Screen Printing Magazine

(PRESS RELEASE) The Nazdar SourceOne Solutions Center is now open and accepting appointments. Customers can schedule time to run their own jobs on the technologies they are considering before making an investment. The Solutions Center opened Aug. 26 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the company’s Shawnee, KS, campus.

(PRESS RELEASE) STAHLS’ Hotronix has introduced an updated 6-by-6-inch Threadable LowRider Auto Clam Heat Press with a new platen configuration. The company says the compact press is designed for collar labels, small patches and other small-format designs, and that the new platen design makes it easier to position items for two-sided printing while supporting even pressure and faster workflow.

Marshall Atkinson’s tiered pay-and-skill program: how to turn a raw new hire into a printer who can run any job you sell. Do you have an Employee Performance Level Program? This works in concert with your Employee Review Program. You have one of those too, right? One of my coaching clients, Ken, asked me recently if I have written about this previously. Looks like I haven’t. So, Ken, this one is for you.

(PRESS RELEASE) IRVINE, CA — Roland DG has announced the launch of two industrial UV printing solutions: the VersaObject IO-300 flatbed printer and the VersaObject RC-300 Series cylindrical printers. The IO-300 is designed for industrial parts decoration, product customization and applications requiring accuracy and repeatability. It uses newly developed printheads and Roland DG’s EUV-H Hard Ink, available in 750 ml pouches in CMYK, white, primer and gloss configurations.

(PRESS RELEASE) MELBOURNE, FL — Taktiful announced Sept. 1 that attendee registration is open for the Taktiful Technology Tours, the guided show-floor experience produced by Taktiful in collaboration with PRINTING United Alliance. The tour returns to PRINTING United Expo 2026 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 23-25, and gives pre-registered attendees a curated, guided path through embellishment technology on the show floor. Registration is live at https://cvent.me/RlnExg.

FOR MOST BUSINESSES, GROWTH means one thing: more revenue. We celebrate the biggest customer, the record month, and the year we finally crossed the next million-dollar threshold. It’s how we’ve been taught to keep score. If revenue is up, the business must be getting stronger, but what if it isn’t? What if some of the revenue you’re working so hard to create is actually making the business weaker? Revenue Is an Event Revenue happens once.

(PRESS RELEASE) The women’s Midweight Mockneck Fleece Pullover, IND280MOCK, announced Aug. 31 by Independent Trading Co., is positioned by the company as a complement to shorts, skirts, capris and leggings. Made of 8.5-ounce, 280-gram three-end fleece, it features a relaxed boxy fit, dropped shoulders and a mock neckline. It comes in three colorways: classic navy, ivory and ash heather.

(PRESS RELEASE) SHAWNEE, KS — Nazdar, a screen printing ink manufacturer and distributor, announced the appointment of Edward (Ed) Baiden as president and chief executive officer, effective Sept. 8, 2026. Baiden succeeds Richard Bowles, who is retiring after more than 23 years with the company. Baiden comes from outside the printing industry, bringing more than 25 years of leadership experience across industrial and specialty materials businesses, including senior roles at W. R.

ONE OF THE QUICKEST WAYS to improve close rates in a print shop has nothing to do with quoting faster, offering more products, or lowering prices. It comes down to how your sales team responds when a customer pushes back.

(PRESS RELEASE) ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI — STAHLS’ has expanded its Liquid 3D heat-applied emblem technology with more than 400 new texture, pattern and color combinations. The update adds tactile textures, image fill patterns and 3D texture designs. Pricing, production timelines and the minimum order quantity of one remain unchanged.