Permaboss was founded in 1999, specifically as a company to offer profitable decoration alternatives to embroiderers and screen printers.
In the following pages you will find outstanding samples and ideas peppered throughout the site all of which are either impossible to do manually without the laser or if you could do it traditionally, you wouldn’t be nearly as profitable or as quick and perfect each time! An therein lies the goal, transforming your embroidery business into a profit machine while the majority of your competitors find reasons ways to justify NOT progressing out of the industrial age.
Embroidery essentially hasn’t changed in 40 years. The GMI laser is to embroidery what the internet is to communication.  After years of increasing competition and decreasing prices and profit in every embroidery market in the world the GMI embroidery laser turns everything upside down for your competitors and right side up in the accounting books! The worst thing that can possibly happen to you today is that your nearest competitor gets an embroidery laser!  

A LITTLE HISTORY ON TRENDS
Back in 1999 everyone laughed at the introduction of embossing. Today Permaboss machines do all the work you see in every major auto manufactures automobile interior (GM, ACURA, FORD, MERCEDES, BMW, CHRYSLER and more) Permaboss machines remain the most used embossing technology world wide in the ASI and decoration industry not to mention the longest lasting and fastest application of all the embossing alternatives out there.
About 6 years ago Permaboss was the first to introduce the Rhinestone Robot technology. Once again few took it seriously at first but today 90% the top rhinestone contractors in the USA are all Permaboss Rhinestone machine owners, many have 2, 3 and up to 5 machines!

EMBROIDERY LASER PIONEERS & PROFITABLE DECORATION ALTERNATIVES ARE THE ANSWER
Most recently Permaboss again pioneered by introducing the GMI embroidery lasers and started the trend in USA and Canada. Today we have most models (5), the single largest and longest (30.1m/98.75’ long) installations in the world as well as the most compact and economical versions (6.5m/21’) available in the market.

Today you can find used embroidery equipment on eBay for under $5,000 and screen printing equipment under $1,000. The market has been reduced thousands and thousands of tiny shops all chomping away at the long established embroidery businesses who purchased machines when they were $120,000 each.
Here in North America since just before 9/11 the embroidery market already was under full attack from cheap labor markets. Large production work was pulled right out of the country seemingly overnight and along with it the rug from under the big players.
Now with all the talk of a recession in the USA, not making a leap to new technology to outdistance yourself from the pack will be detrimental in determining you growth or demise. The fact is the more layoffs in the economy in general means only one thing – an even higher the number of small business embroidery and screen printing startups.
This is great for sellers of small embroidery machines and franchises but a nightmare for established embroidery business who still only offer standard embroidery.

CHANGE OR DIE
An embroidery laser or bridge laser changes the game. It puts you in the top 5% of embroiders and you will be able to do what 95% can’t do both technically and price wise. With a GMI laser you can offer a variety of new decorations using your existing embroidery machine, do it faster, better, for less money if you have to and STILL MAKE MORE PROFIT! Your old machines can be totally revived with the GMI laser and for the not much more than a new brand name multihead embroidery machine!
Since the bridge laser was invented by GMI in 1999, not a single one of their customers has downsized, closed or gone bankrupt. The fact is that more than 30% of customers who buy an embroidery laser purchase a second, third or even 4th laser within the first 3 years!

WHAT CAN A BRIDGE LASER DO FOR ME?
The writing is on the wall when China, India and Pakistan, countries where labor costs as little as $21/month and have companies making multiple laser purchases! If you don’t update and convert to high tech low cost technology how will you compete effectively!
Even if you are thinking about getting out of the embroidery market in a few years down the road, what is your business worth when its 100% outdated and underperforming in terms of output, profit and decoration ability? A GMI laser is a great exit strategy for every embroidery business! That’s also the beauty of leasing.

 

WHAT EXACTLY IS A GMI LASER BRIDGE ?
A bridge laser is basically a structure that is installed over and above your current embroidery machine/s. The laser is totally independent but works in perfect harmony of your existing embroidery machines.

Your embroidery equipment purchased yesterday or yesteryear is industrial aged technology. Yes it uses a PC instead of a punch card but in principle it has not changed in 40 years. You are stitching garments and trading time for money. Because of all the competition out there you can only get $X per 1000 stitches depending on your local market, customers etc.
Where the laser comes into play is that you can now do work with your embroidery machine that no hand can do. Just take a look at the moving banner at the top of this webpage and see if you can do it now in a matter of seconds, perfect every time on every head! Not only that, whatever you can do currently the laser can totally outperform anything you can dream of.

THOSE WHO HATE APPLIQUE WORK ARE MISSING OUT ON THE BIGGEST PROFIT
Most embroidery shops can’t do stunning appliqué work let alone great basic appliqué work. Most tell us that they don’t have the demand and that’s fine. But quite frankly staying in that comfort zone is costing you thousands in lost sales, profits. It’s costing your growth and security.

THINK ABOUT THIS FACT

There isn’t a single GMI laser owner out there who would go back to the old way if their life depended on it, for that matter any bridge laser owner!

I hope you didn’t mind this blunt and bold introduction, our goal is to inform you and then help make your investment as profitable as it can be in the shortest period of time possible. We can actually guarantee you in writing that your laser is 100% profitable in 90 days or less or we will pay the lease payment until it is!

On this website you will find 5 new models for 2008 that suit the smallest business to the largest embroidery businesses.

Please feel free to contact us for more information, samples, DVD videos, references and literature on the GMI Laser product.

Sincerely

Robert Harbauer | President