Industry Advice

Hopefully by the time you are reading this we are easing our way out of lockdown. This month Peter Wright, managing director of Amaya Sales UK, outlines how to come back with a bang. I am sure that during the enforced lockdown that we are all living through, you have …

The global pandemic COVID has shut down the high street and businesses across the UK and Ireland. With a return to work being slowly phased and uncertainty ahead, the online garment decoration industry is not going to be the same again. Andrew Langridge of eTrader Websites outlines why now is …

In the field of textile finishing we find innumerable processes to make a textile unique or to produce large runs. Here Folker Stachetzki, Brother’s marketing manager, explains why investing in direct to garment printing is an investment in the future. One of the most forward-looking and innovative technology is definitely …

In this handy article, Colin Goode, sales manager (Asia Pacific) and Debbie Terry, marketing and sales, at Adelo, provide an insight into software for screen printing artwork for those looking to get started in screen printing. When creating new designs, the cost factor involved in putting your ideas into practice …

In this helpful article, Jas Purba, managing director of ETC Supplies, outlines how to overcome any problems you may encounter while embroidering modern sportswear fabrics. Any embroiderer will know that it is very common to encounter problems when embroidering on modern sportswear fabrics. This is due to: The fabrics are …

Colour is both an art and science when it comes to digital product decoration. The art comes into play when you’re designing what to put on your product. The science comes in during the print and press process. Andrea Evans, Sawgrass’ international marketing manager, reports. Understanding how colour works in …

Amaya Sales UK’s sales director, Julian Wright, takes a look at why now is the right time to add direct to garment and direct to fabric printing to your business. As I work from home completing week one of family isolation amidst screaming children and a 24-hour news stream, I …

Luke Smith, director at Adelco, explores the world of fabrics, their composition and which ones are better suited for screen printing. In today’s world most fabrics can be screen printed, but are some better than others? To find out, we need to explore the different compositions, properties and construction methods …

Let me set the scenario, customer picks up their order is delighted with it and then a couple of weeks later comes back in clutching a twisted washed out crumpled looking polo shirt with the printing hanging off and of course it has only been washed at 30°C. Sound familiar? …

There are only a few printing processes that have undergone such progressive development since their introduction. The direct to garment printing process is one of them. Folker Stachetzki, marketing manager at Brother, reports. Established more or less 25 years ago, the direct to garment printing has developed from (the often …