OUR MISSION
We are more than just screen printing & embroidery experts... we are proud to be a small family run & operated business with only 9 employees. Focusing on quality, sustainability and durability for our customers. We're just a bunch of real people who will give you the best advice on what will work for you or your business, club, brand or personal order.
Our products will ALWAYS be quality tested by us before we ever re-sell to a customer. We believe clothing & especially workwear should be durable, wash well & work out good value for money too.
We will always be able to negotiate on prices, offer discounts for charities and give free advice on business & design.
OUR SERVICES
We offer four types of printing; traditional screen printing, vinyl printing, DTG printing, and sublimation. We also offer embroidery which means the fabric is stitched into the fabric, rather than printed onto it. Click through the links to check out more information about each type and their benefits.
WHO WE ARE
As a small business we started from a garage within our home in 1995 where we mainly focused on screen printing and embroidery for local clubs & companies. We began our life as a business called Graphitee (graph-i-tee) but as the internet grew in the mid 2000's we decided to change our name to SumoSam the T-Shirt Man. Over the years we began to run out of room so we decided to take the leap and moved to a shop in Hildens Drive, Tilehurst. As time has progressed we have employeed our children who are now in their 30s, and now have even employeed one of our grandchildren. We are truly a family-run business. Although, we have also got some brilliant staff who are not technically part of the family, but feel like it.
OUR CUSTOMERS
Throughout the years we have dealt with some really awesome people and some big names such as the BBC Dragon's Den, The Great British Bake-off, The Great Pottery Throw Down, IKEA, TalkSport, House of Fraser, and more! Although, our best customers are the ones who have been loyal to us through the 30 years we've been running.
OUR OTHER WEBSITES
We have multiple websites which serve our different types of customers. This website is for anything custom printed or embroidered such as workwear. We also have a websites for school uniforms Tilehurst Schoolwear, Club Merch and more to follow!
