About
Two people, one machine's worth of opinions.
ZB Punch is a small digitizing studio. We make stitch files and vector art for other shops — and we have kept it deliberately small, because the moment you scale a digitizing business you stop punching and start managing people who punch.
What we actually do all day
Somebody sends a logo. We look at it, decide what thread will do on the fabric they named, and rebuild it shape by shape as a stitch file. Then we check it, send it, and fix it if the sew-out says we got something wrong. That is the whole business.
Most of our work comes from contract embroiderers and uniform suppliers who need a digitizer they do not have to check up on. A good share of it is white-label: the end client never learns our name, and that suits everyone.
Why we do not do the embroidery
We do not own an embroidery machine for production and we are not going to buy one. The shops that send us work are the shops we would be competing with, and a digitizer who quietly takes decorating jobs on the side does not stay trusted for long.
It also keeps our attention where it belongs. Digitizing is a craft with a long tail of small judgements, and it rewards doing nothing else.
How we talk to people
Plainly, and sometimes bluntly. If your logo will not embroider well at three inches we will say so before taking the money, and tell you what to change. If we are going to be late you will hear it before the deadline rather than after.
There is no account manager, no ticketing system and no portal. You get the person who punched your file.
There is no stock photography on this site and no client logo we do not have permission for. Technical stitch renders stand in until real sew-out photography goes up.
Where we stand
What we will not do
- Run your logo through an auto-digitizer and call it hand work
- Charge you again for a second file format
- Put your client's logo in our portfolio without asking
- Take a job we know will sew badly just to book the money
- Compete with the shops that send us work
What we would rather you did
- Tell us the fabric — it changes the file more than the size does
- Send a sew-out photo when something is off, even a blurry one
- Ask for the editable source if you might want edits later
- Say if a deadline is real, so we can sequence the day around it
- Push back if a file is not right — that is how it gets fixed
Who we work with
Mostly other shops — which is why we keep quiet about it.
A good part of the work is white-label: your client never sees our name, and we never post a logo without asking. We do not run production embroidery, so we are not competing with the people who send us work.
Embroidery shops
Overflow and awkward jobs
Contract embroiderers
Volume work, standing briefs
Workwear suppliers
Multi-position uniform sets
Uniform companies
Schools, healthcare, hospitality
Screen printers
When a client asks for embroidery
Promotional distributors
Caps, bags, fleece
Sports teams
Teamwear, numbers, crests
Schools & clubs
Badges and blazer crests
Hotels & spas
Towels, robes, terry
Fashion brands
Small-run branded pieces
Design agencies
Turning brand marks into thread
Patch makers
Merrow, laser and hot-cut edges
What we punch
Ten positions, each with its own rules.
Next step
Send us something awkward.
A faded scan, a photo of a van door, a crest with eight colours and a mascot. Those are the jobs we like, and the ones other digitizers quietly decline.
Or email info@zbpunch.com