Bowling Night Tees for Bowlers

The Ann Arbor T-shirt Company is composed of dozens of artists, screen printers, art techs, logistics professionals, embroiderers, and support staff, all operating out of Ann Arbor, Michigan (about 40 miles west of Detroit). We proudly design, print, and embroider the majority of our products completely in our Ann Arbor, MI factory.

Producing in-house keeps quality up and prices low. From top to bottom, our people are proud of the product we produce and can't wait to share it with you. If you ever find yourself in Ann Arbor, stop in for some coffee and a tour - we'd love to show you how we make our stuff!

Our workers receive fair wages, healthcare, 401k matches, and meals. Machines, inks, and most inputs are U.S. sourced, and shirts are mostly made of U.S. cotton. We give our employees subsidized healthcare, a 401k match, company soccer and kickball teams, catered employee lunches, and quarterly company parties around town. While we believe in treating our employees with respect as a matter of course, it makes business sense, too. Happy people make better shirts - cooler art, better prints, more exacting quality control, etc.

Our illustrators and designers create the artwork, and art techs convert the art into component screens. Skilled screen printers and their apprentices apply ink through the screens using top of the line M&R carousel presses manufactured in Illinois. Our warehouse team checks quality, bags, and boxes the apparel for shipment to fulfillment centers across the country.

The percentages of where your shirt is made vary between products as input prices fluctuate, but for the most part, it's a collaborative effort across the country - 35% in Ann Arbor, MI for design, printing, and production; 22% in Seattle, WA for advertising and platform fees; 6% in Cincinnati, OH for apparel distribution; 4% in Atlanta, GA for shipping and logistics; 4% in Roselle, IL for printing presses and equipment; 4% in Texas and the Southwest US for cotton farming; 3% in Toluca, Mexico for fabric sewing; and 1% in Pineville, NC for screen printing inks.

Screen printing is like cooking - it's not rocket science, but it's really easy to screw up if you cut corners or use sub-par ingredients. That's why we hire, train, and retain skilled professionals with internal apprentice and educational programs, use top-notch QCM inks that are better for the environment and more vibrant, and invest in the best M&R equipment to allow our printers to move faster with less waste.

The Ann Arbor T-shirt Company grew from a dorm room project between two friends at the University of Michigan. We love giving people fun ways to express themselves and strike up conversations with their neighbors, like our expertly applied and cured screen print of "Bowling: Cheaper than Therapy, and they Serve Beer" on a soft, ringspun men's cotton t-shirt.

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