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6 IMAGES DECEMBER 2016
INDUSTRY NEWS NH
TheMagicTouch guitar picked
as EuroTrophex award winner
TheMagicTouch (TMT) rocked the award for Best Image Transfer
Product of 2016, based on an application using the latest in
white-toner technology, at the EuroTrophex show in Amster-
dam.
The award winning entry consisted of a personalised Fender
Telecaster Guitar, which had been decorated using the com-
pany’s new RST9.1 transfer paper and a TMT/OKi white toner
printer. The transfer was applied to the body of the guitar using
a traditional swing head heat press and then finished with six
layers of clear resin varnish to match the factory original finish.
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The award-
winning guitar
from TMT
Snickers adds new waterproof
jacket to FlexiWork range
New from Snickers this month
is the Stretch Waterproof Shell
Jacket. Part of the FlexiWork
range of workwear clothes that
combines stretch fabrics and
advanced body-mapping designs,
the new jacket is a three-layer
waterproof with taped seams.
It comes with pre-bent sleeves,
three-layer Cordura reinforce-
ments at the elbows and YKK
AquaGuard Vision 2-way zippers.
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The Stretch Waterproof Shell Jacket
from Snickers
Dave Roper announces first
Screen Printing Academy date for
2017
The Screen Printing Academy at Dave Roper will be hosting its first
session of 2017 on Friday 13 January. The one-day course will cover
general screen printing techniques and promises to be a hands-on
experience. Also included in the course is a screen printing book that
includes sections on printing terminology, setting up a screen room,
and job prep and breakdown.
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A tribute to Dave Renton
It's often said of someone that they were one of a kind, but in the
case of Dave Renton, who died suddenly from a heart attack on
Friday 14 October 2016, it was true, says his long-time friend and
industry colleague Phil Lewis, of Premier Screen. “He was a one-off
in the industry and definitely never a suits-and-boots man”, a point
that was emphasised at Dave's funeral when his family all wore AC/
DC T-shirts in honour of his love of rock (the six grandchildren, aged
between 12 weeks and 12 years, all wore specially made 'We rock to
AC/DC like Grandpa' T-shirts).
Dave was born in 1951 and worked in the screen print industry from
the moment he left school. He met his wife Jen at the second com-
pany he worked at, Thompson & Brown Brothers, when he was 16
1/2 and she was 15 – they celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary
this year.
Dave worked for American company Advance International until
it ceased trading in 1991, when he then set up on his own business
buying and selling screen printing equipment. He travelled all over
the world with his work. "You name it, he'd been there," said Jen.
"He'd been everywhere apart from Australia." Every time he left on
yet another trip, he would play Manfred Mann’s Davy's On The Road
Again .
He had many adventures, including one memorable occasion in
Ghana when he had to bribe his way out of the country after his
driver tipped someone off that Dave had just done a cash deal. Jen
didn't sleep that night while waiting to see if her husband made it
home, but it didn't stop Dave
continuing his overseas trips
to install machinery in India,
Europe or wherever else he
was needed, and coming
home each time with new
spices to try out – he was a
brilliant cook.
His knowledge of screen
printing was immense, and
it wasn't unusual for ink
companies to phone him up
for advice as to what was the
best ink to offer a customer.
He set people up with ma-
chines in their garages and
in the back rooms of their
houses, with most of them
in time going on to open
their own factories. He was
a workaholic who loved his
work, would help anyone
who needed it, and everywhere he went he made friends, said Jen.
He enjoyed his life – he was a pure rocker who listened to bands
such as AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Whitesnake – as well as being an
avid speedway fan, and he loved his family: he leaves behind his wife
Jen, his daughters Wendy and Emma, and his two son-in-laws and six
grandchildren.
Dave Renton