The industry’s first draw/swinger press with EZ-Touch Screen technology, EZ-On platen for fast shirt loading and other ultimate ease of use features. One or more patents or patents pending! If you’re heading to the Imprinted Sportswear Show in Atlantic City this weekend, you’ll be one of the first in the industry to see the new [...]

It seems I mistakenly attributed comments to the wrong person in one of my last postings, so my apologies to Sue Burgess and Cyndi Mills for the mix up.  I have corrected the blog posting and given credit where credit is due! Here are a few more comments on the state of the industry from [...]

How Josh got the folks at Hotronix (he must have connections) to custom decorate a heat press for him, is his secret. What’s no secret is that your heat press can be your best friend this busy season, especially if you are planning on printing a lot of garments. More lettering and number application tips [...]

If you read some of our predictions for 2010 from various GroupeSTAHL people, you might be wondering how accurate they really were. Well, we’re only into February, but we have received some valuable feedback from customer service reps at Stahls’ ID Direct as to what is going on out there. On average our reps have [...]

Well it seems Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, which according to tradition means that we are in for another 6 weeks of winter. But that’s no reason to crawl back under the covers. Spring on the way means getting ready for one of your busiest seasons of the year. It’s time to check [...]

We might have to continue our predictions into February, since the month of January is pretty much over…how did that happen? January went by quickly, with a lot happening around GroupeSTAHL, the PPAI show in Las Vegas, the Imprinted Sportswear Show in Long Beach, the launching of CAD-CUT Direct.com, …I didn’t even have a chance [...]

Predictions for the future of the promotional products industry–at least those I gleaned from GroupeSTAHL people who had the opportunity to attend the show in Las Vegas last week–sound extremely positive.  Takeaways include: “Wow, this place is packed!” There are lines of people waiting to get in every morning and heavy traffic in both our [...]

To take a mini-break in my series on Predictions for 2010, I just received an email from Printwear Magazine announcing the arrival of the latest issue of Hot Graphics, an industry trade publication dedicated solely to the art of heat printing as a garment apparel decoration method. We have always supported this publication because it [...]

Thanks for all the positive feedback I’ve been getting on this series of predictions for 2010 from GroupeSTAHL people around the world. So far we’ve heard from Brian Baker, Product Research and Development, Josh Ellsworth,  Stahls’ CADCUT Direct and Ulrike Andre, Stahls’ International. Now I have a submission from David Wheatley, who has been with [...]

Hope everyone is getting off on the right foot in 2010. It’s going to be an exciting year and I have more predictions, marketing ideas and trends to share with you from GroupeSTAHL folks. Thanks for all your positive feedback on my recent posting on predictions for the heat printing industry for 2010. I have [...]