Garment decorators always are looking for ways to create special effects (SFX) with their screen-printed designs by offering specialty inks — puff, glitter, suede, shimmer, high-density and more — to keep their artwork on the cutting edge. Those offering SFX designs...
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When Decorated Apparel Design Goes Online
Design is a central part of printed merchandise, whether it’s a screen-printed T-shirt, embroidered polo, tote bag decorated with a heat transfer or DTG-printed hoodie. The biggest challenges shops run into with artwork often falls into two categories: A...
Niche Focus: Hospitality Employee Identification Options
If you are catering to businesses in the hospitality niche—such as bars, restaurants and hotels—with employee uniforms, you are leaving money on the table if you are not also offering staff identification. A professional name badge or patch helps customers identify an...
STAHLS’ Drops Summer Edition of Make It Magazine
STAHLS’, St. Clair Shores, Mich., has released the summer edition of Make It Magazine. This digital magazine is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and small business owners learn the art of heat printing and become successful decorators, according to the company. Make...
Archroma Unveils New Water Repellent
Archroma, Pratteln, Switzerland, has launched Smartrepel Hydro SR liq, a new PFC-free technology for the repellence of water-based stains. The new innovation has been developed in line with the principles of “The Archroma Way to a Sustainable World: Safe, efficient,...
Ultraflex Partners with SGP
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP) has announced that Ultraflex Systems Inc., Riverview, Fla., has become part of the SGP Community as a gold SGP Patron. Ultraflex’s action to become involved in SGP helps to ensure the long-term endurance of sustainable...
Campus Ink Partners with Virginia Tech for NIL Deal
Campus Ink, Chicago, and Virginia Tech have formed a new NIL partnership to promote student-athlete merchandise. Through the partnership, Virginia Tech student-athletes will be allowed to use the school’s logo and trademarks in merchandise for NIL opportunities....
Infinity Images Adds Durst to Production
Infinity Images, Portland, Oregon, has added the Durst P5 350 to its production lineup. “We selected the P5 based on its output quality, reliability, flexibility, and for the outstanding service offered by Durst,” says George Gross, CEO, and founder of Infinity...
PowerStick.com Partners with One Tree Planted to Support Reforestation Efforts
PowerStick, Ottawa, Ontario, has partnered with the nonprofit One Tree Planted to plant one tree for every order received. Over the course of 12 months, it has been responsible for planting 10,000 trees across North America including Canada (New Brunswick, Ontario and...
Archroma and Baldwin Form Resource-Saving Partnership
Archroma, Pratteln, Switzerland, and Baldwin, St. Louis, have announced a new collaboration to optimize performance and resource saving in the finishing department. The two companies aim to support textile manufacturers in their development projects, targeting to...
DuPont Presents Cyrel Lightning Plates at EskoWorld
DuPont Cyrel Solutions, Wilmington, Del., was one of the participants of the 31st edition of EskoWorld, a hybrid event that brought together over 500 professionals, from both suppliers and brand owners. Held in Dallas on June 7-9, the annual event gathered Esko users...
Roland DGA Introduces New HeatSoft Premium Heat Transfer Material
Roland DGA, Irvine, Calif., has introduced new HeatSoft Premium heat transfer material (ESM-HTMP) to its family of media. This flexible, 3.5-mil matte polyurethane film with a waterbase coating is smooth, has a soft hand, and yields prints resembling screen-printed...












