Kornit Digital launches Avalanche R-Series with ink recirculation system

Kornit Digital launches Avalanche R-Series with ink recirculation system

Leading direct-to-garment technology platform receives upgrade for even higher reliability and reduced cost per print

February 2, 2017 – Kornit Digital, (NASDAQ: KRNT), a global market leader in digital textile printing technology, has announced the launch of its new Avalanche R-Series with ink recirculation system.

Kornit’s Avalanche platform is the company’s flagship direct-to-garment printing system. The two most recent configurations were the Avalanche Hexa with six-color-plus white support and the Avalanche 1000 which has been designed for uncompromised speed.

Both systems are commercially available from January 31 in a new ‘R-Series’ version, with a recirculating ink system as the primary innovation. This technology, which Kornit already uses in the Storm series, the Allegro and the Vulcan, optimizes print quality, reliability and ink efficiency of the new Avalanches. As a result, users of the Avalanche R-Series benefit from up to 20% ink savings and faster system availability after the start-up process.

The new R-Series versions will replace the current systems. The capabilities of the R-Series are also available for existing Avalanche Hexa and Avalanche 1000 installations as an upgrade, from January 31.

The Kornit Avalanche Hexa R-Series includes six color channels plus white, for a wider gamut and improved spot color handling. Users can easily reproduce the true colors of licensed sports teams and accurately match corporate logos with fiery reds, warm yellows, deep blues and greens, vivid purples and many more.

Designed for the mass production of garments, Kornit’s Avalanche 1000 R-Series has dual pallet industrial production capability, and is a very robust platform designed for heavy duty use. Thanks to a unique double bridge architecture, the white and the color print phases can happen in parallel, for optimized and unique dark garment efficiency. The system generates very high speeds and excellent print quality. It prints up to 220 light and 160 dark garments per hour. The Avalanche 1000 R-Series is perfectly suited to be used all day, every day and for all volumes.

Both systems feature a print area of up to 90 x 60cm and 12cm wide pass printing. An automatic height adjustment mechanism allows printing over buttons, zippers and other protruding objects. 

With the NeoPigment™ process, Kornit users benefit from the advantages of state-of-the art pigment ink technology, based on more than 1,200 installations globally and 14 years of experience. NeoPigment™ meets the highest environmental regulations, including Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and GOTS pre-approval. Suitable for printing on multiple fabric types, its versatility is unmatched. NeoPigment™ prints have an excellent hand feel, a wide gamut of bright and intense colors, as well as long-term durability and washfastness.

“Kornit keeps innovating on all fronts,” stated Guy Zimmerman, Kornit Digital’s Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. “The new Avalanche R-Series is a great example how a proven flagship product can be optimized towards even higher print quality, reliability and cost efficiency and have noticed great reception of this new concept during the beta stage.”

About Kornit Digital

Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT) develops, manufactures and markets industrial digital printing technologies for the garment, apparel and textile industries. Kornit delivers complete solutions, including digital printing systems, inks, consumables, software and after-sales support. Leading the digital direct-to-garment printing market with its exclusive eco-friendly NeoPigment printing process, Kornit caters directly to the changing needs of the textile printing value chain. Kornit’s technology enables innovative business models based on web-to-print, on-demand and mass customization concepts. With its immense experience in the direct-to-garment market, Kornit also offers a revolutionary approach to the roll-to-roll textile printing industry: Digitally printing with a single ink set onto multiple types of fabric with no additional finishing processes. Founded in 2003, Kornit Digital is a global company, headquartered in Israel with offices in the USA, Europe and Asia Pacific, and serves customers in more than 100 countries worldwide. For more information, visit Kornit Digital at www.kornit.com.