Where Is The Blue Ocean Of Textile Printing And Dyeing Industry?

In recent years,

The whole industry is running at a low level. Whether it is affected by the deterioration of the external economic environment or because of the adjustment of the internal industrial structure, it is hard for us to see signs of a rebound in the industry. In addition to the increasing pressure on domestic environmental protection, enterprises are facing a reduction in production or even a shutdown. In the face of many difficulties, many people in the industry can not help worrying about the prospect of the textile industry. In fact, in the view of cloth factories, at least one subdivision industry in the textile industry has broad prospects for development, that is, digital printing.

The 2014-2019 year digital printing forecast released by the U. S. win shipping company shows that the world has about 7 billion 500 million dollars in the textile digital printing market, and home decoration and industrial applications are experiencing a strong growth rate of around 34% over the year to 2019.

Because of digital

All kinds of advantages, perhaps some people will think of replacing traditional printing. In fact, through in-depth understanding of digital printing and comparison with traditional printing, we will find that although there are overlapping business scope between them, but more complementary, then we will make some analysis from the aspects of profit, product positioning and environmental impact.

Profit: VS angle calculation in Yuan era

Considering the high cost of digital printing nozzle ink, the processing cost of digital pfer printing is generally higher than that of traditional printing.

At present, the processing fee of digital pfer printing in Shengze area is above 10 yuan / meter, the processing cost of digital direct jet printing is 18 yuan / Miso, and the processing cost of water printing is about 4 yuan / meter.

Although digital printing often costs more than ten yuan per meter and the cost of water printing is three or four yuan, the cost is higher, but at present, its profit can still exceed 5 yuan / meter, and the profit of traditional printing has already entered the age of "Jiao".

In the foreseeable future, digital printing will still get several times more profits than traditional printing.

Product positioning: personalized VS popularization

Digital printing and traditional printing usually aim at different types of target customers or target products. Digital printing is aimed at products with high profit and high added value, while traditional printing aims at small profits but quick turnover.

Before printing a large quantity of goods, water printing must pass through processes such as drafts, plate making, color matching, red pattern, web making, sizing, and large cargo samples. The development needs higher time cost and capital cost. If the flower pattern is relatively simple and the factory matching is relatively high, it usually takes 10-15 days to develop, and once the bulk goods start production, it is very difficult to make changes halfway.

Moreover, due to the limitations of traditional printing, designers must make appropriate compromises when designing flower patterns. Sometimes, design concepts and aesthetic concepts are not fully and adequately developed, and are more suitable for popular products.

There is no similar problem in digital printing. In theory, we can change the pattern of flowers at any time, adjust the quantity of production at any time, and even print the fabric of one piece of clothing. This is undoubtedly a great advantage in individualized today. Through personalized customization, we can produce unique products in the world. Stars who attend the grand event do not have to worry about hitting others.

Environmental impact: waste free slurry, VS, large amount of dye waste.

Water printing in the production process, plate making, networking and other processes will produce a waste of materials, and if the bulk of the goods after the production of customers no longer turned the list, the screen can only become discarded garbage.

On the other hand, water printing has great demand for water resources. Flushing printing machine platen, guide rail, water washing process and so on will lead to a large amount of water resource usage and pollution. At the same time, waste liquid and waste slurry will pollute the environment in the production process, and water printing often occurs in the printing process, such as flowers, color and so on, which will cause waste of fabrics, dyes and so on.

In the process of jet printing, digital printing is the principle of inkjet printer, without the use of color matching paste, no waste dye and waste coloring agent will be generated. And because of the high accuracy of the digital printing machine, there is almost no problem of accuracy in color and color matching. No matter what type of flower and how many kinds of colors are applied, it will be finished by direct printing, avoiding waste and pollution in many ways.

Therefore, digital printing is more suitable for processing fabrics with high environmental protection requirements.

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Comparison of printing process

Visible digital printing, as a new printing method, will meet the increasingly high demand of the market with its advantages of high efficiency, low proofing cost, good printing effect and less pollution.

With the rapid development of textile printing and dyeing in China, China has become one of the most concentrated countries in the traditional printing industry in the world. Digital printing has started late in China, with less output and increasing demand, and there is huge room for development.

Annual growth of 55.6%, the domestic digital printing cloth production capacity growth is amazing.

The output of traditional printed cloth in China has increased from 4 billion 367 million meters in 2001 to 19 billion 550 million meters in 2014, which is nearly 30% of the world's output. However, since the peak of 33% in 2004, the growth rate has dropped to a single digit, and the growth rate in 2014 has been only 4.6%.

On the contrary, digital printing has seen a rapid growth in recent years, with an increase of 55.6% in 2011 compared with 2010.

But domestic digital printing is still less than 4% of its output compared with traditional printing, and is far behind the European and American countries in its development. According to the latest SmithersPira Research Report, "digital printing 2017 outlook":

Global digital printing production increased from 23% to 40% annually from 2009 to 2012, and the trend of accelerated development in the future. In 2015, the total output of digital printing fabrics was about 25~30 billion square meters. Among the fastest growing Europe, the output of 2013 accounted for 40% of the total output of digital printed cloth, while China accounted for only 6% of the total.

Global digital printing output distribution in 2015

Where is the blue ocean of textile printing and dyeing industry?

Because of the development of computer technology, digital inkjet printing technology has gradually formed a product of modern science and technology, which integrates computer data processing, precision machinery and photoelectric information technology. European countries are far ahead in digital printing technology, so our country is still lacking in digital printing technology.

At present, digital printing faces many difficulties in terms of production speed, ink cost and nozzle maintenance. But in the long run, these problems can be solved by increasing research and development efforts.

For example, we have seen reports that the latest digital inkjet printer developed by a domestic machinery company can reach 4500 m / h, and this speed has completely surpassed that of the fast known rotary screen printing machine at 3200 m / h.

We can imagine that digital inkjet technology will develop rapidly with the trend of bamboo breaking. Digital printing will become a new blue ocean in the textile printing and dyeing industry.