Kornit Digital Ltd. unveiled the Kornit NeoPoly Technology for high-quality printing on polyester. Currently polyester is printed predominantly by analog solutions, which creates major technological, cost and sustainability challenges. With a new process and ink set implemented in the Kornit NeoPigmentTM process you can print digital now on polyester without compromising on design, run size, substrate or labor.
Polyester is the second largest category in the overall T-shirt market, it is key in the sport segment, and is growing in the athleisure and functional apparel segments. The Kornit Neo Poly Technology is achieved by an innovative ink set and a physical and chemical process specifically developed for low temperature curing, and polyester enhancing functionalities developed to maintain fabric characteristics and provide superior fastness. This unique process prevents dye migration on polyester. The inks are Oeko-Tex and Eco-Passport certified and do not contain PVCs or other toxic ingredients.
New Kornit Avalanche Poly Pro
The first system equipped with the Kornit NeoPoly Technology is the new Kornit Avalanche Poly Pro, a member of Kornit’s world-class reliable, highly productive industrial platform. The single-step Poly Pro is enabling easy and cost effective short-runs and on-demand printing on polyester garments.
One of Kornit’s first customers to embrace the NeoPoly Technology is DTG2Go, a Delta Apparel, Inc. (NYSE American: DLA) company. “With our business serving the discerning activewear and performance apparel markets, we see increasing demand for personalized, decorated polyester garments,” comments Deborah H. Merrill, Delta Apparel, Inc.’s CFO and President, Delta Group. “We are excited about the new opportunities the Avalanche Poly Pro creates for our business. Through DTG2Go, we can now deliver individualized and small-run prints on a variety of polyester fabric types at the quality levels our customers demand.”
The new Kornit Avalanche Poly Pro has been unveiled at Kornit’s Discover events on April 3-4, in the New York Metropolitan area, on April 11-12, in Düsseldorf, Germany and April 15-17, in Hong Kong. The system will also be publicly shown and demonstrated at Fespa Munich, CITPE China and ITMA Barcelona.
Omer Kulka, Kornit’s VP of Marketing and Product Strategy, commented, “Kornit is on a mission to reinvent the garment and textile printing industry with game changing technologies for growing market segments. We continually work to break technology boundaries, so that our customers can innovate and open new markets and new business opportunities, while being more operationally efficient. The new NeoPoly Technology is further proof of this innovation and reinvention mission.”
