Ahead of the International Digital Printing Industry Fair (TPF 2016) at Shanghai, a one day conference on digital printing titled - ‘Fast growing Textile printing to co-exist with the traditional printing source,’ held as a precursor to the event. At the conference, Edri Baggi, Business Development Officer Inks Europe, Sensient imaging technologies SA and Katja Ebers, Reggiani Machine Spa were the speakers among others.

In her presentation Baggi said, the social and environmental aspects have to be well addressed to make digital printing a globally sustainable story. Thanks to textile digital printing industry, we can expect a much faster turnaround, resultant less wastage/water requirement. Therefore today we can sell what we make based on consumers insights than what are forced to and be more judicious to our stakeholders and in turn society and environment, she observed.

Baggi mentioned that we can be more responsive to ever tightening regulatory restrictions coming up from different global brands and retailers’ season in season out, especially in the backdrop of growing global consciousness about sustainability and the impact it may have on society and environment.

Speaking by introducing Reggaiani, Katja Ebers said that Reggaiani has always been at the forefront to lead the industry to new age production and processing.

She also mentioned about the opportunities for the global textile digital printing by pointing out that the digital printing technology currently is below is 5 per cent and that itself speaks the volumes of the upside possible in the story.

Traditionally, textile is always been a key application area for digital printing. She identified the upcoming application areas - upholstery, flooring carpets, wall coverings etc. where opportunities are waiting to be explored. Ebers concluded by saying that the digital printing in textiles is an improved technology of natural first preference.