Kornit Digital Introduces Presto MAX, Reinventing Design and Applications Capabilities for Custom Textiles on Demand

This next-generation system for sustainable, single-step production efficiency is the first in the market to bring white printing on coloured fabrics. Neon colours will feature XDi technology for 3D decorative applications Worldwide market leader in sustainable, on-demand, digital textile production technologies, Kornit Digital Ltd has announced the release of the Kornit Presto MAX system for sustainable on-demand production of apparel and textile goods. The new system will debut at the Kornit Fashion Week Los Angeles + Industry 4.0 Event, from November 2-5. They will showcase technology innovations, partnerships, and proven strategies driving the business case for sustainable, on-demand production of fashion and textile goods worldwide.

“Presto MAX will change the textile industry forever, transforming digital from a niche tool for handling small orders and one-offs into the catalyst for modernizing the business, breaking the barriers between imagination and physical applications, connecting consumers and fulfillers on a global scale, and truly capitalizing on digital’s promise for delivering both sustainability and profitability, free of waste,” said Ronen Samuel, Kornit Digital Chief Executive Officer. “Whether your business is finished goods or ready-to-use custom fabrics, growing your own brand or supplying the world’s retailers and entrepreneurs, this technology represents the cutting edge of on-demand, unconstrained textile production, in terms of both capability, accessibility, and sustainability. Kornit is empowering producers to create more with less, to shrink their carbon footprint, and to deliver unlimited expression while creating new opportunities and growth.”

The Kornit MAX technology was launched in April of this year and is already field-proven. The Kornit Atlas MAX system supplies global brands with the high retail quality and application variety needed to grow their products and answer evolving consumers’ needs.

The Presto MAX reflects the company’s commitment to expanding groundbreaking capabilities to all segments of the marketplace, building on its portfolio of technologies to accelerate and empower the industry’s transformation into a more responsive and responsible model.

The never-before-seen capabilities will transform virtual concepts into custom fabrics for fashion, home décor, and other textile applications. The Kornit Presto MAX is the first digital print system to offer white printing on coloured fabrics, enhancing decoration capabilities for dark coloured fabrics. It is the only single-step solution—and the most sustainable solution available—for direct-to-fabric printing, delivering the highest quality and softest feel with brilliant whites and brighter neon colours. In addition, the system is ready to incorporate future iterations and evolutions of XDi technology—3D decorative applications to produce threadless embroidery, high-density vinyl, screen transfer, and other innovative effects.

It is compatible with natural fabrics, synthetics, and blends. In addition, it includes advanced algorithms for intelligent autonomous calibration to deliver high-quality results with short cycle times and minimal manual interruptions or defects. The system was devised for compatibility with the Kornit global fulfillment ecosystem, for anywhere, anytime production, supporting a truly distributed production model that fulfills nearer the end consumer, eliminating time and logistical waste from the experience while helping brands to ensure quality and consistency across all systems and production sites.

The Presto MAX provides the smart, efficient, sustainable EcoFactory that empowers producers to cover and integrate more parts of the process, from design to finished product, while decreasing their carbon footprint, using minimum manpower, and generating less waste. This means eliminating the excessive time, labor, and shipping throughout the value chain, thus enabling proximity production to meet the accelerated demands of a web-driven global marketplace—revealing new sales channels and clever business models to grow the business in the long term.