Industry News
Direct Corporate Clothing reports strong growth
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increase in turnover following a number of high profile contract wins.
irect Corporate Clothing (DCC) has posted a 22%
In the year to October 2016, Birmingham-based DCC recorded turnover of £26.5m compared to £21.7m for the same period in 2014- 15. Over the same period, staff numbers increased from 100 to 120.
The company attributed its growth to new contracts with companies including Balfour Beatty and Geo Amey alongside increased spend from existing customers. Earlier this year, DCC acquired Leeds-based The Business Wear Company. The move saw Nick Atkinson return to the DCC board to
Nick Atkinson, corporate and communications director and Sam Sohal, joint managing director
head the company's corporatewear strategy. DCC recently hired Helen Woodall as head of
purchasing to lead a team of
12 people that manages the companyʼs extensive worldwide supply chain. Nick Atkinson, corporate and communications director at DCC, said: “We are delighted that our focus on customer service and high quality garments has paid dividends with an excellent set of financial figures. “We work in partnership with some of the countryʼs biggest operators to design and manufacture workwear, PPE and corporate wear that is reliable, practical and innovative.
“Our state-of-the-art warehouse and digital ordering system ensures that customersʼ service and product expectations are exceeded and stock is always available at short notice as required by their workforce.”
CPS launches new screen haze remover J
anuary saw the launch of CPS Haze Hunter, a great new addition to the current range of haze removers and screen cleaners from CPS. This rapid acting haze remover is easy to apply and has been formulated to deliver outstanding results, with like new screens ready in just 10 minutes. Its exceptional cleaning performance works on a range of stains from textile, plastisol, water-based and discharge inks as well as graphic and industrial inks.
CPS Haze Hunter being applied
TV TecStyle Visions to
celebrate 10th anniversary in 2018
T
he organisers of TV TecStyle Visions are planning many surprises as the trade fair looks to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2018.
The trade fair for textile decoration and promotion will take place for the 10th time from February 15 to 17, 2018 at Messe Stuttgart, Germany. Around 11,000 visitors and 270 exhibitors are expected to attend the event. As well as celebrating its anniversary, the trade fair is relocating. The event will be found in hall 8, as well as the new, bigger hall 10, creating a better presentation area for exhibitors and visitors. Hall 8 is where textile companies will be located, while hall 10 is for companies to introduce their new machines and techniques.
DecoNetwork 7.5 is a ʻgame changerʼ T
he release of DecoNetwork 7.5 demonstrates that it is possible to streamline an entire business through a single platform.
The software includes new designer technology, an improved user experience and the new ʻGooglyʼ search.
The new Business Hub management dashboards provide a real-time overview of everything that is happening in a business from sales, artwork approvals, purchasing to production, ensuring mistakes are identified before they become a costly problem.
Brenden Prazner, product marketing manager of DecoNetwork, explains further: “Screen printers know it is almost impossible to sell their screen printing services online. Consumer
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expectations are now met with the new colour detection capabilities of the new DecoNetwork online designer technology.
“Thanks to two years of core development in a new design processing technology, text edits, colour changes and applying special effects are immediate. Experience unsurpassed design speeds, coupled with more creativity and less clicks.” DecoNetwork 7.5 also includes live integration with business and accounting software such as Xero, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online and Sage. Another feature of DecoNetwork 7.5 is
the Template Builder. “Empowering a consumer to be creative is critical to printers and embroiderers. Nothing is more creative than allowing a consumer to personalise a stunning template for
their own use. The DecoNetwork Template Builder is a powerful online design tool for decorators to create customisable templates for their customers to personalise on their front- end website,” says Mr Prazner. Other features include clear intuitive menus, logical structured pages and settings, and the new innovative search tool called DecoNetwork Search, otherwise known as the Googly search. “From a single search field you can locate your products, customers, orders, and more, plus gain instant access to any DecoNetwork setting page, help file or video. This dramatic improvement quite literally eliminates hours of searching and the need to understand every menu and setting page of DecoNetwork. Itʼs a game changer,” concludes Mr Prazner.
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
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