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Tekboy Tekstil takes first step into

high-volume digital textile production

with SPGPrints’ JAVELIN® printer

SPGPrints announces that Tekboy Tekstil, of Istanbul, June,” said Süha Artun, factory manager at Tekboy.
Turkey, has installed a JAVELIN® digital printer to “The JAVELIN’s outstanding quality and productivity
supplement production capacity, and meet were important factors in our investment decision. It
increased demand for shorter-runs, rapid is the fastest printer we have seen to achieve a
turnarounds and on-demand sample production. resolution of 1200 x 1200dpi, and we were very
impressed with the results when it produced
Established in 1981, Tekboy is one of the country’s challenging designs such as geometrics and
leading suppliers and has dyeing and printing blotches at relatively high speeds. But other
facilities in Istanbul and Lüleburgaz, where the important factors put the SPGPrints offering in a
JAVELIN has been installed. The JAVELIN printer is league if its own.”
Tekboy’s first high-volume digital machine
investment, complementing a large number of “SPGPrints develops and manufactures its own inks,
conventional printing lines that have met the including those specially for the JAVELIN. This
company’s output requirements until now. means we would be dealing with one company for
the printer, its service and inks. This one-stop-shop
The JAVELIN printer uses Archer® technology which offering from SPGPrints is a huge plus for us.”
enables the firing of variable drops (2pL-10pL) to the
substrate. The 4mm distance from print head to “We were impressed by the two-and-a-half-year
substrate eliminates head damage and is ideal for warranty on the print heads1 that reduces risk and
printing the knitted fabrics produced by Tekboy. accelerates the return on investment. The
combination of high-performance technology and
The precision of JAVELIN’s ink delivery system guidance has enabled us to start offering high value
provides the repeatable and consistent quality that solutions to our customers from the moment of
will enable Tekboy to meet the demand for frequently installation.”
changing designs with lead-times often measured in
weeks. Thanks to SPGPrints’ recent investment in an
expanded JAVELIN production plant at its Austrian
JAVELIN’s six-colour (CMYK, Blue and Orange) facility, Tekboy has benefited from a fast installation
system can reliably and repeatedly reproduce a schedule.
wider gamut than any currently available eight-colour
system and achieve fine tonal gradations, thanks to Tom Janssen, area sales manager - Digital Textiles at
the variable dot sizes. Tekboy’s JAVELIN is using SPGPrints, said: “It is very exciting to see an
reactive inks, developed and manufactured by important company like Tekboy take its first step into
SPGPrints. high-volume digital printing with the JAVELIN printer.
We look forward to supporting the company at every
“We had been looking at digital textile printers when step to ensure they exploit the full scope of
we saw the JAVELIN demonstrated live at ITM, in opportunities this technology brings. ”