Predictions & Opportunities for Heat Printing in 2020

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News

• SGIA Welcomes the 2019-2020 Board of Directors – Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) announces the appointment of its 2019 – 2020 board members. Scott Crosby, tc . holland & crosby, will serve as Chairman of this newest Board of Directors; and Christopher Bernat, Vapor Apparel/Source Substrates LLC, will serve as First Vice Chair. The 2019 – 2020 board was appointed during a special meeting that took place in conjunction with PRINTING United, in Dallas, October 23 – 25.

• Stahls’ Launches New ‘Heat Press For Profit’ Podcast – This broadcast is hosted by GroupeSTAHL Senior Vice President Josh Ellsworth, a 20-plus year veteran of the industry who has been writing articles for industry trade magazines and presenting trade show seminars and webinars for decades. 

Predictions & Opportunities for Heat Printing

Josh Ellsworth is Senior Vice President, Dealer and Enterprise Stahls’ for GroupeSTAHL North America. Josh has been on a mission to help GroupeSTAHL customers of all shapes and sizes build their businesses since 1998. Along the way, he has held various leadership and support positions, including roles in maintenance, sales, production, General Manager Stahls’ CAD-CUT® Direct, General Manager Stahls’ TV and Vice President Dealer Sales. 

Terry: Josh, it’s what I like to call an Amazon world… SkyNet. What’s you take on today’s consumer of decorated products and apparel?

Aaron: Josh, we know you came armed with 10 predictions for 2020. How about we list these views into the crystal ball and you explain each one? Let’s start with your #1:

1. A Passionate & Emotionally Charged Election = More Sales Opportunities
2. You Will Harness the Influencer
3. On-Site Printing = Activations
4. Patches Keep Growing
5. More Print Networks Rise & Fall
6. Digital Screen-Printed Transfers Change the Game
7. Client Specific Webstores Become Expectations, No Longer Surprise & Delight
8. The 360 IQ Hat Press Gets Product of the Year
9. The Big Squeeze Produces Lemonade
10. You Will Succeed

Aaron: Great information, Josh, as always. Where can our listeners find you and Stahls?