Some sources clime textile printing technique was first attempted by Indians and Chinese. On the other hand, some fabric pieces which colored by different techniques than dying founded in Egyptian pyramids and tombs. It shows that the first example of textile printing tried also at Mesopotamia.
Textile printing has been in existence for a long time, and these days are achievable through various techniques, among them screen printing and digital textile printing. Since digital textile printing came onto the market in the late 1980’sits quality, application uses and popularity have increasingly grown across the years to a position where textile printing is now more reachable for print solution providers and one of the key growth markets across the world within the wide format print sector.
One of the most obvious applications for textile printing is in the fashion industry, which is vastly recognized by the Turkish market as one of the European and World leading producers of apparel. Textile and ready-wear industry provides 1/5 of the country’s total export revenues and with around 2 million people, the industry has become the second largest recruitment after agriculture. The textile sector is in very important point at the country’s economy, so textile printing sector also has been developed and still keep going. Professional of textile printing sector, develops correspondingly textile which is one of the most important export item of the country and affecting millions of people, works with their full strength to catch evolving technology.
According to FESPA World Wide Survey 4 in 2013 among the printers, 81.3% of the respondents points the textile printing which they expect to grow most. Textiles currently take the second place with 32% (right after decals 34%) of the printers business. It is a growth market.
In fact, we can easily observe how textile sector has grown by looking at our daily lives. Aside our clothes increase in various color and different printing each year, we can see its applications in the interior décor market with boldly patterned sofas, interesting carpet designs, luxurious curtains and a host of other soft furnishings, all adding joy and color to our personal lives and homes. Of course these uses of textile print are not confined to homes but the corporate world around us. For example hotels across the world have embraced to use of printing, both textile and otherwise, to create uniquely styled rooms within a hotel or used as a simple way to update the look of accommodation with a smaller investment than a full refurbishment.
We are also seeing how textile print can serve as a more functional media substrate for certain applications and products– take a window display in a retail outlet or a theatre backdrop– what once may have been printed on cardboard, or even vinyl applied to a rigid substrate, can be more effective and efficient on printed on textile by offering various advantages:
1) Costs – while textile may be slightly more expensive to produce, for items that require high shipment costs, textile produces a great alternative as it is lighter, smaller and easier to transport, folding into neat packages to save on logistical costs;
2) Multi-use – textile lends itself to be used again and again, while still looking fresh and perfect in comparison to rigid media;
3) Environmentally friendly – digital printed textile is argued to be use less water, power and produce less chemical waste, and of course the material can be recycled;
And for printers, getting into the textile printing market can offer great financial benefits – not only are profit margins on textile printing at a premium, but venturing into the sector can open a print service provider to a different client base who also seek printed media.
Many local and international companies in textile sector has already taken their places at FESPA Eurasia 2014 which will be held in second time in İstanbul at 04th -7th of December. This year the area for the textile sector is 50% larger than the last year’s exhibition. It shows that textile business in the printing sector has become more important. On the contrary the other textile exhibition, the visitors can see all the textile printers in a compact place. FESPA Eurasia will host textile professionals from Middle East, Uzbekistan and the other countries in the region as well as Turkey.
