designing for the Circular Economy’ panel at the 2024 Sportswear Pro conference (21 March at RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands), she delves deeper into closing the loop with circular garment business models for sustainability benefits.

14-03-2024
Mimaki launches end-to-end UV printing solution for sign and architectural applications
Wide Format Printing

Mimaki launches end-to-end UV printing solution for sign and architectural applications

Mimaki has announced the launch of a full UV print-and-cut solution, consisting of the large format flatbed UV printer, JFX600-2531 and the flatbed cutting plotter, the CFX-2531. Both solutions will be demonstrated together for the first time at the Mimaki Experience Centre in Amsterdam during FESPA Global Print Expo 2024.

14-03-2024
A first look at the solutions on show at Personalisation Experience
Personalisation

A first look at the solutions on show at Personalisation Experience

Duncan MacOwan, Head of Marketing and Events at FESPA shares a few of the solutions that will be on display at the Personalisation Experience 2024 including software solutions and the new opportunities with customised sportswear at the Personalise Make Wear smart factory.

14-03-2024
No minimum order: the growth of DTF decoration
Business Advice

No minimum order: the growth of DTF decoration

Andy Rogers at Stahls’ UK and Europe, garment decoration firm based in Braintree, UK and Dillingen, Germany, on the cost and speed benefits of direct to film (DTF) printing.

13-03-2024
Arlon Graphics elevates presence at FESPA  2024 with exciting innovations
Vehicle Wrapping

Arlon Graphics elevates presence at FESPA 2024 with exciting innovations

Arlon Graphics will be exhibiting at FESPA Global Print Expo 2024 from 19th - 22nd March at the RAI Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Arlon Graphics will showcase a suite of innovative products and engaging activities designed to elevate its customers’ business and inspire creativity. Arlon Graphics will unveil a new kit of premium, cast non-PVC products.

13-03-2024
The design democracy: AI, creativity and interior décor
Business Advice

The design democracy: AI, creativity and interior décor

We spoke to Matt Fletcher of John Mark Ltd and Cheryl O’Meara from the Print Pattern Archive about combining age-old techniques with artificial intelligence (AI) to create exciting new motifs for luxury wall coverings.

13-03-2024
Over 90 exhibitors to showcase innovations at Personalisation Experience and co-located events
Personalisation

Over 90 exhibitors to showcase innovations at Personalisation Experience and co-located events

In less than a week, the doors to the second edition of Personalisation Experience and the co-located FESPA Global Print Expo, European Sign Expo and inaugural Sportswear Pro 2024 events (19 – 22 March at the RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands) will open.

12-03-2024
Driving Personalisation using DPC for Printed Apparel
Personalisation

Driving Personalisation using DPC for Printed Apparel

Debbie McKeegan speaks to Lui Larocheski, a fashion designer who is a technology specialist who is focused on reshaping the fashion manufacturing landscape.

12-03-2024
FESPA Italia: digital and sustainable solutions
People in Print

FESPA Italia: digital and sustainable solutions

FESPA Italia President Nicola Posarelli on the continued spread of digital printing into new markets.

12-03-2024
Sportswear Pro and co-located events to uncover innovations for  on-demand garment manufacturing
Sportswear

Sportswear Pro and co-located events to uncover innovations for on-demand garment manufacturing

With just a week to go until Sportswear Pro 2024 (19 – 22 March, RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands), a host of international exhibitors are preparing to showcase their latest technologies in garment production, design and decoration.

12-03-2024
 FESPA Denmark: a digital future
People in Print

FESPA Denmark: a digital future

We spoke to Michael Brochmann from FESPA Denmark about the state of the industry and how AI lacks print production solutions.

12-03-2024