UBM Asia enters digital textile printing market with the acquisition of CSTPF

UBM Asia announces today that it has entered the digital textile printing market through the acquisition of “China (Shanghai) International Printing Industry Expo (CSTPF)” from SUNEXPO. 

CSTPF was launched in 2009 by SUNEXPO. Over the last six years, it has evolved into an important gathering for the digital textile printing sector and related industry professionals. With the rapid growth in the scale of the exhibition and the growing transaction volume, CSTPF owns the leading market position in this niche in China.

The demand for revolutionary printing technology from the leather, glass, ceramic, carpet and other downstream sectors and the continuous innovation in digital printing technology have made the importation of advanced equipment and technology from abroad and the expansion of the overseas market for printed products the next development targets for the digital textile printing industry in China.

UBM Asia is already the region’s largest trade show organiser and the biggest commercial organiser in China, India and Malaysia. The acquisition of CSTPF launches UBM Asia into yet another new sector of immense potential and will also accelerate CSTPF’s internationalisation.

The UBM Asia and CSTPF teams will work in close collaboration with each other and the industry to build the most influential and authoritative international exhibition in the field of digital textile printing.

Jimé Essink, President  & CEO of UBM Asia, said: “We are entering a dynamic new sector through the acquisition of CSTPF. Textile and apparel is one of the largest and most important industries in China. The development of digital printing has accelerated with the drive for innovation and technological transformation in China to upgrade this industry. Today’s fast fashion characterised by small lot and customised printing adds further demand for digital printing. We are very pleased to welcome Gong Changming, General Manager of CSTPF and the CSTPF team to the UBM family and look forward to working closely with this experienced and professional team to grow the expo with UBM’s strong international network.”

Mr Gong will continue to lead the CSTPF staff and the team will move into the UBM China Shanghai office. The next CSTPF will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, China from 14 – 16 April, 2015.

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Durst Kappa 180, new digital printer for textile industry

Durst is presenting the Durst Kappa 180, it's new digital printer for the textile industry. The Kappa 180 has been developed on the basis of Durst's proprietary Quadro printhead technology and is a product of the company's Development Center in Kufstein, Austria, the primary aim being to meet the specific requirements of the textile industry with "QuadroZ". At the same time, the company's own high-grade inks (Kappa Inks) for textile printing were developed in the Durst Research Center in Lienz, Austria. The Durst Kappa 180 sets new standards in the industry, with a printing speed of more than 600 sq.m./hour (over 300 running meters) and outstanding printing quality (1056x600 dpi). The official market launch for the Durst Kappa 180 will be at the ITMA 2011 trade show in Barcelona, where textile specialists can see for themselves the performance capabilities of the new Durst system and can find out more about the new potential inherent in digital textile printing.
As Hannes Fischer, Head of Phototechnik AG's Textile Development Center in Kufstein, explains: "Durst Kappa 180 is a genuine alternative to flat bed screen printing and with its outstanding speed and printing quality it is the new premium product in the textile printing sector."
For Durst customers, optimal image quality  together with real value added  has top priority. Accordingly, every means possible was and still is utilized at the development stage to enhance quality levels still further. The specifications of the Durst Kappa 180 are correspondingly impressive. Through the use of water-based inks, the Durst Quadro Array technology, suitably modified for textile printing, makes it possible to print on textiles by way of a specially hardened, fray-resistant nozzle plate with a drop size of 7-21 picoliters. 6,144 jets per color produce a resolution of up to 1680 dpi, while a single automatic nozzle cleaning system ensures uninterrupted operation. The QuadroZ Arrays print eight colors in CMYK, orange, red, blue and gray, with no modulations or density fluctuations. A key role is played here by the ink delivery system with the osmosis filtering system, which eliminates the tiny gas bubbles in the inks and ensures that the printing is constant and failure-free. The result: printing speeds in high-speed mode of more than 600 sq.m./hour with an inking rate of 7g/m2 and a resolution of 1056x600 dpi. In high-quality mode up to 320 sq.m./hour can be achieved, with an inking rate of up to 14g/m2 and a resolution of 1056x600 dpi.
The top-quality Durst Kappa 180 textile printing machine has fully automatic feeding-in and guiding facilities for textiles with a maximum printing width of 195 cm and a printing blanket with an integrated washing system. The drying unit is a hot air dryer powered by gas, steam of electricity. Specially for textile printing, Durst has developed its own Kappa Inks for the piezo inkjet multipass technology. Thus, the different textile fibers can be printed with absolutely environmentally friendly, water-based dispersion, reactive and acid inks using the QuadroZ Arrays. The characteristics of Kappa Inks are deep black, outstanding luminosity and excellent stability.
Kappa Ink R (Reactive Ink System) for cotton and cotton mixtures with more than 60% cotton
Kappa Ink D (Dispersion Ink System) for synthetic fibers, polyester and polyester mixtures with more than 50% polyester
Kappa Ink A (Acid Ink System) for silk and silk mixtures
Christoph Gamper, Segment Manager Textile at Durst Phototechnik AG,
says: "In addition to the impressive technical data, the Durst Kappa 180 is also innovative economically and ecologically, since it reduces water and power consumption compared with conventional methods and at the same time offers total flexibility for customers. There are no limits as far as design and colors are concerned and every changeover is direct and immediate  setup times and screen-making are now things of the past.
We are delighted that we can offer our customers not only "green"
technology but also genuine value added."

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