Kyocera is the latest print technology manufacturer turning its focus to the expanding digital textile printing market, announcing it will launch its first textile printer later this year. The company will launch the first digital textile printer in the fall, according to a release from Japan-based Nikkei Asia. Other players including Seiko EPSON, EFI and Kornit Digital are already established in the digital textile printing market, which is “set to expand thanks to its water-saving potential, the release said.
Kyocera’s new printer, which uses a unique ink whose colour sets when it dries, requires only about 20 millilitres of water per kilogram of fabric. The company took six years to develop technology to accurately spray highly viscous pigment ink and fixing agent. The global market for digital textile printing is expected to grow to $US7.5 billion in 2030, according to US-based Grand View Research.
