EPSON to acquire Italian textile printer manufacturer Robustelli

EPSON Group has agreed with the Robustelli family to acquire 100percent of the capital of Fratelli Robustelli S.r.l, one of the global leaders in textile printing. The agreement aims to drive synergies and further increase customer value by expanding the scope of the two companies’ longstanding collaboration in digital inkjet textile printing. The entry of Robustelli into the EPSON Group will allow it to leverage the latter’s manufacturing capability to bring the advantages of its digital inkjet textile printers to more customers around the world. The move will assist EPSON in using Robustelli’s expertise to accelerate the development of digital inkjet textile printers that further enhance the companies’ abilities to meet customer needs with a wider lineup of products.

As part of the enhanced acceleration, the two companies plan to focus on joint R&D efforts to achieve this goal. The digital textile printing market worldwide is expected to grow at an annual rate of approximately 25 percent. In addition to using its manufacturing network to meet this growing demand, EPSON will deploy its worldwide sales and service network to provide new offerings to more countries and regions around the world.