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ASPT Member Biography
Mr. Greaves is the Special Projects person at Lawson Screen Products and the head of the Librarians/Press Service Committee and the Technical Review Committee for the ASPT. He has been in the screen printing industry since 1979 and has consistently shown his willingness to help advance the industry through his hundreds of articles, seminars presented in the USA and abroad, consulting, and his overall high visibility in the industry. He has worked hard to help improve screen printing and printers worldwide and is a respected author and seminar leader, as evidenced by the numerous awards and recognition he's received. He's been a regular speaker at the Imprinted Sportswear Shows and at nearly every SGIA Convention and technical conference since 1985. Moreover, he has spoken and taught about screen printing around the world including England, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and Colombia. Greaves was voted "Best Industry Columnist" by readers of The Press magazine for the monthly column, "Greaves on Garments," he wrote for ScreenPrinting magazine. He has written for Impressions magazine and writes regularly for the British textile magazine, Images. He was also Technical Editor for Printwear magazine, contributed to the Art and Screen chapters of the Control Without Confusion book, and created and presented the first three-day Textile Process Printing workshop for the Screen Printing Technical Foundation, for which he's also taught Screen Making seminars. From 1987, until he joined Lawson in 1999, Greaves has worked as an independent consultant, specializing in garments and pre-press. He has helped screen printers design business and technical systems to increase production, improve computer systems, create training programs, and enhance quality control programs. An expert in all aspects of garment printing and screen systems, he's also worked closely with many industry suppliers. |
Richard
Greaves