Universal Woods, LLC, Louisville, Ky., recently announced the hiring of Tim McKenna as its new financial planning and analysis manager and Annie Boone as its new digital marketing manager. McKenna joined Universal Woods in November and is responsible for the annual...
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Summa Releases New S One Series Roll Cutter Product Line
Summa, Beverly, Mass., recently announced its new S One Series, a roll cutter product line replacing the former SummaCut roll cutter Series. To optimise quality, ergonomics as well as efficiency, the S One Series is built completely from the base, using the experience...
Choosing The Best ‘Buckets’ For Your Social Media Calendar
If you read my January column, I explained the process of creating a social media calendar along with some tips and tricks to make it easier. Once you have finished that step, the next stage is to start planning the content you want to fill it with. This is where you...
Tips for Digitizing on Thin Fabrics
Embroidering on thin fabrics such as performancewear and tri-blend garments can scare away some embroiderers. The thin, stretchy, sheer materials typically present a challenge even to the most experienced embroiders. These garments take even more consideration...
Kornit Wins 2020 EDP Award
Kornit Digital, Duesseldorf, Germany, recently was named among 29 winners of the 2020 EDP Awards, presented by the European Digital Press Association (EDP). The company’s NeoPigment Robusto Softener solution, which ensures superior hand feel for substrates imprinted...
DTG Growth Opportunities in the Digital Decorating Industry in 2021
Today’s online shopper has their eye on the instant gratification of direct-to-garment (DTG) printing. “We live in an instant gratification world where companies like Amazon deliver whatever we want to buy, sometimes the same day,” says Equipment Zones’ Terry Combs....
Kazoku, Inc. Releases New Digital Screen Maker and Memory Printer
Kazoku, Inc., Eugene, Ore., recently announced the new Fast Screen Tracer (FST) Digital Screen Maker and the Flash Screen Memory Printer (FSM). FST is a screen-making technology that renders the once-essential emulsion process unnecessary, while FSM creates beautiful...
M&R Announces Inaugural 2021 Digital Squeegee Awards Competition
M&R Printing Equipment, Inc., Roselle, Ill., announces the first-annual 2021 Digital Squeegee Awards competition. The Digital Squeegee Awards is a year-long celebration of garment decorators who excel at hybrid printing on the DS-4000 DIGITAL SQUEEGEE Hybrid...
Shirt Designs Online Launches Affordable Design Studio
Shirt Designs Online, Boston, a division of Online Design Studios, now offers the Affordable Design Studio, a software-as-a-service garment designer for small, medium and large companies. Priced at $29 per month, the new studio software requires no setup fees and is...
SanMar and WonderWink Partner to Offer Healthcare Apparel
SanMar Corp., Issaquah, Wash., announced a new partnership with WonderWink, Winston-Salem, N.C., to offer world-class healthcare scrubs. The partnership marks SanMar’s entrance into the healthcare apparel space, combining the company’s extensive distribution network...
i-Group Technologies Names New Creative Marketing Director
i-Group Technologies, Midvale, Ohio, recently announced the hiring of Dean Biscan Jr. as the company’s new creative marketing director. Biscan has been in the apparel decorating industry since 2012, runs his own custom apparel company NSD Designs, and previously was...
Equipment Zone to Host Virtual DTG Training Academy
Equipment Zone, Franklin Lakes, N.J., will host a virtual DTG Training Academy for business owners and entrepreneurs in the decorated-apparel industry. The event will be held Feb. 4 from 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EST. It will feature 14 industry leaders and experts who will...












