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Offline Socalfmf

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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2012, 01:11:41 PM »
nice celtics sign...real nice!


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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2012, 02:43:32 PM »
nice celtics sign...real nice!

HAHA We got that from some guys upstairs that do lazer cutting. I will eventually get pics posted of the entire shop. There is still an embroidery area and the whole 2nd floor. Maybe a walk through video.

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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2012, 04:36:23 PM »
Hey Matt,

What part of PA are you from?  I'm originally from West Virginia/Pa area.
60 miles below Pittsburgh.
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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2012, 04:41:51 PM »
I love all the mirrors in your shop. They makes it look like you have about 6 or 7 autos in there. Great marketing trick.

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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2012, 04:52:48 PM »
I've also used plain old spray and wipe car wax. And no, I haven't cleaned my floor either.
Don`t worry bimmridder all the shops have ink on their floors
I've seen his floors.  There actually pretty clean.

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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #20 on: May 03, 2012, 07:25:10 AM »
I love all the mirrors in your shop. They makes it look like you have about 6 or 7 autos in there. Great marketing trick.

4 autos, 5 manuals, 2 laser bridges, 4 dryers

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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2012, 07:25:55 AM »
Hey Matt,

What part of PA are you from?  I'm originally from West Virginia/Pa area.
60 miles below Pittsburgh.

We are in southeast pa about 20 minutes west of Philadelphia.

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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2012, 02:24:00 PM »
I love all the mirrors in your shop. They makes it look like you have about 6 or 7 autos in there. Great marketing trick.

4 autos, 5 manuals, 2 laser bridges, 4 dryers

That's a big shop, I would love to see how you keep it all organized. Can't wait to see the video.

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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2012, 02:26:23 PM »
Matt, what is the name of the town, my wife is from there.  A little town called Bryn Athyn

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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2012, 02:39:39 PM »
Matt, what is the name of the town, my wife is from there.  A little town called Bryn Athyn

Town is Bridgeport. About 20 minutes west of Philly.

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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #25 on: May 09, 2012, 02:45:55 PM »
I love all the mirrors in your shop. They makes it look like you have about 6 or 7 autos in there. Great marketing trick.

4 autos, 5 manuals, 2 laser bridges, 4 dryers

That's a big shop, I would love to see how you keep it all organized. Can't wait to see the video.

We have a lot of people that have specific jobs. They each handle logistics, licensing, order tracking. We have one girl who is the production planner and allocated orders each day to each press based on press capability/printer capability etc. Then there are 2 guys that work in the darkroom, 2 that clean screens, 1 girl who handles taping, blockout, and delivery of the orders. I run the shop floor, do all the product line/corp meeting/ licensing samples, and maintain and repair all the equipment. The guy above me handles all the reports and spreadsheet stuff and we also have a print lead that helps all the printers. Oh yea and 9 artists lol.

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« Reply #26 on: May 09, 2012, 03:24:11 PM »
That sounds like alot of fun. I am happy with one auto and one manual for now. How many shirts go out everyday? I bet you do more shirts in an hour then I do in a week on average.

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« Reply #27 on: May 09, 2012, 04:16:04 PM »
We do about 4000 a day over 4 autos and 3 manuals right now. That number will go up when June hits. Mostly 1-6 color 48-72 piece jobs with color changes. Lots of two ply shorts, sweatpants, and other specialty prints on the manuals. The largest job we do each year is a 40k shirt job with 4 color front and one color back. That usually take 2 weeks Mon-Fri.

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« Reply #28 on: May 09, 2012, 05:18:48 PM »
We do about 4000 a day over 4 autos and 3 manuals right now. That number will go up when June hits. Mostly 1-6 color 48-72 piece jobs with color changes. Lots of two ply shorts, sweatpants, and other specialty prints on the manuals. The largest job we do each year is a 40k shirt job with 4 color front and one color back. That usually take 2 weeks Mon-Fri.

4000 a day, that beats my average week. I guess it should since you have 4 autos and 5 manuals. Nice shop.

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Re: New press and dryer installed!!!!
« Reply #29 on: May 09, 2012, 05:25:48 PM »
Average week?!  I haven't even printed that many shirts TOTAL... and that probably includes the ones I contracted out!  LOL