The Centre for Advanced Textiles (CAT) was founded at The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) in 2000 with a Research Development Grant from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. Throughout CAT’s existence the facility has been at the forefront of digital textile printing in the United Kingdom, providing a unique interface between industry and education. Equipment has included Stork Amethyst and Trucolor TCP digital printers, Stork Sapphire machines and recent instalment of a Le Meccanica R500 printer with large-scale industrial finishing equipment. Today, CAT exists as a commercial digital textile printing bureau facility, engages in research and knowledge exchange projects and supports learning, teaching and entrepreneurship. This paper presents a collection of case studies whereby CAT is utilised as a platform to transition between industry and education. The case studies will evidence and discuss examples where CAT has provided support for business start ups, engaged in prototyping and production of textile products, worked collaboratively with industry and cultural organisations, connected industry and education to support learning and teaching and facilitated research project engagement, all of which have ultimately led to advances and innovation within the digital textile printing domain. Case studies encompass both local and global examples. The paper will conclude by describing areas for future investigation and activity surrounding CAT, GSA and further potential transitions between the digital textile printing industry and higher education.