Our History

The Early Years

M&M Designs, Inc., a family company, began screen-printing in 1972.  M&M incorporated in 1974 with emphasis on producing custom heat transfers.  At that time, M&M also offered a line of preprinted transfers and die cut letters and numbers.  In the early days a crude camera room was used to develop film, Rubylith was a common tool for the artist, screens were coated using a piece of cardboard and were then burned with sunlight.  The first building was approximately 3,000 square feet, and it contained one manual vacuum table and one small dryer.  Today, M&M fills approximately 60,000 square feet with offices, an art department, an automated screen room, automatic and semi-automatic screen printing equipment, custom-built table lasers and more.

Through the years, there were a few attempts to add to our product line with products such as ceramic decals, direct screen-printing to garments (more commonly known as screen-printed garments), and self-adhesive vinyl products.  Nevertheless, custom heat transfers has always remained the primary product.  From the early days of screen printing”armor” type transfers and sublimation the 70s, through to the modern era, where screen printing is accomplished on an industrial scale; M&M Designs has learned, changed, grown, and become a mainstay in the industry.  We are loyal to our customers, and we work hard to meet their custom needs.

A New Era

For some years, M&M has made an effort to find the perfect heat-applied transfer and to develop a wonder-product that could be applied to anything.   Through hard work and ingenuity, M&M developed an exclusive ink system, specifically formulated for nylon mesh jerseys to be used primarily in the athletic market.  Our Pro Print Twill is custom printed and laser cut twill which can either be heat applied or sewn down.  It uses a mock stitch look and has also been received well and it continues to be one of our best selling products.

Although M&M had developed these revolutionary products, efforts continued in the development of a heat transfer that could be applied at lower temperatures and would have uncanny fusible characteristics.   It was through those efforts that M&M came across their newest type of transfer system, Endure.

This new ink system is totally different from any that M&M has ever encountered.

  • It is a non-PVC based
  • It will adhere to many more substrates than ever seen before, and at much lower temperatures with shorter dwell times.
  • It has an uncanny stretching ability. 
  • It allows for very fine detail within the design.
  • It is highly opaque.

Leveraging Experience

Plastisol based ink systems are still being produced in a variety of different formulas including Hot Peel, Glitter, DirecTrans, and NCM.  Ongoing R&D has lead to cotton spandex heat transfers that work particularly well for tagless care labels.  R&D continues to work diligently with new and improved ink systems to enable application to the ever-changing materials in today’s market place.  M&M has the ability to produce transfers in both roll form or sheet form, and with partners around the world, worldwide delivery is easily accomplished.

All of these additions help to prove M&M’s commitment to continue the 35+ year tradition of providing the best service, quality, and price available for custom embellishment and a continued effort in creativity and innovation in the market place.