The pantheon of memorable holiday commercials is extensive, and one car company's ad campaign still stands out year-after-year: Lexus bows. But what's the story behind the elegant accoutrement? Turns out, an innovative print services provider in Los Angeles has been...
In apparel fabric, we often focus only on its 2-way or 4-way stretch characteristics. While those are the most concise and common descriptors, we also love to get more granular with customers about...
Decorators, designers, and clothing manufacturers continue to demand high-performance fabrics for projects spanning the home décor and apparel universes. Whether it’s for wallcoverings or window...
In a companion to our "Why Do Trade Shows Matter?" episode, we welcome Erica Roudabush and Blake Theademan to Podcast Row of Advanced Textiles Expo 2025 to talk about their impressions based on...
What better place to answer the question "why do trade shows matter" than the floor of one of the most well-known textile trade shows around? Lori and Dan talk with Robert Hinsch from podcast row at...
Known globally for its uncompromising quality and known in print shops for its exceptional consistency and printability, Georg+Otto Friedrich (GOF) exudes the word “premium.” GOF is not only the...
TVF’s two most high-profile trade shows of 2025 are behind us, and preparations for 2026 are already in high gear. PRINTING United Expo 2025 and Advanced Textiles Expo 2025 offered our teams...
A bold, printed pattern on a fresh-looking golf shirt or windshirt is a sunny weather mainstay. If customers want to stay on-trend and wear what the pros are wearing, GOLF.com’s trendwatchers say...
Since 2010, TVF has been 100% employee owned. The transition transformed our company and instilled a more personal connection to our mission to deliver the highest degree of service for our...
Trade show, conference, and exhibition season feels like it extends further and further every year. In reality, it only takes up a few months on the calendar, but preparations and planning to stand...
Sometimes a job or project doesn’t quite go as we drew it up, and we escape to tell the tale. Fashion professor and influencer Zoe Hong (of ZoeHong.com fame) and two veterans of the TVF Print Media...
While many other large format print media applications are constantly changing their inks, substrates, and printer technologies, screen printing remains the most common, tried-and-true method for...
For customization, consistency, color clarity, and speed, dye sublimation paper transfer (dye-sub) for print media jobs is hard to top. As customers continue to expect tighter and tighter turnaround...
Some 5 million tons of medical fabric waste is created globally every year. That number sounds daunting, but brilliant minds in health care and textiles are focusing every day on solutions....
TVF Inc., a 100% employee-owned fabric supplier, has launched an award-winning gray back fabric for print service providers and manufacturers. PureNight Pro 8668SDWGFS is a 100% recycled polyester...
Call it what you will: gear, garb, dress, attire, jersey, outfit. Use it how you will: in the workplace, on the field of play, in the line of duty, in a clinical setting. Uniforms manufactured with...
Some people have a knack for building industry connections, and in textiles, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone working harder to bring the community together more than Devin Steele. On this...
Contract medical device manufacturers have a knack for balancing scale, compliance, and safety to provide complex solutions. Their products often require components from an array of sources that...
Fabric in pop culture and the entertainment we consume is all around us in both the physical and storytelling senses. This edition of the Textile Nerd Podcast will go off the beaten path and cover a...
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