Printem

Printem is a printing and embroidery business based in Sywell, Northamptonshire, serving businesses, brands, clubs, schools, events and trade customers across the UK. It decorates workwear, corporate clothing, promotional clothing and club kit. Printing and embroidery operate in the same production unit, allowing one order to combine decoration methods.

Garments and decoration

Its workwear and uniforms include polos, hi-vis clothing, trousers, jackets and fleeces. Promotional clothing includes T-shirts and hoodies, while event orders cover staff and attendee clothing for conferences, festivals and launches. Buyers can send their own garments for decoration or choose blanks from Printem’s catalogue.

Screen printing covers spot-colour work for larger runs, including workwear back prints and team clothing. Embroidery covers logos, names and kit badges on garments, bags and caps. Printem digitises embroidery artwork and retains the approved file for reorders and new-starter top-ups.

Its DTF and DTG printing offer sits alongside vinyl printing. The website describes DTF for mixed fabrics and detailed colour, DTG for suitable garments and full-colour artwork, and vinyl for names, numbers and simple marks. The method is confirmed in the quote.

Trade production and finishing

Printem’s trade service is for printers, merchandise businesses and agencies. It accepts send-in stock or sources blanks, then decorates, packs and despatches under the customer’s name. Mixed-method jobs can combine an embroidered chest logo with a screen-printed back. Trade prices are quoted against the individual brief.

Finishing and merchandise fulfilment include neck labels, swing tags, bagging, size-sorting and multi-address send-out. Event clothing can be packed for delivery to a venue, office or split addresses.

Minimums and production timing

The website states no minimum for DTG, DTF or vinyl, with embroidery starting at eight pieces and screen printing at 25. A visual proof showing placement and colours requires approval before production. Quote requests should include garment type, colours, quantities, sizes, artwork and deadline.

Standard production is typically 5 to 7 working days for DTG, screen printing and embroidery, or 7 to 10 for vinyl, DTF and similar transfers. Production starts after artwork or proof approval, payment or credit approval, and stock availability. Dispatch dates are confirmed in the quote. Express dispatch starts from 24 hours, subject to stock, artwork approval and availability.

Source: printem.co.uk, printem.co.uk/pages/printem-facts, printem.co.uk/pages/trade-printing-embroidery