Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. We are pleased to welcome back Johnny Shell, who is the Vice President of Technical Services for SGIA to give us an update on the latest happenings in the world of digital textiles. Things are moving very rapidly in that space and Johnny has been keeping up on the changes throughout his travels. He will not only explain what is going on in that space but how those changes can and will affect the world of garment decoration.

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News and Notes

The 2017 Impressions Awards. The 39th annual contest will be judged at the Fort Worth ISS Show, Sept 22-24. All winners will be featured in the January 2018 issue of Impressions, online in the Impressions Awards & Design Galleries and through Impressions’ Facebook and Twitter social media sites. Winning entries also will be displayed at the Impressions booth at all 2018 ISS events. As always, there is no cost to enter and contestants can enter their work in as many categories as they wish. The deadline for entry is Aug. 15.

Exostencil / OKI Data Toner Screen System - The new Exostencil Neenah Paper in partnership with the OKI Data Toner transfer system has been a pretty hot product, and you can get samples from the upcoming NBM Long Beach show. If you have not heard about this yet, the Exostencil along with an OKI Data Printer gives you a revolutionary screen prep system that eliminates the chemicals, time and equipment currently needed to make screens. The recommended OKI Data 831-TS and Exostencil will be shown at the OKI Data Booth at the upcoming NBM Long Beach Trade Show. Stop by booth 951 during NBM Long Beach and tell them that the 2 Regular Guys sent you. You can learn more about the Exostencil process and get some samples. Plus OKI Data will also be showing other digital solutions for garment decoration that is revolutionizing the market. That booth 951, during NBM Long Beach July 20-22.

Digital Textiles with Johnny Shell of SGIA

* I know we have some exciting stuff to cover with regards to Digital Textiles, but can you start us off on another subject that I have talked about here on the show, Skills USA, tell us about SGIA’s involvement with Skills USA and a recap of the recent event.