“Advancements in Digital Textile Printing & The MicroFactory”, Andy Arkin’s 2017 Fall Conference Presentation

GET THE FULL PRESENTATION Andy Arkin, Next Wave 3 Key Takeaways 1. The digital textile revolution is reshoring

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Andy Arkin, Next Wave

3 Key Takeaways

1. The digital textile revolution is reshoring to the U.S. These new age production facilities will be
simple, clean, streamlined, green and automated with easy to use software and equipment with
minimal labor requirements.
2. Today digital textile printing represents only 4%, over the next 5 years it will represent over 40%.
3. The cost to produce textiles digitally has finally surpassed conventional printing methods making
the digital textile apparel Microfactory a viable solution to produce apparel efficiently and in hours
rather than weeks.