GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS IN DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING Mutlu Chaouch Orozco, Digital Innovation Analyst, World Textile Information Network
MUTLU CHAOUCH OROZCO, ANALYST, WTIN
AGENDA Digital Textile Printing Overview Digital Textile Market Figures Developments and Future of the Market
DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING OVERVIEW
GLOBAL TEXTILE INDUSTRY OUTLOOK Risk Rating What to watch? Entrance of new players (Amazon, direct-to-consumer brands) Rising investment costs Source: Euler Hermes 2018 Global Textile Sector Report
COMMERCIAL IMPACTS OF DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING Source: David J. Tyler (2005) Textile Digital Printing Technologies, Textile Progress, 37:4, 1-65, DOI: 10.1533/tepr.2005.0004.
COMMERCIAL IMPACTS OF DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING Source: David J. Tyler (2005) Textile Digital Printing Technologies, Textile Progress, 37:4, 1-65, DOI: 10.1533/tepr.2005.0004.
TEXTILE PRINTING MARKET Rotary Screen/ Flat Screen/ Hand Screen/ Other Printing 5.5% Digital Printing * Based on 34 billion sqm total printed fabric (2017)
TEXTILE PRINTING MARKET Digital Printing Rotary Screen/ Flat Screen/ Hand Screen/ Other Printing 5.5% Replacing/ Increasing Capacity * Based on 34 billion sqm total printed fabric (2017)
TEXTILE PRINTING MARKET Digital Printing Rotary Screen/ Flat Screen/ Hand Screen/ Other Printing 5.5% Replacing/ Increasing Capacity New Businesses * Based on 34 billion sqm total printed fabric (2017)
TEXTILE PRINTING MARKET Digital Printing Rotary Screen/ Flat Screen/ Hand Screen/ Other Printing 5.5% Replacing/ Increasing Capacity New Businesses * Based on 34 billion sqm total printed fabric (2017)
TEXTILE PRINTING MARKET Digital Printing Rotary Screen/ Flat Screen/ Hand Screen/ Other Printing 5.5% Replacing/ Increasing Capacity New Businesses * Based on 34 billion sqm total printed fabric (2017)
TEXTILE PRINTING MARKET Digital Printing Rotary Screen/ Flat Screen/ Hand Screen/ Other Printing 5.5% Replacing/ Increasing Capacity New Businesses * Based on 34 billion sqm total printed fabric (2017)
DIGITAL TEXTILE MARKET FIGURES
2017 4,000 new installations Digital Textile Output Volumes (million sqm) More than 39,000 printers in operation 1.9 billion sqm of digitally printed fabric in 2017 Installed Printers 23,503 39,095
LEADING MANUFACTURES * Based on 1.9 billion sqm digitally printed fabric (2017)
2017 Digital Textile Inks Sales Total number of ink sales: 19,556 tonnes in 2017 Total market size of inks: US$700 million in 2017
REGIONAL ACTIVITY 9.7% 37.8% 3.5% 4.5% 37.4% 5.0% 2.1% * Based on 1.9 billion sqm digitally printed fabric (2017)
* Based on 1.9 billion sqm digitally printed fabric (2017) KEY MARKETS US Italy Turkey China India Top 5 digital textile printing markets - 47% of global output
KEY MARKETS Environmental protection policy of government - closing of manufacturing plants - opportunity for global brands - opportunity for pigment ink - closing dye manufacturing plants - increase in dye prices China Dye-sublimation market is dominated by Chinese brands (90% share) - Lowest prices for dye-sublimation ink
KEY MARKETS Italy Installations of industrial/single pass machines Reactive inks - opportunity for Italian ink manufacturers Chinese existence (Atexco, Flora digital)
KEY MARKETS Supplier of global fashion brands Sublimation transfer - Local manufacturers Turkey Unstable economy and high foreign exchange rate Increase in orders
KEY MARKETS High growth market - large scale traditional printing Sublimation transfer - dominated by Chinese brands India Target of global reactive ink suppliers Dye manufacturing
KEY MARKETS United States High growth market Soft-signage applications Dye-sublimation - Prices are still high
DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE OF THE MARKET
MARKET FORECAST CAGR (2017-2021): 20% by volume Global Installations 39,095 50,000
WHERE IS THE MARKET HEADED? Emerging markets: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia and Philippines Developments: Environmental regulations Pigment inks, VAT dyes Prices (raw materials) New products/entrants ITMA 2019, Barcelona
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME Mutlu Chaouch Orozco, morozco@wtin.com