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SPGPrints Confirms Sales Of JAVELIN® Printer And bestLEN Laser Engraver At ITM 2016

SPGPrints reported tremendous interest of its digital inkjet and laser engraving technologies for textile printing at ITM 2016 in Istanbul. The company confirmed six machine sales during and posts the show, four of its newly launched JAVELIN® inkjet printers to textile producers in Pakistan and two bestLEN engravers to Turkish customers.

Additionally, enquiries were received from a broad base of printers who crowded the SPGPrints booth to watch demonstrations, inspect samples and see the future of textile manufacturing.

JAVELIN sales were confirmed to two Lahore, Pakistan-based manufacturers that are making the next move into digital production in larger volumes. Opera Textile chose the printer as a result of the quality achievable with the JAVELIN's Archer® print head technology. The JAVELIN complements two existing rotary printing machines at Opera's Shekhupra Road facility. Additionally, MA Textile Dyeing Printing & Finishing Industries cited the print head technology, together with its warranty, as the reasons for investing in a JAVELIN. The company's existing printing capability comprises two rotary and one flatbed printers at Shahdara. Soon after the show, two more JAVELIN deals were concluded in Lahore as well.

Two bestLEN Laser Engraving Systems Confirmed

SPGPrints also sold two bestLEN laser engraving systems, for imaging rotary screens, to Turkish textile manufacturer. Toraman Tekstil, headquartered in Istanbul, purchased a bestLEN 7412 laser engraver, which accommodates screens up to 2.1m wide. The investment means Toraman can bring the imaging operation in-house at its new dyeing and printing plant in Çorlu, in the west of the country. The new plant will also be Toraman's first production facility.

SPGPrints also announced the sale of its bestLEN 7413 direct laser engraver - exhibited at the show -- to Deniz Export, of Istanbul, Turkey. Capable of imaging screens up to 3.5m wide, the engraver will be installed at its new textile printing and dyeing plant in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The company is also opening plants in Russia in order to streamline logistics and be closer to its major markets in north-western Asia.

"We are delighted with the tremendous level of interest in both the JAVELIN and bestLEN systems at ITM 2016," commented Hakan Uzman, Managing Director, SPGPrints Baski, the Turkish subsidiary of SPGPrints.

"The introduction of the JAVELIN printer makes the business-transforming benefits of digital printing accessible to a wider textile market, especially for lower production volume requirements. Furthermore the bestLEN engraver, with over 20 installations since last year's launch, has proven to raise the competitiveness of rotary screen printing, simplifying workflow and setting new standards for consistency and efficiency."

"The positive reception we have received reflects the growing recognition of SPGPrints' technology as a platform for providing the advantages in quality, cost and flexibility in textile printing - whether for digital or analogue applications."

Increased Production of PIKE and JAVELIN

There is a high level of interest in SPGPrints' high-productivity single-pass PIKE digital printer, which was launched in 2015.

In response to market demand, SPGPrints has ramped up production of the PIKE and JAVELIN printers at its Boxmeer (Netherlands) and Kufstein (Austria) manufacturing facilities. Installations are in progress at a number of major textile printers.