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1. What are our objectives for marketing TEXTILE TRANSFER papers to the North American market?

2. What are our objectives for marketing WATERSLIDE and TEMPORARY TATTOO TRANSFER papers to the North American market?

3. Where can I buy textile transfer inks?

4. How does One Step Papers sell transfer papers for less money than our competition?

5. How does your TRANSAL™ EXPRESS textile transfer paper compare to the paper I am currently buying?

6. How do your waterslide decal and temporary tattoo transfer papers compare to the papers I am currently buying?



1. What are our objectives for marketing TEXTILE TRANSFER papers to the North American market?

To provide the highest quality textile transfer papers available anywhere in the world, taking advantage of state-of-the art gravure coating techniques and integrated production capabilities here in the USA.

To provide the highest quality textile transfer papers at the lowest cost available here in North America.

By manufacturing much of our paper right here in the USA, to provide a completely secure supply line for North American end-users of textile transfer papers, not subject to catastrophic supply interruptions or costly delays caused by global conflict, U.S. Customs, national security, or weather at sea.

To provide the very best customer support of any producer of textile transfer papers available in the world, including:

- Next day shipments of stocked material from widely-disbursed warehouse locations.

- Only 3 weeks lead time on special orders or full container load orders.

- Complete and timely customer support, utilizing OSP's 18 USA-based sales, order placement, logistics, and support personnel.

- USA-based technical support personnel, available to you on an "extremely short notice" basis.

- Warehouse locations in the Northeast, Southeast, and West Coast (coming soon!).




2. What are our objectives for marketing WATERSLIDE and TEMPORARY TATTOO TRANSFER papers to the North American market?

To provide the highest quality waterslide decal and temporary tattoo transfer papers available anywhere in the world, taking advantage of state-of-the art gravure and air knife coating techniques and advanced production capabilities both here in the USA and abroad.

To provide the highest quality waterslide decal and temporary tattoo transfer papers at the lowest cost available here in North America.

To provide the very best customer support of any producer of waterslide decal and temporary tattoo transfer papers available in the world, including:

- Next day shipments of stocked material from widely-disbursed warehouse locations.

- Only 5 weeks lead time on special orders or full container load orders.

- Complete and timely customer support, utilizing OSP's 18 USA-based sales, order placement, logistics, and support personnel.

- USA-based technical support personnel, available to you on an "extremely short notice" basis.

- Warehouse locations in the Northeast, Southeast, and West Coast.




3. Where can I buy textile transfer inks?

SCREEN PRINTED INK SYSTEMS

COATES (www.coates-screen.com)

ETS (www.ets-group.it)

GIBBON (www.sunchemical.com)

LANCER (www.lancergroup.com)
 
 
 
 
 
 

POLYONE / WILFLEX (www.polyone.com)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SERICOL (www.sericol.co.uk)

UNION (www.unionink.com)

Plastex 69-00 Series - plastisol hot or cold peel screen inks

Extraclear LC - phthalate free plastisol hot or cold peel screen inks

Marlertex - plastisol hot or cold peel screen inks

900 Series - hot split plastisol screen inks
950 Series - plastisol hot or cold peel screen inks with high opacity
905 Clear Base - screen printed base for overprinting using 4 colour screen inks
600SS Series - plastisol hot or cold peel 4-colour screen printed ink system
Note: Evolution - Phthalate and PVC free formulations are available

Transflex Super - plastisol hot or cold peel screen inks with high opacity
Transflex Soft - plastisol hot or cold peel screen inks for light coloured garments
Transflex 10007 Clear - screen printed base for printing 4 colour screen inks on
Transflex 4 Colour - plastisol hot or cold peel 4-colour screen printed ink system

MultiTran XM - plastisol hot or cold peel screen inks

Ultrasoft Plastisol - plastisol hot or cold peel screen inks
Transopake Plastisol - plastisol hot or cold peel screen inks with high opacity
Easy Split Transfer Clear - screen printed base for printing 4 colour screen inks on

OFFSET LITHO INK SYSTEMS

COATES (www.coates-screen.com)
 

GIBBON (www.sunchemical.com)

LANCER (www.lancergroup.com
 
 

SERICOL (www.sericol.co.uk)

UNION (www.unionink.com)
 
Transfer Backing White 69-845 – screen printed white plastisol
Transfer Backing Base 69-915 – screen printed backer

Texilith – litho printed cold peel textile inks plus backing white range

966 Series - litho printed cold peel textile inks
555 White Backer - screen printed backing white plastisol
Note: Evolution - Phthalate and PVC free formulations are available

Multitran XM011 - screen printed backing white plastisol

Lithotrans Litho Ink - litho printed cold peel textile inks
Low Cure White Plastisol Backer - screen printed backing white




4. How does One Step Papers sell transfer papers for less money than our competition?

That's a good question! There are three good reasons:

1) Location! Location! We produce most of our textile transfer, waterslide decal, and temporary tattoo transfer papers right here in the good old USA. We don't incur the huge costs associated with bringing paper into our country all the way from Korea, France, or any other foreign country. We are not burdened by overseas transportation costs, import duties, custom brokers' fees, currency exchange costs, and all the rest.

2) Beyond Paper™. Headquartered in York, PA, and employing 3,800 people worldwide, Glatfelter has produced paper since 1864, including high quality engineered papers for digital printing and graphics applications, as well as One Step Papers' latest analog textile transfer papers, waterslide decal and temporary tattoo transfer papers. Glatfelter's theme line of Beyond Paper™ signifies that the company and its employees will constantly strive to develop new and innovative products, to always support end-user customers in all ways possible, and to do all this using the latest improved technical and business models. Their Spring Grove, PA, mill is completely integrated ... unlike our competitors, who must purchase expensive pulp on the open market, Glatfelter supplies their own high-quality pine and hardwood fiber for use at the Spring Grove Facility through management of roughly 88,500 acres of forestland in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia. Furthermore, Glatfelter's modern coating line can handle widths out to 83 inches, unlike some of our competitors who are lucky to be able to handle 50 inch widths. 83 inches give us much more flexibility with respect to optimum production sizes.

3) We Believe In A Fair and Reasonable Margin. With little competition in the textile transfer, waterslide decal, and temporary tattoo transfer paper markets over the past decade, supplier margins on these papers have been very high. The first thing that you will learn in your dealings with One Step Papers is that we value the well-being of our customers and employees above everything else. This is not just a "marketing line" ... we truly believe that we answer to a higher authority. We realize that without our customers, any progress we've made over the years would not be possible. So, we are not here to make incredible margins. On the contrary, we believe in simply making a fair and reasonable margin so we can keep our customers happy, satisfied, and coming back to us.

Nothing more, nothing less.



5. How does your TRANSAL™ EXPRESS textile transfer paper compare to the paper I am currently buying?

Feature One Step Papers Your Current Supplier
Universal Paper: Can it be used for both screen-printed Hot Peel and Cold Peel (in many cases)? Yes ?
Works with powdered adhesives? Yes ?
Paper manufactured in the USA? Yes ?
Subject to delays caused by foreign labor stoppages, global conflict, U.S. Customs, national security, weather at sea? Very Low Probablity ?
Fully integrated product line (hot peel, cold peel, glossy, uncoated hot split, digital ink jet, digital laser)? Yes ?
Company fully dedicated to just textile transfer papers and no other types of paper? Yes ?
Northeast warehouse for emergency stock out replenishment? Yes ?
Southeast warehouse for emergency stock out replenishment? Yes ?
West Coast warehouse for emergency stock out replenishment? Coming soon! ?
USA-based technical support personnel? Yes ?
Number of sales and support personnel based in company's USA office: 18 ?
Full container load lead times (order to delivery): 3 weeks ?
Subject to high costs of paper transport from other side of the world; high costs associated with currency exchange? No ?
Maximum coating width 83 inches ?
Coating technology Gravure ?




6. How do your waterslide decal and temporary tattoo transfer papers compare to the papers I am currently buying?

Feature One Step Papers Your Current Supplier
  • Lowest price in North America … period!
  • Yes ?
  • Dual-layer print side coating technology for anti-curl and stability control?
  • Yes ?
  • Starch back coating for even better anti-curl and stability control
  • Yes ?
  • Company fully dedicated to just waterslide decal transfer / textile transfer papers and no other types of paper?
  • Yes ?
  • East Coast warehouse for emergency stock out replenishment?
  • Yes ?
  • West Coast warehouse for emergency stock out replenishment?
  • Yes ?
  • USA-based technical support personnel?
  • Yes ?
  • Number of sales and support personnel based in company’s USA office:
  • 15 ?
  • Full container load lead times (order to delivery):
  • 5-7 weeks ?
  • Coating technology: Ceramic / Model

  • Coating technology: Tattoo
  • Air Knife

    Gravure
    ?

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    ONE STEP PAPERS, LLC


    14380 S.W. 139 Court
    Miami, FL 33186
    Phone: (305) 238-2296       Toll Free: (800) 232-4657       Fax: (305) 251-9477