Images Magazine Digital Edition October 2018

www.images-magazine.com OCTOBER 2018 images 07 INDUSTRY NEWS SGIA Product of the Year winners announced The Speciality Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) announced its 2018 Product of the Year competition winners at the end of August. The association, whose tagline is “Supporting the wide format community“, appointed volunteer judges from within the industry to evaluate the entries, all of which will be showcased at the Golden Image/Products of the Year Gallery during the 2018 SGIA Expo in October in Las Vegas, US. One of the winners was the Hotronix Fusion IQ, which won the Heat Press (Table Top) category – see this month‘s Heat Transfer & Vinyl Printing showcase for more information about this piece of equipment. The Sawgrass True Pix Classic Sublimation Transfer Paper won the Dye Sub Transfer Paper category, while Chromaluxe EXT won the Dye Sublimation Rigid Material category. First place in the Textile – Finished Garment – Natural Fibre category was awarded to RTP Apparel‘s Women‘s DTG Ready To Print Racer Back Tank Top. The Screen Printing – Manual Garment Press category was topped by AWT World Trade with its American Redesigned Rototex model. The Automatic Garment Press category was won by the Roq Eco P16 Automatic Press, and M&R‘s HotHead Fabric Compression System won the Screen Printing – Curing Equipment award. M&R also won the Digital/Screen Print Hybrid Printing Systems category with its DS- 4000 Digital Squeegee Hybrid Printing System. EasiSolv 1028 Ink & Emulsion Remover took the Screen printing – Post-Press (Reclaim/Clean) spot, and the Freejet 330 TX Plus from Omnijet won the Direct to Garment Printers categories for both white and black T-shirts. www.sgia.org The award for Screen Printing – Manual Garment Press went to AWT‘s Rototex Sabur creates free black box car safety stickers Sabur Digital Print Solutions is offering free car stickers for drivers who have black boxes to tell cars behind them why they’re sticking at or just below the speed limit. Managing director Dean Sanger came up with the idea after driving his 18-year-old daughter’s car, which is fitted with a black box for insurance purposes, to work one day. “This means that the car is monitored for speed, cornering and braking,” explains Dean. “It is fitted to monitor new drivers’ capabilities and basically help keep them grounded and safe.” During the short journey, Dean experienced a number of cars tailgating him while he stuck to the limit. “I was so surprised that I asked Joe our designer to come up with a sticker that was informative, polite and hopefully ‘cool’ enough that a young driver would feel comfortable and place it in their window or on their boot lid. I think that this little sticker could help to explain why the car in front is as eager as you to get somewhere, but has a restrictive device that is trying to keep them safe.” Highways England launched a tailgating campaign in September 2018 to highlight the need for the minimum of a two-second gap between cars. More than 100 people are killed or seriously hurt each year in crashes caused by driving too closely to other vehicles, with one in eight of all serious crashes on motorways and major A-roads caused by tailgating, reports Highways England. If you’d like a free sticker, please email joe@saburink.com and say if you’d like the green or black Ps version. www.saburink.com Gildan says it is committed to creating strong communities in the regions where it operates, such as Honduras (pictured) Gildan creates dedicated CSR website In August, Gildan Activewear released its Genuine Responsibility 2017 report, making it available on its new, dedicated CSR website. “We are pleased to share the social and environmental results from our operations in 2017,“ said Claudia Sandoval, vice-president, corporate citizenship. “As a company, we understand that our continued growth and success demands that we proactively implement sustainable solutions throughout our operations and honour our commitments to caring for our people, conserving the environment and creating stronger communities.“ Gildan reports that last year, the company delivered more than 2 million training and development hours, as well as providing 181,000 free medical consultations, US$4.8 million towards free transportation, and US$15.8 million in subsidised meals for employees. The company also reduced its water intensity per kg of production by 10%, and is piloting several research projects to reduce its water extraction loads to reintegrating recovered water back into its processes. The Biomass steam generation operation has allowed Gildan to generate 43% of all used energy from renewable sources in 2017. The company has also contributed US$518,000 towards the refurbishment of the newborn unit at the Mario C. Rivas Hospital in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and contributed more than US$200,000 to help raise awareness and support for child literacy through the American Apparel Pencils of Promise campaign. Gildan was also recognised for its on-going commitment to operate responsibly through its inclusion on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the fifth consecutive year. www.gildancorp.com www.genuineresponsibility.com/en Sabur has created two designs of the safety stickerwhich it is giving away free on request