CustomInk Opening Speakers: From left, CustomInk President Marc Katz, Senator Mark Warner, Congressman Gerry Connolly, and Revolution Growth Co-Founder Ted Leonsis display t-shirt at CustomInk Open House reception. Photo Contributed
On Friday, CustomInk, the "design online" custom T-shirt company, hosted an open house event at its new Fairfax headquarters. President Marc Katz was joined by special guests Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11), and Revolution Growth Co-Founder, Ted Leonsis. The company relocated its headquarters to a 72,000 square-foot location at Mosaic, 2910 District Avenue in Fairfax. Operations at the new location will range from software engineering to design, finance, marketing, customer care and production art. As the anchor commercial tenant for Mosaic, CustomInk will occupy three floors in a location with 50 percent more space than the company's previous office in Tysons Corner.
After 50 percent revenue growth in 2013, CustomInk plans to continue to expand the company over the next year by creating 95 new jobs in Virginia, in addition to 420 local employees and 600 others around the country. Since its founding in 2000, CustomInk has grown to be a major player in the $5 billion custom apparel market, with about $200 million in annual revenues. The company has sold over 50 million shirts. As part of its ongoing expansion, CustomInk recently opened a new production facility in Dallas; expanded to a new location in Reno, Nev., and plans to expand another production facility in Charlottesville.