Awards
M&R products have also won numerous awards. Most prominent among them are SGIA's Product-of-the-Year Awards.
In 2014—the first year it entered the competition—M&R won SGIA's Pre-Press Product-of-the-Year Award.
In 2015, M&R entered four products—and came away with four awards.
In 2016, M&R received three more Product-of-the-Year Awards.
And in 2017, M&R received Product-of-the-Year Awards for the groundbreaking Challenger III and i-Image S.
Of these awards, M&R Founder Rich Hoffman said, "Customer service, innovative design, and quality products form the foundation M&R was built on, and
it's extremely gratifying to have two of our products recognized for their innovation and quality. Our factory technicians are obsessed with manufacturing
the highest quality presses in the industry, and our engineers and the other members of our research and development department are engaged in an ongoing
effort to find ways to help garment decorators work more quickly, more productively, and more profitably. And we'll continue those efforts in the years ahead."
Challenger III
i-IMAGES S
Gauntlet III
Abacus II
2016 SGIA Product of the Year AwardScreen Printing - Manual Garment Press
Insignia
2016 SGIA Product of the Year AwardScreen Printing - Automatic Graphic Press
M-Link X
2015 SGIA Product of the Year AwardDirect-to-Garment Printers
i-Image XE
2015 SGIA Product of the Year AwardScreen Printing - Pre-Press
Stryker
2015 SGIA Product of the Year AwardScreen Printing - Automatic Garment Press
Kruzer
2015 SGIA Product of the Year AwardScreen Printing - Manual Garment Press
i-Image STE II
2014 SGIA Product of the Year AwardScreen Printing - Pre-Press
M&R proves why they are the leader when it comes to printing equipment.
We have been using our new I-Image STE for about 2 weeks now and it works great. Installation and training was a breeze, could not have been easier. It is the biggest time saver we have ever added to our process. We are printing and exposing screens in less than 90 seconds. Not only does it eliminate film cost completely, it produces screens faster and reduces setup time at the press. On top of that we are holding greater detail than ever before.
Once again M&R proves why they are the leader when it comes to printing equipment. Great job guys!
i-Image ST is the biggest improvement to prepress we’ve ever seen.
Our new i-Image ST is the biggest improvement to prepress we’ve ever seen. It’s eliminated our need for film, and unlike film, digital images are easy to store and retrieve, making blown-screen replacement a snap.
i-Image ST has improved our screen quality, increased screen-generation speed, and reduced cost. Screen production is way up because we’ve cut exposure times by 75%. And i-Image has virtually eliminated post-processing screen touch-ups. We could never produce screens of this quality—or at this speed—the conventional way. Our CTS screens are unmatched.
Multi-screen jobs come out perfectly registered, and since i-Image ST pre-registers screens for Tri-Loc, our entire prepress process, from screen prep to registration, has been cut dramatically.
Our i-Image ST will probably end up being one of the fastest returns on investment we’ve ever had.
The Sprint 3000 Is Superb
The Sprint 3000 is superb and we are really, really happy with it. We've got the recipes dialed in for our inks now and it's running great. We have noticed improvements in the finish on our plastisols, too. They seem to be coming through much softer. Assuming it's because we are much more efficiently curing than with the electric curers!
The Diamondback R Series is our first auto press, and it is the best thing we have ever done here at Showdown Merch.
The Diamondback R Series is our first auto press, and it is the best thing we have ever done here at Showdown Merch. Matched up with the Mini Sprint 2000 and the Red Chili's, we are able to triple our workload easily. This press is the easiest press to set up and do a large order with, and take down is a breeze.
Amazing service on such a great product.
Any shops out there can feel free to give us a call at (403) 887-3388 if you need any other reviews on this product.
The Gauntlet III is a beast and is built to run 24/7/365.
We have had our Gauntlet III in production for nearly 3 months and have been thrilled with the machine. We have already put over 120,000 impressions on the machine and it is still going strong. We have found that the individual off-contact for each printhead helps with various printing techniques. It is also a plus to be able to adjust in 1/16” increments when needed. Our first job was a 9-color on dark apparel with a 17” print stroke and one flash. We were able to run the machine comfortably at 920 pieces per hour. The addition of the laser for print placements has saved us valuable time where we used to mark our pallets with a T-Square. The touchscreen interface is very user friendly and easy to make adjustments when needed.
Having a built-in maintenance schedule [M&R’s Maintenance Minder™] for the machine is another perk and allows management to easily assure that the presses are being properly maintained. We have not had any problems to date with the machine but are at ease knowing that all parts that we could ever need are able to be overnighted to us.
Overall, we have seen an increase in our production numbers due to the efficiencies gained with the newest technology on the market. We are able to run as fast as we can clear a screen and dry our underbase.
Simply put, the Gauntlet III is a beast and is built to run 24/7/365.