Mexar Limited Awarded OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT certification for Pigment Textile Inkjet Inks

UK based Inkjet development company Mexar Limited has been awarded ‘OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT ’ certification for safe and sustainable chemicals for their pigment inkjet inks used in textile printing. Audited by world-renowned testing & research company Hohenstein, it’s globally recognised as one of the leading independent, internationally acclaimed safety and environmental standards for manufacturers of chemicals, colourants and auxiliaries used in the textile & leather industry. The certification confirms that Mexar’s pigment inkjet inks for printing direct to textiles have been tested for harmful substances in critical concentrations as listed in the ECO PASSPORT standard.

Mexar Managing Director Dr. Andy Hancock comments:

We are delighted that our pigment textile inkjet inks are now certified under the World leading OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT certification process.  It is important to us that we can prove the safety and responsibility of the products we develop and manufacture.  This certification will lead to confidence in the Mexar products for use in textile printing.

John Murphy – Technical Director for Hohenstein Europe comments:

Hohenstein is delighted to congratulate Mexar on their successful ECO PASSPORT certification, The systematic testing promotes confidence, compliance and cost efficiency in the Textile Industry. Thank you for trusting us with your ECO PASSPORT certification.

The ECO PASSPORT for Mexar covers their pigment textile wide format inks as well as their Direct to Garment and Direct to Film pigment inks.

Another New Addition for Mexar

Mexar have strengthened its R&D team with another new recruit.

Michael Barron joins the Mexar team as a recent graduate in Chemical Engineering.

“Michael has a very strong technical background and we are delighted to welcome him to the team at Mexar. With a chemical engineering background, he brings another perspective to our technical team which is always welcome. Michael will be managing a few specific textile projects which we have recently taken on.” Andy Hancock explains.

We Got GOTS!

We are so proud to announce that our Flagship product, Mexar Tex 1 - pigment textile inkjet ink has been approved as textile input for GOTS!

Mexar Add New Team Members

Mexar have recently employed Danielle Graham and Daniel Moor to help with increased demand for Mexar products and services.

Danielle recently graduated with a business administration degree and will be managing the administration of the business as well as some sales and marketing functions.

Daniel is a recent graduate and will be looking after the Quality Control in the laboratory, easing the pressure from the R&D/Production team.

“I am really pleased to welcome Danielle and Dan to the team. It was clear from interviewing multiple candidates that these two bring so much enthusiasm and character to the roles. Both are highly motivated and have fitted into the team really well - I am excited to see how they develop over time” - Andy Hancock, Managing Director.

Mexar to Exhibit at Innovate Textile & Apparel Virtual Trade Show

Mexar are proud to be exhibiting at the upcoming Innovate Textile & Apparel Virtual Trade Show (15th-30th October 2020).

WTiN have organised a virtual trade show to enable companies to promote their innovations in textiles during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mexar immediately saw the benefit of an online platform to exhibit it’s latest ink technologies and development capabilities.

‘Having an online virtual trade show has great advantages for us’ explains Andy Hancock - ‘The concept of a virtual trade show means lower disruption to the company due to travel and resource, allowing us to exhibit whilst continuing with our research, development and manufacture of inks. The platform that WTiN has developed looks excellent and we are extremely excited about testing the concept of virtual trade shows’

Mexar will be showcasing their Mexar Tex range of inks (pigmented and sublimation for textile printing) as well as their capabilities of custom development and toll manufacturing in the inkjet sector.

The Innovate Textile and Apparel virtual show runs from 15th-30th October. Mexar representatives will be available to meet and discuss our products and services.

Rub fastness of TEX1 gets higher

At Mexar, we are constantly striving to achieve more from our inks. Recently, after strenuous testing, we have included some new chemistry into the Mexar Tex1 Pigment inks which achieve even higher rub fastness values than before.

Mexar Tex1 Inks are water based pigment inks for direct to fabric applications. We include textile binders in the inks which adhere to the substrate to create decorated fabrics with in built fastness properties. By including some novel ink chemistry into the new formulations, we can achieve excellent rub fastness on natural fibres such as cotton (or blends). High rub fastness has always been the hardest thing to achieve with pigment textile inks - this new development in the inks has produced results which we are extremely happy with.

In combination to the ink chemistry, we have developed some pre-treatment chemistry to work in combination which can even achieve rub fastness levels of 4/5 or 5!

For more information on these technical developments, please contact andy@mexar.co.uk

Mexar Exhibit at INPRINT Milan 2018

Mexar exhibited at INPRINT Milan, 2018, showcasing some of the recent developments the company has made in water based inkjet technologies.

We had a fantastic response to some of the samples on show, from the aqueous pigment ink for textile printing, to the decor inks we showed to the visitors.

We are very excited about some of the prospects that have come as a result of INPRINT, there seems to be a strong interest in the development of water based inkjet inks for industrial applications which is where we as Mexar position our development programmes in the inkjet industry.

Mexar’s booth at INPRINT 2018

Mexar Win Innovation Award

Mexar have been successful in the recent North East Innovation awards, picking up the award for ‘Innovation in Manufacturing’.

Andy Hancock from Mexar comments “We are delighted with this award. We were in a shortlist with some other highly innovative companies and to come away with the prize is a fantastic achievement. This award is down to the dedication and hard work that the whole Mexar team put in on a daily basis to achieve innovation in our projects and products”.

This is the first year that awards have been given out at the annual Venturefest event held in Newcastle.

Mexar win Innovation Award

Mexar Develop Pigment Textile Inkjet Inks for Seiko Printheads

Mexar extend the development of their Mexar TEX1 inks to include a range of pigment inks suitable for printing to textiles through Seiko Printheads. 

Mexar have worked with a technology partner to develop inks with a superb colour gamut and excellent fastness properties. The ink set combines CMYK with optional spot colours (Red, blue, green, orange, light cyan, light magenta, grey).