On the occasion of the LifeWear Day consumer exhibition taking place this year in London, UNIQLO and Toray Industries, Inc. announced a joint development of down clothing employing reclaimed down and Dry-Ex apparel produced with fabrics made from PET-bottle-recycled polyester fibers. This new initiative, part of a longstanding strategic partnership between the two companies, will contribute to sustainability by giving consumers access to merchandise that optimizes the use of valuable resources. Tadashi Yanai, UNIQLO Founder and Chairman, President and CEO of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., says, “UNIQLO is committed to improving the sustainability of society. To this end, we will soon begin our new initiative with Toray that promotes the […]

Prism Inks and Graphics One announce the introduction of its new GO FabriMate dye-sub ink to cotton technology. GO FabriMate will be exhibited for the first time at the Printing United Show in Dallas, Texas from October 23rd to 25th in the Graphics One booth 2861. According to Amir Ajanee, CEO and President, Prism Inks and Graphics One, “For many years sublimation has been limited to polyester substrates, with dye sublimation to cotton thought technically not possible. Over the past twenty-two months, we have been working to develop an innovative process for imaging dye-sub ink to cotton and have succeeded. The process uses standard dye-sub paper, is simple to use […]