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Johnson Plastics - Leading the Industry for Over 40 Years Johnson Plastics has been the distributor of choice for the engraving and sublimation industry, serving thousands of customers in the US and around the world.
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As the largest distributor of Rowmark, IPI and JRS products, JP has established the standard for product selection and customer service. With eight branches strategically located around the country, the majority of our customers enjoy next-day shipping. Plus we have a team of Customer Service Reps available to help with all your needs.
Some of our Rowmark/IPI inventory.
We are proud to be a family-owned business helping entrepreneurs and small businesses succeed by providing products and unmatched customer service. Whether you are looking for materials for laser or rotary engraving, sublimation supplies or service, frames, cutting tools, fabrication services or magnetic findings, we have it all.
Dave Johnson, Mike Johnson and Mike Berglin discuss order volumes.
Count on us for plastics, wood, metals, accents and accessories to dress up your signs, as well as the technical expertise to help you get it right. We thank you for making Johnson Plastics your distributor of choice, and we look forward to many more years of working in partnership with you. Always busy in the Minnesota warehouse.
Summer, 2014
Volume 25, No.3
Rowmark Announces New Products and Trendy New Colors For Popular Favorites NEW STANDOFFS JP is adding several new Fisso stand-offs from Rowmark including the new Punto and UniPlus styles. You’ll want to use them to make good signs BETTER! Check them out!
NEVER A DULL MOMENT I have been in this business for a long time and as the old saying goes, “There’s never a dull moment.”
COLORHUES Rowmark is introducing ten trendy new ColorHues™ colors: Flamingo, Lemon Zest, Citron and Smoke translucent, and Pomegranate, Mango, Citronella, Envy, Luxe Blue and Crème Brule are all new opaque options. The new colors will be available in mid–July. The edge glow feature will help make this product a huge seller. Flamingo
Lemon Zest
Citron
Smoke
Pomegranate
Mango
Citronella
Envy
Luxe Blue
Crème Brule
And that is a good thing! We still are seeing new innovations, new products
Punto
UniPlus
and more importantly, new people
RACKSTAR
joining our industry. At the many trade
Save time and money with Rowmark’s new RackStar. This new laser bed accessory holds unique shaped objects like glasses, mugs, and pens securely in place while engraving. Use it to create maximum efficiencies, repeatable setups, consistency and accuracy for single or multiple items.
shows at which we exhibit, we talk to many of you who have just discovered the potential of a new laser, rotary engraver or sublimation equipment. Your enthusiasm is contagious and is driving the need for new products, techniques and applications.
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Johnson Plastics is always looking for new and better ways to serve you, whether you are an “old timer” or new to the industry. Our Customer Service Reps have great relationships with so many of you. They enjoy the opportunity to work with you to increase your profitability by sharing their knowledge about products and processes. Our
METALGRAPH PLUS+ Two new colors -- Brushed Antique Gold/ Gold & Brushed Stainless Steel/Silver -- have been added to Br. Antique Br. Stainless Rowmark’s costGold/Gold Steel/Steel effective, lightweight MetalGraph® Plus product line. These 2 new items are great for vector cut-out letters, as the cap and core are the same color.Both colors come 1/16” and 1/8” thick.
For more information about any of these new Rowmark engraving products, visit www.johnsonplastics.com or call 1-800869-7800.
Look for five new colors in Rowmark’s 3-ply Heavy Weights™ line coming in July: Red/Black/Red, Green/Tan/Green and Yellow/Black/Yellow come in ¼” and ½” thickness. Brown/White/Brown and Green/White/Green are 1/4” thick. Use these products to create durable, professional looking signs that will last. Red
Green
Yellow
Brown
Black
Tan
Black
White
White
Red
Green
Yellow
Brown
Green
Green
buyers are evaluating and adding new products. Our fabrication team is continually developing new techniques. The marketing team is looking at new channels for communicating with you. As a team, we are honored to have the opportunity to help you.
Unbelievable Savings! Closeout price on Acryliprint HD 2400 Fusion Press! Our last demo press – just $5600 or best offer! (Reg. retail $17,499) Fuses inkjet artwork to crystal-clear acrylic, creating stunningly beautiful signs. Adds depth and dimension to your sign designs. Hurry! Only one press at this price! Call Kyle Hinton at JP for details. 800-869-7887.
Check us out at www.johnsonplastics.com New ChromaLuxe Table Tops Universal Woods is excited to add sublimatable table tops to their popular ChromaLuxe product line! These square and round table tops come in 24” and 30” sizes. (Table legs/stands are sold separately). Create game tables, or personalize them with photo memories and more. An excellent addition for large format operations, these table tops are made from moisture resistant MDF (MRMDF) and offer vibrant image reproduction as well as scratch, stain and fade resistance.
Cash in on 5% Instant Ink Rewards Join our Instant Ink Rewards Program and earn free product every time you buy small format sublimation ink. It’s easy! Just talk to one of our friendly Customer Service Reps. to sign up. Then, each time you place an order for sublimation ink you will receive an instant 5% credit for that ink purchase. Apply that credit to any other products ordered at the same time (materials, supplies or equipment) to receive a 5% discount.
New Switchcases For Samsung Galaxy S®5 Universal Woods’ new Samsung Galaxy S®5 SwitchCases are now available at Johnson Plastics. These new sublimatable cases feature a one-piece design with interchangeable back plates and textured grip sides. The HD backplates, which come in Clear and White, allow for quality reproduction and are UV and scratch resistant. Available in White or Black, these phone cases will be a great gift item!
Scary Stuff! Get ready for the ghost and goblin season with UNISUB’s new sublimatable pumpkin and ghost shapes. You’ll want to make up some samples to attract attention and help generate sales during the popular Halloween decorating season.
Protective, Practical DrySubMates Products Sublimatable DrySubMates coasters, mousepads, placemats/pet-mats and other sublimatable protective fabric products continue to be popular gift items. This remarkably absorbent product line is engineered to absorb and contain moisture to keep surfaces dry, preventing soak through from above or below. Functional, colorful and washable, these products will provide years of protection for all kinds of surfaces.
JP Advantage Heat Press If you sublimate shirts, you will appreciate the enhancement our sublimation specialists have come up with for the DK20S heat press. Based on input from the JP sublimation professionals, our partners at Geo Knight and Co. have reversed the bottom platen on the DK 20S heat press so you can press shirts faster and easier. This change, which is available exclusively from Johnson Plastics, does not affect any other functionality of the press. If you are looking for a new press and plan to sublimate shirts, talk to one of our sublimation tech guys to learn more about why you should buy this press from JP.
Instant Ink Rewards -- free tech support for our customers. Two more Johnson Plastics advantages!
Johnson Plastics Fabrication Services When you have a particularly difficult fabrication job or more volume than you can handle, call Johnson Plastics. Our team of professionals can customfabricate plastic or metal blanks for you to personalize or finish. They can also handle custom cuts, bevels, radius corners, drilled holes, special shapes, bending, pinning and polishing edges. Call 1-800-869-7800 for a free quote.
For more information about any of these new products and equipment for sublimation, visit www.johnsonplastics. com or call 1-800-869-7800.
10 Year Anniversaries... Congratulations to the following JP team members. Dustin Houk – Texas Customer Service Representative Darla Kaplan – Arizona Customer Service Representative A big JP Thank You for all your hard work and dedication.
Retirement... Nancy Buck, Minnesota Accounting/HR manager, is retiring after Nancy Buck more than 30 years at Johnson Plastics. We wish her all the best as she leaves to spend more time with her kids and grandchildren. Congratulations Nancy!
Your Blue Chip Distributorship 9240 Grand Avenue South Minneapolis MN 55420-3604 Division of Signcaster Corporation
Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Permit #93473 Twin Cities, MN
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Johnson Plastics Locations: Minneapolis, MN: 1/800/869-7800 Chicago Area: 1/800/869-7840 Concord, CA: 1/800/869-7820 Dallas, TX: 1/800/869-7830 Columbus, OH: 1/800/869-7800 Atlanta, GA: 1/800/869-7870 Phoenix, AZ: 1/800/869-7887 Winston-Salem, NC: 1/800/334-0427 Toll-Free FAX: 1/800/869-7853 www.johnsonplastics.com [email protected] www.punchnpress.com
Hurry! Summer Specials good through July 31, 2014. Not valid with other offers. Promo Code: 9PB4FW6
Promo Code: 9PB2HR9
Coaster Place/Pet mat
Makes good signs BETTER!
Now thru July 31, receive a 20% discount off regular list price.
Sold in sets of four. Metro Single Panel Stand-offs
The material is engineered to quickly absorb and contain spilled liquids, protecting the surface beneath.
All DrySubMates are reduced 30% off regular list price thru the end of July.
OFF ALL STANDOFFS!
Welcome mat
20%
OFF ALL DRYSUBMATES
30%
UP K C O ST OW N VE! A S AND
OU A
T TH E SH
J Sout uly 11-1 hea 2 s Atlan t Award ta s
OWS
, GA
Natio
nal G July 181 raph ics N 9 Den etwo ver rk , CO
Aug Texa ust 1-2 s Leag Troph y ue C
Show
ity, T
X
st 3-5 Augu S IS s, NV ega Las V
-16 st 15 Augu NEP N TN ville,
Nash
6 er 4emb t p e S NBM , PA ia h
delp
Phila
Johnson Plastics - Leading the Industry for Over 40 Years Johnson Plastics has been the distributor of choice for the engraving and sublimation industry, serving thousands of customers in the US and around the world.
Septe
mber 4-6 ISS Orland o, FL Septe mber 18-20 IS Fort W S orth, T X Octob er 2224 SG Las Ve IA gas, N V Novem ber 68 NB Charlo M tte, NC
As the largest distributor of Rowmark, IPI and JRS products, JP has established the standard for product selection and customer service. With eight branches strategically located around the country, the majority of our customers enjoy next-day shipping. Plus we have a team of Customer Service Reps available to help with all your needs.
Some of our Rowmark/IPI inventory.
We are proud to be a family-owned business helping entrepreneurs and small businesses succeed by providing products and unmatched customer service. Whether you are looking for materials for laser or rotary engraving, sublimation supplies or service, frames, cutting tools, fabrication services or magnetic findings, we have it all.
Dave Johnson, Mike Johnson and Mike Berglin discuss order volumes.
Count on us for plastics, wood, metals, accents and accessories to dress up your signs, as well as the technical expertise to help you get it right. We thank you for making Johnson Plastics your distributor of choice, and we look forward to many more years of working in partnership with you. Always busy in the Minnesota warehouse.
Summer, 2014
Volume 25, No.3
Rowmark Announces New Products and Trendy New Colors For Popular Favorites NEW STANDOFFS JP is adding several new Fisso stand-offs from Rowmark including the new Punto and UniPlus styles. You’ll want to use them to make good signs BETTER! Check them out!
NEVER A DULL MOMENT I have been in this business for a long time and as the old saying goes, “There’s never a dull moment.”
COLORHUES Rowmark is introducing ten trendy new ColorHues™ colors: Flamingo, Lemon Zest, Citron and Smoke translucent, and Pomegranate, Mango, Citronella, Envy, Luxe Blue and Crème Brule are all new opaque options. The new colors will be available in mid–July. The edge glow feature will help make this product a huge seller. Flamingo
Lemon Zest
Citron
Smoke
Pomegranate
Mango
Citronella
Envy
Luxe Blue
Crème Brule
And that is a good thing! We still are seeing new innovations, new products
Punto
UniPlus
and more importantly, new people
RACKSTAR
joining our industry. At the many trade
Save time and money with Rowmark’s new RackStar. This new laser bed accessory holds unique shaped objects like glasses, mugs, and pens securely in place while engraving. Use it to create maximum efficiencies, repeatable setups, consistency and accuracy for single or multiple items.
shows at which we exhibit, we talk to many of you who have just discovered the potential of a new laser, rotary engraver or sublimation equipment. Your enthusiasm is contagious and is driving the need for new products, techniques and applications.
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Johnson Plastics is always looking for new and better ways to serve you, whether you are an “old timer” or new to the industry. Our Customer Service Reps have great relationships with so many of you. They enjoy the opportunity to work with you to increase your profitability by sharing their knowledge about products and processes. Our
METALGRAPH PLUS+ Two new colors -- Brushed Antique Gold/ Gold & Brushed Stainless Steel/Silver -- have been added to Br. Antique Br. Stainless Rowmark’s costGold/Gold Steel/Steel effective, lightweight MetalGraph® Plus product line. These 2 new items are great for vector cut-out letters, as the cap and core are the same color.Both colors come 1/16” and 1/8” thick.
For more information about any of these new Rowmark engraving products, visit www.johnsonplastics.com or call 1-800869-7800.
Look for five new colors in Rowmark’s 3-ply Heavy Weights™ line coming in July: Red/Black/Red, Green/Tan/Green and Yellow/Black/Yellow come in ¼” and ½” thickness. Brown/White/Brown and Green/White/Green are 1/4” thick. Use these products to create durable, professional looking signs that will last. Red
Green
Yellow
Brown
Black
Tan
Black
White
White
Red
Green
Yellow
Brown
Green
Green
buyers are evaluating and adding new products. Our fabrication team is continually developing new techniques. The marketing team is looking at new channels for communicating with you. As a team, we are honored to have the opportunity to help you.
Unbelievable Savings! Closeout price on Acryliprint HD 2400 Fusion Press! Our last demo press – just $5600 or best offer! (Reg. retail $17,499) Fuses inkjet artwork to crystal-clear acrylic, creating stunningly beautiful signs. Adds depth and dimension to your sign designs. Hurry! Only one press at this price! Call Kyle Hinton at JP for details. 800-869-7887.
Check us out at www.johnsonplastics.com New ChromaLuxe Table Tops Universal Woods is excited to add sublimatable table tops to their popular ChromaLuxe product line! These square and round table tops come in 24” and 30” sizes. (Table legs/stands are sold separately). Create game tables, or personalize them with photo memories and more. An excellent addition for large format operations, these table tops are made from moisture resistant MDF (MRMDF) and offer vibrant image reproduction as well as scratch, stain and fade resistance.
Cash in on 5% Instant Ink Rewards Join our Instant Ink Rewards Program and earn free product every time you buy small format sublimation ink. It’s easy! Just talk to one of our friendly Customer Service Reps. to sign up. Then, each time you place an order for sublimation ink you will receive an instant 5% credit for that ink purchase. Apply that credit to any other products ordered at the same time (materials, supplies or equipment) to receive a 5% discount.
New Switchcases For Samsung Galaxy S®5 Universal Woods’ new Samsung Galaxy S®5 SwitchCases are now available at Johnson Plastics. These new sublimatable cases feature a one-piece design with interchangeable back plates and textured grip sides. The HD backplates, which come in Clear and White, allow for quality reproduction and are UV and scratch resistant. Available in White or Black, these phone cases will be a great gift item!
Scary Stuff! Get ready for the ghost and goblin season with UNISUB’s new sublimatable pumpkin and ghost shapes. You’ll want to make up some samples to attract attention and help generate sales during the popular Halloween decorating season.
Protective, Practical DrySubMates Products Sublimatable DrySubMates coasters, mousepads, placemats/pet-mats and other sublimatable protective fabric products continue to be popular gift items. This remarkably absorbent product line is engineered to absorb and contain moisture to keep surfaces dry, preventing soak through from above or below. Functional, colorful and washable, these products will provide years of protection for all kinds of surfaces.
JP Advantage Heat Press If you sublimate shirts, you will appreciate the enhancement our sublimation specialists have come up with for the DK20S heat press. Based on input from the JP sublimation professionals, our partners at Geo Knight and Co. have reversed the bottom platen on the DK 20S heat press so you can press shirts faster and easier. This change, which is available exclusively from Johnson Plastics, does not affect any other functionality of the press. If you are looking for a new press and plan to sublimate shirts, talk to one of our sublimation tech guys to learn more about why you should buy this press from JP.
Instant Ink Rewards -- free tech support for our customers. Two more Johnson Plastics advantages!
Johnson Plastics Fabrication Services When you have a particularly difficult fabrication job or more volume than you can handle, call Johnson Plastics. Our team of professionals can customfabricate plastic or metal blanks for you to personalize or finish. They can also handle custom cuts, bevels, radius corners, drilled holes, special shapes, bending, pinning and polishing edges. Call 1-800-869-7800 for a free quote.
For more information about any of these new products and equipment for sublimation, visit www.johnsonplastics. com or call 1-800-869-7800.
10 Year Anniversaries... Congratulations to the following JP team members. Dustin Houk – Texas Customer Service Representative Darla Kaplan – Arizona Customer Service Representative A big JP Thank You for all your hard work and dedication.
Retirement... Nancy Buck, Minnesota Accounting/HR manager, is retiring after Nancy Buck more than 30 years at Johnson Plastics. We wish her all the best as she leaves to spend more time with her kids and grandchildren. Congratulations Nancy!
Your Blue Chip Distributorship 9240 Grand Avenue South Minneapolis MN 55420-3604 Division of Signcaster Corporation
Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Permit #93473 Twin Cities, MN
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Johnson Plastics Locations: Minneapolis, MN: 1/800/869-7800 Chicago Area: 1/800/869-7840 Concord, CA: 1/800/869-7820 Dallas, TX: 1/800/869-7830 Columbus, OH: 1/800/869-7800 Atlanta, GA: 1/800/869-7870 Phoenix, AZ: 1/800/869-7887 Winston-Salem, NC: 1/800/334-0427 Toll-Free FAX: 1/800/869-7853 www.johnsonplastics.com [email protected] www.punchnpress.com
Hurry! Summer Specials good through July 31, 2014. Not valid with other offers. Promo Code: 9PB4FW6
Promo Code: 9PB2HR9
Coaster Place/Pet mat
Makes good signs BETTER!
Now thru July 31, receive a 20% discount off regular list price.
Sold in sets of four. Metro Single Panel Stand-offs
The material is engineered to quickly absorb and contain spilled liquids, protecting the surface beneath.
All DrySubMates are reduced 30% off regular list price thru the end of July.
OFF ALL STANDOFFS!
Welcome mat
20%
OFF ALL DRYSUBMATES
30%
UP K C O ST OW N VE! A S AND
