Kornit Digital Ltd., a worldwide market leader in digital textile fabrication technologies, announced the acquisition of all associated assets of Somerville, Massachusetts-based Voxel8. Voxel8’s advanced additive manufacturing technology for textiles allows for digital textile fabrication of functional features with zonal control of material properties, in addition to utilising high-performance elastomers adhering to inkjet technology.
“Voxel8’s innovative and advanced additive manufacturing technology and talent will help us accelerate the execution of our 4.0 strategy to digitise sustainable, on-demand textile production. With this advanced and proven 3D technology, we will disrupt the business of fashion, empowering completely new creative decorative concepts and never-before-seen functional textile applications, while exploring new lucrative opportunities in the functional apparel and footwear markets.”
– Ronen Samuel, Kornit Digital Chief Executive Officer
“By integrating Voxel8’s technology into Kornit’s product roadmap, we will be able to transform numerous market segments and verticals, accelerating our collective visions and technology advancements. Voxel8 offers direct 3D print-on-part capabilities, advanced design software that can be easily integrated with any production floor software workflow, and versatile chemistry enabling on-the-fly formulation of high-performance elastomers to change the material properties of the resulting printed structures by multiple orders of magnitude. This means reflective, high-density, silicone and metallics, as well as compression elements for sports and therapeutics, protection elements like cushioning and impact resistance, and functionality applications like anti-slip, waterproofing, and other qualities combining form and function that are key to Kornit’s vision of digitizing production in every conceivable manner.”
– Kobi Mann, Kornit Digital Chief Technology Officer
According to “Fred von Gottberg, Voxel8’s President and Chief Executive Officer, “Voxel8’s innovative and sustainable technology—tested by some of the world’s leading global fashion and footwear brands, such as Hush Puppies, which is part of Wolverine Worldwide, enables the digital creation of unique decorative and functional applications, while eliminating time and waste from the manufacturing process. Voxel8 shares Kornit’s vision of transforming the textile industry and couldn’t be more excited to be part of the journey to build the operating system of sustainable fashion on demand. We look forward to working together to embed Voxel8’s technology into Kornit’s customer offerings, which will collectively provide endless possibilities of enhanced applications and solutions.”
About Kornit Digital: Founded in 2002, 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 and states worldwide. Kornit Digital develops, manufactures, and markets industrial digital printing technologies for the garment, apparel, and textile industries. It is a worldwide market leader in digital textile fabrication technologies.
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