It’s no secret the decorated-apparel industry has been on a roll of late. It should therefore come as no surprise that the 2025 Impressions Expo Long Beach decorated-apparel trade show, set to take place Jan. 23-25, 2025, is looking to be the biggest event yet. At...
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Now Accepting Entries: Impressions Magazine’s 2025 III Awards
It’s an exciting time to be a part of the decorated-apparel business, with new ideas, new companies and new technologies seemingly debuting every day. With that in mind, we at Impressions Magazine have created something we call our Impressions Industry Impact (III)...
Ninja Transfers Introduces ‘AI Upload’ DTF Design Tool
Leading custom DTF (direct-to-film) provider Ninja Transfers has announced the launch of its latest innovation: an online DTF design function it's calling its “AI Upload” tool. According to Ninja Transfers, this latest addition to the company’s extensive portfolio of...
A Look at Screen-Printing Specialty Inks with Avient’s John MaGee
Long a leading manufacturer of screen-printing inks Avient currently carries no less than eight different brands: Wilflex, Rutland, Zodiac, Union Ink, Printop, MagnaColours, QCM and Avient Specialty Inks. To find out the latest from the company, which has its roots in...
Allmade Turning Trash into Treasure for National Recycling Day
In honor of National Recycling Day, November 15, Issaquah, Washington-based blank apparel manufacturer Allmade is sharing a host of materials and resources for those in the decorated-apparel industry, the media and people in general committed to living more...
Registration Now Open for Impressions Expo Long Beach 2025
Discounted "Early Bird" pricing is now available for the first Impressions Expo of 2025, the Impressions Expo flagship event that takes place each year in Long Beach, California. To register, click here. As in years past, hundreds of leading suppliers and equipment...
Ninja Transfers Shipments Now Carbon-Neutral
Custom DTF (direct-to-film) transfer manufacturer Ninja Transfers is proud to announce its new partnership with Shopify Planet, what the describes as a “groundbreaking solution for offering carbon-neutral shipping.” According to Ninja Transfers, joining forces with...
Registration for Shirt Lab’s 2024 Online Summit Now Open
Registration for this year’s 2024 Shirt Lab Summit, a virtual event featuring industry experts sharing their thoughts, skills and experiences with respect to the theme “Profit,” is now officially open, with access to the videos constituting the event beginning Nov....
Impressions Expo 2024: It’s a Wrap, See you in 2025!
Another Fort Worth Impressions Expo is officially in the books, and what an expo it was, with well north of 3,000 attendees and exhibitors taking part in this year’s event. In addition to the more than 130 exhibiting companies that were on hand (staking out an...
BELLA+CANVAS Awarded Fair Labor Accreditation
Los Angeles, California-based blank apparel manufacturer BELLA+CANVAS has announced it has been awarded Fair Labor Accreditation by the Fair Labor Association (FLA), an international network of organizations dedicated to promoting human rights in the workplace....
Atlantis Headwear Partners with ReTraze on Recycled Visors Collection
Italy’s Atlantis Headwear, distributed in the United States by Sportsman Cap & Bag, has entered into a partnership with recycling specialist ReTraze as part of Atlantis Headwear’s ongoing mission to reduce plastic waste and promote sustainable solutions in the...
Getting Ready for the 2024 Impressions Expo in Fort Worth, Texas!
The start of the 2024 Impressions Expo decorated-apparel industry trade show in Fort Worth, Texas, (Oct. 24-26) has finally arrived and what better time to get your ducks in a row in order to making the most off all this year’s event. First and foremost, for those who...