OEcotextiles

Indulgent yet responsible fabrics

Digital Printing

O Ecotextiles (and Two Sisters Ecotextiles)

The idea of digital  printing on textiles has been around for some time.  Carpet inkjet printing machines have beenused since the early 1970s.  Digital ink jet printing of continuous rolls of textile fabrics was shown at ITMA in 1995.   Again at ITMA in  2003, several industrial inkjet printers were introduced to the marketplace which made digital …

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Printing – part 1

O Ecotextiles (and Two Sisters Ecotextiles)

It is well known that the “finishing” of a fabric is where a great deal of the environmental impact occurs –  it uses the most water, chemicals and energy. “Finishing” includes not only the application of treatments to make fabric perform in a certain way (i.e., to be free of something, such as static, wrinkles, …

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