Tekmar is pleased to announce our new Product Sample Service. You can simply request evaluation samples for all of our liquid products. This program has been developed so that you may evaluate our products in your own operation. We will ship these to you at no charge and for US/Canada there is also [...]
Spot Cleaning 101
Most T-shirts and other imprinted garments contain a blend of heart, soul, creative genius and sweat. You have created, nurtured and massaged it (well, squeeged it). It is yours, your baby, nothing will ever harm or hurt it. At first you pretend not to notice. There’s nothing there. There can’t be. It couldn’t be. Say [...]
TEKMAR teams with TAS AMERICA at Long Beach ISS
Tekmar has teamed up with TAS America to exhibit at the upcoming ISS Show in Long Beach California. The show is to be held from January 20th thru 22nd 2012. This exciting show will be an opportunity for both companies to showcase their unique and practical products. Tekmar will have active demonstrations of it’s “industry [...]
California Fines Screen Printers
Be warned, the state Office of the Labor Commissioner in California is targeting Screen Printers and fining them if they don’t have a Garment Manufacturers License. Fines of $100-300 per employee have been levied. Additionally 1000′s of dollars must be spent for annual licensing and training . Ventura County Star article Point blank…..This is wrong, [...]
Tekmar’s President Simon Clifford Interviewed at FESPA 2010
During FESPA 2010 in Munich Germany, Mike Fresner from T-Biz Network took a few minutes to interview Tekmar President Simon Clifford. Mike solicited comments on the Show, the industry and Tekmar’s product range from Simon. “The show has been Fantatsic” comments Clifford. “The industry is very exciting again” he added. Watch the interview here for [...]
TEKMAR Pulls new Non-Methylene Chloride Spot Remover from the market
Tekmar has halted the distribution and manufacturing of its new Spot Remover MC-3. This is due to the health and safety concerns with regarding Normal Propyl Bromide, the primary ingredient in MC-3 along with other non-Methylene Chloride cleaners marketed by nationally known companies There is considerable new information becoming available, indicating that Normal Propyl Bromide [...]
TEKMAR’s Georgia Facility to Expand
Conyers GA. Tekmar’s new production and blending facility is now opening and operating at full capacity “With Rexco’s increased output, along with Tekmar’s continued growth, we simply out grew our space” stated Randy Tedder, East Coast operations manager for Tekmar. Fortunately the facility is located on 6 acres, allowing plenty of room for the addition [...]
All Cleaning Fluids are NOT Created Equal
With so many different brands of spot cleaning fluids available, choosing the right one can be a confusing decision. Most companies use very similar solvents when manufacturing their products. This is often apparent by the striking similarities in the odor of the product and the contents of the MSDS’s. What is often missed are the [...]
Spot Cleaning 101
Most T-shirts and other imprinted garments contain a blend of heart, soul, creative genius and sweat. You have created, nurtured and massaged it (well, squeeged it). It is yours, your baby, nothing will ever harm or hurt it. At first you pretend not to notice. There’s nothing there. There can’t be. It couldn’t be. Say [...]
Safe Spot Cleaning
Textile spot cleaning is not new by any means. It has been around for over 4 decades (that’s 40 years for those of you who don’t speak “decade”). Up until recent years, spot cleaning was a very simple operation. Take soiled shirt…Lay shirt on rag or cleaning station…Shoot jet of cleaning fluid through soil…Air dry [...]
