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Mimaki’s latest sublimation printer, the TS100-1600

The Green Revolution: How

Microfactories Can Change

the Face of Fashion

With the all-important COP26 Climate Change production enter the fashion arena, with the increas- Last year’s FESPA saw Mimaki team up with fashion threaded throughout, the microfactory also exclusive-
Conference having taken centre stage in November, ing emergence of technologically advanced, highly designer Carolina Guzman to bring her designs to life ly utilised eco-friendly Greentex fabric, and any
Traditionally, apparel manufacturing has centred on a production chain model of there is no time like the present for the fashion world automated microfactories. in real time at the show, setting up its own working remaining material was donated to Sheltersuit: a
sourcing materials and producing garments in bulk, microfactories are now enabling to rally together in stepping up sustainability efforts microfactory live on-site to take her designs from wind- and waterproof coat that can be transformed
on-demand, on-location production and getting carbon emissions under control. Globally, Along with reducing unnecessary waste through screen to garment within just a day. Guzman’s into a sleeping bag, which is provided free of charge
the fashion industry is now estimated to account for on-demand production, microfactories have a smaller designs were created using Mimaki’s TS100-1600 to homeless people and refugees.
around 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and ecological footprint than traditional garment produc- Sublimation Printer, before being transferred to textile,
20 percent of wastewater, making the pursuit of tion and require no water use during the production digitally cut and finally pieced together. Devised with Through working with a number of strategic partners
greener production methods more pertinent than ever process, making it not only a faster solution, but a a string of ethical and environmental objectives – including transfer printing expert, Klieverik; paper
before. Thankfully, we are seeing a new era of greener one too.

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