UK-based eco digital printing Maake is exploring the use of automation and embracing the power of education in digital textile printing.

The company, which is based in London, has grown rapidly since its launch in 2016 to offer a fully digital service that enables small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to seamlessly print their designs on garments and homewares. By uploading their digital designs online Maake generates a customised barcode that informs the printers what to print, with what ink and on what fabric.

Maake prints on over 140 different fabrics - both manmade and natural based - with sublimation and pigment inks.  

Alexander Wills, COO of Maake told WTiN: “Our technology is infinitely scalable, and we could move it across different countries and platforms. If we