Max Ulrich Schoop

Max Ulrich Schoop (born April 10, 1870 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland; died February 29, 1956 in Zurich, Switzerland) was a Swiss inventor who introduced the metal spraying process in 1906 and developed various aluminum welding processes. Schoop obtained a patent to flame-spray metal onto a board through a patterned mask, which led others to find new […]

Dr. Mickael Mheidle

Dr. Mickael Mheidle is widely considered one of the preeminent developers of digital ink technologies for both textile and non-textile applications. Dr. Mheidle joined Sawgrass Technologies in November 2006 as CEO of Sawgrass Europe.  Prior to joining Sawgrass, he served as the global head of new business applications for Ciba Specialty Chemicals where he focused […]

Guido Lengwiler

Guido Lengwiler (born 1960) – Originally from Winterthur, Switzerland, Lengwiler attended the School for Arts and Crafts in Zurich from 1977 to 1982. And in 1980, he attended a specialist class for painting with Franz Fedier in Basel. From 1983 to 1986, he was a screenprinting apprentice with Beatrice Spillmann in Zurich. Then he worked […]

Richard Eisenbeiss

Richard Eisenbeiss (born 1927) was born in Heidelberg, Germany. He studied law in Basel, Switzerland, and Heidelberg. As a student, Richard worked for almost three years at the University of Heidelberg as executive secretary of the Foreign Department. After a stint at the courts of law, Richard went to the US to work in NYC […]

Lorenz Boegli

Lorenz Boegli – Born in Solothum, Switzerland, Lorenz received his training in screenprinting, working with an advertising firm during the 1980s. His experience extends into screenprinting, digital, offset, and industrial printing. Conducted research on the relationship between the technologies of screenprinting and offset lithography. From 1988 to 1993, Boegli taught screenprinting at the Superior School […]