Images magazine Digital Edition April 2018

www.images-magazine.com APRIL 2018 images 73 EMBROIDERY MACHINES AND CONSUMABLES Embroidery essentials Whether you’re looking for new software, to try a new thread or buy your first ever embroidery machine, our round-up of all things embroidery has it covered Wilcom: EmbroideryConnect, EmbroideryStudio e4 Ordering and e4.1 update “2018 is the year to take your embroidery software solution to the next level with some incredible new products from Wilcom as well as a major free update to flagship product EmbroideryStudio e4,” says the company. It continues: “First up, the highly anticipated EmbroideryConnect is now available. This exciting new solution enables wireless design transfer capabilities to virtually any USB-ready embroidery machine. Whether you use a Tajima, Barudan, Happy, ZSK, SWF or any other brand, this is the answer.” Also new fromWilcom is the new EmbroideryStudio e4 Ordering, which the company says is the perfect companion product to ES Designing and Decorating. It enables non-embroidery teams in embroidery businesses to generate quotes quickly and accurately, and deliver them to customers on high-resolution product images. Wilcom says this will increase customer confidence and result in faster approvals for every job. It also frees up the time of businesses’ embroidery experts to focus on production. The final announcement is what Wilcom calls “the highly anticipated major Update e4.1 for the EmbroideryStudio e4 suite”. It says: “There is a host of incredible new features and enhancements. Whether your focus is on logos or the highly creative fashion market, there are many things that will save you time and make your embroidery business more profitable.” www.wilcom.com Coloreel: Embroline Coloreel has announced that its unique Embroline attachment for embroidery machines is scheduled for commercial release in the latter part of 2018. “The innovative Coloreel technology enables high-quality colouring of textile thread on demand. The first product to be launched based on this revolutionary technology is a groundbreaking attachment for embroidery machines. Requiring only one reel of thread, Coloreel will bring the industry to a new level, allowing freedom to create unique embroideries without limitations in the use of colours.” Coloreel allows embroiderers to dye white thread any colour that they want, eliminating the need to buy multiple different thread colours and opening the door to creative colour blend effects. The Coloreel Embroline attachment is a standalone unit that works with all types of embroidery machines. The company comments: “After the colouring process, the special Coloreel Embroline thread has comparable quality levels as today’s pre- coloured embroidery thread, and the finished embroidery is ready to be used without any post-processing.” It adds: “The production speed with this attachment will usually be higher than with today’s technology since the machine does not have to stop to cut the thread.” The company points out that technology used in the Embroline attachment for embroidery machines can be used with any textile thread. (For a more indepth look at the Coloreel Embroline system, visit the Images website: http://bit.ly/2FI4wkE. www.coloreel.com Wilcom has introduced a host of new solutions along with the e4.1 update Subtle gradations of colour can be achieved using the Embroline attachment, which promises to do away with the need for pre-coloured thread, according to its manufacturer, Coloreel