Revesby, NSW based GJS is celebrating 40 years in business, and says it plans to mark the milestone with activities for customers and staff.
The company was founded by Graham John Stone in 1978 after he returned from active service in the Vietnam war. During his deployment, GJS says Stone utilised his printing skills for the creation and dissemination of strategic allied communications as well as aerial photography. Upon returning to Australia he continued with print by reconditioning and selling used screen printing equipment.
The business took off quickly and Graham was soon manufacturing his own screen printing equipment to keep up with demand. By 1987 GJS was manufacturing some of the world’s largest screen printing machinery, including the AUSJET 5000 jumbo dryer.
After two decades in the screen printing space, in 1999 GJS went online with what it says was the Australian print industry’s first website and e-commerce platform,
Greg Stone, managing director, GJS, says, “Digital is in our DNA and always will be. Very early in its introduction to the market we identified digital decoration and customisation as the way forward and have strived to bring the best innovations and technologies to market for our customers.
“From identifying dye sublimation as an emerging trend and growing to become the country’s largest supplier of the technology, to helping Brother Australia bring to market its first direct-to-garment printer, GJS has always had a measure of what the next big thing will be in digital decoration.”
In 2015 it launched its first national series of Roadshow events, steering away from the traditional trade-show model with the goal of getting closer to its customers and add extra value to their businesses.
Just this year, GJS launched its very own knowledge base and Creator Community to bring together digital decorators and share best practice, which is now featuring more than 800 articles, how-to guides and instructional videos.
In the last five years GJS has doubled its headcount with the appointment of additional team members in New South Wales and new teams in Queensland and Victoria and has set a strategic goal of doubling again in the next three to five years.
Greg Stone says, “There is no other organisation better placed to lead the digital decoration and customisation revolution than GJS.
“Our focus remains firmly on being our customers’ trusted partner by providing them with innovative solutions that help them reach their potential. These symbiotic relationships that we continue to build are not only securing the future of our customers’ businesses and our own, but the digital decoration industry itself.”
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