Taking place on the 30th September for one day only, delegates will learn from leading industry experts sharing cutting edge content and their wealth of knowledge, experiences and insights into the latest innovative products, trends and case studies for digital textile printing.

Further to our story on Epson's acquisition of Robustelli on the 23rd June, our own local General Manager, Business Division, Epson Australia Craig Heckenberg said, “This is a very exciting development for Epson in Australia and New Zealand.

This new eight-colour ink set adds fluorescent yellow and pink cartridges to the proven SubliJet-HD C, M, Y, KXF, Lc and Lm configuration, giving sublimators a true multi-purpose solution for a much wider range of applications than possible with traditional CMYK inks.

Direct Color Systems in the USA have introduced the first ever DTG (Direct-to-Garment) printer for light colored cotton, cotton blends, and 100% polyester and synthetics without the need for pretreatment whilst also having the ability to print to other media.

Epson Group company Epson Italia S.p.A. has agreed with the Robustelli family to acquire 100% of the capital of Fratelli Robustelli S.r.l. ("Robustelli"), a leader in the textile printing industry.

Conect Enterprises and Print N Cut Solutions have announced their appointment as the master distributor in Australia for Stahls’ heat transfer materials and Hotronix heat presses.

The Digistar HI-PRO series from Kiian Digital has been awarded Nike's Restricted Substance List (RSL) Certification following its compliance with the global sports brand's rigorous regulations to meet or exceed worldwide legislative requirements, and is now licensed by Nike, Inc. for use in its substantial supply chain.

EFI has announced the acquisition of Optitex, an emerging, fast growing global leader in integrated 3D design software that enables the textile industry's digital transformation and accelerates the adoption of fast fashion. Privately held Optitex will be integrated into EFI's Productivity Software business unit.

Pozitive has announced a distribution agreement between Pozitive sign and graphic supplies and Kiian Digital.

Starleaton is proud to announce, after many months of discussions, it will be the official distributor for Georg + Otto Friedrich (G & O) in Australia and New Zealand. Regarded throughout Europe as the market leader, G & O is a leading German manufacturer and innovator of top quality, award winning digital printable fabrics specialising in knitted materials for dye sublimation printing.

Roland DG has announced the release of fluorescent ink specifically formulated for its Texart XT-640 and RT-640 wide-format dye sublimation printers.

Sawgrass has introduced new SubliJet-HD Pro Photo XF inks for the Virtuoso 25” 8-Colour HD Product Decorating System, the first set of eight-colour inks the company has developed for the Sawgrass VJ 628 printer.

France-based Senfa has appointed HVG Graphics Media as sole distributor of its Decoprint range of products for the Australian market.

Cestrian Imaging Ltd has become the first printing company in the UK to install a fully loaded EFI™ Reggiani PRO 340 digital textile printer. The new 340 cm-wide device will meet increasing demand for high-quality fabric-printed displays, branded apparel and more.

Epson has appointed screen and textile printing specialists Kiwo as a national dealer with the company, joining and adding significant weight to Epson’s direct to garment business.

Digital textile printing is gaining a foothold in the fashion industry. Still, most commercially available fabrics today are rotary screen printed, a process that has proven its worth on a larger scale but is often too complicated and costly for small scale production.

UK theatrical industry supplier Prompt Side Theatrical Drapery is the first to invest in the new EFI VUTEk FabriVU 340 soft signage printer.

GJS has announced that it will distribute Epson's range of dye sublimation solutions, starting with the Epson SC-F9200, the Epson SC-F7200 and the Epson SC-F6200.

Last month's FESPA Digital was used by Durst to showcase its latest innovations for the large-format printing segment. With the Rhotex 500, Durst was launching the first 5-metre dye sublimation printer onto the market which, with its extra-wide printing width, can offer seamless soft signage / fabrics applications, stepping up the use of textile advertising and information media.

GJS has announced that it has been named Sawgrass' only Platinum Australian distributor.

The Teleios Grande/H6 was finally unveiled at FESPA Digital 2016 last month.