System provides level of digital printing quality unmatched by competing processes

DuPont Ink Jet and BJC Trading Co., Ltd. (BJC) today announced the appointment of BJC as an authorized distributor for DuPont™ Artistri™ digital printing for textiles in Thailand. The announcement was made at a press conference that featured live demonstrations of the Artistri™ system printing beautiful fabrics at BJC's new demonstration facility.

DuPont™ Artistri™ is a fully integrated, production-capable, digital textile printing solution for printed textiles, apparel, home furnishing, gaming, flag and banner, point of sale and industrial applications. The system consists the DuPont™ Artistri™ 2020 printer, ink and software, all supported by a world-class global service and support team.

"Artistri™ adds new capabilities in delivering innovative digital technology to textile companies that print flags, advertising banners, apparel, swimwear, home interior fabrics, window treatments, accessories such as silk ties and scarves and other textile applications," stated George Yun Long Cherng, regional sales and service manager-textiles, Asia Pacific. "The system delivers dynamic color reproduction for beautiful graphics and designs on textiles," said SatJa Yingyongyos, BJC trading business manager. He added, "The DuPont™ Artistri™ system will open up creative capabilities for companies designing and selling digitally printed textiles. This system provides a more environmentally responsible solution for the manufacturing of textiles. By printing digitally you print only what is needed with very little waste and there are no harmful chemicals used in this process that could damage the environment."

"We are very pleased to have BJC as a marketing partner for DuPont™ Artistri™ in this region," stated Steve Hurff, global sales and service manager, DuPont Ink Jet. "Their leadership in the region and commitment to providing a state-of-the-art demonstration facility for prospective customers is outstanding and will greatly enhance our ability to showcase the benefits of our system."

Satjay concluded, "We have also installed a Rimslow fabric steamer that represents one of the finishing techniques for digitally printed textiles. We have done this so visitors to our demonstration facility can see a complete manufacturing workflow."

With installations worldwide, DuPont™ Artistri™ is the market leader for delivering beautiful images on fabric for both textile and graphic arts applications.

For more information on DuPont™ Artistri™ digital printing for textiles, contact DuPont on 877-234-1794 (US), +65-6586-3075 (Asia), +39-02-2530-2657 (Europe). Or, visit: www.artistri.dupont.com

For more information on BJC Trading Co. Ltd., contact Mr. SatJa Yingyongyos at +66-2367-1334. Or email at www.atjay@bjc.co.th

For more information about Rimslow Global Pty. Ltd. (Australia), a Marketing Partner of DuPont™ Artistri™ for fabric pre-and post-treatment equipment, contact George Sebek at +613 9702 4122. Or email at sales@rimslow.com.

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02/15/06
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