People often ask me how we transformed our family-owned, Midwestern die-cut letters and numbers business into a multinational supplier of apparel decorating systems and supplies with operations around the world. Basically, how did we go from being Stahls’ Felt Stamping (the original name of the company) to Stahls’ to Stahls’ ID Direct, a GroupeSTAHL company? And what is [...]

If you are looking for one of the fastest, easiest ways to create a high quality, high fashion retro-look garment, heat printed felt lettering is the way to go. Although it is one of our oldest and the most traditional lettering materials, there are so many of you out there that have never tried felt [...]

This Stahls’ ad is from the early 80′s. Thermo-FILM was a revolutionary product since it was the first lightweight, polyurethane all purpose lettering material with a polyester adhesive. Many things have changed since this ad ran, but Thermo-FILM  still is the world’s best selling material. Last week’s post about the “good old days” in Atlantic [...]

Last weekend, March 9-11 2012, GroupeSTAHL companies partnered with New Balance in New York City at The Armory for the 2012 National Indoor Championship Track Meet.  There were 4,200 of the best track and field athletes from across the US on site to participate in this competition, and each received a commemorative backpack at registration with the [...]

In case you were wondering, the one thing the Top 10 NFL 2012 Combine athletes have in common, besides being phenomenal athletes, is that they are wearing Under Armour® jerseys that were custom heat printed with Stahls’ heat transfer materials. Specifically, CAD-CUT® ECONOPRINT heat transfer material in white for application on any cotton blend or 50/50 items, and CAD-CUT Gorilla [...]