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producers as well as on-demand production of measures to achieve it at the highest level Spain, and supported by Mimaki distributor Digidelta, help reduce environmental impact, and many
we have the production solutions for that. We There are smart textiles, functional textiles and short run custom printed fabrics. possible. Our established environmental purchased the printer from the show floor. more. Unfortunately, only 3% of today’s textile
took the opportunity in Frankfurt to listen to the sportswear – and this is not a classical technical management system, which is operated production worldwide is done through digital printing.
customers and offer our solutions for the textile in terms of industry textile. So, technical TEXtalks: How different ink types in the new Mimaki company-wide, monitors and supports continuous TEXtalks: What was the customer response at Therefore, we want to keep educating the market so
production of manmade fibers. fibers will be more and more part of our daily An Interview with printers can be helpful in changing the printing in improvement. This earned us ISO 14001 Techtextil/Texprocess? that people are more aware about the advantages of
life. But there is another topic at the Techtextil textile? certification in 2009. We promote recycling Yuji Ikeda: We’ve also had positive feedback from
TEXtalks: How do you see the future of technical that you can see more and more coming up – Yuji Ikeda Yuji Ikeda: The variety of inks we have for our programmes, waste segregation, and thorough our participation in the Digital Textile Micro Factory digital textile printing. We feel that the Digital Textile
Micro Factory was a good platform to introduce that
textiles? it’s the composites topic. There are also a lot of printers enables users to access a more diverse control of harmful chemicals to reduce our feature at Texprocess. Digital print technology has complete workflow for digital textile production, and
André Wissenberg: The future of technical textiles technical textiles in this regard. So, I see the range of materials. It also allows companies to industrial waste. We also adopt the “doing it right so much to offer to the textile industry; it can print we are glad that visitors to the show were as
has many opportunities and as we can see here Techtextil will grow and will adapt and take over Managing Director, think differently about their production the first time” policy, reducing failure rate during small-runs more effectively, has the potential to enthusiastic as we are.
at Techtextil in Frankfurt more and more other topics like apparel and maybe Mimaki Europe B.V. environments and not be limited only to one type manufacturing to eliminate waste and run a
technical textiles will be used in daily apparel. hometextiles – like the composites. of ink, while still using the technology they are smooth production process.
familiar with.
In terms of products, our Tx300P series is also as
In addition, in the textile print market, there is environmentally sustainable as it is innovative. The
Mimaki is a leading manufacturer of wide-format TEXtalks: Comparatively to the recent market, to what growing demand for shorter runs, faster deliveries, entry-level model utilises both textile pigment and
inkjet printers and cutting machines for the extent these machines will be cost effective in terms and more customised production of textile sublimation dye inks in one machine, reducing the
sign/graphics, textile/apparel and industrial of digital printing, in coming days? products across the board. The combination of our amount of water usage. Furthermore, our
markets. Managing director of Mimaki Europe, Mr Yuji Ikeda: Traditionally, only one ink per printer can diverse range of ink types and affordable digital sublimation inks have achieved The STANDARD
Yuji Ikeda, while talking to TEXtalks at Fespa be selected at the time of installation. A textile textile printers is the perfect solution to 100 by OEKO-TEX® product certification, which
Hamburg, briefed about the new products and producer would need two machines if they want to accommodate this demand. validates the safety of our inks to be used in
their efficiency to textile sector. print on both cotton and polyester, as they require sustainable textile production. These are just a few
different inks: textile pigment inks for cotton and TEXtalks: What is the response for the new 3D printer,
TEXtalks: Mimaki believes in “Dare to Print Different” hemp materials, sublimation inks for Mimaki 3DUJ-P? examples of Mimaki’s innovative approach to
what difference do you expect, will be brought by polyester-based fabrics. With dual ink capability on Yuji Ikeda: Many visitors expressed their interest in meeting today’s environmental requirements.
Mimaki machines in the world of digital textile the Mimaki Tx300P series, the company will only TEXtalks: How do these machines relate and flourish
printing? need one single printer to print on all these the technology demonstration of our 3D printer. the ideas of industry 4.0?
Yuji Ikeda: Our products offer new possibilities to materials, significantly reducing the They were also especially impressed with the 3D Yuji Ikeda: We are still exploring the idea of Industry
our customers—they open up new business cost of entry. samples we exhibited, which transcended the 4.0. We do have a vision on the Internet of Things
usual sign and graphics market, from product
opportunities and new ways to create applications. prototyping to architecture. Visitors were especially approach to a global manufacturing supply chain,
We were, for instance, the first one to launch a Furthermore, neither ink type generally requires pleased to see the water-soluble support materials. and we’ve had the opportunity to show this a
small format UV flatbed printer, which steaming or washing in the post-treatment Typically in 3D printing, there is effort required to couple of times over the years. At last year’s
revolutionized the promotional product industry. process, there is no need for a large space, a huge remove the support “tags” left after printing. With a drupa, for example, we showed our UJF-7151plus
We also have an affordable solution for printing quantity of water, or special expertise in handling Mimaki 3D print, you simply wash away the UV flatbed printer with a robotic arm to facilitate
directly to cylindrical objects and have taken a very the printed fabric. All that is required is the printer supporting material, and voila, you have a finished unmanned operation.
unique approach to 3D printing. In textiles, we also and colour fixing equipment, making these piece! it is the world’s first truly full-colour
have very unique solutions that make it easier and entry-level printers very cost-effective. modelling solution and supports up to 10 million TEXtalks: What was the overall customer response on
more affordable than ever to produce short to different colours. I think we are off to a good start FESPA 2017?
mid-sized runs of digitally printed textiles, TEXtalks: The company is having good sales number with Mimaki 3DUJ-P. Yuji Ikeda: FESPA 2017 was a thrilling success for
especially in demand for the Fast Fashion industry. for Tx300P-1800B, what is the market response? Mimaki. We are very pleased about the results we
Yuji Ikeda: The Tx300P-1800B has been well
TEXtalks: What features, in Tx300P-1800 and received by the market due to the versatility that it TEXtalks: What is the next approach of Mimaki in achieved. The show continues to exceed our
Tx300P-1800B, are presented in the new offers. By adding the belt system to the already bringing innovation in the world of textile printing? expectations every year and it was indeed our
direct-to-textile printers that were not available in the popular Tx300P-1800 model, we have enabled a Yuji Ikeda: Aside from the dual ink capability for the most successful edition to date.
previous versions? wide variety of materials to be produced with this Tx300P series, we also just introduced our first
Yuji Ikeda: We recently updated our Tx300P-1800 machine, including modern stretchable materials, high volume production direct-to-textile printer, the In addition to the well-received Mimaki 3DUJ, our
and Tx300P-1800B direct-to-textile printers with giving our users an even more versatile machine. Tiger-1800B. We are definitely committed to first 3D printer, visitors to the show also responded
positively to our new offerings for the textile
bringing more innovative products to the world of
dual ink capability which is unique in the industry, textile printing. Further developments and industry. In the textile hall, the new Mimaki
meaning that the printers can now simultaneously With this, Mimaki has done what it has historically information will be revealed when we feel the time Tiger-1800B high-speed direct-to-textile printer
load both textile pigment and sublimation dye inks. shown itself to be incredibly good at; making is right. took centre stage, alongside the award-winning
This enables the use of a single printer to print innovative technology accessible at all levels of Tx300P-1800 and Tx300P-1800B. It was the first
directly on a wide range of textiles without the need production. This machine can be used by industrial TEXtalks: What is Mimaki’s belief about sustainability time we showed Tiger-1800B with sublimation ink,
to change out ink systems—a breakthrough that production factories for sampling and proofing, and how do these machines facilitate the idea? after demonstrating the machine with reactive ink
will improve productivity and increase flexibility for while it is an equally excellent and affordable Yuji Ikeda: Mimaki has always cared about in previous shows. In fact, textile company
these Mimaki textile printers. solution for smaller, entry-level designers and
environmental sustainability and has taken Estampados Hermanos Perez, located in Mataró,