Manufacturer of digital printing machines, Kornit Digital's Avalanche 1000, was chosen for the on demand production of promotional textiles as part of Amazon's recently announced Merch by Amazon program.
According to a press release, Amazon's Texas-based facility has been a long-term Kornit user as part of Woot, which is an internet based retail program that offers daily deals on products including printed textiles.Manufacturer of digital printing machines, Kornit Digital's Avalanche 1000, was chosen for the on demand production of promotional textiles as part of#
“This facility has utilised other Kornit direct to garment printing systems for several years, and added multiple new Avalanche 1000 units during 2015 to support Merch by Amazon,” Kornit added.
Kornit will build additional Avalanche 1000 systems that will handle the growing production needs of Merch by Amazon.
The agreement also includes onsite support by Kornit Digital's field service professionals, ensuring continuous production in multiple shifts.
Sarel Ashkenazy, Kornit's executive VP of sales said, “State-of-the-art mass customisation means benefitting from the economies of scale while providing a customised, high-quality product to every single customer.”
“Kornit has a reputation and solid expertise in this field, based on its vast worldwide installed base, while Amazon has been a leader in ecommerce and we are honored to be chosen as a technology partner for Merch by Amazon,” she added.
Kornit Digital develops, manufactures and markets industrial and commercial printing solutions for the garment, apparel and textile industries.
Leading the digital textile printing market with its exclusive eco-friendly Neopigment process, it caters directly to the needs from designers to manufacturers, apparel decorators and fashion brands.
Kornit Digital is also revolutionising the roll fabric industry with its single step solution that enables printing with a single ink set onto multiple types of fabric and with no additional finishing process.
Founded in 2003, Kornit Digital is a global company with offices in the USA, Asia Pacific and Europe and serves customers in more than 100 countries worldwide. (AR)
Fibre2Fashion News Desk – India