Tomorrow Success Starts Today
The dawn of 1983 offered no promise for entrepreneurial success, as Americans had been pummeled by a decade of out-of-control government spending and globalist economic policies. The economy was broken, scuttled by the federal government’s warring adventures and failed social engineering experiments. Foregoing a restrictive gold backed currency, taxpayer dollars flew out of Washington, causing massive runaway inflation for food and energy. Businesses were closing doors and reducing staff and those lacking the rogue entrepreneur gene, withered under the idea of starting a business in this economic storm. But a U.S. Army Sergeant (Ret) and his optimistic son saw an opportunity in a new innovative segment of the printing industry.
Starting with a few mesh screens, a couple of tables and a first
generation apparel press, they set-off
to build a new business, then called New Era Graphics. The cutting-edge name described the
innovative nature of screen printing at the time.
In apparel it was a tee-shirt for a cause, in signs it was a print for an election campaign and in the promotional industry,
magnets and decals. Years later and reflective of the family origins, this same business
enterprise reset to become
McGRAPHIX Advertising Products, working advertising initiatives and special
events with some
