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)
SOME SCENES FROM
OUR OPEN HOUSE & EXPO ON MAY 16TH, 2008

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.
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