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INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 22 images SEPTEMBER 2021 View daily news updates at: www.images-magazine.com Cheeky Beans Studios This spook-tacular castle design was created and embroidered onto sweatshirts, T-shirts and beanies by Cheeky Beans Studios. imagesmag.uk/Spooky_Cheeky_Beans Profits and sales up at workwear supplier Beeswift Workwear manufacturer and wholesaler Beeswift has reported a jump in sales and profits after moving to new headquarters in Birmingham earlier this year. It saw pre-tax profits soar from £1.9 million to £15.1 million in the 12 months to 30 September 2020 while turnover increased 81% from £53.6 million to £97.1 million. It added that between its year end and February 2021, revenue continued to be up year on year. Beeswift manufactures and supplies a wide range of safety products, PPE and workwear, with its own in-house embroidery and badging facility plus a screen print offering. In July, the company completed its relocation from its former headquarters in West Bromwich to a 120,000 sq ft warehouse at Hub 120 in Witton in Aston, Birmingham, to support expansion plans. imagesmag.uk/beeswift- profits Beeswift’s new headquarters The Tajima TMEZ K1506C six-head embroidery machine with i-TM automated technology AJS autumn roadshows to demonstrate new Tajima TMEZ machines AJS Embroidery Services has announced details of its nationwide roadshow events where the latest Tajima TMEZ machines will be demonstrated. Officially launched in January this year at the height of the pandemic, the TMEZ single- and multi-headed embroidery machines have so far missed out on getting a big reveal, says the company, due to Covid-19 restrictions. AJS Embroidery Services will demonstrate the machines at AJS TMEZ Roadshow events in Glasgow (13 September 2021), Belfast (15 September 2021), Dublin (17 September 2021), Chester (27 September 2021), Cardiff (29 September 2021) and Watford (1 October 2021). To register your intention to visit, email AJS Embroidery Services at sales@ ajsemb.uk with your name, venue and intended time to visit, although you are free to come any time during the opening hours of 10am to 5pm. The organisers will adhere to any Covid-19 restrictions that are in place in the area at the time. imagesmag.uk/ajs-tajima-tmez Pilot to test Nur’s new water-based inks for garment printing New water-based environmentally- friendly pigment inks from a team formerly at Kornit Digital are to be put through their first pilot with “one of the world’s largest” digital printer manufacturers. Nur Ink Innovations is testing the inks for direct digital printing on garments (DTG) and, if the initial technical pilot is successful, the unnamed Japanese manufacturer will install the ink at several end-customer sites for a paid commercial pilot. Nur Ink Innovations was set up by Moshe Nur, who was a co-founder of digital print specialist Kornit Digital, and Dr Muhammad Iraqi, formerly a senior chemist for innovations at Kornit Digital in Israel. Moshe, who is chairman and CEO of Nur Ink Innovations, said: “This pilot continues the company’s strategy to become a leading global supplier in a green world of environmentally- friendly water-based pigment inks, designed for use in printers and digital printing systems.” The technical pilot, due to start in October, is expected to last for between four and six months. imagesmag.uk/nur-pilot Moshe Nur, chairman and CEO of Nur Ink Innovations