Jon Weiss [b March 17, 1955] is a dinosaur in the screenprinting technologies. Jon got his start in the family owned business, Buffalo Shirt Factory, located in Clarence, New York, in June 1974 when his father made him a Vice President and Production Manager. John grew the company from a family owned business with 5 employees and a single automatic textile press to 23 automatics presses with a monthly capacity of 3-million prints.
The New Buffalo team of screenprint artisans have compiled over 50 international screen print awards over the years.
Weiss sold the Buffalo Shirt Factory to Gildan Apparel USA.
- Numerous Golden Squeegee awards from SGIA 1993-1997
- Press Magazine Screenprinter of the Year 1994
- Voted in the Top 25 Most Influential People in the Screenprint Technologies in the last century