Epson Italia S.p.A., an Epson Group company, has acquired For.Tex S.R.L., a leader in the textile printing industry. Epson Italia, which purchased a 50% stake in For.Tex in 2012, completed the buyout in a move that strengthens Epson’s digital textile printing business.
Located in Como, the heart of the Italian and European textile industry, For.Tex specializes in sales of textile printing inks and in the manufacture and sale of essential treatment agents used in textile printing processes.
Monna Lisa
Epson and For.Tex have worked closely in the digital textile printing business since 2003 as part of Epson’s joint development of the Monna Lisa digital textile printer with F.lli Robustelli S.R.L. (“Robustelli”). Later, in 2012, Epson Italia purchased a 50% stake in For.Tex in a move to strengthen ties and expand the business.
Epson expects the digital textile printing market to grow at an annual rate of about 25% going forward. The acquisition of For.Tex immediately gives Epson know-how across the entire textile printing process, from strategy and design through manufacturing and sales. This know-how, along with unified management, will enable Epson to further accelerate growth of the textile printing business.
