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Mimaki Bompan Textile brings a

total solutions approach to of the joint venture company.

digital textile printing “This joint venture is a critical element of our
strategic approach to the textiles and apparel
market,” Hayashi said. “Mimaki Bompan will be
The joint venture caps two decades of collaboration in responsible for marketing the entire Mimaki portfolio
for textile printing in Italy. In addition to this joint
delivering industry-leading digital solutions venture, Mimaki Europe has also pursued
partnerships and acquisitions that will help round
out our textiles portfolio, including most recently
Rimslow, a manufacturer of post-treatment solutions
for textiles. This expansion will help us provide our
clients with a complete solution for high volume
textile production.”

The establishment of Mimaki Bompan Textile
followed the launch of Tiger-1800B, the brand’s
production-class textile printer, which is available in
direct-to-textile and sublimation transfer models.
With a maximum printing speed of 385m2/h, the
Tiger-1800B fits high-volume production
environments that have traditionally printed using
analog printing methods, bringing the benefits of
digital printing to these higher volume applications
and making it more efficient and cost-effective to
produce short runs, customized fabrics and
garments, and samples.

“Mimaki Bompan Textile aspires to be an
international one-stop center for the textile market,”
said Massimo Bompan, Chairman. “Our priorities
are client satisfaction with an all-encompassing
vision, and a range of solutions that include entry
level systems and industrial machines. The
Mimaki, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet with BOMPAN S.r.l., a leading distributor in Italy that company is operationing as a Total Solutions
printers and cutting systems, is focused on has longstanding experience in the textile industry Provider, offering a complete solution that includes
promoting the analog-to-digital transformation of and has had a trusted business relationship with inks, software, pre- and post-treatment systems, as
printing processes in the textile and apparel market. Mimaki Europe for more than two decades. Mimaki well as technical services. This makes it easier for
This includes developing a total solutions approach, Europe retains a 51% ownership of the joint venture, textile producers to add digital to their production
from pre-processing through printing and known as Mimaki Bompan Textile S.r.l., and the platform, and it provides a single-source entry path
post-processing of digitally printed textiles. To that majority of directors, including the CEO, Hirokazu for new businesses who wish to take advantage of
end, Mimaki Europe has established a joint venture Hayashi. Massimo Bompan is serving as Chairman the significant opportunities the digital textile
transformation offers.”
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