A critique describes technical developments of mechanical finishing and printing machines that were apparent at ITMA 1995. The most important overall trend was design refinements by manufacturers aimed at improving environmental performance. In the printing machine sector, attention focused on an innovative rotary screen printing machine by lchinose Samurai. This machine places the screen in a horizontal position for preparation and maintenance, but inclines the screens during the printing process. Stork showed a variety of equipment, including the MBK roller squeegee rotary printing machine with a stepping motor drive, the Fashion Jet printer, the Image 3100 computer aided design system, and the LEX-4000 for exposing light sensitive lacquers. Johannes Zimmer exhibited its Magnoprint Q flat screen printing machine and the Rotascreen G Klagenfurt. Sublishtatic International demonstrated a sublimation process for the transfer printing of cellulosic fabrics. Elbit Vision, in cooperation With Stork, introduced the Prin-Tex system for the online monitoring and defect inspection of printed fabrics. The most notable mechanical finishing equipment included I Kuang Machine Works' SE5 computerized design shearing machines and Textilmashinenbau Aue's raising machine. Babcock/Krant introduced a compact open width compactor for the compressive shrinking of jersey, pique, interlock, fleece, and weft knit fabrics. Impotant chemical softening equipment included the Biancalani Airo, the Flainox Multifinsh, the MAT Combisoft, and the Henriksen Softset Combi machines.