With a little over a month to go, the 2024 Impressions Expo in Fort Worth, Texas, (Oct. 24-26) promises to be better than ever, with dozens of big names showing off the latest the industry has to offer for those decorated-apparel professionals looking to take their business to the next level.
On the apparel side, look for the likes of Bella+Canvas (Booth 833—bellacanvas.com); Sanmar (Booth 209—sanmar.com), which will be outfitting much of the staff at this year’s show; Lane Seven Apparel (Booth 527—lanesevenapparel.com), which will be providing buyers bags for those looking to have something to hold the many brochures and bits of swag that invariably collect at an Impressions Expo; Smart Blanks (Booth 101—smartexapparel.com); and Los Angeles Apparel (Booth 609—losangelesapparel.net).
Also be sure and check out the Tee Styled display (Booth 627—teestyled.com), and while you’re there make sure you pick up a drink ticket for the happy hour over at the Basic Bar, less than a block from the expo, that Tee Styled is generously sponsoring from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. the first day of the show.
Similarly, on the materials and heat-transfer side of the equation, look for custom heat-transfer and heat-press veteran STAHLS’/Transfer Express (Booths 500 and 501—stahls.com and transferexpress.com); DTF custom transfers manufacturer Ninja Transfers (Booth 2302—ninjatransfers.com), creator of a newly released 30-foot-long gang sheet option; 613 Originals (Booth 405—613originals.com); and Madeira USA (Booth 2326—madeirausa.com), creator of E-Zee Green Backing, winner of a 2024 Impressions Industry Impact (III) Award for Best New Embroidery Materials.
Finally, it wouldn’t be an Impressions Expo without all the latest custom decorating equipment on display, and the Fort Worth even will be no exception.
On hand for this year’s show will be Brother International (Booth 341—brotherdtg.com), which received an III Award for its GTX Pro Direct-to-Embroidery (DTE) System; Hirsch Solutions (Booth 309—hsi.us) veteran distributor of everything from cutting-edge direct-to-garment (DTG) and embroidery tech to the latest in screen-printing gear; Grimco / ROQ (Booth 301—grimco.com and roq.us), the latter the recipient of not one but two 2024 Impressions Industry Impact (III) Awards for its ROQ E automatic screen-printing press and ROQ READY automatic DTG pre-treatment machine; and veteran machine embroidery manufacturers Barudan America Inc. (Booth 601—barudanamerica.com), Melco (Booth 716—melco.com) and Ricoma Embroidery & Printing (Booth 827—ricoma.com/US); just to name a few.
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