In the May 2019 issue of Impressions, an article about Quikflip’s backpack-hoodie provided the incorrect url for the company. The correct url is QuikflipApparel.com. We apologize for the error. Also, Quikflip CEO Rener Gracie will be presenting the company’s...
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Rabbit Skins Debuts Snap Tape Technology in Bodysuits
Rabbit Skins, Ball Ground, Ga., an LAT Apparel brand, has improved the style, comfort and safety of its bodysuits with Snap Tape technology now available in 11 Rabbit Skins styles. The new technology offers three snaps per bodysuit and an enhanced closure. Snap Tape...
Carhartt Partners with ISAIC
Carhartt, Dearborn, Mich., partnered with the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC), Detroit, by dedicating the third floor of its Cass Avenue retail location to the organization. The company also is making an in-kind apparel-manufacturing equipment donation...
i-Group Technologies Debuts Viper MAXX Pretreatment Machine
i-Group Technologies, LLC, New Philadelphia, Ohio, now offers the Viper MAXX pretreatment machine. The Viper MAXX takes all of the best innovations and lessons learned from the past 10 years of producing pretreatment machines and puts them together to create the...
RYU Announces Three New Appointments to Executive Team
RYU Apparel Inc., Vancouver, Canada, announced the appointments of Ryan Lindholm as senior vice president of marketing and innovation, Danielle Hinan as director of brand and Bethany Young as creative product design director. In his new role, Lindholm is responsible...
Transfer Express Wins SGIA Sustainable Business Recognition Award
Transfer Express, Mentor, Ohio, was awarded the “2019 Sustainable Business Recognition Award” by the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA). The award is given as part of an annual program that acknowledges “companies’ initiatives in the previous year that...
Stahls’ Offers FlexStyle Custom Emblems Video
Stahls’, Sterling Heights, Mich., now offers a new video detailing how FlexStyle custom emblems provide enhanced texture and dimension, while expanding product applications. The “Why Choose Flexstyle” video, shown above, reveals how embossed patches add dimension and...
Epson Announces Print-and-Cut Signage Solutions at ISA
Epson America Inc., Long Beach, Calif., has partnered with Graphtec America, Irvine, Calif., and Onyx Graphics, Midvale, Utah, to deliver new signage bundle solutions for print service providers. Epson introduced three new signage solutions, including Print Cut...
8 Things to Do to Be Successful in Your New Decorating Business
Every new business owner starts at the beginning, but there are definitely ways to accelerate your decorating shop’s growth in year one by taking steps that other entrepreneurs either aren’t doing or don’t know they should be doing. Whether you’re a brand-new job or...
Independent Trading Co. Adds Black Camouflage to Three Styles
Independent Trading Co., San Clemente, Calif., has added a black camouflage pattern to three of its styles: unisex pullover hoodie (style AFX90UN), unisex full-zip hoodie (style AFX90UNZ) and heavyweight hooded pullover (style IND4000). The two AFX90 styles are made...
Sawgrass, Siser Partner for Color Sublimation
Sawgrass Technologies, Charleston, S.C. and Siser North America, Sterling Heights, Mich., have paired the Sawgrass specially-formulated Siser EasySubli ink set and Siser EasySubli matte heat-transfer material to create a new global color-sublimation solution. This...
Screen Printing vs. DTG: A 10-Round Print-Method Battle, Part 3
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...











