The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has selected HanesBrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., as the university’s primary licensee for apparel products. The new agreement covers UNC-branded men’s, women’s, youth, and infant/toddler apparel across all retail...
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Brother DTG Unveils ‘How To Digitally Print Caps’ Web Page
Brother DTG, a division of Brother Intl. Corp., Bridgewater, N.J., now offers a new educational page on its website, featuring videos and step-by-step tutorials on the cap-printing process. The new informational page covers everything from pretreating and loading, to...
MagnaColours Launches New Killer Base Products
United Kingdom-based water-based ink supplier MagnaColours Ltd. has launched Killer Base, a new underbase ink that provides screen printers who use plastisol ink with an economical solution to improve their prints’ handle and softness, while also achieving...
The Basics of Water-Based Inks
If you’re in the screen-printing industry, you’ve probably been hearing about the benefits of water-based ink: the softer hand, the minimal environmental impact, the eradication of toxic byproducts, the long-lasting and breathable comfort, the vibrancy of colors and...
7 Easy Ways to Score Referrals
One of the easiest ways to get warm—or even hot—leads is through referrals from your current, on-repeat and happy customers. In fact, the lifetime value of a referred customer is 25% higher than that of other customers, according to the Wharton School of Business. Try...
Screen Printing vs. DTG: A 10-Round Print-Method Battle, Part 2
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series exploring the differences between screen printing and direct-to-garment printing. This comparison is subjective, and any judgment indicated is a matter of the author’s preference. Philadelphia-based Rush Order...
Screen Printing vs. DTG: A 10-Round Print-Method Battle, Part 2
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series exploring the differences between screen printing and direct-to-garment printing. This comparison is subjective, and any judgment indicated is a matter of the author’s preference. Philadelphia-based Rush Order...
Kornit Digital Debuts Poly-Printing Technology
Kornit Digital, Rosh-Ha`Ayin, Israel, recently hosted its “Kornit Discover” event at its North American headquarters in Englewood, N.J., and unveiled the Kornit NeoPoly Technology, which is the industry’s first digital, industrial process for high-quality printing on...
Penn Emblem Names New Regional Sales/Service Director
Penn Emblem Co., Philadelphia, has named Ernestine Hurtado as its new regional sales/service director for the company’s New Mexico, Texas, Arizona and Utah locations. Hurtado has 22 years of sales experience, including training and development, management,...
Transfer Express Offers Free April Webinar
Transfer Express, Mentor, Ohio, is offering a free April webinar discussing various options for screen-printed, digital and hybrid transfers, and which options best fits consumers’ needs. The interactive online class will review the fabric types to which each transfer...
Lawson Unveils the Zeus Digital Squeegee-Jet
Lawson Screen & Digital Products, St. Louis, now offers the Zeus Digital Squeegee-Jet, a digital, hybrid printing system. This screen-printing and digital hybrid is compact and cost effective, unleashing the power of direct-to-garment (DTG) printing with the...
Vantage Apparel Hires New Canadian Market Sales Manager
Vantage Apparel, Avenel, N.J., has hired Ryan David of RPD Strategic Partners Ltd. as sales manager for the Canada market. “The Canadian market continues to thrive, and our distributor clients will benefit from a dedicated Vantage partner in the Toronto Area,” says...













