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The Grendel LLC
Providing education,
service and support to the screen printing industry
At The Grendel our mission is to be the undisputed, preferred provider for
superior education, service and support to the screen printing industry. In
addition to providing our own original products, we have partnered with other
industry leaders that share our commitment to quality. With over twenty years
in the industry, we have the experience, technical knowledge, and service
commitment to become your preferred screen printing industry provider.
The Grendel is the proud home of the most comprehensive and intensive screen
printing training program in the industry. Simply put, within three full days
of classroom and workshop training, you will learn to screen print. You will
learn how to screen print the right way: The Grendel way! Visit
our Workshop and Class page to learn more.
Through the Grendel
Consulting Services, we provide the industrial efficiency and technical
production expertise of Douglas Grigar to help our customers with general
and specific problems. Our aim is to provide solutions custom-suited to each
client.
Founded in Colorado in 2005, The Grendel currently offers a wide range of products
and services geared toward becoming your preferred industry provider. We launched
our ecommerce website in January 2005 and will continually update this site
to meet your industry needs. Our product/service mix will continue to evolve
over time so be sure to check back often. Or, if you would like to be notified
of new products/services, just send an email to the below address.
The Grendel currently provides, or is in the process of providing, products
in the following categories; Art, Pre-press, Screens, Mesh, Presses, Equipment,
Dryers, Quality Control products, Information and Downloads, Videos, Training
and Education, and other Supplies.
In line with our commitment to be your preferred provider of superior products
and services, we are pleased to be an official distributor of Vastex Screen
Printing Equipment. Vastex has been providing screen printing equipment since
1960 and we think they offer the highest quality equipment in this industry.
The Grendel proudly carries a full line of Vastex equipment and will be adding
new products frequently.
In addition, The Grendel is an official distributor for the Wasatch
Computer Technology Company. Wasatch is a leading developer of software RIP
and print management solutions for wide-format digital printing, screen separations,
textile, photographic, giclee and other specialized processes in the digital
printing markets. As the provider of premier RIP solutions, we proudly offer
Wastacth products.
Within our mesh department, The Grendel offers a wide selection
of Shur-Loc panels. The patented Shur-Loc® Fabric System includes mesh panels
that quickly and easily snap into place in just seconds. The convenience, durability
and quality of the Shur-Loc system makes it a perfect fit for our online catalog
About our name and logo...
Grendel is the troll or ogre-like monster from the Old English poem Beowulf.
This classic Anglo-Saxon epic tale of warriors, monsters and heroism has long
been accorded its place in literature, though it is sometimes only vaguely remembered
as a required text for many English students
In the Old English poem, composed between the 7th and 10th centuries, Grendel
is a monster, or half-monster half-man creature (described with different terms
such as ork and ettin). Grendel is known for haunting a warrior village and
stalking it for victims of revenge and terror. In the poem, the hero Beowulf
avenges the murders of his compatriots by battling Grendel and wounding him
so grievously that he returns to his mother's lair to expire. Beowulf later
finds Grendel's mother's cave and kills this monster as well. After becoming
King in his own home land, Beowulf later battles a treasure-guarding serpent
dragon. This unnamed dragon is the basis for our logo.
The epic poem Beowulf, like many traditional Northern European mythological
stories, such as Hrolf Kraki, Bodvar Bjarki, and Grettissaga (Nordic and Saxon
sagas), have a common theme. They are derivatives of the ancient "Bear's
son tales" which is a common European folklore characteristically including
heroes, monsters, underground caverns and captive maidens. They are tales of treason
and magical weapons or talismans.
As Grendel is often confused with the later monster-dragon Beowulf battles,
we chose to use this treasure-guarding dragon as the basis for our logo but
chose to use the commonly known and connected name, The Grendel, as our moniker,
denoting the folkloric idea of a treasure trove guarded by a dragon. We hope
you find the same connection under The Grendel dragon and our entire product/service
line.
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Grendel Newsletter Manager |
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The Grendel Company
Providing education, service and support to the screen printing
industry
PO Box 621970
Littleton, CO 80162-1970
orders@thegrendel.com
720-209-5712
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