La Costa Silkscreen Inc.
2258 Rutherford Road
Carlsbad, California 92008
(619)431-5607
October 13, 1995
Mr. George Maanao
Technical Sales Representative
Stretch Devices Inc.
3401 North I Street
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Dear George,
In late 1994 we started to convert our shop over from stretch and glue screens to the Newman Roller Frame system. In addition to using the frames, we also employed the pin registration option and have been talking advantage of all of the benefits ever since.
As you know we print exclusively for No Fear Inc. and their production demands push us to the limit and hold us there. We need to maximize every available production minute and this system has helped us to do that.
By having all of our current designs filed on the carrier sheets we can set up, expose and process the screens for an average 6 color design in under 30 minutes with a two person crew. These screens can then be taken to any of our M&R machines loaded in, and registered in 10 minutes. Once squeegees, floodbars and inks are in, a test print will tell us if there are any adjustments to be made and we are ready to print. This system will beat the fastest manual set up person anytime.
The Newman Roller Mesh is a big time saver as well. Our screens average 55 to 60 newtons on each of the 5 mesh counts we use and once they reach this point they are stable. We can cycle them through thousands of impressions and multiple reclaimings with just a few newtons being lost, this translates into less labor costs due to less retensioning.
We are committed to the Newman products because Newman is committed to making screenprinting easier and more profitable.
Sincerely,
Dan Goldberg
General Manager