Industry News
NEWS IN BRIEF ●Sign & Digital UK has been postponed due to the
coronavirus outbreak. The event, which was due to take place later this month, will now take place in Halls 17 & 18 at the NEC in Birmingham from Tuesday, March 2 to Thursday, March 4, 2021. The organisers said that the health, safety and wellbeing of the SDUK community is their priority.
●Due to the current coronavirus pandemic, the organisers of Print
& Stitch have made the decision to postpone all shows. Further announcements about show dates resuming from September 2020 will be announced as soon as possible.
●The Big Promotional Trade Show has announced revised
dates for its spring shows, following the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation. The Big New Products Trade Show autumn dates remain the same. Revised spring dates can be found online.
●Make it British Live! has been postponed until further notice
due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organisers will now be running a virtual exhibition which is due to take place online at the end of May. All visitor tickets will automatically be transferred to the virtual expo, as well as being redeemable against tickets for a rescheduled live show.
●The drupa trade fair, which was scheduled to take place
across 10 days at the Messe Düsseldorf in June, has been cancelled due to the significant increase in the number of people now infected with coronavirus. The exhibition will now take place from Tuesday, April 20 to Friday, April 30, 2021.
●The second PCIAW Summit and Awards, due to take place on
June 16 and 17, has now been postponed to Tuesday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 9 to keep abreast of the COVID-19 outbreak. All hotel bookings already made for the event at the Radisson Blu Edwardian, London Heathrow have been moved across to the new dates.
●Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the organisers of the
Promotion & Branding shows have announced their 2020 dates. The first roadshow will take place in Newcastle on Wednesday, June 17. The full schedule can be found online.
New February dates announced for Printwear & Promotion LIVE! 2021
P February 23.
rintwear & Promotion LIVE! 2021 will take place from Sunday, February 21 to Tuesday,
The annual exhibition for the garment decoration industry was originally planned to take place from Sunday, January 24 to Tuesday, January 26, but in view of unprecedented circumstances has been rescheduled.
Event organiser Tony Gardner said: “Owing to the postponement and rescheduling of a large number of shows at the NEC because of the recent escalation of the coronavirus pandemic, P&P LIVE! 2021 has been put
back four weeks. We fully expect at this time to return to our January dates for 2022.”
Further details regarding the 2021 exhibition will be announced shortly.
Kids Wholesale launches range of embroidable and printable bears
T
ummi Bears is a range of embroidable and printable bears by Kids Wholesale Clothing launched in March.
The bears offer a space for personalisation with a removable stuffing pod to allow easier access to mount the toy in a hoop for embroidery or a plate for HTV and sublimation.
They are manufactured to Kids Wholesale Clothing’s strict ethics code at its production operations in China, which are Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified. Operations in China are also BSCI compliant and the bears are CE marked and EN71 compliant for complete peace of mind.
Tummi Bears launched in March
The bears are currently available in four colours; grey, cream, pink and light blue. They are made from a super soft swirl plush fabric, while the tummy itself is made from 100% polyester. They measure 42cm in height and the print area on the tummy 15x15cm. There are plans to extend and grow the range in the future.
GFORCE creates all-new uniform for national roller derby team
G
FORCE Sportswear has renewed its association with
England's men's roller derby team and has revamped their uniforms ready for the 2020 World Cup in July.
The sponsorship package includes 66 shirts for the squad, which have been designed with help from players and team manager Chrissy Andrews.
Still outside mainstream sport, many roller derby players have to fund their own kits and equipment; backing
Simon Ward with the all-new England men’s roller derby team kit
from GFORCE allows the England squad to put aside more cash for reaching the World Cup in St Louis, USA.
GFORCE Sportswear first became involved with English roller derby in 2017, creating a
| 6 | April 2020
brand new uniform for the 2018 World Cup, which saw the team finish second.
The garments were printed using innovative dye sublimation; a process which effectively tattoos inks into the fabric, allowing complete customisation of colours, patterns and logos. Group sales director, Simon
Ward, said: “We are very proud to continue our
association with the successful England side. Roller derby is such an exciting sport; one that the GFORCE team had come to
be real fans of.
“It is always good to see GFORCE kit being used by a national team, and we look forward to working with England men’s roller derby through 2020 and beyond.”
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84
