Live Printing & On-Site Brand Activations in Los Angeles

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On-site live printing activations in Los Angeles

We are your local activation experts! We've got crews and equipment hubs all over the country, so wherever your event lands we show up like the hometown team, and in LA we skip the traffic and beat you to the venue. We roll in the full on-site studio and make merch right in front of your guests: live screen printing, embroidery, laser engraving, heat press, and hat and patch bars, all hot off the press. We've run activations for TikTok, Netflix, Spotify, Stripe, Gatorade, LaCroix, and DraftKings, and thrown down at SoFi. We've brought retail activations to Beverly Hills and printed everywhere from the Orange County and Long Beach convention centers to the Natural History Museum and the La Brea Tar Pits. And because every station can be fully white label and unbranded, most guests have no clue it's us. We're the quiet secret weapon behind a lot of the biggest brand activations out there. Basically, we're your brand's favorite band. You throw the party, our crew handles setup, staffing, and teardown, and everyone walks the red carpet home with something they watched get made.

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Planning a Los Angeles activation

Los Angeles is not one market, it is a dozen of them spread across a freeway map. Here is how we cover it.

Launches and brand events

We have run activations in LA for TikTok, Netflix, Spotify, Stripe, Gatorade, LaCroix and DraftKings, the kind of launches where the room is designed to the inch and the merch has to match. Every station can be fully white label and unbranded, so the setup reads as your brand and nothing else, and guests personalize their piece on a tablet instead of waiting at a counter.

SoFi, the convention centers and the big venues

We have thrown down at SoFi and printed at the Orange County and Long Beach convention centers. Stadium and convention work means credentialing, security sweeps, dock windows and union labor, and it all gets handled with the venue before load in. Our platform runs every station from one live inventory pool, so a sellout in one section never surprises another.

Retail, museums and the unexpected

We have brought retail activations to Beverly Hills and printed at the Natural History Museum and the La Brea Tar Pits. Unusual venues are a specialty: we size the station to the space, sort out power and access with the venue, and keep the whole thing tidy enough to sit next to the exhibits.

Beating the traffic

We keep crews and equipment in the LA metro, so we are not fighting the 405 from a warehouse two counties away. Load ins are timed to the venue and to the traffic, and every quote is all in: no travel fees, no hotel line items, no equipment shipping.

Questions we get about Los Angeles

Do you cover the whole LA metro?

Yes. Downtown, Hollywood, the Westside, the Valley, the South Bay, Long Beach and Orange County. Same crews, same equipment, same all in pricing.

Can you work inside a stadium or arena?

Yes. We have activated at SoFi and we handle credentialing, security requirements, dock timing and labor rules with the venue ahead of time.

Can the activation be unbranded?

Yes. Every station can be fully white label, which is how most of our LA launch work runs.

Do you charge travel to Los Angeles?

No. Every quote is all in. Travel, hotels and equipment shipping are never line items.

How many guests can you handle at an LA event?

From a 200 person launch dinner to a multi day program with over 100,000 guests. Our own platform runs every station and puts the whole event on a live dashboard for your team.

Where we work in Los Angeles

Every part of town has its own venues, docks and crowds. Pick yours.

We have several
activation types

Screen Printing
Heat Press
Embroidery
Laser Engraving
Hand Jet

Screen Printing Activation

By far this is our most common activation type.  Screen printing fits a wide range of garments and print locations.  Guests LOVE the look of the spinning presses and the ability to see their shirts printed using this tried and true technique, plus the shirts are handed to them literally hot off the press!

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Heat Press Activation

Heat pressing transfers on site is the perfect way to take your event to the next level and leave a lasting impression on your guests. Get ready to turn up the heat and create some seriously cool swag!  Transfers are perfect when you want to offer guests full color designs.  Also, transfers are super versatile and can go on a huge array of products. Heat press also powers our hat bar and patch bar activations. Set up a build your own hat bar where guests grab a cap and press on custom patches live and on-site, or run a patch bar where they personalize jackets, totes, and denim with iron on and embroidered patches. It is one of our most requested activations for brand events, festivals, and trade shows, and it pairs perfectly with a live screen printing or embroidery station.

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Embroidery Activation

This process involves using specialized embroidery machines to stitch designs directly onto garments, creating a high-quality, professional look.  We utilize on site embroidery for events where guests need to have that truly custom option to personalize their fresh new swag!

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Laser Engraving Activation

Transform your event with the art of on-site laser engraving, leaving a lasting impression with your guests. Laser engraving pairs well with promo products like tumblers, keychains, wood objects, or an array of other items.  Engrave intricate designs and messages, ensuring your event stands out.

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Hand Jet Activation

Our hand jet guns are just cool...period!  Guest always love to watch them decorate apparel like a magic wand tickering it's way accross the garment.

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Three Simple Steps

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Step 1.

Figure out the best activation type for your upcoming event with one of our helpful event coordinators

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Step 2.

With multiple white label configurations, Our focus is to have your brand represented well.

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Step 3.

Our activations include onsite screen printing, heat press, laser engraving, embroidery, handjet, and more.

The tech
behind the booth

We built our own software to run every event, from the first order to the final report.

Guests order on a tablet

Size, design, the name or initials they want on it. Two minutes at the screen, then they walk away and get a text when it is ready.

One live inventory pool

Every station pulls from the same stock. When a size runs low it greys out on every guest screen at once, so nothing runs out quietly.

Your event on a dashboard

Completed orders, queue depth, turnaround time and remaining inventory, live on your phone from anywhere in the building.

Built for scale

The same crews and platform handle a 200 person retreat and a multi day program with over 100,000 guests. We have pushed more than 2,000 personalized orders through one three day activation without a line forming.

Your activation in Los Angeles runs on the identical ordering platform and live client dashboard we use at every event nationwide. Same crews, same equipment, same software.

Tons of product options
to customize

CHECK OUT OUR FAVORITE
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS

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By printing on site at events we don't have any wasted merch. Traditionally if you order 1000 shirts for an event you might get stuff with a bunch of leftover event shirts that you can't do anything with. We can restock them since they're still blank. Or we can run an online store post event to help continue to sell that merch to other employees or guests around the world and we can fulfill it.

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Check out some of
our case studies