STS / Little Family has a long history in the apparel industry. In 1967 Daniel Little started out drawing on T-shirts for his buddies in the military. After his tour in Vietnam Daniel was making shirts in his parents garage in So California for motorcycle shops and car clubs. If you ask Daniel he will tell you he printed to pay for gas in his boat and beer in his cooler.

Daniel later legitimized his business by moving it to an industrial park in Van Nuys, CA in 1972. He and his father built presses from wood and one of the first ovens from a forced air heater. After expanding his business to 14 presses in Los Angeles he moved back to Van Nuys and bought his first automatic press.

The late 1970's brought a few opportunities in the Surf and Lifestyle apparel industry. Daniel started printing for Hobie Adler (HOBIE) and Jim Jinks (OP) along with Hang Ten. Daniel was offered his first license by Jim for OP but he needed to stop doing any work for other competing brands.

Success was the word for the 1980's and STS, in this decade the company hit many mile markers. OP was HUGE with their walking shorts and T-shirts. STS peaked with OP in printables at just under 200 million in 1987. Even though OP was the main business they were one of many licenses that STS held. In 1984 STS also printed a large line for the Olympics and the company hit an all time high of 270 million in sales.

Daniel in the late 80's sold his business to Merril Lynch along with a close friend of his and the two combined companies merged to become the World's largest screen printer. They reformed as Pacific Outlook with 54 automatics, 18 belt pressese & completely vertical with the acquisition of OMS a knit, dye and sew operation in North Carolina.