Posts filed under 'Exhibitions'
The annual Printwear and Promotion Awards are designed to recognise outstanding garment industry achievements in the following areas:
- Technical Innovation Award
- Customer Service Award
- Environmental/Energy Saving Award
- Promotional Product of the Year
- Garment Decorator of the Year
- Manufacturer of the Year
- Distributor of the Year
The Quayside Group was established in 1995 and since then the business has become a leading supplier of wholesale clothing. All the business’s operations run on e-commerce-enabled express clothing platforms. The Quayside Group is proud to announce that it is a finalist in two categories in the Printwear & Promotion Awards.
CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD
(sponsored by: Screen Process & Digital Imaging magazine)
The judges noted that www.polo-shirts.co.uk uses its online Satisfaction Monitoring System (SMS) to understand its customer’s views on the service and the products it supplies. Customers are sent a post delivery online questionnaire to complete and upon its return, SMS gives www.polo-shirts.co.uk a unique understanding of its customers’ feelings. It provides the company with vital information and helps ensure Quayside is constantly offering an unbeatable product range and service.
DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
The Judges noted that Quayside Clothing has used the power of the internet to offer total convenience, easy ordering and outstanding customer service through its web platforms, which distribute products from JHK, Fruit of the Loom, Stedman, Fanshirt, SAF Organic Clothing, and print materials from Grafityp. Its web ordering systems www.tradetag.co.uk and www.polo-shirts.co.uk both use sophisticated search technology to ensure customers are able to find and order the products they need - fast.
The Awards will be announced on Monday 3rd March at the NEC Birmingham.
January 31st, 2008
This is the only dedicated trade show for the UK’s garment decoration industry. Attendance means visitors can view the world’s leading brands available through UK-based distributors, manufacturers and distributors of embroidery machines and accessories, screen printing and digital printing technology and many other techniques for garment decoration. Held between March 2 – 4, Printwear & Promotion 2008 will reveal the very latest garments and promotional products. Exhibits include workwear, schoolwear sportswear, leisurewear promotional clothing and other promotional merchandise along with new machinery, supplies and techniques in embroidery, transfer, sublimation and screen printing and there will be a comprehensive programme of fashion shows and industry seminars each day.
This year also see the launch of the all-new Printwear & Promotion Awards, a comprehensive awards programme for the decorated garment and promotional products industry. Bringing together the entire industry in a celebration of the companies, innovations and people that are achieving the highest professional standards and helping to drive this dynamic and rapidly expanding business sector forward, the Awards will be held on Monday 3rd March, the middle night of the event. Visitor Registration is now open at www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk for the premiere event of the year. The NEC, Birmingham, is conveniently located for easy access by road, rail or air.
NEC by ewen and donabel
January 28th, 2008
Fashion house Lacoste has just unveiled its latest collection - designed by Michael Young. This is the second of the ‘LACOSTE Holiday’ Collector’s Series, which is a process that the brand uses to get a designer from outside the fashion world to reinterpret its iconic polo shirt (and, not entirely incidentally, to present challenges its production methods).
Michael Young has been amongst the most successful and influential designers of his generation. You’ve never heard of him? Well his furniture collection, designed for a Tokyo store was purchased the Design Museum London and was said to have created ‘a new formal language’ in design.
So what has he done for Lacoste – well it’s a polo shirt with a crocodile skin pattern (no surprises there) that travels up the front and around the back of the shirt, but instead of a silk-screen printing process, the heat-activated ink has been applied directly to the cotton and then ‘baked’ causing it to blister and become thick, plastic fake croc skin itself. Lovely. There is also a limited edition called the PLASTIC POLO +, where the croc skin print has been covered with a metallic leaf film and pressed with a hot iron, giving a distressed, vintage look and feel. The collection is packaged in a re-sealable metallic black plastic tray that can be re-used as a serving platter!
And if that isn’t to your taste, the hot colours for polos in the Christmas run up are said to be dark grey, lime green and pink!
Lacoste fashion show photograph by ksquare, used under a creative commons attribution licence.
November 29th, 2007
Psi Paris September 4-6th 2007
Paris PSI is a national show for the French promotional market.
With Paris only two half hours from London this show is certainly doable in a day if you live in the south of England (although the tube strike delayed my arrival at Waterloo and nearly ended my trip).
It covers the usual promotional products and promotional clothing. Compared to previous years the show seemed much quieter and smaller than previous years. This exhibition does not compare with the huge international PSI exhibition in Dusseldorf.
None of the major brands such as Fruit of the loom, Hanes or Gildan were exhibiting. Of the better known promotional brands only JHK, Sols and Fanshirt were present.
The German promotional brand Promodoro had an interesting exhibition stand which featured a rustic screen printing set up and an enthusiastic screen printer who has producing screens and printing them on t shirts and sweatshirts on the exhibtion stand.
Walomo had some interesting products including a “soft shell” jacket which is now a mainstream product offered by Jerzees and Regatta.
The strongest trend event at the exhibition was organic products. Several companies including Sols could be seen dipping there toe into this growing market place.
The full exhibitor list was as follows:
2FPCO F10 31.12 A52 3M FRANCE B62 656 EDITIONS D70 A-STIM SARL B42/C41 ABC PLASTIC B.V.B.A F11 ACMP S.A A02/B01 ADDEX SOFRIE E22/E26 ADDI SELECT INTERNATIONAL B54/E53 ADE F64 AK EMBALLAGES F44 ALBERT NESTLER OHG A22 ALBON C19 AMP E20 AMSICO GROUP A58 ANTALIS PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS D06/E05 AQUAFORM B54/E53 ARISTOS gmbh B25 ARNAUD BIZAC S.A. E53 AUDEIS A14 AUXENCE SAS C25 BALLON EXPRESS - VIDECO E57 BELMAR PUB B54/E53 BGA DIFFUSION A57 BHC B75 BIC GRAPHIC EUROPE D42/E41 BLEU KELSCH A50 BOOMERANG SA E40 BORACAY SARL D48/E47 BPLUS S.A B54/E53 BROTHER F69 BWS SPRL F27/E28 CALENDRIERS ALEXANDRE B47 CALENDRIERS BOISSIER C06/D05 CALLI CARTES A11 CANADIAN KITS A16 CARE PROMOTION A07 CARPE DIEM B12/C11 CARTAMUNDI France B54/E53 CG WORKWEAR E63 CHERCHEUR D EPONGE C16/D15 CHOCOLAPRINT A09 CLIPY / ARTUR-BEGIN S.L C46/D45 CMC Sarl A64 COLOR CLUB A45 COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DES CRAYONS B46/C45 CONCORDE ET CREATION E12/E14 COREPLAST OY A31 CORIOLIS SARL B54/E53 CORTHOGREEN F56 COTTEL.COM SA A62 DAG IMPORT B22/C21 DELTA SAS B02/C01 DEONET BV F25 DIANEL F12 DISENO Y APPLICACIONES DEL NO TO DO SL E60/E62 DISTRI COUTALE F38 DNS WATERBELT.COM F58 DREAMPEN DARMAR F51 DREAMTEX GMBH F34 DUAL PROMO B66 ECOSPHERE EUROPE C25 EDIS SPA E70 ELASTO FORM KG E16 ELEM S.A A54 EPHEMERIDE B53 EPIC F60 ERGA SRL E54 ESKESEN A/S E52 ETS WALDMANN B33 EUROBJET F74 EUROPE MATCH GMBH B48/C47 EUROPEAN SOURCING C42/D41 EXTRAPACK LTD F39 FALK & ROSS GROUP France B64/C63 FLEQS A36 FRANCE CRAVATES F35 FRANCE IMPORT PRODUCTION E71 FUSTABLOC S.L B52/C51 GENEDIF A35 GIVING EUROPE E42/F41 GK TECHNIQUES B60 GOODIES PUBLISHING GORENLER F21 GOVA DISTRIBUTION F50 GOYA SL F47 GREGCO SPRL E69 GUSTAV DAIBER Gmbh D22/E21 HAINENKO LTD F56 HEADWEAR F71 HEPLA GMBH & CO K.G A28 HERI GERATE PRODUKTIONS GMBH F61 HERON SAS A60 HUB DIFFUSION A33 IMBRETEX E64 IMPRIMERIE OLEFFE SA F14 INDUSTRIA Y DESAROLLO GAMAX D19 INMEVASA, INDUSTRIA MECANICA VALENCIANA SA B59 INSPIRION GMBH E06/F05 INTERTEX SAS F52 INTRACO TRADING BV F62 JHK TRADER SL C64/D67 JK ESPRIT PAPIER A05 KATSHU B71 KELNET E58 KLIVER B21 KM ZUNDHOLZ INTERNATIONAL D34 KODELLE F46 KONITZ PORZELLAN GMBH F14 L’OBJET PLUS A32 LA BOULE OBUT SAS B54/E53 LECCE PEN COMPANY SPA B16/C15 LENSEN TOPPOINT BV F33 LEXON A27 LITEX A17 LM ACCESSOIRES Gmbh A06/B05 M-SHIRT F30 MACMA WERBEARTIKEL OHG D36/E35 MAGNA SWEETS GMBH F27/E28 MAILLET SA F57 MAILLET VETEMENTS SA D60/E59 MAJOR NOW B54/E53 MANUFACTURE GENERALE HORLOGERE A60 MARC GAY SA B68/C71 MARTEXWELL GROUP SARL A53 MARTOR A21 MASTER ITALIA Srl B36/C35 MEDITERRANEE INTERNATIONAL D28 MEMOCOM B4 METRICA SPA A12 MID OCEAN BRANDS D16/E15 MIQUEL RIBAS ORIOL F13 MPI CPB A13 MURAT TEKSTIL SAN TIC LTD.STI C27 NOEX WALDEMAR NOWAK A16 NOUVELLE VISION D77 OCTOGONE SARL E33 OEM EUROPE PROMOTIONS B68/C69 OMYACOLOR E48 OROTIME SPRL A02/B01 P&P PRODUCTION B67 PASSOT INNOVATION SAS C61 PF CONCEPT C22/D21 PILOT CORPORATION OF EUROPE F15 PIXIKA B28 PLASTORIA SA C52/D51 PMS GLOBOS ET FESTIVAL C59 POLY A19 POPINT F59 PROCLAMA W. SCHMUTZ KG F06 PRODIR France SAS E36 PROMO SERPENTIGRAFF SA A20 PROMOCLIP INTERNATIONAL BV A41 PSI DUSSELDORF PSL FRANCE D64/D68 PUBOS F36 PULLTEX France C02/D01 RAM PROMOTIONS A26 RASTER F19 RAXY LINE S.R.L B51 RAYNARD A47 REGAL DIFUSSYO A61 REGINE ELASTIC E.K B27 RITTER PEN GMBH B06/C05 RJP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED A37 ROLAND DG MID EUROPE SRL D74/E75 SACLA E27 SAMARKAND B54/E53 SAMATEX A51 SAMDAM DISTRIBUTION NV D54/D58 SANJUAN HERMANOS S.A B10/C09 SARL KALCO A23 SARL RAYNAUD A49 SAS CSI F28 SCHNEIDER SCHREIBGERATE F61 SELTEC SAS F54 SENATOR ROU BILL France A42/B41 SHOPPING ON LINE F48 SHYGAON F49 SIGNALETHIQUE C48/D47 SIPEC S.P.A A40 SMALT BRNO E74 SOCOMAGE B69 SOCRIMEX B54/E53 SOL’S C12/D11/D12/E11 SOLDAPLASTIC SA B52/C51 STAEDTLER MARS GMBH CO E28 SUDE COMMUNICATION A21 SUPREME FRANCE F20 SUSSE WERBUNG GmbH C20 SWISS TRAVEL PRODUCTS B73 TAMPOPRINT F53 TEE.COM D48/E47 TEETEX B15/B19 TERRA HUMANA F55 THERMOFLAN E72 TS COM’PACK F18 TWIN PRODUCTION sro A59 UNICYTAN SL B20 UNIVERSAL SPA B11/B13 VALETTE FOIE GRAS B63 VANPARYS CHOCOLATIER S.A. C03 VERTE COMME L’OXYGENE A34 VICTORINOX B35/B39 VIVA PLUS B61 WAGENMANN AGENDAS PROMO F27/E28 WALOMO B54/E53 WERKO SARL A48 XINDAO BV B34/C33 YES FRANCE
September 14th, 2007
ITMA, the International Exhibition of Textile Machinery, is the world’s largest exhibition for textile machines and accessories. Held every four years since 1951 and always taking place at a different location, and the consistent quality of the exhibits, has led to the show being described as the “Olympics of the textile machinery industry”.
“New and further developments in textile and clothing machinery” will be the focus of the exhibition with a staggering number of exhibitors attending, more than the 1,300-odd of the last show are expected. Progress is very much the focal point for this years show, with a ‘Research & Education Area’ provided for the first time. This will take place in conjunction with the main event and will consist of about 30 research institutes for textiles and clothing as well as colleges, universities and other educational institutions, all presenting their service offers and research activities.
A series of lectures will also be provided for those who wish to learn more about the industry or keep up to date with continuing developments, numerous experts will also present current projects and visions for textiles and clothing in more than 25 speeches in the ‘Speaker’s Corner’.
This year ITMA is set to be held in Germany at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre on 13–20 of September 2007, opening hours are from 9:00am to 06:00pm daily for trade visitors.
September 3rd, 2007
Mayer House Business Media Limited is set to launch the inaugural trade show which they hope will raise the standard of shows aimed “specifically for the UK garment supply, decoration and equipment industry”. Entitled ‘Printwear UK’ the show has been confirmed for 17-18 February 2008 at Cranmore Park. The announcement follows the successful launch of their industry magazine ‘Printwear Today’, whose immediate and resounding popularity “proves emphatically that the market for garment decorators has been, and is continuing to grow” according to Managing Director Nick Carpenter.
Printwear Today will host the exhibition and raising its own profile in the process, proving that their ambitions to become the leading garment decoration publication are not unfounded. The show will provide an opportunity to showcase garments, decoration applications, equipment and consumables. But the focus of the show is said to be new and innovative products, meaning that if successful this could well become the most important annual event for all garment decorators in the UK, and possibly even abroad.
A great deal of thought has gone into providing the ideal venue for the event, free parking is provided and Mayer House are very concious of the high prices associated with such events, often a turn-off for potential attendees. Carpenter states that there was a need for “a venue that appeals to both exhibitors and visitors alike. A venue that provides exhibitors, unrivalled value for money and gives visitors a much needed break from high costs associated with attending other venues in the area”.
Mayer House will no doubt be hoping their show becomes as successful as the annual FESPA convention (seen below) which has become the industry byword for a show on printing techniques.
An advertising campaign will be initiated to raise awareness of the show throughout the industry, comprising of trade press announcements, online campaigning and direct mail promotions, so this will certainly not be the last you hear of Printwear UK. It seems that the effort is barely warranted however, within a few weeks of marketing the event over 50% is already booked and reserved – so if you want to set up a stall and gain exposure, or keep up with all of the latest innovations in the industry, you had better book now before tickets are unavailable.
August 15th, 2007
