Textile Nerd Podcast: Gray Back Fabric
From The Textile Nerd Podcast by Dan McGowan and Lori Atone
January 7, 2026 · 11 min · Season 1 · Episode 41
About this episode
The episode discusses gray back fabric in print media, focusing on its sustainability and market demands with guest Hendrik Igler.
What is a gray back fabric in the print media world? The answer lies in the intersection between printability and sustainability, and the result is a European-borne innovation. Lori and Dan sit down with Georg+Otto Friedrich Digital Printing Business Unit Director Hendrik Igler to discuss the market demands and the development story of these fabrics that are crisply-printable and recyclable after their first life.
People in this episode
Hosts: Lori Atone, Dan McGowan
Guest: Hendrik Igler
Topics covered
- gray back fabric
- print media
- sustainability
- digital printing
- market demands
- recyclable fabrics
Keywords
- gray back fabric
- printability
- sustainability
- digital printing
- recyclable fabrics
- European innovation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Georg+Otto Friedrich
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