Kiian Digital has chosen FESPA Digital (8-11 March 2016 – Hall 5 • Booth K20) to showcase the wide variety of textiles produced using its market-leading sublimation inks.
Comprising of 12 specially engineered inks, the range offers 81 colours – the most comprehensive gamut of high-quality colours for sublimation printers. Tailored to meet demand for striking, high-quality graphics across different textile and rigid materials, the array of applications on display at FESPA includes high-fashion apparel, endurance sportswear, equipment and household textiles.
“Digital printing is becoming increasingly popular in the textile and interior décor industry where colour, performance and immediate availability are crucial,” said Marco Girola, Kiian Digital Marketing Specialist. “Bringing thousands of international industry professionals together, FESPA Digital provides the ideal platform to demonstrate the variety of products achievable using our sublimation inks. Our inks are developed to meet many customer demands and optimise their production, and FESPA visitors are sure to be inspired by the many creative applications on display.”
Designed to withstand the intense printing conditions associated with textile printing, Kiian Digital’s market-leading inks offer a range of benefits including, premium image quality, accurate colour reproduction, quick drying and reduced operating costs to increase production efficiency. Along with being compliant with the worldwide Textile System standard, the portfolio is fully compatible with an extensive range of wide-format printheads, including industrial leaders Epson, Ricoh, Kyocera and Panasonic.
Kiian Digital’s extensive Digistar portfolio of sublimation inks includes the K-One ink for the Kyocera inkjet printhead, enabling high quality and productivity for industrial-scale production. The Digistar AIR ink formulation, compatible with Ricoh piezo-electric printheads, has been developed specifically for sublimation transfer printing onto synthetic fabrics (polyester) and blended fibres with a minimum of 80% polyester. For Epson printheads, the Digistar Hi-Pro also enables transfer printing onto synthetic fabrics (polyester) and pre-treated rigid substrates.
Girola concludes, “Kiian Digital defines and develops the best ink solutions by understanding the evolving needs of our customers and the applications they produce. As such, the colour properties of our sublimation range meet the printing requirements of over 20 market segments and adhere to the most important textile industry standards. We look forward to sharing our latest developments at FESPA 2016.”
