By Fran Gardino Why has digital fabric graphics printing become so popular and the current focus of the wide-format printing market? One reason is because of the varied benefits of using fabric, it’s estimated that the volume of graphics printed on fabric will more than double from 2011 to 2014, while the benefits of using [...]

By Jos Notermans The benefits of digital printing are well-known. You don’t have to make any screens, which saves time and costs. There is no material wasted at the start of your print run. You can realize more complex patterns, especially if there is no repeat required. And the price per meter for digital is [...]

By Tim Greene Has the economic downturn pushed the idea of “green” wide-format printing onto the back burner? Since I know of no perfect definition for “green” wide-format printing, let’s say it means prints with more environmentally friendly characteristics than were previously standard issue—perhaps the print media is more easily recyclable or the inks used [...]

Hospitality venues, such as hotels, casinos and nightclubs, are prime for creative fabric graphics projects. By Holly O’Dell The hospitality industry is a competitive one. Restaurants, hotels, casinos, nightclubs and even museums are on a mission to give their guests not only a great first impression, but also one that lasts. They pull out all [...]

Innovations in digitally printed nonwovens. By Janice Kleinschmidt Bravo TV celebrity and maternity clothing designer Rosie Pope joined forces with Procter & Gamble to interpret summer 2011’s hottest trends for babies in a line of Pampers Limited Edition prints. Huggies introduced its own line of denim-look diapers. Both collections are a far cry from the [...]

By Bruce Wright ArtCorps, a nonprofit group working in Central America, sent artist Alayna Wool to Guatemala in 2009, where she continues to work with its indigenous people on public art that may change their future by finally making the past visible. Wool’s project, “Living History—A Photographic Montage,” features 2,000 rescued photographs of victims killed, [...]

By Mara Whitten The project. The Santa Monica pier served as the finish line for the 2010 Los Angeles Marathon. A wrapped Ferris wheel was to provide marquee signage and greet runners as they crossed the finish line. The companies. Asics, an athletic-equipment company, was looking to showcase its brand in a unique way. AAA [...]

For decades, nonwoven fabrics were produced only in the U.S. and Europe. Numbers provided by “The Rupp Report” in Textile World show that the machinery has landed overseas and that Asian nonwoven manufacturing is way up. China has increased output nearly five-fold within 10 years, in part because of infrastructure investments. Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India [...]

[Colby Custom Canvas] Colby, Kan., U.S.A. There’s no such thing as an off-the-shelf cover for a 24-row corn planter, particularly given the variety of customizing possible. Colby Canvas, which specializes in custom covers for agricultural equipment, recently completed the cover to protect a planter that may be used only 10 days out of an entire [...]

[ClearSpan Fabric Structures Intl.] South Windsor, Conn., U.S.A. When the farm managers in the University of Connecticut’s College of Agriculture recognized the need to better manage farm waste, they installed an 83-foot-wide by 120-foot-long ClearSpan Hercules truss arch building, citing its affordability and the potential for expansion. Their goal was to reduce the risk of [...]