Sports goods

Sportswear

Garment printing for performance and team wear

The work

What this step involves.

Sportswear is printed on knitted and woven synthetics — polyester, elastane blends, mesh — and the print has to move with the fabric and survive industrial washing.

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What the print has to survive

The conditions this decoration works in.

Knitted and woven synthetic fabrics, often stretch

The print stretches and recovers with the garment

Repeated industrial washing

Breathability: the decorated area should not seal the fabric

Numbers, names and sponsor marks are frequently applied per order

Named for this work

AIC manufactures one series named for this application.

These are listed because the product's own name states the application. A recommendation against your substrate and process comes from the technical team.

SSI Textile Printing Ink

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Next step

Which ink suits this job depends on your substrate and your process.

The range AIC supplies to sports goods manufacturers is published in full, with data sheets and safety data sheets against the products that have them.

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