With 2025 now upon us, it’s time for apparel decorators and the screen-printing, embroidery, heat-pressing and digital decorating equipment and materials suppliers of the world to starting thinking seriously about the upcoming 2025 Impressions Expo in Long Beach,...
The relationship between apparel decorators and the communities they serve has long been a close one, and nowhere is this more evident than in the efforts of the Ink Kitchen’s Rick Roth and Pam Ikegami. In recent years, in addition to the Shop Talk panel discussions...
With 2024 fast coming to a close, there’s no better time to check in with Impressions Expo show director Kayla McGarry to get the latest on what to expect at the first Impressions Expo of 2025, taking place in Long Beach, Californian, January 23-25. Impressions...
Based in Southern California, blank apparel specialist Lane Seven Apparel first made a name for itself as a manufacturer of high-quality fleecewear. However, it has since gone on to become much, much more, with a wide-ranging product line that is as easy on the...
Custom DTF (direct-to-film) transfers manufacturer Ninja Transfers recently announced the rapid growth of its Ninja Patches business—part of a comprehensive and ongoing expansion of the company’s growing number of products and services. According to Philadelphia,...
Huntersville, North Carolina-based Hirsch Solutions LLC, a leading provider of apparel-decorating equipment, has announced the expansion of its ability to supply Hirsch Premium Film and Powder products for direct-to-film (DTF) printing. The move comes in response to...
Mahwah, New Jersey-based custom heat-transfer provider 613 Originals has announced the release of what it calls its new DTF Hybrid Heat Transfers, a proprietary heat-transfer solution expressly configured for the high-demand apparel and promotional markets. Per 613...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
Welcome to the Impressions Magazine Industry Impact (III) Awards resource page, with all the information you and your company will need to compete in 2025 III Awards program at absolutely no cost. Now in its second year, Impressions Magazine’s III Awards highlight the...
