Textile Finishing 4.0. Where is textile printing heading? The journey of a finished textile from the shopping cart through production directly to the customer is becoming increasingly digital and automated. The goals are speed and reliability with minimal personnel involvement. The seminar day "Digital and automated processes in textile printing" on April 9, 2025, at Aeoon Technologies GmbH in Kramsach (Tyrol, Austria) addresses these topics and invites networking among textile printing experts.
The journey of a finished textile from the shopping cart through production directly to the customer is becoming increasingly digital and automated. Photo: Akademie für Textilveredlung.
Order today, delivered tomorrow, experts from IT and software companies, as well as from machine manufacturer Aeoon, will show how the processes in future textile printing shops can be efficiently designed. Especially in times of skilled labor shortages, companies are forced to automate various workflows in order acceptance, production, and fulfillment using digital tools.
Topics include efficient product personalization, barcode-controlled processes, machine networking, workflow efficiency analysis, intelligent communication, integration of online designers and e-commerce solutions, and more.
Speakers and topics
Dennis Meyer from the textile partner FOL International, provider of the three brands Fruit of the Loom, Jerzees, and Russell, offers a brief material science lesson on cotton, polyester, and blended fabrics, and discusses the printability of different textile surfaces.
Mateo Leitner from the Austrian start-up TOPO GmbH will speak on "Efficiency through Digitization" and show how SMEs can remain competitive. Sanjay Maheshwari and Gokul Agrawal, both from software specialist Kothari Infotech, will describe the use of RIP software in textile printing, the digital workflow for an efficient printing process, on-demand textile printing with mass customization, and the adaptation of digital systems to the needs of a printing company.
Dr.-Ing. Christian Compera, a long-time digital printing expert from DOTCompsulting, will focus on the automation of the DTG production process and describe the process from design of a print motif to the delivery of finished textiles, both theoretically and practically.
As a guest speaker, Mike Piljug from MAPROM will address challenges in automation and digitization within a medium-sized company.
"The Value Chain of Digital Textile Printing" is the topic of Oliver Lüdtke, Managing Director of ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH. He will provide an outlook on the future of industrial textile printing.
Dominik Jung from the host company Aeoon Technologies will lead the practical part of the seminar day. He will demonstrate digital printing on printing machines and offer tips and tricks in Aeoon's Innovation Center. ZSK embroidery machines will be present on-site as a finishing partner with an embroidery machine.
The event is aimed at finishing companies that want to critically assess their existing processes and prepare their businesses for the future.
Seminar week Tyrol
The "Digital and Automated Processes in Textile Printing" seminar day marks the beginning of a three-day seminar week in Kramsach (Tyrol), which continues with two embroidery seminars on April 10 and 11.
9 April: Digital and Automated processes in textile printing.
10 April: Punching for beginners.
11 April: Punching advanced.
Students and apprentices can receive a 50% discount upon request from the Academy for Textile Finishing.