Industry Advice

The experts at Madeira UK explain how you can overcome punching problems. Pull compensation is the adjustment made to compensate for inevitable pulling in or pushing out of your design which occurs when the design is stitched out. Straight lines tend to grow and curves pull in. Some fabric drag occurs …

Direct to garment printing on to dark shirts has been a challenge over the years, mainly because the operators have been missing one or more of the important processes. Amaya Sales UK’s MD, Peter Wright, explains further. If you visit trade shows, I’m sure you will have noticed the difference …

This month managing director of Amaya Sales UK, Peter Wright, talks through how embroidery has changed over the last three decades and what changes he will believe will take place in the future. I have been involved in the embroidery business now for over 30 years now. Over those years …

The business of doing business is pretty simple (in theory), no matter the industry in which you work. You provide a product or service to others who have a need for what you have to offer. Ingrid Van Loocke, channel marketing manager for Sawgrass, explains more. What if you could …

William Shorter, product manager of CPS – Chemical Products and Services, reflects back to Printwear & Promotion LIVE! held in February of this year, where an unprecedented increase was reported in sales of digital stencil making equipment. Here William shares his tips and facts on managing this shift change from …

This month Colin Marsh, Resolute DTG’s managing director, shares his top tips on how garment decorators can get prepared for the run up to the Christmas period. Or as he puts it – how to cash in and not burn out. Online T shirt sales and personalisation generally treble or …

For years, the market of the digital transfer printing has been growing and this has been partly at the expense of the traditional screen printing transfer. However, this also opens new possibilities and markets. Holger Beck, Sef’s area manager, explains more. The entry hurdle is low, because with just a …

Gary Layzell, brand ambassador at Result Clothing, provides some invaluable advice on how to decorate high-end pieces of outerwear. Whether you blame Brexit and the ensuing uncertainty, the aggressive price cutting on the high street, the credit crunch, the long recession that followed after 2009 or just the amount of …

In the garment decoration industry, printing is by far, still the largest sector. You can print using transfers, film/vinyl, laser paper, screen printing etc. but one of the fastest ways of building a solid business is direct to garment printing. Managing director of Amaya Sales UK, Peter Wright, explains why. …

One of the standout trends in the womenswear spring/summer collections is embroidery. Beautiful embroidered flowers and ethnic designs can be seen in abundance adorning all manner of garments from coats and jackets to dresses, blouses and lingerie and it’s not just limited to fine fabrics but also proving popular on …