Heritage Sportswear Inc. and Virginia T’s, Hebron, Ohio, has added Jim Dunne as its new vice president of strategic accounts. Dunne, an 18-year industry veteran, will work directly with customers that have a national presence to improve sales and service to this...
The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA), Fairfax, Va., has released its 2014 workshop schedule. Popular sessions on color management and screen printing will return, and a new series on large-format dye sublimation will round out the schedule. The workshops...
Bodek and Rhodes, Philadelphia, recently revealed the artwork for the office version of its upcoming 2014 catalog. In a first for the company, the cover art was voted on by customers via the Bodek and Rhodes Facebook page in celebration of the company’s upcoming 75th...
Are you looking for ways to save stitches but still produce top-notch embroidery with a good profit margin? Then appliqué may be the answer to your challenge. (Editor's Note: See attached photo gallery for images referenced in this article) Appliqués can...
Holloway Sportswear, Sidney, Ohio, has launched a new line of performance track uniforms. The uniforms are featured in the new spring 2014 catalog and are now available for shipment. Holloway’s performance uniforms are made of odor-resistant, lightweight wicking...
TSC Apparel, Cincinnati, Ohio, recently announced the winner of the first drawing of its Big Game promotion. Running through Dec. 27, the Big Game promotion offers customers in the company’s Northeast territory a chance to be entered into bi-weekly drawings by...
In part one of this series, I wrote about the variables involved with the prepress process that require the greatest degree of control. In part two, I reviewed the required screen variables. In this issue, let’s consider the variables of the ink transfer/printing...
Online design capabilities didn’t come true until just before the dawn of the 21st century. In 1999, Philadelphia native and Harvard grad Marc Katz, then 23, left his career on Wall Street and, with the aid of classmate Dave Christensen, some friends and a little...
Jeremy Capron has heard it before. If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. As it turns out, not only did he prove that adage to be true, but he also found a way to make money while abiding by it. When Capron started Monticello, Iowa-based Capron...
Like it or not, it’s a simple fact that most embroidery jobs use some type of lettering. Unless you’re only reproducing fine art via the embroidery medium, lettering typically is an integral ingredient. One of my earliest embroidery mentors instilled in me an...
It can be hard to tell the difference between a print showing ink washout or fibrillation. The following is a quick explanation of both: Fibrillation: This phenomenon occurs when substrate fibers break loose from the ink film due to washing or drying the garment. As...
We’ve come a long way since the days of hand-cut films and film positives made in the darkroom for screen making. My first introduction to a computer-to-screen (CTS) system dates back to the 1980s when my friend and colleague, Geoff McCue, called me and said, “I...
