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ASPT Member Biography

Terrance Kaiserman
Inducted into the Academy in 2001

Terry is the President/Chief Technical Officer for Colortronics Technologies. He is responsible for directing all technical functions including Research and Development, Internal Quality Assurance, Licensee and subcontractor Quality Assurance, Prototyping, Licensee Field support, Patent applications, protection of all intellectual property, systems and software development, vendor and contract manufacturing negotiations and Sales technical support.

Terry has also been associated with F&M Expressions as the Chief Operating Officer and Consultant, Engelhard/Colortronics as the Senior Vice President/Chief Technical Officer, T. Kaiserman Corporation as the President/Owner, Union Ink Company as the Technical Director, Transfermania, Inc, as Chairman of the Board/Senior Vice President, Custom Color, Inc, a printing ink manufacturer, as Chief Operating Officer/President, T-Mania, Inc, a textile decorating, dying and printing facility, as Senior Vice President, Inks and Paints Jamaica, an offset and screen ink manufacturer, as Vice President, Epoch Handprints, a textile and wallcovering screen printing operation, as President/Owner, The Source Design, an offset printing, heat transfer and textile printing operation, as Vice President, Paul Kaiser Associates, as Vice President,

Terry attended the Marion Insitute in Marion, AL, received his AA at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, FL, attended the University of Southern Mississippi, and Received his B.A. in Communications-Radio and Television at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

In his prior business years, Terry was  involved in major projects that positively influenced the businesses where he was employed. Below are a few highlights showing the diversity of ink creations.

1977 - Made one of the first screen printing wallcovering water based inks. Sold formula to Vivitone

1978 - Made the first water based Screen printing pigmented heat transfer ink. Epoch Handprints

1980 - Formulated the first washable textile foil. Transfermania

1983 - Manufactured some of the first sublimation uppers for slippers. Transfermania

1984 - Manufactured one of the first non-sublimation panty hose printing inks. Transfermania

1984 - Made one of the first thermoset rhinestone adhesives. Custom Color

1985 - Manufactured the first foil resist 100% solids inks. Transfermania

1986 - Created textile ink color matching systems. Custom Color

1987 - Manufactured the first commercial marbleizing solutions for shirts. Custom Color

1991 - Made one of the first thermochromic plastisol. 1991 Union Ink

1994 - Made the first expanded gamut 6 color process "Hexachrome" Pantone Licensed inks. Union Ink

1994 - Made the first expanded gamut 7 color process "Renaissance" licensed textile ink. Union Ink

1995 - Consulted on the first mail merge foil cap printing system on a Gestetner copy machine. Myron Industries

1996 – Made the first washable textile conductive ink in Silver and Carbon formulations. Engelhard/Colortronics

1998 – Created a clear conductor for textiles, paper and plastics. Colortronics Technologies.

1999 – Created a system for single layer heated color changing by electrical activation. Colortronics Technologies

2000 – Created a fabric membrane to allow for ink penetration to become part of a textile membrane switch. Colortronics Technologies

Patents issued:

1. 4,122,237 - October 24, 1978 – Double image printed member

2. 5,626,948 - May 6, 1997 - Electrical system having a multiplayer conductive composition

3. 5,973,420 - October 26, 1999 – Electrical system having a clear conductive composition

4. 6,188,506 - February 13, 2001 – Conductive Color Changing ink

5. 6,311,350 - November 6, 2001 – Interactive fabric article

Patents pending:

1. Offset printing conductive ink system using silver

2. Interactive DVD and media covers

3. Interactive fast food paper and toy items

4. Authentication system for currency and Travelers checks

5. Credit Card security system

6. Credit card IC package

Note:

When the statement is made that "Made the first" – this is with all the knowledge available at the time in the public domain.