Kornit Digital introduced its ‘game-changing’ Apollo textile printer platform and an enhanced Atlas MAX PLUS series at the ITMA 2023 trade show in Milan, Italy.
Kornit CEO Ronen Samuel introduces the Apollo at the ITMA (Kornit/Facebook)
The Apollo platform is built on Kornit MAX technology and is “the most comprehensive, streamlined single-step solution for nearshore short- and medium-run apparel decoration,” Kornit said.
“Empowering customers to sidestep the hazards of complex supply chains, it also offers unmatched speed and agility in digital decoration – designed from the ground up to decorate 400 unique garments per hour. Automated loading and unloading, integrated smart curing, and inline garment type adjustment yield higher output and reduced labour for optimized profitability.
Kornit CEO Ronen Samuel with the new Apollo textile printer
“The platform helps fulfiller and brand supply chain managers gain ultimate visibility into their production – ensuring consistency and operational control across multiple systems and locations. This pairs with on-demand production strategies to continuously fulfill orders of multiple sizes, strengthen supply chains, and shorten fulfillment times. The solution fulfills the ultimate promise for brands to never run out of bestsellers and end backlogs of marked-down inventories.”
The company also introduced the Kornit Atlas MAX PLUS system for decorated apparel – now incorporating smart curing, flexible pallet sizing, and autonomous calibration for the highest quality, consistency, and productivity.
“The new Atlas MAX PLUS system takes Kornit’s proven Atlas MAX platform to the next level, bringing increased productivity of 150 garments per hour,” Kornit said. “With integrated Smart Curing, Rapid Size Shifter pallets, and autonomous calibration, the offering takes smart production capabilities a step forward introducing production flexibility, consistency, and the highest quality available.”
Also on display at ITMA 2023 was the recently introduced Kornit Atlas MAX POLY (above), a specialty system for polyester decoration, covering also blends, tri-blends, and other synthetic fabric combinations. The solution delivers vibrant prints using innovative neon inks while supplying retail-grade quality and durability.
Kornit CEO Ronen Samuel: “The fashion and textile industry has remained at a crossroads – aware of its limitations but lacking a clear solution for moving from wasteful, inefficient production models. Offering a true platform for agile, high-throughput digital production on demand, Apollo transforms what apparel producers and brands can do. It empowers them to meet the creative inspirations and ever-changing demands of a global community with capabilities to fulfill those expectations, with quality, consistency, sustainability, and the necessary profitability to scale no matter what unforeseen trends await.”
Johnny Shell, principal analyst at Keypoint Intelligence, said: “These technologies offer a unique way forward for businesses to potentially expand into new markets and realistically adopt short-run, made-to-order apparel. More recent advancements such as Kornit Apollo are true engines of this transformation, empowering decorators to re-think how they’ll do business. These advancements will only continue to propel digital technology to the forefront of preferred apparel decoration methods.”
