2 Regular Guys Podcast Show Notes SGIA Expo 2016 Review

SGIA Expo 2016 Review

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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. Aaron and Terry returned from Las Vegas and the SGIA Expo for 2016. This is an SGIA Expo 2016 Review from the show and they also will give you their take on the happenings around the industry. Aaron and Terry make a special announcement for a new event they have coming up on this show as well.

Sponsored by: Equipment Zone and Pic The Gift

Our regular listeners know this, but 2 Regular Guys are all about garment decorating, a bit of fun, and no rants or lectures or selling. We are not doing this for our employers, but rather for our industry. For the past three and a half years, 2 Regular Guys have been the first and the most listened to garment decorating industry podcast on this planet! We are humbled by all of you tuning in each week. We work hard to bring you information that will make your business better, and our industry better. Take a look at our incredible weekly guest list and you’ll understand where this industry goes for news, interviews and the heartbeat of garment decorating. Thanks for listening!!

SGIA Expo 2016 Review

    • What we saw on the floor
      • MHM Digital (DTG in one pass on auto screen print press)
        • Not demonstrating the under base print and no samples
        • Terry spoke with Ricardo Fassi
      • RTP Apparel (pretreated shirts for DTG)
        • No pricing yet, and only one or two samples
        • Image Armor product
      • Automatic Weeder
        • Italian Company – Not sure if it will do HTV
      • Shrinkwrap for wrapping a sublimation item. Best Sub and some others.
    • Movement of People in the Industry
    • Rob Colman winning the Swormstedt Memorial Award (https://www.sgia.org/industry/awards/dave-swormstedt-sr-memorial-award)
    • Our seminar at the show
    • We both finally got to meet (in person) a great friend of the show Erich Campbell from Black Duck.
  • Dov Charney Back? 
  • The digital decorating class at Greg Kitson’s Mind’s Eye Graphics, Decatur, Indiana, February 24-25
    • Plans to do the same event at Equipment Zone, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
  • My new screen printing class with Reece Supply in Dallas, November 19-20

Future 2 Regular Guys Shows

    • Theresa Hegel from Wearables Magazine – State of the Industry
    • Alan Howe with Saati Screen Chemicals – Oct 21st
    • RIP and Separation Software with Cadlink
    • Kiersten from Screen Printing Magazine
    • Dan Barefoot of Graphics One on to talk UV and Direct to Fabric
    • Master screen printer Lon Winters
    • REGGIE Awards are coming up
    • We’ll be comparing notes from our industry predictions at the start of 2016 and making our 2017 predictions.

Trade Shows

  • ISS Ft. Worth Oct 6-8
  • NBM Portland Oct 14-15
  • NBM Charlotte Oct 27-29
  • NBM Denver Nov 11-12

Other News/Events

Terry’s Books

Screen Printing: A Practical Guide to Starting Your Own T-Shirt Business Just $4.95 as an e-book.

Direct to Garment: A Practical Guide to Starting Your Own T-Shirt Business Just $4.95 as an e-book.

Scheduling and Estimating Production Time for Garment Screen Printing Just $2.99 as an e-book


Equipment ZoneThis show is brought to you for a full hour by: Equipment Zone, with 20 years experience selling garment printing equipment nationwide. Equipment Zone offers the new Epson F2000 SureColor direct-to-garment printer, their own VelociJet-XL DTG printer, and the all new SpeedTreater-TX automatic pretreat machine with a full 16”x24” pretreat area. Introductory price is $3,995. Equipment Zone also carries a full line of DTG inks and supplies. Go to EquipmentZone.com


This show is for the listeners so please make sure to ask us some questions or give us some topics you would like us to discuss. Also, if you have any event or upcoming items related to our industry that you would like us to bring up on the show, please contact us via our Facebook Page. Also, make sure to interact/follow us on Twitter or Google +. You can also find information over at our YouTube Page.

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