NPT Sportswear

NPT Sportswear operates an established custom apparel decoration, team outfitting, and promotional branding facility on Marlborough Street in historic downtown Newport, Rhode Island. Catering to Newport County's renowned maritime racing crews, waterfront hospitality establishments, private yacht clubs, golf tournaments, and community organizations, the company specializes in weather-resistant decorated apparel and casual sportswear. The shop features commercial heat press machinery, computerized embroidery equipment, and digital graphic workstations.

Decoration services include full-color direct-to-film heat transfers, heavy-duty marine embroidery, traditional screen printing, and custom emblem patches. Direct-to-film transfer technology allows the shop to apply complex regatta emblems, multi-color sponsor graphics, and photorealistic maritime artwork to technical moisture-wicking sun shirts, softshell sailing vests, breathable team polos, and heavyweight cotton hoodies without stiffness. The decorators tailor application methods to ensure high resistance to saltwater exposure and sun fading.

Completed orders can be picked up directly at the Marlborough Street storefront in Newport or shipped to docks, corporate offices, and residential addresses across Rhode Island and nationwide. Standard production spans five to seven business days following artwork confirmation, with priority turnaround accommodated for sailing events. Application instructions for direct-to-film transfers require 315 degrees Fahrenheit for fourteen seconds under medium-firm pressure, peeling the carrier cold, and sealing with a four-second finish press.