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Colormaker celebrates launch of ReVolve battery


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n April 5, staff, friends and supporters of Colormaker Industries gathered to celebrate the company’s recent sustainability achievements. The Sustainability Celebration marked the official launch of the 144 kWh ReVolve battery and honoured Colormaker winning three Sustainability Awards over the last year. The groundbreaking ReVolve battery technology, made from nine second-life Nissan Leaf EV batteries, is the first in the world to be fully certified, commissioned and operating commercially, in this case, as a solar sponge.


Two years in the making, this is a major milestone on Colormaker’s pathway to Net Zero by 2025, as now its paint and ink production can be completed entirely with electricity


James Griffin MP, David Stuart of Colormaker, Sue Heins Northern Beaches mayor and Zali Steggall, federal member for Warringah with the ReVolve battery


produced by its solar array and stored in the ReVolve battery.


Colormaker has saved a huge 690 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions through the electricity produced from its 100-kW solar array, installed four years ago.


The array also powers a fleet of electric vans for local deliveries and


TheMagicTouch introduces the new 2-Part WTT


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he new 2-Part WTT (White Toner Transfer) from TheMagicTouch consists of a transparent film and a white paper booster enabling full colour transfers to be produced with vibrancy, speed and the best durability ever.


With the 2-Part WTT no cutting or weeding is required. Simply print the logo/ design on to the matt side of the transparent film and then press together with the white paper booster. The white will only transfer to where toner is on the transparent sheet.


It has been developed for garment decorators who focus on logo sized and smaller images up to A3, and is available in sets of 50 sheets of film and paper in both A4 and A3 format.


The WTT film/ paper settings have been added to the latest version of TheMagicTouch basic and pro software. Existing users can simply update and download for free by contacting


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Northern Beaches mayor, Sue Heins and David Stuart, MD of Colormaker Industries with the Northern Beaches Sustainability Award


EVs for staff commuting long distances to work.


Colormaker also commemorates winning the Solar Alliance’s 2023 Solar Champion Award, the 2023 Northern Beaches Council Business Sustainability Award and the Business NSW Excellence in Sustainability Award for Metro Sydney.


Gildan reports Q1 net sales of $696m


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The new 2-Part WTT can be printed with selected LED/ laser digital desktop printers


technical@themagictouch.co.uk. The new versions have many improved features including Rasterization to ensure block and solid design images have a softer feel.


or the first quarter of the year ending March 31, Gildan reported net sales of $691m, down 1% on Q1 2023. Vince Tyra, Gildan’s president and CEO, said: “Our solid first quarter performance highlights the strength of our business model and our strong focus on executing on our priorities. The quarter included several bright spots, including continued market momentum in ring spun and fleece products. I’m pleased with our competitive positioning and our execution which drove significant year over year improvement in our key financial metrics. Our key focus strategic priorities are clear and we are off to a good start to the year.” These results were in line with guidance previously provided. Overall shipments were essentially in line with the prior year, though slightly ahead of expectations, with the net sales decline driven by lower net selling prices and unfavourable mix. The company generated gross profit of $211 million, or 30.3% of net sales, versus $188 million, or 26.7% in the prior year. It is expected that Q2 net sales will be flat to up low single digits year over year.


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