Here is ASPA news from Aug 2012.  

School is back in session! That means for many of you apparel screen printers that business will be back in full swing. We hope that you have a prosperous selling season this fall.

ASPA is pleased to announce that major apparel distributor Broder Bros. is a new member. Vincennes University, Omsk State Technical University, and UCEP Bangladesh have become members as well. ASPA membership for August is heading for a new record, as we have seen over 100 new members join in the last sixty days alone! ASPA membership is growing from all over the world and we have truly become a global screen printing community. We now have only 10 US states lacking ASPA business members (members with websites). Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Maine, Vermont, Kentucky, West Virginia, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. If you are involved in screen printing as a printer, supplier or manufacturer, or student involved in screen printing and/or graphic arts, we strongly encourage you to join ASPA. Sign makers, t-shirt printers, graphic artists and promotional products distributors, and screen printing equipment manufacturers and suppliers are all welcome to join ASPA.  Membership is free. It takes only a minute to join and is open to everyone worldwide. The ASPA websites receive thousands of visitors each week. Get the free exposure that ASPA offers–sign-up today! 

ASPA member Brother International Corporation announces that Ryonet Corporation, based in Vancouver, WA, has been authorized as the first national distributor of the Brother™ GraffiTee™ series of digital garment printers. Brother's new GraffiTee™ Series of digital tee shirt printers consists of an initial lineup of three modular models allowing buyers to upgrade as their business grows. Ryonet provides quality screen printing supplies, screen printing equipment, and screen printing training. Its customers range from screen printing hobbyists to large shops.

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Here's a listing of the new ASPA members for August 2012

New ASPA Business members:

Gillan Graphics
Printers Edge
Just Ink
Vincennes University
Joshua Nobiling – Fine Artist
A-Z Graphic Designs
Heirloom Customs
Gothic Graphics Design
D Embroidery Corp. 
1ST C.A.P.P. LLC 
Vicalclothing 
Roadrunner Custom Apparel 
Paradise Screenprinting
Help Concept Agency Srl
Designs De Afrique 
Metal Craze

Lamination House, Inc.
BeBop T-Shirts
Total Graphics Impressions
Tee's Plus
Broder Bros.
Omsk State Technical University
Craig Hensley Graphics
Yale Sportswear

New ASPA Associate members:

Too Late Clothing Company – Unionville, MO
Mixed Images – Toronto, Canada
Vizzo Studio – Dimapur, India
UCEP Bangladesh
E&L Embroidery – Carroll, OH
Highland Screen Printing and Graphics – Fort Mill, SC
Southern Signs – Perkins, GA
Mariel's Greek Shoppe, LLC
Frog Print House – Malé, Maldives
Smokeman Printing & Graphics – El Paso, TX
Dragon GFX – Frisco, TX
Ansari Screenprinter – Neu-Isenburg, Germany
M,B. Screen Printers – Karachi, Pakistan
DJ Design & Promotions – Covington, WA
VLA T-Shirt Grafix – Winchester, TN
Creative Arts -  Ghaziabad, India
G Q Signs, Banners and More – Sugarland, TX
Sunrise Printing – Oshodi, Nigeria
BizByIntention – Bradenton, FL
Gemson Printing – Taytay, Philippines

New ASPA Individual members:

Derrick L. Burnell – Monroe, NC
Terry Baker – Louisville, KY
K.M.Mahbubul Alam – Dhaka, Bangladesh
Stan Goswick – Vero Beach, FL
Appiah Brobbey Felix – Accra, Ghana
Ibikunle Taiwo – Lagos, Nigeria
Vasiliy Frantsevich – Auburn, WA

 

New ASPA Certified Screen Printers of August 2012:

Tony Kirtland
Mark Mastroianni
Pedro Ramales, Jr.
Ryan Gatchalian
Beth Opitz
Ian Short
Ray Auclair
Steve Korper
Rajindra Rao
Jon Burns
Donovan Klingel
Mat Torchia
Francisco Tejada
Roberto Ottaviani
David Jacobs
Charles Lane
Brooks Peeler
Sam Gonzales
Wes Laws
Robert McCallum
Cem Kolukisa
Jorge Echeverri
Harry Wyatt
Orlando Myco
Hamilton Johnson
Jerry Scripter
Angela Phelps
Kimberly Kyger
Joshua Nobiling
KM Alam
Marc Wolf
Terry Baker
Dalton Hyle

Not certified yet? Take the exam and get certified—it's free!


New ASPA Certified Graphic Artists of August 2012:

Tony Kirtland
Pedro  Ramales, Jr.
Amy Minnier
Ali Yousofinia
Brooks Peeler
Wes Laws
David Jacobs
C Kolukisa
Hamilton Johnson
Alvin Breech
Steve Korper

Not certified yet? Take the exam and get certified—it's free!


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