R A Smart Holdings Ltd

General information

Based in the silk town of Macclesfield we operate one of the country's largest digital print facilities with the capability to print on cottons/wools/silks and polyesters.

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. 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.

RA Smart (CAD & Machinery) has been at the forefront of digital textile technology since the early pioneering days of the late 1990’s and can rightly claim to be experts in the supply and support of dedicated textile digital print solutions, partnering with the leading machine manufacturers and installing the latest systems throughout the UK. Covering a vast array of applications including fashion/furnishing/sportswear/household textiles and soft signage we are in a unique position to advise our customers of the various machine solutions, ink chemistries and processes required for any textile application. Not forgetting our heritage as a major supplier of screen printing equipment, we continue to manufacture and supply bespoke equipment to Universities, Colleges and design studios as well as artisan screen printers.

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. We also continue to support the screen print process and have a large commission screen making capacity and can manufacture and engrave flat screens to any size utilizing the latest wax jet engraving process.