First-ever Gartex 2016 attracts 12,000 visitors

Gartex 2016, the first edition of the exhibition on textile printing was held from 27 to 29 August at Pragati Maidan. And, for a first-time show, it managed to get an impressive footfall of 12,ooo visitors, highlighting printers’ interest in garment printing, which is picking up steam in the recent years. While the segment is dominated by screen and rotogravure printing, digital is making the inroads (though still less than 1% of the pie). Mimaki India had the largest stall at the show, followed

02 Sep 2016 | By PrintWeek India

The 2016 edition of Gartex opened its gate on 27 August at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi

Apsom's Vastrajet is ideal for fabric printing on cotton thanks to its Konica Minolta heads

The Texart dye sublimation printing press from Roland at the show. Roland has an installation base of 50 in India

The Mtex kit at the Arrow Digital stall. Ahmedabad-based Arrow also handles EFI, Reggianni, Jetrix

Nitin Gambhir of Arrow highlights the virtue of flags and banners

Epson showcased its SC-P7000/P9000 series of textile printing equipment at Gartex 2016

Monotech displayed its industrial digital textile printers at the show

Greentech solutions for lanyard printing

Caldron’s wide format printers have production capacity of up to 200 sq/m per hour in three passes

Established in 1993, Delhi-based Caldron Graphics has production facility in IMT Manesar

Established in 1990, Vee Kay Enterprises has seven products for textile printing. At the show, the manufacturer of wide format machinery displayed solvent and solvent-less textile printers

Japanese manufacturer Mimaki showcased its TX300P model of wide format printers

Mimaki launched its Tiger 1800B globally at Gartex 2016. It’s a belt-type direct-to-textile inkjet high-speed model. The maximum speed is 390 sq/m

A display of shoe fabric designs printed using Mimaki kit

A display of stoles printed using Mimaki kit

Mimaki India is led by Tomohiro Ikeda and Mandaar Nalawade. Ikeda has a rich experience of technical knowhow and Nalawade comes from sales background. The team has total 15 people

Negi Sign Systems and Supplies displayed three kit – Mutoh RJ 900s and VJ 1624, and Negijet TX R-1900. For a debut show, Negi was happy with the responses. Negi is the Indian representative of Belgium-based Mutoh

The Colorjet stall hosted more than 500 curious visitors enquiring about digital textile printing machines during the three days of the show

The USP of Colorjet machines is low cost of ownership. According to the company, this is because it markets its digital textile printers directly to end-users