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NH INDUSTRY NEWS

Throwback to… February 2008

Henbury graces the February 2008 cover

(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

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.

Sharon Lee to build on 2016 success in 70th year Last year was one

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.

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.

Danny Butterfield, Sharon Lee’s new sales director

To meet the toughest demand, we developed MagnaPrint Dis-

“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.” w www.sharonleeltd.co.uk

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. w www.magnacolours.com

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