S4SeaSide Silk Screening
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ABOUT · 114 PORTWATCH WAY · NEAR THE PORT OF WILMINGTON

Family-owned.
Community-focused.

The largest apparel decorator and distributor east of I-95 — a second-generation, family-run business decorating 20,000–30,000 items a week at peak.

SEASIDE SILK SCREENINGFAMILY-OWNED · SECOND GENERATION

Mark Sblendorio didn't set out to build the largest apparel decorator east of I-95 — but he did come to it with one of the most serious résumés in the industry. Before a single squeegee touched a screen in his Wilmington garage, he'd spent nearly two decades as a chief information officer and senior vice president running technology, supply chains, and apparel at national scale — for UNICEF, Bedford Fair, and ARAMARK's uniform and career-apparel divisions.

Seaside Silk Screening screen-printing production floor with M&R presses and dryer
The workshop floor at 114 Portwatch Way, near the Port of Wilmington.

In 2010 he traded the corner office for a garage, pulling squeegees for local teams and small businesses — and a second-generation, family-run business was born. Today Mark (CEO) and his sons Zack, Cody, & Ross run the floor together — the same family that started in that garage, now running four automatics, 24 embroidery heads, DTF, and sewing under one roof.

Together we decorate and distribute 20,000–30,000 items a week at peak, from T-shirts for local events to safety jackets that need a company's logo to embroidery for a resort's uniforms.

Zack, Cody, and Ross Sblendorio in the SeaSide workshop
Zack, Cody, & Ross — the second generation running the floor.

"I think it's going to be a time where regional manufacturing has a greater demand, and I'm excited about that."

ZACK SBLENDORIO · COO

It's a seasonal business — slower in winter, busier the warmer it gets. At peak we run three of our four automatics across the day, with room to load more as demand climbs. Short runs (24 to 1,000 pieces) are our core work, and we're seeing that work come back onshore.

We bring clients on and help them get their product out the door and into the hands of their customers — through web feeds, Shopify, order fulfillment, and the like.

SeaSide Silk Screening showroom with apparel display racks and conference table
Our showroom — open to anyone who wants to see how the work gets made.

Every order gets the care and attention it deserves. Computer-to-screen wax imaging, in-house digitizing, and a strike-off on every run mean your print is dialed in before a single shirt moves — piece one and piece ten thousand look the same.

We treat every project as if it were our own, because when you choose us you're supporting real people who live and work right here, not a faceless big-box supplier.

SeaSide Silk Screening embroidery production floor with multi-head machines and thread racks
Embroidery heads and DTF in-house.

You do the shirts for this little league, or the Wilmington Fire Department, or the New Hanover County Sheriff's Department. You have these connections in the community, and it's really something special.

We've been passionate about it since Day 1 — and we've got dreams to keep growing. We speak your language too. Hablamos español.

SeaSide Silk Screening digital printing department with M&R digital press and curing unit
Digital printing on the floor — DTF in-house, dialed in.
#1Decorator & distributor east of I-95
20KSq ft facility near the Port
4Automatics
30KItems per week at peak
WHAT WE STAND FOR
01

Family-owned

A proud, second-generation, family-run business. When you order from us, you're supporting real people who live and work right here in Wilmington — not a faceless big-box supplier.

02

Craft over shortcuts

We treat every project as if it were our own. Computer-to-screen wax imaging, in-house digitizing, and a strike-off on every run mean your print is dialed in before a single shirt moves.

03

Built for volume

Four automatics and 24 embroidery heads let us move 20,000–30,000 impressions a week at peak without dropping the standard — piece one and piece ten thousand look the same.

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Community first

We do the shirts for the little league, the Wilmington Fire Department, the New Hanover County Sheriff's Department. Those community connections are something special — and we speak your language too. Hablamos español.

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