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Dedicated to bringing to life the
creations, dreams and aspirations
of designers around the world,
RA Smart has re-defined the ‘art’ of
fabric printing and are acknowledged experts in the fields of specialist digital and screen print for the textile
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Welcome to RA Smart, the home of digital fabric printing,
machinery and supplies in the UK.
Based in the silk town of Macclesfield we operate what is regarded by many as the country's largest digital print facility. Much of our work can be seen on catwalks around the world and found in leading department stores, working as we do for some of the biggest
names in fashion and soft furnishing design.
But leading the way in digital print is not all we do: we are actively committed to keeping the ancient art of weave alive, as well as
promoting Macclesfield's rich silk producing history around the world.
The past ten years has seen RA Smart at the forefront of digital technology, installing the latest systems throughout the UK, covering
a vast array of applications. We provide a complete fabric design and print solution for businesses of all sizes, as well as working
with all UK design colleges, where we actively support and encourage the next generation of designers. |
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| Here at RA Smart we employ the very latest digital print technology to provide a digital textile print service for short runs and production scale projects. As pioneers in the transition to digital printing, we were the first to install a volume digital textile printer - the Mona Lisa -... |
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| Digital printing onto textiles is a specialist
process - RA Smart have been at the
forefront of this cutting edge technology in
the UK for over 10 years, installing the latest
systems throughout the UK, covering a vast
array of applications... |
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| With over 37 years experience in the screen printing field, RA Smart are market leaders in the various technical processes that can only be achieved using the screen print process – Devore, Flocking, Dye and Discharge printing, foiling and metallics. To compliment this process, RA Smart also... |
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Positioned at the forefront of textile printing in the UK, RA Smart is able to supply equipment from a range of quality manufacturers, including the 'Rolls Royce' of heat press machinery, Geo Knight & Co, for which RA Smart is the European distributor.
Geo Knight & Co is a name... |
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Established for over 30 years, we have the largest screen-stretching machine in the country with the capability to stretch a frame 9 meters x 3 metres. At the other end of the scale we have a very flexible hand-stretching machine which will stretch screens as small as 250 x ... |
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| The ancient art of Jacquard Weave is alive and growing, thanks in part to RA Smart, where we are committed to the promotion and development of this wonderful method of manufacturing.
Here in Macclesfield, the home of silk production in the UK, we have 4 modern high speed dedicated looms... |
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