EPSON has announced the opening of textile solutions centre called TSC Asia at its plant in Nagano. The centre is designed to ‘accelerate the global expansion of the digital textile printing business. TSC Asia is equipped to handle every step in the textile printing process, including textile pre- and post-treatment. The company has invested about 300 million yen ($A$4m) in the 1,000 m² space which is housed in its Fujimi Plant in the Nagano prefecture.
Being among the first inkjet printer manufacturers to put its inkjet technology to use in digital textile printing, EPSON and its Italian subsidiaries For.Tex and Fratelli Robustelli have been researching and developing digital textile printing as well as producing the Monna Lisa series of inkjet digital textile printers. TSC Asia opened prior to the completion of Building B in response to growing demand from Asia. Commercial and industrial printing including digital textile printing are one of the strategic areas of focus cited in the company’s long-term corporate vision, EPSON 25.
