Digital textile printing manufacturer Kornit Digital has unveiled Kornit NeoPoly Technology - the industry’s first digital, industrial process for high-quality printing on polyester. NeoPoly uses an innovative ink set and a process developed for low temperature curing.
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The new Kornit Avalanche Poly Pro system |
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| Omer Kulka, Kornit Digital |
“Kornit is on a mission to reinvent the garment and textile printing industry with game changing technologies for growing market segments,” said Omer Kulka, Kornit’s VP of marketing and product strategy. “We continually work to break technology boundaries, so that our customers can innovate and open new markets. The new NeoPoly Technology is further proof of this innovation and reinvention mission.”
Polyester is the second largest category in the overall T-shirt market and growing. The new process handles polyester applications without compromising on design, run size, substrate or labour, says a Kornit press release.
The breakthrough technological innovation is achieved by an innovative ink set and a physical and chemical process specifically developed for low temperature curing, and polyester enhancing functionalities developed to maintain fabric characteristics and provide superior fastness.
This unique process prevents dye migration on polyester. The inks are Oeko-Tex and Eco-Passport certified and do not contain PVCs or other toxic ingredients.
The first system equipped with the Kornit NeoPoly Technology is the new Kornit Avalanche Poly Pro, a member of Kornit’s industrial platform. The single-step Poly Pro enables cost effective short-runs and on-demand printing on polyester garments.
One of Kornit’s first customers to embrace the NeoPoly Technology is DTG2Go, a US-based Delta Apparel company and leader in the direct-to-garment printing marketplace.
“With our business serving the discerning activewear and performance apparel markets, we see increasing demand for personalized, decorated polyester garments,” said Deborah H. Merrill, president, Delta Group.
“We are excited about the new opportunities the Avalanche Poly Pro creates for our business. Through DTG2Go, we can now deliver individualized and small-run prints on a variety of polyester fabric types at the quality levels our customers demand.”
The new Kornit Avalanche Poly Pro will be unveiled at Kornit’s Discover events on April 11-12, in Duesseldorf, Germany and April 15-17, in Hong Kong. The system will also be demonstrated in Fespa Munich, CITPE China and ITMA Barcelona.
In January 2019, Kornit launched its new Kornit Atlas, a heavy-duty system created for industrial garment decoration businesses.
Founded in 2002, Kornit Digital is a global company headquartered in Israel with offices in the USA, Europe and Asia Pacific. It supplies digital textile printing machines to customers in more than 100 countries.
Kornit Digital is represented in Australia by Kissel + Wolf.
