The M&R Companies makes the 2019 list of Crain's Chicago Business Most Innovative Companies.

A bottleneck of capacity can form in the art department that holds a company back and even bleed profits from orders if it isn’t corrected and new systems are put in place. One way to address this is to streamline artwork as it is supplied to the art department.

To help promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month, M&R is auctioning a pink KRUZER Manual Screen Printing Press in October on eBay.

World Textile Information Network (WTIN) has released its latest data regarding worldwide digital printing of textiles and we recap some of that information here.

MagnaColours® invites you to join two days of hands-on training November 6-7th their head office in Barnsley, UK.

There are many reasons why a T-shirt shop should learn how to screen print inks using a wet-on-wet technique.The primary driver though, is simply speed.Every time you flash, you are slowing your production output. If you are flashing after every color, you are crawling by at a snail’s pace instead of zipping through a job.This article was written to give you some valuable tips to consider screen-printing inks wet-on-wet for apparel in your shop.

If you’ve bought into water-based ink’s hand-feel, longevity and sustainability advantages, then you’ve probably also heard about the challenges of transitioning from a plastisol to water-based ink system. While there’s a lot of trial and error inherent in the learning process, you’ll learn some tips here for printing success with water-based ink.

Using a low-cure ink means fusing the ink at a lower temperature than usual, typically around 275 degrees F (135°C). Typically, this means protecting either a heat-sensitive fabric from shriveling up or trying to keep the polyester dye from sublimating and migrating. Before starting a job with low curing temperatures, please be sure to check on the following essential points:

Go ahead. Walk out onto your shop floor and take a good look around. What do you see? Is everyone working? Are orders getting produced and shipped out the door? But despite the seemingly obvious amount of effort that is being generated before your eyes, you still feel that nagging in your gut that you could be getting out more work.

In the past century, the apparel industry has witnessed a dizzying number of changes in the way companies source, manufacture and decorate garments. From hand cutting film for screen-printed letters to designs that are ready to use in less than 30 seconds, there’s no doubt that the digital age has launched commercial decoration into a realm that industry veterans could only have dreamed of just two decades ago.
Follow the timeline of industry innovation in the form of apparel design, software solutions and decoration techniques to grasp how far this industry has come — and where it’s heading next.