Industry Advice

This month Folker Stachetzki, marketing manager at Brother, discusses the realms of direct to garment printing possibilities. After you have got to grips with printing on shirts with your direct to garment printer, the next step is to discover printing on shoes, caps, bags and other substrates. For your customers …

This month William Shorter, technical sales executive at SPT Sales & Marketing, explains the causes and the ways to resolve inkjet positives sticking to emulsions during contact-exposure. If you haven’t moved to direct to screen or computer screen for your stencil making, then you are most likely using an inkjet …

Wide format printing is a very specialised area needing specific machinery to complete the task. John-Paul Burton, director, Your Embroidery Services Ltd, talks about what can be achieved with these machines. Well, at least that used to be the case. With the development of bridging machines, it is now possible …

Garment transfer paper should be an important segment of any garment or product decoration business, says Peter Wright, managing director of Amaya Sales UK. Read on to find out why. Transfer paper has evolved greatly over the last few years. You can now use this kind of product for many …

This month Natalie Greetham and Danielle Park of Madeira UK takes a look at the environmentally-friendly aspect of embroidery, in particular threads. In today’s world we know how destructive toxic manufacturing chemicals are and the irreversible effects they have on our planet. Therefore we all have a responsibility to ensure …

This month Robin Kavanagh, Sawgrass’ public relations manager talks about pricing and you can set yours accordingly to maximise profits. How much should I charge? This is one of the most common questions we hear from customers. Pricing is a delicate balance between making a profit and the price people …

Many causes of thread breaks can be avoided without the need for a technician and a little care on your part or your operators. Here, managing director of Amaya Sales UK, Peter Wright, explains how. Many embroiderers put up with thread breaks when most of them could be avoided. If …

Garment decoration comes in many varied forms and demonstrates how both embroidery and print can offer different ways of personalising or embellishing an item. John-Paul Burton of Your Embroidery Services Ltd talks transfer printing and the possibilities. In embroidery, for instance, we have standard embroidery, appliqué, 3D, while in print …

Are you considering getting your first heat press or perhaps looking at upgrading to a newer model? If so, it is essential to make sure it has the following core features. Andy Rogers, marketing manager at Target Transfers, fills in the detail. Consistent heat across the top platen This is …

In this month’s column Amaya Sales UK’s managing director, Peter Wright, talks about how garment decorators can capitalise on the changes in consumer shopping habits. Over the last few years, retail apparel stores have been in a meltdown situation. In this same period online shopping has quadrupled in size. It’s …