ABS Group fabrics are customised through sublimation printing, a printing process that uses specific water-based inks and without azo dyes, that are fixed by pressure at a high temperature.
The choice not to use solvents during printing and to use fabrics made from recyclable polyester yarns and Oeko-tex® standard 100 certified, free of harmful substances, makes safe and eco-friendly ABS Group products.
Printing on fabric
ABS Group fabrics are customised through sublimation printing, a printing process that uses specific water-based inks and without azo dyes, that are fixed by pressure at a high temperature.
The choice not to use solvents during printing and to use fabrics made from recyclable polyester yarns and Oeko-tex® standard 100 certified, free of harmful substances, makes safe and eco-friendly ABS Group products.
This type of printing offers several advantages:
- a print that penetrates the textile fibre and is thus more resistant to handling
- colour fidelity and wide range of colours by using water-based inks
- high quality and definition of the images
- fast printing and production
- no minimum number of pieces to make
- eco-friendly products that can be easily disposed of as ordinary waste
- odourless and without any hazard classification
This type of printing offers several advantages:
- a print that penetrates the textile fibre and is thus more resistant to handling
- colour fidelity and wide range of colours by using water-based inks
- high quality and definition of the images
- fast printing and production
- no minimum number of pieces to make
- eco-friendly products that can be easily disposed of as ordinary waste
- odourless and without any hazard classification
Productions on extra-large fabric
ABS Group is the first company in Italy to have installed Important technologies for sublimation printing on fabrics of up to 5 metres and today it stands out for its strategic and targeted investments. Its range of specialised machines includes the latest technologies, with a production capacity of 800 sq.m per hour, ensuring not only speed but also accuracy and reliability. The workflow is tailormade for ABS Group, and structured to speed up administrative, production-and order-fulfilment processes.
In over 8,000 SQ.M production site, the following machines are installed:
- Durst Rhotex 500 printer for printing up to 5 m in height
- Durst Rhotex 325 printer
- Monti Antonio 91-5400 transfer-printing calender 5 m
- Atp color 3200 printer
- Mimaki jv 5 3200 printer
- Helios plus laser textile cutter 3,3 m
- 20 high-performance sewing machines
Laser textile cutter
Laser textile cutter
- Durst Rhotex 500 printer for printing up to 5 m in height
- Durst Rhotex 325 printer
- Monti Antonio 91-5400 transfer-printing calender 5 m
- Atp color 3200 printer
- Mimaki jv 5 3200 printer
- Helios plus laser textile cutter 3,3 m
- 20 high-performance sewing machines