NuCoat

08/04/2026

What’s really in your DTF film? Learn what one roll of film taught us at NuCoat about label claims.

If you want to see what a documented supply chain looks like, send us a DM and we’ll get in contact!

07/16/2026

Apparelist put together an Essential DTF Safety Guide and our very own Chief Technology Officer was featured throughout. Check out the guide at the link in our bio!

07/16/2026

NuCoat is featured in Apparelist’s Essential DTF Safety Guide. NuCoat Chief Technology Officer Hemant Bohra was interviewed throughout the guide.

This guide is a complete look at how direct-to-film (DTF) shops can identify printing hazards, improve workplace safety, avoid compliance pitfalls, and protect their employees, customers, and business.

07/14/2026

NuCoat is featured in Apparelist’s Essential DTF Safety Guide. NuCoat Chief Technology Officer Hemant Bohra was interviewed throughout “The Essential DTF Safety Guide: Ventilation, Compliance, and Best Practices for Every Shop” (Apparelist, June 2026, by Cassie Green)

The guide covers proper ventilation and the OSHA hierarchy of controls; Safety Data Sheets and the Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200); the four DTF hazard categories (chemical, indoor air quality, thermal, and ergonomic); the CPSC eFiling mandate taking effect July 8, 2026; sourcing from a truly compliant supplier; and a full DTF safety best-practices checklist from PRINTING United Alliance.

📄 Read the full article here: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0801/7638/2250/files/NuCoat-Apparelist-Essential-DTF-Safety-Guide-June-2026.pdf?v=1783620551

07/06/2026

Beginning July 8, 2026, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requires importers of regulated consumer products to electronically transmit compliance certificate data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) at the time of entry.

If you're unsure whether your organization is prepared: don't worry, we've got you covered. Head to our website, https://nucoatinc.com/pages/grand-slam, and sign up for our no-cost 1-on-1 session with our senior team to review your volumes, costs, compliance gaps, and production settings! Don't wait, the time is now.

07/01/2026

We’re a week out from the new CPSC filling Rule goes into effect. Is your organization ready?

07/01/2026

06/11/2026

A peer-to-peer note for anyone managing licensed-apparel programs.

We're 28 days from the CPSC eFiling mandate (July 8). I've spent the last few weeks listening to brand-protection and licensing leads talk about it, and most of the candid conversation is the same: *which of my licensees are ready, which aren't, and how do I tell the difference without an audit?*

You can tell the difference in one email. Three questions, sent to each licensee program manager this week:

1. Can you produce the GCC (and CPC, for children's product) for the decorated goods you're shipping in our program — today?

2. Can you send the SDS and a third-party test record for the inks, films, and powders running through your decorator?

3. Who is your records custodian if a regulator or our retailer asks?

The reply tells you everything. Three confident "yes" answers with attachments inside the same business day = a program that's ready. A "let me get back to you" on any of the three = a program that needs a vendor-reply window before July 8. A "we're fully compliant, don't worry" with no attachments = the answer that doesn't survive a regulator inquiry.

The mandate isn't a chemistry overhaul — it's a documentation question, and the question answers cleanly for the licensees who have done the work. Inside 28 days, your job as a brand-side lead is to find out who has and who hasn't, and to give the "hasn't" group a runway to close the gap before the goods on July 8 invoices become your conversation.

NuCoat's Grand Slam Compliance Framework: https://lnkd.in/gDmvGjaM

06/10/2026

Your name is on this.

Is the documentation?

The CPSC eFiling mandate on July 8 makes the records custodian for decorated goods an explicit, identifiable party. Where the licensee agreement is silent, the assumption defaults to the brand on the label.

Four documents and a named custodian close the gap:
→ GCC
→ CPC (children's product)
→ SDS for inks, films, powders
→ Third-party test record

Check out how you can become compliant: https://nucoatinc.com/pages/grand-slam

06/04/2026

34 days to CPSC eFiling.

Here's the single most useful thing you can do this week. Call (or email) your ink, film, and powder suppliers and ask one question:

"When I order, does the documentation ship with the product — GCC, CPC for kids' goods, SDS, and a third-party test record — and who's the records custodian if my customer's broker asks?"

Your answer tells you everything about whether your consumable side is a documentation asset or a documentation gap.

Ask the question this week.

For the framework in one place: nucoatinc.com/pages/grand-slam