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Mimaki Tiger 1800b production Santoni introduces new

class textile printer The world-renowned Santoni Mecmor open panel

circular knitting machine, recognized as the most
‘complete knitwear machine in circular motion’, has
now been redesigned to meet the latest challenge of
the footwear market.
“A new take-down group has been fitted to cut the
lateral selvedges and to roll up the knitted fabric for
the subsequent footwear process finishing phase. In
fact, this fabric roll is already ready for the next
treatment process of the uppers,” says Santoni
Marketing Manager Patrick Silva.

“In this way, the machine, provided with a large
number of feeds, enables knitted uppers to be
produced in a high-quality way with maximum
performance.”
width of the fabric panels that allows the possibility of
One single machine produces all sizes of fabric, with only setting the actual number of working needles to
With a maximum printing speed of 385 m2/h, the Tiger-1800B fits high-volume production limited and controlled waste, thanks to the variable make the required size of product.
environments that have traditionally printed using analogue 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. Digital textile printing has grown
by an average of 30% over the past five years, and we believe it is poised to enter the hockey-stick
phase of growth over the next couple of years. With production level products like the Mimaki
Tiger-1800B, manufacturers of garments and home goods can take advantage of digital technology to Teijin Frontier’s new
reduce their environmental footprint, establishing a more sustainable operation while also providing
Solotex® Nanofiber
brands and retailers with the benefits they are seeking.

New heated Teijin Frontier, the Teijin Group's fibers and

products converting company, announced its
clothing development of SOLOTEX® Nanofiber, a
polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) nanofiber
with a diameter of 700nm that combines
technology excellent gripping power with stretchable
comfort for high-performance gloves, sports-
wear and innerwear.

DuPont Advanced Materials (DuPont) today fabric, doesn’t rely on cables, thick wires or big SOLOTEX® Nanofiber will be adopted in
announced the newest offering from DuPont™ batteries, and can stand up to very cold environments. Footjoy’s golf gloves, which Acushnet Japan,
Intexar™ – a powered smart clothing technology for From outdoor enthusiasts to industrial workers, Intexar Inc. will begin selling at golf shops throughout
on-body heating. Intexar™ Heat is a thin lightweight ™ Heat can help conquer the elements in comfort, Japan from February15. SOLOTEX® Nanofib-
and durable heating solution for outdoor clothing that increasing focus and improving performance.” er textiles. SOLOTEX® Nanofiber offers high
is designed to be easily integrated into garments. comfort thanks to soft, shape-retaining and
“Intexar™ Heat is a revolutionary stretchable ink and Intexar™ materials also can enable biometric stretchable SOLOTEX®. Moreover, since the
film that when powered, creates a comfortable monitoring in smart clothing. Pulse rate, respiratory surface area of nanofiber is tens of times
greater than normal fibers, SOLOTEX®
warmth,” said Michael Burrows, global business rate, muscle activity and form awareness are all Nanofiber also has excellent gripping power,
manager, DuPont Advanced Materials. “Our team measurable using sensors and conductive pathways cooling and wiping property. In addition, it is
has worked hard to develop a heater that feels like built from Intexar™. highly conforming and slip resistant.

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