The Printed Gift Shop expands into B2B

This new company, Printing X will serve its B2B clients. It will be focusing on signs boards, murals, stickers and canvasses. In addition to offering B2C promotional gifts, tshirt printing, embroidery, and t-shirt printing, it will also offer B2C services.

“Whatever our customers want, we can provide it,” said Ravi De Silva Lindamulage, co-owner of TPGS.

B2B will allow the company to overcome seasonal peak periods that are typical for consumer-focused work. Currently, the business has three employees. However, during busy times it can hire up to three additional temporary workers.

Lindamulage said that TPGS owns premises in Newcastle-under-Lyme, with a physical shop, and adjacent production space. This has allowed for a substantial amount of walk-in business.

Lindamulage and his wife Achala Wannipuge founded TPGS in 2016 together. Initial production was limited to cushion covers and phone cases using sublimation. A sublimation printer was installed at their house.

The Mimaki UJF-3042FX flatbed printer was their first. It was purchased from CMYUK. This set the stage for installing the UCJV300 in September.

Lindamulage revealed that Lindamulage was the couple’s decision for B2B trade. PrintweekThey created the brand after realising the need for large format print in the local area. However, even though the company no longer needs to advertise the new brand,

Lindamulage predicts that within a short time, the company will have to grow its production space to support potential large-format machinery.

For now, however, the business, which turns over around £300,000, is happy where it is – the site, he said, “is a really nice place.”