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Embroidery
Total Teamwear offer a complete embroidery service.

Logos

To embroider logos onto garments the logo has to be digitized to a disc or jacquard. Artwork sent by customers must be recreated by using specialist digitizing software. This process is critical as it takes into consideration other factors such as, garment fabrics chosen by the customer and variances that occur during the embroidery process. The end result is an embroidered logo that replicates the customer's artwork exactly.

Text Only

For the majority of text only embroidery there is no set up charge. TOTAL TEAMWEAR LTD have a choice of fonts that the customer can choose from, please contact info@totalteamwearuk.com for details. If a specific font is not available an origination cost may be levied.

Once the disc or jacquard has been created this is your property, we at TOTAL TEAMWEAR hold the file to embroider the garments ordered using the latest hi-tech machinery.

Total Teamwear has eight Toyota Expert ESP 9000 embroidery machines with each machines capable of doing 1200 stitches per minute. On average embroidery of 5000 stitches, each machine can embroider approximately 96 garments per day.

These machines provide TOTAL TEAMWEAR LTD with the capacity and flexibility to handle any size of order.

Artwork Requirements

The first stage in this process is to receive the artwork from the customer. Ideally we would prefer artwork in the following formats.

• Adobe Illustrator Files (.ai or .eps files)
• Corel Draw Files (.cdr files)

Although TOTAL TEAMWEAR LTD would prefer the above files we can work with JPEG, or our design staff can work from a printed copy of the logo, (i.e. compliment slip, letterhead) or even an old embroidered garment.

In providing these files the design team at TOTAL TEAMWEAR LTD can reproduce any artwork efficiently, ready to transfer to the appropriate embroidery format.

It is also advisable for customers to provide generic artwork files. These illustrate the artwork required in its original format without the risk of any misunderstanding between the two parties. For example artwork sent via email can often change slightly due to one party not having the appropriate letter font. These generic files include:

• Tiff files (.tiff)
• Jpeg Files (.jpeg)
• Adobe Reader Files (pdf) Adobe 6 or earlier*

TOTAL TEAMWEAR LTD would prefer 300dpi high resolution files to be sent by customers. For one colour designs created in Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word or PowerPoint a jpeg alone is suitable, but this must be a minimum resolution of 150dpi. Artwork in these files should be black so that TOTAL TEAMWEAR LTD can
scan the image into the computer. The embroidery is then produced in the customer's choice of colour.

Fonts

Ideally fonts should be embedded. This means that fonts should be converted into outlines or curves wherever possible. It is preferred that the font file is also provided by the customer. If none of the above artwork criteria can be supplied by the customer TOTAL TEAMWEAR LTD would be able to work from a printed copy of the logo, (i.e. compliment slip, letterhead) or even an old embroidered garment.

Costings

There are two Costings that apply to embroidery, the first is the origination charge and the second is the application charge. Embroidery costs are determined by the number of stitches in the design and not by the numbers of colours. Therefore, the larger and more complicated the design the more expensive the logo will be.

Origination Charges

The origination charge covers the cost involved in digitizing the artwork suitable for embroidery. This is a oneoff cost.

The cost is based on the number of stitches in the design.

£35.00 plus VAT for designs consisting up to 10,000 stitches
£50.00 plus VAT for designs consisting of over 10,001 stitches

Please NOTE the will be no originating cost if customers already have their logo digitised Application Charge

The application charge is the cost of actually embroidering the logo onto each product.
The cost is based on the number of stitches in the design:-

Text ONLY £2.00

1,000 - 10,000 stitches £2.50 per garment
10,001 – 15,000 stitches £3.50 per garment
15,001 – 20,000 stitches £5.00 per Garment
20,001 – 25,000 stitches £6.50 per garment

Discounts may apply for large quantities where customers require TOTAL TEAMWEAR LTD's commission embroidery service.