Supacolor, Atlanta, is continuing their expansion efforts with the opening of its newest facility in Atlanta. The Georgia location will be the company’s third facility in the United States. With the new factory Supacolor will now employ over 100 people in the United...
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SGP Expands Sustainability Certification
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), Sayville, N.Y., has released version 4.0 revised criteria of its sustainability certification, which was first established in 2008. The new criteria, effective Jan. 1, 2022, maintains a focus on the three...
PRINTING United Alliance Celebrates Newest Inductees and Award Recipients
PRINTING United Alliance, Fairfax, Va., held a virtual ceremony on Nov. 10, to welcome the newest inductees to its Academy of Screen and Digital Printing Technologies (ASDPT). The virtual ceremony also awarded the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the Joe Clarke Innovator...
Pacific Emblem Honors UPS Driver with Memorial Patch
Pacific Emblem Company, San Diego, has designed a special memorial patch to honor the loss of UPS driver Steve Krueger. Krueger was tragically killed when an airplane hit his truck while at a stop sign on his route. The crash occurred near Pacific Emblem’s corporate...
Texsource Hosts In-Person Screen-Printing Classes
Texsource Screen Printing Supply, Kings Mountain, N.C., will be hosting two in-person screen-printing classes at its Georgia and North Carolina locations. According to the company, the “Introduction to Screen Printing” classes offer basic screen-printing tips suited...
Vantage Apparel Launches New Company Website
Vantage Apparel, Avenel, N.J., has launched the all-new, redesigned vantageapparel.com with enhanced features for customers, including a new design tool which lets distributors add decorated apparel orders to their shopping cart. With assistance from a third-party...
EME Names New VP of Supplier Relations
Exclusive Meeting Events (EME), Windmere, Fla., has hired Joel Baker as vice president of supplier relations. EME is the originator of the invitation-only, one-on-one formatted meetings that bring top distributors and suppliers from across the nation together,...
Tiger Group Hosts Immediate Sale of Gate NY Equipment
Tiger Group, New York City, is now selling the remaining equipment assets from Gate NY, Holbrook, N.Y., formerly a major drop-ship location for garment distributors in the Northeast. “The supply-chain crunch means that companies in the garment-printing and embroidery...
S&S Activewear to Acquire TSC Apparel
S&S Activewear, Bolingbrook, Ill., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire competitor TSC Apparel, Cincinnati. Over the past decade, S&S has made significant investments in North American capacity and technology. With approximately four million square...
Equipment Zone to Host DTG Training Event
Equipment Zone, Franklin Lakes, N.J., is hosting a direct-to-garment (DTG) training event, “Fall in Love with DTG Printing.” The in-person open house will be held at the Equipment Zone Solution Center in Franklin Lakes, N.J. It also will be a virtual event online for...
Roland DGA Launches New VersaSTUDIO BN-20A
Roland DGA, Irvine, Calif., has announced the launch of its new VersaSTUDIO BN-20A desktop printer/cutter. The BN-20A delivers the same quality as the original BN-20 and with its combined functionality, reliability, and affordability, the BN-20A is the perfect device...
Coloreel Awarded Quality Innovation Award
Coloreel, Stockholm, has been awarded the Quality Innovation Award in the category “Circular Economy and Carbon Neutrality Innovations," an award from SIQ, the Swedish Institute for Quality. The Quality Innovation Award is a co-arrangement between quality institutes...








