Images October 2019 Digital Edition

INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 22 images OCTOBER 2019 World textile and apparel trade sees fastest growth since 2012 According to the latest World Trade Statistical Review 2019, from the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the value of world textile and apparel exports totalled $315bn and $505bn in 2018 – a rise of 6.5% and 11.1%, respectively. This was the fastest growth seen for six years. China, the European Union and India remained the world’s top three exporters of textiles in 2018; together they accounted for 66.9% of world textile exports, with the US coming in fourth place. For the first time in history, Vietnam was ranked as the world’s eighth-largest textile exporter, with a growth of 12.5% in a year. If it can continue with the same momentum, it could overtake Taiwan and South Korea by 2020. www.wto.org Roland DG wins three SGIA Product of the Year awards Roland DG has announced that three of its products received ‘Product of the Year’ awards from the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA). The TrueVis VG2 printer/cutters won the SGIA award in the ‘Roll-to- Roll/Solvent/Latex (under 80 inches)’ category, while the company’s TR2 ink and Texart RT-640M multifunction dye sublimation printer won awards in the ‘Digital Inks – Eco-Solvent/Solvent/ Latex’ and ‘Roll-to-Roll Disperse Ink on Textile’ categories respectively. Andrew Oransky, president and CEO of Roland DGA, (Roland DG’s US- based sales and marketing subsidiary), said: “Considering that there were more than 200 entrants this year in 72 different categories, having not just one, but three Roland DG products win top honours is quite an accomplishment. “We’re thrilled to receive this kind of recognition, as it’s representative of all the hard work, research and development that went into each of these offerings.” Kohei Tanabe, president of Roland DG’s digital printing business division, added: “We are very pleased to receive these prestigious awards. Roland DG is committed to providing products to help graphic providers and sign makers unleash their creative possibilities, transform their imagination into reality, and enjoy a sense of accomplishment when people react to their output graphics with ‘wow!’” The three Roland DG products will be displayed on stand 4616 at the Printing United tradeshow in Dallas, Texas, from the 23-25 October 2019. www.rolanddg.co.uk www.sgia.org Speak’s Workwear to supply Unitas embroidered uniforms Speak’s Workwear has been named the sole workwear supplier to Unitas Wholesale – the UK’s largest wholesale services company. Doncaster-based Speak’s Workwear was awarded the contract to provide the embroidered uniforms following successful meetings in Doncaster with Steve Hodson, Unitas’s support services trading controller. Speak’s MD, Peter Wowk, said: “I think our experience in supplying the Nisa group of supermarkets certainly helped us win the contract, as it gave Unitas the confidence that we could handle multi-fascia branding for 1,000s of stores. We’re all chuffed to bits that uniforms we supply and embroider will be worn at branches of Today’s, Day- Today’s and Lifestyle Express all over the UK.” www.speaksworkwear.com The Speak’s Workwear embroidery department 3 % 6 % 12 % 15 % 17 % 25 % World Trade Statistical Review 2019 20 16 2017 20 18 The Texart RT-640M won ‘Product of the Year’ in the ‘Roll-to-Roll Disperse Ink on Textile’ category at SGIA 2019 Pin it... on the Images Pinterest boards: www.pinterest.co.uk/imagesmaguk/