Features

Can wide-format printers in our sector make the most of the boom in demand when it comes to digitally printed textiles? Melony Rocque-Hewitt investigates.

The textile and apparel market is in love big time with digital printing and it’s serious. By 2015 the textile and apparel global market is forecast to be worth somewhere in the region of $1,557.1 billion, an increase of 32.5% since 2010. There seems to be little doubt that where the printing of textiles is concerned digital will be the future.

Stuart Maclaren, the young founder of 2012 start-up Your Print Partner talks to IR about his reasons for entering the wide-format print sector.

Earlier this year a 23 year-old entrepreneur by the name of Stuart Maclaren entered the wide-format print market with the formation of Your Print Partner in Lincoln. Initially this was a print broker of sorts but, in August, he installed a £70,000 Mimaki direct-to-textile printer to start bringing print in-house. Just 11 months on from the company’s formation and he has five staff, another three are being sought, and a £600,000 first year revenue is forecast. So has he made the right move?

Viscom focuses on LFP sustainability at this year’s show, which runs 25 – 27 October in Frankfurt.

EcoPrint, the first show dedicated to sustainability in print, may now be over but the issue of sustainability in print is far from it. Expect the should-be priority topic therefore to get a good airing at Viscom in Frankfurt at the end of this month.

Spandex UK Open House: helping printers go for growth

Want a European perspective on what’s happing in digital print, including wide-format? Then you’ll be interested in these newly released findings of the 2012 EDP Survey.

Image Reports is looking for print companies that bought their first a wide-format inkjet printer over ten years ago. Did you? If so you could become one of our Digital Originals.

Matthew Peacock, manager of Vision in Print, explains why should better understand your company’s KPIs.

Make sure you have the right level and type of insurance cover for your company needs. Danielle Hodgins, team manager, commercial schemes, RKH insurance Services, tells you how.

Target consumers direct with bespoke products they will pay dearly for. That’s what Matic Media did when it realised it needed to fill printers with higher margin work. Richard McCombe explains how.

Peter Kiddell, director of the Fespa UK Association, regularly carries out funding searches on behalf of members. Here’s his take on finding grants.

Silver Bullet opens its first print shop with an Epson SureColor SC-S30600 wide-format inkjet printer

Why sustainability coupled with amazing design makes digitally printed furniture a niche to watch says Melony Rocque-Hewitt.

In the Image Reports ‘Widthwise 2012’ survey – now in its fifth year – over 50% of respondents said that despite the unstable economic conditions, recruitment was high on the agenda. From these respondents, 42% said that they would be looking to appoint design staff.