“ everything has a sunrise and a sunset”
Left out important part above “sunrise”
You mind elaborating on this a little bit more?
I know Danny Sweem, He knows me. Not well. Well enough, that I would pick him up if he was standing with his thumb out "hitchhiking", And I am sure
And hope he would do the same! I have been a fan of M&R equipment through the years. I have had many friends that have been, and still are who
work for M&R. I have had a financial interest, with a company that had the world wide export rights for M&R, which included trade shows, sales, service,training.
I am not such a fan of the last CEO, mainly style and actions, however He does have my Respect . nuff said! When Danny became CEO, I thought to myself
Really good guy, but little equipment experience. And now the company owned by a private equity group? To be honest, just not sure. What I see is a "perfect
storm" . Digital printing has encroached, into the screen printing side faster and stronger than I imagined. I have been screen printing since 1975 when I needed laminate decals for my surfboards. I have printed Millions of shirts both manually and automated. First started printing Outdoor Billboards, Posters,
Decals, Circuit Boards, Membrane Switches, POP Displays, Textiles which include yardage,cut piece, And T -Shirts. Posters are my favorite to this day. I love
printing "serigraphs" the most. I love hand separating colors,sometimes up to 50 screens and seeing each color come to pass in real time. For me it is Magic!
In Reality, as far away from digital as you can get. I guess I am more an Analog Guy and prefer simple versus more has to be better! I love simple posterized prints. Digital prints are opposite. How many dots can you get in a given area. So I have seen the technologies competing, with screen printing being on the losing side. Reality weather we like it or not. I do believe screen printers are cutting their own throats, by trying to make screen prints compete
with digital. I would embrace the screen print side of the business and also DTG. I do like Direct to screen, as well as film. Hybrid printing! Like it or not is the
future for those whose want realistic looking art is a low cost manner. M&R i am sure knows this. IMHO Danny Sweem knows this also, and is steering the
company in the Digital plus Screen print direction. Should have been done 10 years ago. Now the Virus !!! It has changed and will change everything as we know it. It will be felt in the screen print industry big time. Nothing last forever. Never has. To me Danny is taking this situation with maturity. I watched his
composure, it was not staged. I guess I like the spirit of " i am going after Moby Dick in a row boat, with a jar of tarter sauce". Easy for all of us, just to give
up! Many will. I wont. It does not look like he will either. The book of Ecclesiastes says it all! I Believe a "new" season is upon us now. It will sunshine again
and soon for those who see opportunity. For those who don't, pretty tough.
Stay Well!
Winston
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