Hair-pulling items such as umbrellas, golf bags, swim suits, and bags can now be done quickly and easily by with the use of specialty platens and specific types of heat-seal machines that allow for the positioning of awkward shapes. In other words, now you can say yes to once-difficult items, giving your shop a competitive edge and another avenue to increased revenue. 

With the demise of U S Screen, IGS-UK was faced with a rocky path, no printer to sell, no ink to sell, and not much to look forward to. But with such strong interest and an excellent response at the Printwear & Promotion Show 2009, IGS-UK were determined to pull through and continue to increase their foothold in the d-t-g market. They needed to pull a rabbit out of a hat to succeed, and they did - twice!

There is, if you will excuse the pun, a lot of "hot air" surrounding heat transfer presses. It is almost like a mystique has grown up around the machines, when in fact, all you need to know are the basics!

The Saturn Platinum II flatbed graphic press, right, is ideal for printing transfers. Compact and affordable, it sets the standard for high tolerance printing in a small-format flatbed press, with a level of control and quality normally found only in large, expensive presses.

Hereford based firm Lewis Print, now in their second year, have seen a substantial increase in demand for their specialist trade services since exhibiting at this year's Printwear & Promotion exhibition.

Over the years, many methods of decorating a substrate have been and gone, while others have remained and many more are still being proven - methods like direct to garment printing and crystal printing to name but two.

PenCarrie now offers the EZtrans range of inkjet and laserjet papers in addition to a choice of transfer technology materials from both TheMagicTouch and Xpres.

Doro Tape have added to their popular ranges of textile film with the new Fast-flex, a polyurethane material which has a super-fast application press time.

Ralawise are now authorised resellers of TheMagic Touch, with a range of materials, consumables, vinyls and equipment making transfer technology easy to use.

Target Transfers are one of the longest established custom transfer manufacturers in Europe offering a wide range of heat transfer systems to suit virtually all textile and fabric types.

TheMagicTouch continue 2009 with a host of original developments and innovations.

After almost 20 years as global image transfer pioneers the company continue to issue a "Five Star" compatibility rating for the TMT enhanced Oki 5750 and 8800 printers.

Victory Design has announced the launch of their latest new product easiMARK Advance, heat sealable garment film, a competitively priced soft, semi-matt garment film for heat transfer onto most garments.

Rhinestone application for textiles just got easier thanks to a new process unique to Castle Donington based transfer systems specialists, Xpres.