T-Shirt & Sons is a provider of high-quality, eco-friendly direct-to-garment (DTG) printing. But with the continued surge of e-commerce and customised apparel demand, the company needed to adapt, and invested in the Kornit Apollo platform.
‘We’ve always had the people and the will,’ said Adam Golder, Managing Director at T-Shirt & Sons. ‘But we’ve never had the tools that enabled us to do it with confidence, day in and day out, until now.’
That confidence came with the installation of the Kornit Apollo system. At peak times, T-Shirt & Sons was already handling thousands of daily orders, but the processes involved were resource-intensive, and growth brought increasing pressure on quality control and turnaround times.
‘We knew automation was essential,’ said Golder. ‘But not at the expense of quality or sustainability. That’s where Kornit came in.’
The Kornit Apollo is a smart, end-to-end DTG platform that brings together hardware, software, and data to enable faster, smarter, more sustainable printing at scale. The Apollo solution integrates seamlessly into T-Shirt & Sons’ workflow, enabling fully automated production from order intake to shipping label. It’s a leap from batch-based to continuous, intelligent production.
‘With Apollo, we’ve brought together hardware, software, and data into one intelligent platform,’ explained Golder. ‘This isn’t just faster printing, it’s smarter printing.’
Since adopting Apollo, T-Shirt & Sons has transformed its operational model. The company now reliably fulfils up tens of thousands of individual garments daily, a figure that would have been unthinkable under their previous setup.
Highlights of the transformation include: 35,000+ orders per day fulfilled without compromising quality; near-zero human error through automation and quality control; faster turnaround times, improving customer satisfaction; and sustainable processes with reduced waste and water use.
The intelligent dashboarding and data analysis tools built into the Apollo platform have given T-Shirt & Sons the insights they need to continuously optimise operations.
‘It’s like going from driving a car to flying a plane, with autopilot,’ Golder said. ‘We’re still in control, but we’re supported by systems that understand what’s coming and adjust in real time.’
With the right technology and vision, high-volume, high-quality, and environmentally responsible fulfilment can go hand in hand.
‘We’ve gone from wondering how to meet demand to asking how much more we can do,’ Golder concludes. ‘It’s a new era for us, and for the industry.’
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