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Dongheng Invests In High-Volume Digital PIKE® Printer From SPGPrints

• By  Textile Excellence
• August 13, 2016

SPGPrints announces the sale of a six-colour PIKE® digital textile printer to the Dongheng Group, in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China.

The Dongheng Group’s (DHG) textile printing and dyeing company supply high end fabrics to the fashion industry. With more than 600 employees, the company has a wide range of rotary screen and digital printing equipment.

DHG wanted to expand its digital capabilities for a variety of reasons. First, it needed to offer greater service flexibility, meeting customer demands for both high-quality, short runs and faster lead-times.

Waste and environmental factors also influenced the decision to install the PIKE: with no need for screen preparation, minimal substrate waste, & lower water and energy usage, the PIKE met DHG’s requirements.

Print quality was the third major consideration, and PIKE’s Archer® technology delivers sharp, variable drop sizes (2pL–10pL) at resolutions of up to 1200 x 1200dpi. This enables the production of sharp geometric designs, vibrant blotches, fine lines and smooth gradations. These capabilities are ideal for DHG’s plan to use the PIKE to print cotton-based fabrics with reactive inks. Next, high productivity with lower running costs were among DHG’s priorities. With a print width of 1850 mm, and an annual output of up to 13 million meters, the PIKE also offered a lower cost per square metre, offering benefits to the group and its customers.

Finally, as an existing customer, DHG valued SPGPrints’ global support, knowledge of the textile market and experience of both conventional and digital textile printing.

Stanley Shi, General Manager, Dongheng said, “We have been working with SPGPrints for the last four years in our digital textile department. Their inks as well as their professional team and support have been of great value to our company and our position in the market. They are always available when you need them.” 

“With the PIKE single-pass printer, SPGPrints definitely showed their capacity to develop next-generation machines with excellent quality and lowest printing costs,” Shi added.

The PIKE printer is scheduled for installation in Jiangsu in the last quarter of 2016 with production to begin in first quarter of 2017.              

Textile Excellence