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INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 20 images DECEMBER 2021 View daily news updates at: www.images-magazine.com Superstar Arts These brilliant charity fundraising tees inspired by The Cure were printed by Superstar Arts in Worthing. imagesmag.uk/Superstar-Arts-Cure First Avenue Supplies expands with new showroom First Avenue Supplies, a specialist in embroidered clothing and workwear, has set its sights on growth by expanding its showroom and machine room. Based in Bletchley in Milton Keynes, the family-owned business has taken over a neighbouring unit to increase space by about 35%, allowing it to create an upgraded showroom for selling more workwear. It now stocks more work trousers by Portwest, Tuff Stuff and StandSafe and more jackets, and has added a ladies’ range and some sports material styles from Stormtech and Henbury Brands. Sales director Scott Temple said that First Avenue Supplies, which was established in 2003, saw an “instant increase” in sales over the first two to three weeks since the showroom was opened at the site in First Avenue in West Denbigh. “Customers often come in to collect an order and end up leaving having had a browse and unearthing something else they would like to order. Go in shopping for five things and leave with 10 is certainly the intention we had and so far we are pleased to say it’s working.” imagesmag.uk/first-avenue Prism Inks launches DTF ink, film and powder Prism Inks is launching the “next generation” of inks, film and powder for direct-to-film (DTF) digital machines for garment printing. Developed in the US, they will be under the TransferMate brand name and made available in markets around the world, including the UK, through the Graphics One distribution channel. Amir Ajanee, president and CEO of Prism Inks, said: “Being one of the first American companies to manufacture an ink specific for the DTF technology, Prism Inks has made its offering even more complete with the additional development of specialised film and powder specifically for its DTF ink. “Our next-gen inks, film and powder provide supreme washability as good or better than DTG systems, the ability to image both vector and raster images with transfers as low as 5%, and the ability to transfer to a multitude of substrates with beautiful results.” imagesmag.uk/prism-dtf Registration opens for Printwear & Promotion Live! 2022 Visitor registration is now open for Printwear & Promotion Live, which returns to the NEC Birmingham in February 2022. The show will run in Hall 20 from Sunday 20 February to Tuesday 22 February 2022. The organisers have reported that there are currently more than 100 stands on the floorplan, with “the vast majority” of the major equipment suppliers, clothing distributors and brands already on board. The show will also offer a full seminar programme, with sessions covering all aspects of garment decoration including embroidery, direct-to-garment printing and dye sublimation. Topics will be announced later this year. Register at www. printwearandpromotionlive.co.uk. imagesmag.uk/printwear2022 [L-R] Customer Damien Heath of Heath Electrical Services cuts the ribbon with MD Ian Temple and Scott Temple from First Avenue Supplies The new DTF inks, film and powder from Prism Inks Printwear & Promotion in 2020; the show returns in February 2022