About ... our equipment

Keeping control of the production process allows us to deliver the high quality of service and reliability that we pride ourselves on.

And that means having a certain amount of equipment in-house.

In particular we have the following:

Embroidery - 4 x Toyota Expert ESP 9000 Embroidery Machines.

Each capable of 1,000 stitches per minute, the machines are fully networked together and driven by Wilcom software.

Used to embroider t-shirts, polo shirts, fleeces, coats, caps and hats, overalls, bags, sports kit, hi-viz wear and most other clothing items.

We have specific adapters that let us embroider on what are often considered difficult places, such as cuffs and collars.

Transfers & Dye Sublimation - 3 x HT400 Heat Presses.

These are like large flat irons that heat the material from both sides and allow the transfer or dye-sublimation process to take place reliably.

This process works well on cotton, polyester and nylon fabrics. Dye-sublimation is a special process for polyester only.

CAD Cutting of Transfers - DGI CAD Cutter

Professional transfers and dye-sublimation work by using heat to transfer an image from pre-cut shapes. These could be individual letters of a word or shapes that make up a picture when combined. The precision with which these shapes are cut affects the visual quality of the result.

Using a high-precision CAD cutter allows us to work with more complex imagery in order to deliver a better result for our customers.

For non-dye-sublimation transfers, we use pre-coloured Magicut paper from Magic touch, which has 100 colour variants. This means that we can consistently offer an excellent match for most logos or branding requirements.

Dye-Sublimation Printing - a high-quality inkjet system using special cartridges and paper.

Dye-sublimation is a bit like a having a tattoo. The process, which works on polyester fabrics only, uses the heat from a heat press to open up the 'pores' in the fibres and the dye is transferred inside. Once the fibres cool, the 'pores' close up and the dye is locked inside.

This makes for an extremely rugged branding of a polyester garment that will not fade or crack after repeated uses/washes.

The dye is carried to the garment on special paper which is, in turn, applied using an ink-jet printer with special cartridges.

Due the granularity of this process, dye-sublimation can carry near-photographic quality images onto polyester garments.

Screen Printing - in process of acquisition

Screen printing is a common way to print on t-shirts and other (mostly cotton) garments. It is good at carrying complex images onto fabric, but can fade and crack after repeated use/washes. This is because the ink sits on top of the fibres of the fabric rather than in them like dye-sublimation.

However, screen printing can be very cost effective, especially for large volumes of clothing.

Screen printing is not available for nylon fabrics.

In Garment Labelling (school uniforms) - we have a special printer than prints on iron-on labels.

This is very useful for parents wishing to label their child's school uniform and sports kit without the need to sew on a large number of labels.