Printwear Graphics is a custom-printing business located in New Ulm, Minnesota. Since 1984, the company has helped businesses and organizations promote their brands and causes through personalized apparel, merchandise, and signage.
The company’s services include automatic and manual screen printing, embroidery, heat transfers, promotional products, and indoor and outdoor signs. Its embroidery work uses a 12-head machine to stitch designs onto items such as shirts, jackets, caps, towels, and blankets. Screen-printing equipment can produce designs using as many as eight colors in one printing area. The company also creates vinyl decals, banners, dimensional lettering, and other signage.
A student experience at Printwear Graphics could introduce learners to the steps involved in producing customized apparel—from preparing an item and positioning a design to operating equipment and checking the completed product. Students may also explore how artwork, customer requests, materials, equipment, and production schedules work together in a small-business environment.
Potential skills include attention to detail, basic equipment operation, visual communication, color awareness, problem-solving, teamwork, organization, customer service, quality control, and workplace safety.
New Ulm, MN 56073
