Sheldon Green – The co-founder, with his brother Melvin “Mel” Green, of Advance Process Supply, American Screen Printing Company, A.W.T. World Trade Group (which is comprised of A.W.T. World Trade, Inc., American M&M Screen Printing Equipment Co., and Graphic Parts International, Inc.) of Chicago, Illinois.

He and his brother, Melvin E. Green, founded Advance Process Supply in the 1949. The company, which manufactured screen printing inks, equipment and supplies.

Advance Process Supply operated for more than 50 years, expanded to some sixteen branch locations, and grew to be one of the largest screen print manufacturers in the world. In 1987, they sold the Advance ink and supplies business. In 1990 they started Sias America. Sias manufactured screen printing equipment, and was later sold to M&R. In 1993, They sold the ink and supplies division of Advance Process Supply Company to Naz-dar.  This acquisition was a significant event in Nazdar’s history, after which the company simplified its identity to “Nazdar” from its previous “Naz-Dar” name. The move helped expand Nazdar’s R&D and distribution capabilities within the printing industry.

Sheldon Green died 2003. His brother Melvin “Mel” E. Green died at age 91 on May 14 2014, His sister Diana Epstein, a New York book editor and founder of Tender Buttons passed away in 1998,

A.W.T. World Trade Group

Today, everything is under one name, A.W.T. World Trade Group (comprised of A.W.T. World Trade, Inc., American M&M Screen Printing Equipment Co., and Graphic Parts International, Inc.) Michael Green, the son of Sheldon Green, is the current President of A.W.T. World Trade, Inc. The company is the global leader in the screen printing equipment industry.

A.W.T.’s roots can be traced back to American Screen Printing Equipment Co., founded in 1949 by Sheldon and Melvin Green, father and uncle, respectively, of A.W.T. president Michael Green, who also became part owner of the company. American Screen Printing Equipment Co. soon became the major industry leader as it grew into the largest screen printing equipment and supply manufacturer in the world. The company revolutionized textile screen printing with the Rototex, Arrow Multiprinter, Centurion presses and Texair dryers. The graphics sector of screen printing experienced a giant leap in print quality with such heavy duty, high quality, and reliable presses like the Cameo, Daytona, Hercules, and Viking. American M&M resulted when American Screen Printing Equipment Company merged with M&M Research in 1993.

The A.W.T. World Trade Group has a worldwide network of dealers and distributors. Additional sales and distribution offices are in Miami, Fla., serving the Central and South American countries; and in Holland, Netherlands, serving the European market. The A.W.T. Group has an office in Oshkosh, Wisc. Their corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities are located in Chicago, Illinois.

The A.W.T. World Trade Group
4321 N. Knox Ave.
Chicago, IL, 60641 USA

Website: www.awt-gpi.com
Email: sales@awt-gpi.com
Phone: 773-777-7100

Graphic Parts International (G.P.I.)

Graphic Parts International is a division of the A.W.T. World Trade Group, is a premier manufacturer of replacement parts and remanufacturing services for the screen printing industry.

G.P.I. offers hundreds of screen print products, such as:

• Squeegees & Floodbars
• Replacement Blankets
• Vacuum Beds
• Pallets
• Quiet Vacuum Motors
• Air Hoses & Tubing
• Hose Clamps
• Blowing & Exhaust Hoses
• Fuses, Fuse Holders & Blocks
• Micro Switches
• Wire & Cord
• Cable Ties, Conduit, Connectors & Pliers
• Screws, Chains, Bolts
• Gears, Sprockets & Bearings
• Indicator Lights
• Fans, Belts & Bushings
• Gas Springs, Exhaust Vents, Mounts
• Infrared Panels
. . . and much more!