INDUSTRY NEWS
All change at NM WIlliams
Mark Bradley managing director of Disley brand producers, NM Williams reports that that Tony Hughes, formerly contract director, will be taking over as sales director due to the retirement of Richard Craddock the current sales and marketing director, at the end of January.
Richard has been with the company for over 18 years and founded the Disley brand.
The company thanks Richard for all his hard work and dedication over the years in helping to establish the company as a brand leader within the corporate wear industry. Tony has worked for the company for over 15 years and and is wished every success in his new position.
Partnership to provide e-commerce business kit for DTG businesses
Leading Australian companies Impression Technology developer and manufacturer of DTG Digital equipment and Wilcom DecoNetwork, announce a global agreement that will help direct to garment business owners to join the on- line ranks of the Zazzle and cafepress of this world. “This marks the beginning of our two companies working closer together.
“By bundling our products we are not only providing direct to garment customers the machine, but also the mean to make money for their business,” said DTG product manager Mr Jerry Erich. Adoption of DTG machines comes from a large variety of textile print industries. However, there is no denying that SME or SOHO interests for home based or small commercial
based businesses are strong. The difficulty is not about the technical aspect of printing, but how to make money from their DTG machines. “There are a certain
percentage of customers who ideally want a “business in box” solution.
“This joint effort between our companies will enable anyone to sell products online within a very short time.
“DecoNetwork was designed with the custom decorator in mind, it is not just an e- commerce solution, but a completely customised website with a powerful Online Designer and powerful back end designed specifically for the DTG workflow,” said Brenden Prazner, DecoNetworkʼs product strategist and evangelist. “A good example of a mutual
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Beechfield B181 is on top of the world...
eechfield is sponsoring a gruelling fundraising trip to Mount Everest that could see the brandʼs B181 Coolmax Sports Cap occupying the highest point on earth. To celebrate the St. James's Place Wealth Management Groupʼs twentieth year in business, the companyʼs charitable arm – St. James's Place Foundation – is aiming to raise £500,000 through a sponsored 120-mile trek to Everest Base Camp, (following the route taken by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing in 1953), and a subsequent attempt on the summit. The money raised will be used to fund a multitude of projects that help children with special needs, and hospices.
Over 26 carefully selected trekkers and a small climbing team headed by Kenton Cool (the only European to summit Everest nine times and to summit twice in a season) will fly to Kathmandu in Nepal in April 2012. All will be issued with suitably logoed B181 Coolmax Sports Caps supplied by Beechfield. The B181 offers the ultimate in active headwear performance. Its twin mesh ventilation panels and breathable 100% nylon Taslon crown will help the trekkers and climbers to regulate their temperature during their energy-sapping journey, whilst the moisture-wicking 100% polyester Coolmax sweatband will ensure personal comfort however arduous the going gets.
“Beechfield is proud to be sponsoring such an | 10 | February 2012
ambitious and worthwhile venture,” says the brandʼs managing director, Roger McHugh. “While the participants will be operating well outside their comfort zone, the same canʼt be said of the B181, which was made for this type of outdoor use. We wish all of those involved the best of luck and a safe return, and look forward to seeing the B181, quite literally, on top of the world.” To view the B181 Coolmax Sports Cap in 360-degrees and all of its available colours, visit the Beechfield website:
www.beechfield.com. For more information on the St. James's Place Foundation and its fundraising trip to Everest, visit
www.sjp.co.uk/everest2012trek.
existing customer is
betweentheflags.com.au who is reaping the benefit from machine and platform.
“As we are always developing DecoNetwork, the end customer will have access to an enterprise level e-commerce system that will evolve with their business needs.” Impression Technology and DecoNetwork are offering a complimentary three months free DecoStores subscription with every DTG machine sold globally.
Customers will also have the option to sign up for a web set up service under DecoNetworkʼs DecoCoach program at a discounted price enabling them to start selling online immediately. ■ For further information visit
www.DecoNetwork .com and
www.dtgdigital.com
Convert colour seps to print ready half tones
Scott Fresener, director of T- BizNetwork International and developer of FastFilms and T- Seps has introduced a plug-in for Photoshop.
The Halftone Converter automatically converts colour separations in Photoshop to halftones that are ready to print.
According to Fresener, the plug-in came out of the need to replace the missing "Screen" button that Adobe removed from Photoshop CS5. He adds: "Since the beginning of time we have been able to select the correct halftone frequency, angle and dot shape in Photoshop before we sent the print job to a printer. For some unknown reason, Adobe decided to remove this button in CS5. Go figure."
While Fresener explains this is not a true software RIP which normally does the halftone conversion and controls the amount of ink you lay down from an inkjet printer and lets you print black ink from all the cartridges. ■ For more information and a video on this product go to
www.T-BizNetwork.com
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
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