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NH INDUSTRY NEWS
Sharon Lee to build on
2016 success in 70th
year
Last year was one
of big growth at
Sharon Lee, with
three new staff
joining the com-
pany along with
the promotion
of Danny Butter-
field to the role of
sales director. An
8-head embroi-
dery machine was
also added to the
production depart-
ment, bringing the
total number of machines to seven.
“We have seen an incredible morphing of our
business, not only from a sales and production
perspective, but from a personnel perspec-
tive too,” said managing director Toby Pache.
“Every single member of the Sharon Lee team
has played a huge part in this success, and we
are all looking forward to a very exciting 2017–
especially as we will be celebrating our 70th
year in business.”
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Danny Butterfield, Sharon Lee’s new
sales director
MagnaColours launches new discharge
bases and MagnaPrint Discharge
Fastness Enhancer
MagnaColours has launched Mag-
naPrint Discharge ULF System–a
new range of formaldehyde-free
discharge bases with enhanced
wash-durability.
The company explains that since
it first launched and patented for-
maldehyde-free discharge bases,
wash durability demands have
changed. Executive chairman Tom
Abbey comments: “Whilst wanting
to eliminate the use of formalde-
hyde, another key requirement was
wash durability to prevent fading.
To meet the toughest demand,
we developed MagnaPrint Dis-
charge Fastness Enhancer. Not only have we answered the call for an effective
water-based alternative, we have provided a solution to an industry problem–
helping brands to provide safe, environmentally friendly, durable, high quality
products for our customers.”
The company advises that simply adding the Enhancer to MagnaPrint Dis-
charge paste will result in bright and beautiful discharge effects that stay bright
while meeting the toughest wash durability standards of leading brands.
As part of its customer service promise, MagnaColours is providing full training
to screen printers working with the new range.
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Throwback to… February 2008
FEBRUARY 2008... Iran opens its space centre and launches a rocket into space, while Space Shuttle Atlantis delivers the European-
built Columbus science laboratory to the International Space Station; Mohammed Al Fayed gives evidence to the inquest into the
death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the British government nationalises the Northern Rock bank; Lincolnshire suffers an earthquake,
which is felt throughout most of Britain; Kosovo declares independence from Serbia; and Cuban president, Fidel Castro announces his
resignation and hands power to his brother Raúl Castro. Meanwhile in the imprint industry...
Anvil wins a Communicative Products Award for an organic T-shirt packaged as a tomato; Tesco bans Uzbek cotton; UK Leisurewear
hods its first Trade Show; Jim Nicol, of TheMagicTouch, explains why transfer prints on jeans are a burgeoning sales opportunity;
Vernon Bradshaw of VAL wonders whether a march by ‘Bobbies in baseball caps’ could herald the ‘return of the baseball cap’; we talk
to EarthPositive – the first apparel brand to carry the Carbon Trust’s new Carbon Reduction Label; and we present all the winners
from the 2007 Images Garment Decoration Competition.
Henbury graces the February 2008
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(l to r) Anvil’s award winning T-shirt tomato; transfer printing on denim jeans; ‘Bobbies in baseball caps’; and carbon reduction labelled
T-shirts from EarthPositive