I just read on Josh Ellsworth’s blog that Impressions Magazine has added the category of “Most Creative Use of Heat Applied Graphics” in its annual Impressions Awards.  This is fantastic news, since we have been actively promoting heat printing products and services since 1932. Better late than never, as they say. We are thrilled. Maybe it is because heat printing [...]

The FESPA 2010 is underway and I’ve been busy trying to see everything there is to see at this HUGE show that has over 600 exhibitors presenting all aspects of screen, digital and textile printing. Innovation is this year’s theme and I am doing my best to sort out what is really innovation and what [...]

It’s never a bad idea to remind folks that you are still in business and would love their repeat order this spring. Like the seal in this photo…get your face out there and get recognized! What can you do? If you have the time and/or manpower, pick up the phone and start calling customers who [...]

Here’s a case where thinking out of the box led to growing something inside a box. Square Watermelons!  I guess this isn’t really a new idea, the Japanese supposedly have been growing and selling square watermelons for years, but an export company out of Panama just delivered its first shipment of 120 square melons to [...]

Crowds at the Atlantic City Imprinted Sportswear Show waiting to see the new Hotronix Fusion Swinger/Draw heat press. Although I personally wasn’t able to make it to Atlantic City, GroupeSTAHL was well represented at the recent Imprinted Sportswear Show this past weekend. The biggest surprise was the number of people new to the business purchasing [...]

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 [...]

It seems I’m not the only one who thinks that the idea of promoting the service of adding lettering to existing or pre-printed garments is a good idea. Josh Ellsworth mentioned that he laughed when he read my blog post this morning about the MI Elite Volleyball club because his already submitted article for the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]