COMPANY NEWS

SPRING 2008 OPEN HOUSE & EXPO

On Friday, May 16th, 2008, we held our Spring 2008 Open House and Exposition.  Customers and prospects alike joined us from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at our 2 Campion Road location in New Hartford, New York.  Participating vendors "put out the welcome mat" at their respective exhibit booths, making sure to give each visitor one-on-one attention;  product samples;  product literature;  product demonstrations and "show special promotional discounts".

Vendors who showcased their latest products and technologies with us for the day are listed below:

Albatross USA, Inc.

Avery Dennison - Graphics Division

CADlink Technology Corporation

Graphtec America, Inc.


KIWO, Inc.

Lawson Screen & Digital Products, Inc.

MARCK & Associates, Inc. (Cactus Coatings)

Plasticade Products
 

R Tape Corporation

Sawgrass Technologies

SignGold Corporation

    Source Substrates, LLC (Vapor Apparel)

SPECIALTY MATERIALS, LLC
 

Ulano Corporation

Union Ink Company

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Morning and afternoon sessions were held for our nine vendor-conducted workshops.  Many people attended multiple workshop sessions in order to make the most of their "knowledge stuffed" day!

Morning Workshops:
qDigital T-Shirt Decorating By Sawgrass Technologies & Source Substrates, LLC (Vapor Apparel)

qTextile Screen Printing By Union Ink Company

qSignLab By CADLink Technology Corporation

qSublimation Tile Decorating By Neil Reich & Mike Brockway of Reich Supply Company, Inc.

Afternoon Workshops:
qTips & Tricks For A Successful Vehicle Wrap By R Tape-Corporation

qSublimation Mug Decorating By MARCK & Associates, Inc. (Cactus Coatings)

qHeat Transfer Material Applications by SPECIALTY MATERIALS, LLC

qSignGOLD Gilder's Gold By SignGOLD Corporation

qScreen Making By Ulano Corporation

From noon - 1:30 p.m., a free, hot/cold luncheon buffet was served.  Hungry attendees and vendors enjoyed the delicious specialty dishes of our area and had no difficulty making room for dessert.  Trays of cookies and another one of our local specialties, "half moons" , disappeared from sight quickly!

By dropping their name in one of three "buckets", our guests placed themselves "in the running" for some great door prizes.  The names of our lucky winners and the door prizes won are as follows:

SIGN MAKING DOOR PRIZE - TOTAL VALUE OF $700.00
WON BY...JIM FALCONE OF EXTREME CONVERSIONS.  This door prize was comprised of products donated by Vector Art;  Avery Graphics;  Plasticade Products;  SignGOLD Corporation;  Cambridge Canvas Centre Ltd. and HAR Adhesives.

SCREEN PRINTING DOOR PRIZE - TOTAL VALUE OF $676.00
WON BY ...NATE LINCK OF GRAPHTEX (HUMAN TECHNOLOGIES).  This door prize was comprised of products donated by Sprayway, Inc.;  Albatross, USA, Inc.;  SPECIALTY MATERIALS, Inc.;  Ulano Corporation;  Union Ink Company;  R-Tape Corporation and Nortech Graphics, Inc.

SUBLIMATION/CHROMABLAST PRINTING DOOR PRIZE - TOTAL VALUE OF $676.00
WON BY...TIM PARLUS OF THE AUTO SPECIALIST.  This door prize was comprised of products donated by Source Substrates, LLC (Vapor Apparel);  Sawgrass Technologies;  UNISUB Color Product Solutions;  Beaver Paper and MARCK & Associates, Inc. (Cactus Coatings).
 

POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT OUR OPEN HOUSE - SOME OF WHICH FOLLOW- CAME TO US UNSOLICITED, FROM CUSTOMERS AND VENDORS.

"...just wanted to thank you all for the wealth of info today!  I am glad I made the trip, thank you Bella for the pep talk!  I had considered sublimation over 4 years ago...Should have went that route a long time ago. Seeing is believing!"

"I already have a job to do at a local restaurant in town.  The are boasting their 'party on the deck' so we are going to take photos of customers eating their favorite pasta dishes and incorporate them into signage!  I can't wait to start!...thanks again.."
TERRI WILBER OF HASKELL SIGNS/OLEAN, NEW YORK

"...I wanted to thank you again for the opportunity to participate in your Open House.  It was OUTSTANDING...and quite obvious that a lot of thought and preparation went into making it such a great day for everyone.  I enjoyed meeting many of your customers and having the opportunity to present to them the unique features and benefits of using SignGOLD products."
CHRIS CONSIGLIO OF YORSTON & ASSOCIATES (representing SignGOLD)

"Your Open House seemed, by all accounts, to be a big success...We are sure that the efforts you and your team put forward will continue to make Reich Supply prosper." 
RON NOWAK OF DAVIS MARKETING (representing R-Tape)

Lisa Quesnell, a 21 year veteran of our staff, greeted attendees
at our Registration Desk.

Randy Hughes and David Corley of Sawgrass Technologies.

Ron Nowak - Davis Marketing (representing R-Tape) and
Jim Hingst of R-Tape.

Linda Ebbinghaus of Avery Dennison-Graphics Division.

Chris Consiglio of Yorston Associates (representing
SignGOLD Corporation).

Blake Bukowsky of Source Substrates, LLC (Vapor Apparel).

Bob Elliot of MARCK & Associates, Inc.
(Cactus Coatings).

Ricky Downey (in the white shirt), of Lawson
Screen & Digital Products, Inc., explained the
"finer points" of the Lawson Mini-Trooper
Automatic Textile Press to Terry Dorrity of
T's Embroidery, New Hartford, New York.
Terry purchased the Mini-Trooper prior to
our Open House.  At the end of the day,
Terry and Ricky brought the Mini-Trooper back
to Terry's shop to set it up and do some
training and printing.

Neil Reich (company owner/President)
and Mike Brockway of Reich Supply
Company conducted our Sublimation
Tile Decorating Workshop from
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
 

Kevin Marshall, of CADlink Technology
Corporation, conducted a SignLAB
workshop from 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Look at the right hand side of this photo
and you'll see Kevin (long sleeve, blue
shirt) sitting amongst his "students"
as he immersed them in "all things SignLAB"!

Gerry Charde, of the Ulano Corporation,
conducted one of our final workshops of the
day.  Gerry transferred his vast knowledge
of Screen Making to a group of interested
"students" from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.