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www.images-magazine.com DECEMBER 2021 images 17 INDUSTRY NEWS Living Wage rate rises People working for companies committed to paying the Living Wage are benefiting from an increased new rate, based on rising living costs. Backdated to 9 November 2021, the new Living Wage rates have risen to £9.90 per hour across the UK – an increase of 40p – and to £11.05 in London – an increase of 20p. Co-ordinated by the Living Wage Foundation, the real Living Wage is independently calculated based on rising living costs including fuel, energy, rent and food. A full-time worker earning the new Living Wage would earn £1,930 a year more than a worker earning the current government minimum (NLW), which is currently at £8.91 per hour for workers aged 23 and over. Since 2011, the Living Wage campaign has impacted over 300,000 employees, meaning that one in 13 workers now works for an accredited Living Wage employer. Employers in the garment decoration sector include printer I Dress Myself, schoolwear specialist One+All and The Embroidery Barn. imagesmag.uk/livingwage21 Kornit Digital introduces the Presto Max printer Kornit Digital has released the new Kornit Presto Max for printing garments and other textiles on demand and more sustainably. Among its features, it is said to be the first digital print system to offer white printing on coloured fabrics, opening up possibilities for printing on dark- coloured fabrics more broadly. The system is ready to incorporate future iterations and evolutions of XDi technology – 3D decorative applications for threadless embroidery, high-density, vinyl, screen transfer and other innovative effects. Kornit Presto Max is compatible with natural fabrics, synthetics and blends. The new system made its live debut at the Kornit Fashion Week Los Angeles + Industry 4.0 Event which Kornit hosted in Los Angeles in November this year. imagesmag.uk/presto-max Staff at employee-owned One+All where paying the Living Wage is a core part of its ethos Daniel Hummel has become chief technology officer (CTO) at ColorGate, which provides software and hardware for colour printing on garments and other products. He will be responsible for research and development as well as the “technological vision” of ColorGate. Most recently, he held leading development positions at Comsysto Reply, an IT service provider. imagesmag.uk/colorgate-hummel Haydn Willetts from promotional gift and clothing specialist Midocean has been appointed chair of the British Promotional Merchandise Association (BPMA). Already a board director and previously vice chair, he was unanimously voted into the role at the association’s annual general meeting last month. Haydn, who is regional director for the UK and Ireland at Midocean, succeeds Angela Wagstaff, founder of Allwag, who has been BPMA chair for the last three years; Angela now becomes president for the next two years. The AGM also saw three new board appointments: Clive Allcott from promotional garment and bag specialist DTB Europe, Jamie Marshall from Premier Print & Promotions, and Billy Hussain from bespoke clothing and merchandise company Alvastone. imagesmag.uk/bpma-willetts CHANGING FACES Daniel Hummel Haydn Willetts The new Kornit Presto Max with dryer can print white on coloured fabrics Orn’s EarthPro line includes the Fireback jacket Orn launches EarthPro sustainable workwear Orn International has launched the new EarthPro collection, which is described as setting “a new standard in sustainable workwear”. The garments are made from post-consumer recycled polyester, which is obtained from plastic waste. All the EarthPro clothing has been certified to the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) which is an international, voluntary, full product standard that sets requirements for third-party certification of recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices and chemical restrictions. The EarthPro collection includes jackets, T-shirts, polo shirts, fleeces, sweatshirts, shorts, trousers and softshell jackets. imagesmag.uk/earthpro