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One door closes and another door opens for Adelco
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fter 17 successful years of partnership in the UK, Adelco and Kornit have moved in separate directions.
This decision was reached mutually and with good feeling on both sides. Adelco will continue to be involved with Kornit on other international projects. Mark Smith, director, said: “We would like to thank all our customers who have been truly inspirational, and have made our journey both successful and enjoyable. We hope to continue supporting you for many years to come with other new and exciting products.”
Following this news, Adelco has now been announced as the UK distributor for OvalJet. This high production direct to garment printer prints 180 to 220 pieces per hour with considerable print cost savings. OvalJet incorporates the latest
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rahame Gardner has joined forces with a leading charity to help
raise as much money as possible for the NHS.
The company has created a brand new charitable Healthcare Heroes drawstring bag that people can buy with all profits made being donated to Leicester Hospitals Charity.
The bags, exclusively designed by the Grahame Gardner team, are intended to help keyworkers minimise infection control when they finish their shift, so they can quickly, easily and safely put in their dirty uniform at the end of the day to take home and wash, along with the bag.
technology and is a viable alternative for high volume DTG print with complete workflow
management.
OvalJet is in its third generation and closes the digital print gap against conventional screen print. As a result, the cost per print is taking the one to 600 piece run, market share. This has proven popular, with sell-out machines in the USA in the last year alone.
NHS bags vital donations thanks to Grahame Gardner Leicester NHS staff with Healthcare Heroes bag
All the money raised will go towards the Leicester Children’s Hospital Appeal to help fund the first dedicated single sited children’s hospital in Leicester. Simon Ward, group sales director for Grahame Gardner, said: “We have a long history providing uniforms for the healthcare industry and are proud to be a contracted medical uniform provider to the NHS. Throughout the coronavirus
pandemic, our team has been doing all they can to ensure a consistent and high-volume flow of medical workwear to the frontline and this has given us the opportunity to really see at first hand the incredible work of NHS professionals up and down the country. We continue to be amazed by the work they to do to help keep us safe. “We felt really strongly that we wanted to do something to show our gratitude so have created our new Healthcare Heroes drawstring bag that is not only
useful for any healthcare worker to have, it will also help fundraise for the wonderful Leicester Hospitals Charity which is doing incredible work particularly at the moment with regard to enhancing children’s services within the city and across the East Midlands “We are really keen to spread the word about the bag and encourage as many people as possible to buy them from our website, perhaps as gifts for their loved ones who work in the
healthcare sector, so we can raise as much money as possible for the health service here in our hometown.” Gareth Aston, head of fundraising at Leicester Hospitals Charity, added: “We are hugely grateful to Grahame Gardner for rallying around the hospitals at this time and for their support of our Appeal to help create the first dedicated single sited children’s hospital in Leicester. The support of local firms like this is essential for us to deliver this landmark project for Leicester and the future.”
The Pen Warehouse develops certified anti-microbial printing ink T
he Pen Warehouse has launched a newly formulated printing ink with Biomaster anti-microbial technology and received certification to prove its efficacy. After months of in-house research and development, the company has gone through independent testing from an accredited leader in additive manufacture to receive certification. The Pen Warehouse has launched additional pens, all upgraded with biofree anti-microbial technology to proactively disrupt the growth of bacteria on the surface of the pen and provide another line of defence. Furthermore, all biofree writing instruments will now be offered with Pen Warehouse’s newly formulated spot colour printing ink with Biomaster anti-microbial technology, free of charge as
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standard, providing complete anti-microbial protection across the whole product effective for its lifetime. Helen Dyl, operations director of The Pen Warehouse, said: “Promotional hygiene products are here to stay and very early on in the development of our latest pen range, we identified that offering an anti-microbial product without antimicrobial printing ink may reduce the hygiene integrity of the product. We are excited to have pushed the envelope further with our anti-microbial printing technology, offering distributors an all-inclusive hygiene writing instrument at no additional cost.”
The biofree anti-microbial range with Biomaster printing ink technology will be expanding, and products will be selected based on customer demand.
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
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