The awarding of a first prize in Shandong Province's science and technology progress awards has brought digital inkjet printing, a niche field long constrained by imported equipment and consumables, back into the industry's spotlight. On August 6, the Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Conference was held in Jinan, where the project "Research and Industrialization of Multi-dimensional Collaborative Digital Inkjet Printing Quality and Efficiency Improvement Technology System," led by Yuyue Home Textile, won the first prize. This is not only a testament to the company's technical strength but also reflects the urgent need for self-reliance in core processes amid the green transformation pressure in the textile dyeing and printing industry.
Event Background
The project was jointly tackled by Yuyue Home Textile, Qingdao University, Shandong Yellow River Delta Textile Technology Research Institute, Tiangong University, and Lufeng Dyeing and Printing Co., Ltd. It focused on three long-standing pain points in digital inkjet printing: low production efficiency, poor product quality stability, and heavy dependence on imported core equipment and consumables. These bottlenecks have constrained domestic dyeing and printing enterprises from advancing toward high-end and green development.
The team revealed for the first time the "line segment cluster" digital imaging mechanism of inkjet printing droplets, breaking the long-standing shackles of the traditional paper dot imaging theory. This fundamental theoretical breakthrough laid the groundwork for subsequent precise image control and multi-scale, multi-level molecular synergistic enhancement technologies. Building on this, the team independently developed a series of core technologies and successfully built the world's first 12-color rotary screen enhanced high-speed digital inkjet printing production line, directly converting theoretical innovation into large-scale production capacity.
Notably, this award is not Yuyue's first appearance at a national-level science and technology award. The company has previously won two National Science and Technology Progress Second Prizes and multiple provincial and ministerial first prizes. The continuous high-level awards reflect sustained investment in textile technology innovation and indicate that its technical accumulation has evolved from single-point breakthroughs to systematic layout.
Industrial Impact
The upgrade of digital inkjet printing technology directly impacts the textile dyeing and printing industry in terms of efficiency and stability. Traditional printing processes are time-consuming in pattern changing and sampling, while high-speed digital inkjet printing lines can significantly shorten production cycles, especially important for small-batch, multi-variety fast-response orders. For buyers, this means more flexible delivery times and lower minimum order quantities, helping to alleviate inventory pressure.
A deeper change lies in supply chain localization. For a long time, high-end inkjet printing machines and their nozzles, inks, and other consumables have been mainly imported, leading to high procurement costs, long delivery cycles, and uncontrollable after-sales service. Through technological system innovation, this project achieved independent substitution in core equipment and consumables, which will directly reduce equipment investment and operating costs for domestic dyeing and printing enterprises, enhancing the entire industry chain's risk resistance.
From an environmental perspective, digital inkjet printing can reduce water consumption and waste liquid discharge compared to traditional screen printing, aligning with the national "dual carbon" strategy for green manufacturing transformation. As a major textile province, the implementation of this award-winning project in Binzhou has a demonstrative effect on the regional industrial belt, potentially encouraging surrounding enterprises to accelerate the elimination of outdated capacity and transition toward digital and intelligent transformation. For foreign trade enterprises, adopting a localized technology system helps avoid international technical barriers and meet overseas customers' sustainability audit requirements.