Merch by Amazon close to Print Plant Expansion with Kornit
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is close to issuing a permit to Amazon that would allow the company to expand textile printing capacity in its Norristown, Pennsylvania, facility by 50%.
Specifically, the permit would allow Amazon to place a total of 72 textile printers in the facility, up from the limit of 48 associated with the original permit,
PDEP expects to issue the expansion permit by February 15, 2019
It is believed that the Norristown facility currently operates about 40 Kornit printers.
As such, the permit would create an opportunity for the facility to take about 30 additional machines.
Merch by Amazon is an online print on demand platform, recently launched to invitation only customers in Europe, has been running for over two years in the USA.
Merch by Amazon makes it easy for to create, promote and sell branded merchandise with no risk and no up-front costs.
The customer simply supplies the artwork, chooses the t-shirt type and colour(s), and then promote their shirts in their app, blog or on social media.
Amazon takes care of the rest, including production, sales, shipping and creating a product page on Amazon - all at no cost to the client.
