Learning, sharing knowledge and building skills are essential to the future of screen printing – and that’s exactly what Sport PrintLab is all about.This autumn, Sport PrintLab, an ESMA member, is hosting a new series of hands-on workshops in a real production environment, giving screen printers the opportunity to learn using current equipment while exchanging experiences with industry peers.
With intentionally small groups, the workshops are designed to be highly interactive, allowing participants to gain practical experience, ask questions and discuss real production challenges with fellow screen printers.
The 2026 programme includes:
- 21 October: Underbase Festival – all about screen printing of those designs that need an underbase
- 22 October: Discharge Festival – all about using discharge inks in screen printing
- 4 & 5 November: Waterbase Festival – all about screen printing with waterbased inks
Past participants have highlighted not only the practical skills they gained, but also the value of learning from others in the screen printing community:
"𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥."
"𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬."
"𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴."
Interested in joining? Register at www.sportprintlab.com.
