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17.12.2024

Heimtextil 2025: Mimaki zeigt Textil-Transferdrucksystem mit Pigmenttinte

Mimaki Europe, ein führender Anbieter von industriellen Tintenstrahldruckern, Schneideplottern und 3D-Druckern, präsentiert auf der Heimtextil 2025 (Frankfurt, 14.–17. Januar) das TRAPIS-System, die neueste nachhaltige Innovation des Unternehmens.

Mimaki Europe, ein führender Anbieter von industriellen Tintenstrahldruckern, Schneideplottern und 3D-Druckern, präsentiert auf der Heimtextil 2025 (Frankfurt, 14.–17. Januar) das TRAPIS-System, die neueste nachhaltige Innovation des Unternehmens.

Mit dem umweltfreundlichen zweistufigen Textil-Transferdruckverfahren für Pigmenttinte soll das TRAPIS-System, das Anfang des Jahres auf den Markt kam, die Textilbranche revolutionieren. Da keine Vorbehandlung und kein Waschen der Textilien erforderlich sind, reduziert TRAPIS den Wasserverbrauch um bis zu 90 %. Gegenüber herkömmlichen Verfahren können etwa 14,5 Liter pro Quadratmeter eingespart werden. Diese wasserreduzierte Lösung bietet sich für Heimtextilien an, indem mit nur einer Tintenart farbenfrohe Drucke auf einer Vielzahl verschiedener Materialien möglich sind – einschließlich Naturfasern, Misch- und synthetischen Textilien. Die dazugehörige Pigmenttinte TP410 besitzt die Zertifizierung ZDHC MRSL Level 3 und trägt das bluesign® APPROVED-Siegel, das die Umwelt- und Anwendungssicherheit des Produkts gewährleistet. Damit bietet TRAPIS eine sichere, umweltfreundliche Lösung für Textilanwendungen in Bereichen wie Heimtextilien, Activewear und Mode.

Das TRAPIS-Drucksystem rationalisiert die Produktion, die nur einen Tintenstrahldrucker und einen Hochdruckkalander benötigen. Aufgrund seiner geringeren Größe benötigt das System nur wenig Platz. Auch kostspielige Abwasserbehandlungsanlagen sind nicht notwendig. Darüber hinaus ist die Lösung auch ohne komplexen Wartungsarbeiten einfach zu bedienen und lässt sich flexibel an die Anforderungen der Kunden anpassen wie z.B. bei Kleinserien, bei denen mehrere Materialien zum Einsatz kommen. Gleichzeitig bleiben hinsichtlich Sicherheit, Farbechtheit und Atmungsaktivität höchste Standards gewahrt.

Die TRAPIS-Roadshow
Nach der Bekanntgabe des Systems Anfang dieses Jahres dient die Heimtextil als Zwischenstopp auf der globalen TRAPIS-Roadshow, die am 27. November mit dem Mimaki Textile Day Open House in Amsterdam begann. Bei jeder Station wird TRAPIS auf einem anderen regionalen Markt vorgestellt; Interessierte können die neue Lösung in der Praxis erleben und die Innovation von Mimaki im Textilsektor aus nächster Nähe kennenlernen. Die Roadshow wird 2025 fortgesetzt und macht in Ländern wie Polen und Spanien Station; weitere Stopps werden im kommenden Jahr bekannt gegeben.

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The Green Revolution: How Microfactories Can Change the Face of Fashion by Mark Sollman, Product Manager EMEA, Mimaki Europe (c) Mimaki EMEA
Traditionally, apparel manufacturing has centred on a production chain model of sourcing materials and producing garments in bulk, microfactories are now enabling on-demand, on-location production
12.01.2022

Mimaki Europe: The Green Revolution

  • The Green Revolution: How Microfactories Can Change the Face of Fashion by Mark Sollman, Product Manager EMEA, Mimaki Europe

With the all-important COP26 Climate Change Conference having taken centre stage in November, there is no time like the present for the fashion world to rally together in stepping up sustainability efforts and getting carbon emissions under control. Globally, the fashion industry is now estimated to account for around 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and 20 percent of wastewater , making the pursuit of greener production methods more pertinent than ever before. Thankfully, we are seeing a new era of production enter the fashion arena, with the increasing emergence of technologically advanced, highly automated microfactories.

Along with reducing unnecessary waste through on-demand production, microfactories have a smaller ecological footprint than traditional garment production and require no water use during the production process, making it not only a faster solution, but a greener one too.

  • The Green Revolution: How Microfactories Can Change the Face of Fashion by Mark Sollman, Product Manager EMEA, Mimaki Europe

With the all-important COP26 Climate Change Conference having taken centre stage in November, there is no time like the present for the fashion world to rally together in stepping up sustainability efforts and getting carbon emissions under control. Globally, the fashion industry is now estimated to account for around 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and 20 percent of wastewater , making the pursuit of greener production methods more pertinent than ever before. Thankfully, we are seeing a new era of production enter the fashion arena, with the increasing emergence of technologically advanced, highly automated microfactories.

Along with reducing unnecessary waste through on-demand production, microfactories have a smaller ecological footprint than traditional garment production and require no water use during the production process, making it not only a faster solution, but a greener one too.

Last year’s FESPA saw Mimaki team up with fashion designer Carolina Guzman to bring her designs to life in real time at the show, setting up its own working microfactory live on-site to take her designs from screen to garment within just a day. Guzman’s designs were created using Mimaki’s TS100-1600 Sublimation Printer, before being transferred to textile, digitally cut and finally pieced together. Devised with a string of ethical and environmental objectives threaded throughout, the microfactory also exclusively utilised eco-friendly Greentex fabric, and any remaining material was donated to Sheltersuit: a wind- and waterproof coat that can be transformed into a sleeping bag, which is provided free of charge to homeless people and refugees.

Through working with a number of strategic partners – including transfer printing expert, Klieverik; paper solutions specialist, Neenah Coldenhove; and digital cutting equipment provider, Summa – Mimaki was able to produce a collection of unique, high-quality garments live on the stand during the tradeshow, demonstrating to visitors from more than 100 countries some of the key reasons that microfactories seem set to change the future of fashion…

Unparalleled speed and versatility
Where traditionally, apparel manufacturing has centred on a production chain model of sourcing materials and producing garments in bulk, microfactories are now enabling on-demand, on-location production, making it possible to create everything from unique, one-off pieces and samples right through to entire product lines – all at unprecedented speeds. This means greater flexibility and customisation, enabling designers to modify or update designs and respond to market trends as they occur.

Simplified supply chains and minimised risk
The microfactory setup brings production in-house and on-demand, minimising the cost of not only storing stock, but also of shipping it and responsibly disposing of unsold items. Where recent geopolitical events have highlighted the fragility of global supply chains, microfactories offer a unique independence from these systems, empowering garment manufacturers to future-proof their businesses, become less reliant on external systems and suppliers, and reduce the risk of disruptions.

A boosted bottom line and a greener future
Facilitating savings in a whole line of resources, from physical storage and production space to time and energy, microfactories ultimately have the potential to significantly increase profitability for garment manufacturers, with the additional benefit of being easily scalable as production increases. Perhaps even more compelling, however, are the environmental considerations. Demonstrated on a small scale through Mimaki’s recent project, the environmental benefits inherent to microfactory production will have an even greater impact as it becomes more prolific and commonplace throughout the fashion world, with the potential to effect meaningful environmental change as adoption increases in the years to come.