Lutterworth to get brand new Innovation Centre
A technology company with an international customer base has opted to make Lutterworth its new home, launching an Innovation Centre at a site within the town.
The company in question is the Japanese electronics giant Epson, which supplies wide-format, photography and textile printing solutions. Epson made the decision to build this new centre because its existing one in Hemel Hempstead had become too small for its needs. The new Lutterworth Innovation Centre will enable the company to show off the various products and solutions it offers, both to interested visitors and potential customers.
It has already begun to attract the former, with a group of students having visited the centre shortly after its opening for a Textile Academy. They study at Nottingham Trent University, where they are in their last year of a textile design degree.
The visit served as a workshop where they learned about different textile printing methods. They also got to meet Epson UK managing director Duncan Ferguson.
When companies like this one decide to set up shop within the town, they sometimes advertise using promotional products from Lutterworth print shops. These can be produced cost-effectively and given away to the public.
Epson has stated that it will host regular Textile Academies at the Innovation Centre. It has also said that these will teach students how the textiles industry can be made more sustainable.
The company in question is the Japanese electronics giant Epson, which supplies wide-format, photography and textile printing solutions. Epson made the decision to build this new centre because its existing one in Hemel Hempstead had become too small for its needs. The new Lutterworth Innovation Centre will enable the company to show off the various products and solutions it offers, both to interested visitors and potential customers.
It has already begun to attract the former, with a group of students having visited the centre shortly after its opening for a Textile Academy. They study at Nottingham Trent University, where they are in their last year of a textile design degree.
The visit served as a workshop where they learned about different textile printing methods. They also got to meet Epson UK managing director Duncan Ferguson.
When companies like this one decide to set up shop within the town, they sometimes advertise using promotional products from Lutterworth print shops. These can be produced cost-effectively and given away to the public.
Epson has stated that it will host regular Textile Academies at the Innovation Centre. It has also said that these will teach students how the textiles industry can be made more sustainable.