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Live Printing & On-Site Brand Activations in Portland
Planning a Portland activation
Portland is a brand town, home to some of the most design driven companies in the country, and the merch has to hold up to that standard. Here is how we run events here.
Brand events with a high bar
Portland brands care about the product, the print and the way the station looks in the room. Every station can be fully white label and unbranded, guests personalize their piece on a tablet, and our crews sweat the details on the press because the people watching know what a good print looks like.
Conferences and the convention center
Convention work in Portland means dock windows, labor rules and fire marshal signoff, and we handle those with the venue and your exhibit house before load in. Guests order and come back when their piece is ready, so your booth stays open for conversations.
Outdoor and the neighborhoods
From waterfront festivals to warehouse venues on the east side to breweries with no loading dock, Portland venues are varied and often small. We size the station and the load in to the room and plan for rain by default.
Oregon and the Northwest, one quote
Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Salem and Bend are one market to us, and our Northwest crews cover Seattle too. Every quote is all in: no travel fees, no hotel line items, no equipment shipping.
Questions we get about Portland
Can you match a brand with high print standards?
Yes. Established 2009, and our crews are chosen for print quality first. Send us your artwork and we will tell you what will look best live.
Do you cover Beaverton, Hillsboro and Bend?
Yes. Oregon is one market for us, with the same crews, equipment and all in pricing.
Do you charge travel to Portland?
No. Every quote is all in. Travel, hotels and equipment shipping are never line items.
Can the activation be unbranded?
Yes. Every station can be fully white label, with your branding on everything and ours on nothing.
Which activation types work best in Portland?
Screen printing for brand and company events, embroidery for premium apparel programs, and laser engraving for corporate gifting.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
Three Simple Steps
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With multiple white label configurations, Our focus is to have your brand represented well.
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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 Portland runs on the identical ordering platform and live client dashboard as one in Chicago or Las Vegas. Same crews, same equipment, same software.
Tons of product options
to customize
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SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS
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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