MIMAKI Microfactory provides education & hands-on experience

MIMAKI’s demo centre in Los Angeles recently hosted the first “microfactory” event. The event aimed to bring vendors and printers together in a more intimate setting, where they could learn from each other, see how to improve each step of the print production process, and ultimately facilitate in-depth conversations. Further, the event was focused specifically on textile printing, and everything that goes into that production process, with a goal of eventually hosting similar events targeted to vertical markets, allowing both the printers and the vendors who attend to truly hone in on the needs and opportunities of that market.

Richard Askam, the host for the event, and one of the co-founders of Enabling Creativity, the firm Mimaki partnered with to create and execute the microfactory, stated that enabling creativity were delighted to deliver the Microfactory event for MIMAKI in Los Angeles, the first of what they hope to be a series of one day deep dive events into the various elements of personalized print – textile/apparel, wide-format and labels/packaging with each event being specifically about one of these elements. The event was split into two parts, with the morning being taken up with presentations from partner vendors who each tackled one step of the process, with a deeper look at what printers should be thinking about to make their business successful.