Impressions - May 2019 - 41

MAUI SCREEN PRINtINg At A glANCE
C ompan y n ame: Maui Screen Printing
address: 130 Mamane Place, Unit 1. Wailuku, HI 96793
Foun ded: 1999
n o. oF employees: 7
deCoraTIn G meTH ods oFFered: Specializes in screen printing and discharge and water-based printing
C ompan y WebsITe: mauiscreenprinting.com

Edelstein says. "If you can get the local
community behind you, you've succeeded.
When you make it here in Maui, everyone
will buy it, especially the tourists."
According to Edelstein, printing for the
most successful local businesses requires a
great reputation and the printing power to
back it up.The shop's equipment includes
a ROQ XL YOU P14 screen-printing
press with Quartz flash units, a ROQ
tunnel dryer, an M&R Sportsman EX
10-color/12 station screen-printing press
and two Epson F2000 direct-to-garment
(DTG) printers.
"Our printing quality and techniques
are second to none," Edelstein says."If we
don't like the print, we won't print it. Maui
is different than most places because the
clients are patient.Add sustainability into
the mix and we can help other businesses
feel good about what they choose for
their identity."
Sustainability is essential to the local
islanders and businesses. Everything the
community uses could end up in the
ocean if not properly managed. Maui
Screen Printing has taken the necessary
steps to maintain its waste and ensure
quality of life for the environment via
a water-recycling filter system, which
removes most of the particulates before
entering the water supply, and by using soy-based, eco-friendly chemicals.
Allmade Apparel Initiative
With T-shirts being its primary focus,

Maui Screen Printing has put all efforts
into a sustainable T-shirt by being a contributing partner of Allmade, an apparel
brand created by Ryonet's Ryan Moor and
Rogier Ducloo. It is fully committed to
dismantling poverty and raising awareness
about child abandonment in third-world
countries by using raw, organic materials
and paying local workers more than the
livable minimum wage.
"[Moor and Ducloo] wanted to 'make it
better' and 'break the cycle' of human and
planetary abuse in the clothing industry,"
Edelstein says. "They got together with
their top 10 clients that meet the core
values and rallied the troops. I'm stoked
to bring joy and Aloha to this incredible
group of people. Every shirt we print
with Allmade removes a shirt we used to
print on that has a negative impact on the
planet and people that put it together."
Every Allmade partner uses 25% organic
cotton, 25% Modal and 50% REPREVE,
which is made of recycled water bottles,
for production.As a fashion-forward innovation, Allmade produces one of the
most comfortable and softest tri-blend
garments on the planet, Edelstein says.
Allmade partnered with the Global Orphan Project, a non-profit organization
that contributes 100% of its donations to
orphan prevention and care programs in
impoverished regions. Children in countries like Haiti, for instance, are at a high
risk of becoming economic orphans due
to the average worker earning only $3
per day to support a family of eight.The

typical Haitian orphan's parents can't afford to provide their children's most basic
needs: food, shelter, clothing, education
and basic healthcare.
"[At] the GOEX Haitian production
facility, the employees make three to five
times the living wage," Edelstein says."We
are creating a paradigm of how to treat
the people that make your clothes. We
are able to keep families together and to
create change in an environment desperately in need."
Tackling Future Goals
To keep up with current decorating
trends and where they may lead, Maui
Screen Printing pairs sustainable printing
techniques with sustainable garments.The
company continues to use water-based
printing when jobs allow, while balancing
plastisol-ink use.
Maui Screen Printing's No. 1 goal for
the future is to become a better sustainability advocate, while making a bigger
impact with the Global Orphan Project,
according to Edelstein. The company
and its clients, along with Allmade and
Moor, will host a June 7 fundraiser in
Maui to raise $25,000 for the Global
Orphan Project. Moor will be donating
the shirts to be printed.
"Being a leader in sustainability has its
challenges," Edelstein says."Brand awareness and loyalty start with taking a stand
with like-minded people. Celebrating
what we've designed, being mindful of
the planet and its citizens. Spread the
like, spread the Aloha and keep people
positive." 
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