Fat Penguin USA

Custom Printed Products

Printed in Los Angeles for cups, shirts, and foam boards.

Custom printed PET cups, folded shirt, and foam board display

Est. 2016 · Our 10th year — America’s 250th

Celebrating 10 Years of Resilience, Growth, and American Opportunity

This year marks 10 years since we started our journey in 2016.

Over the past decade, we have faced the same challenges many businesses have faced: economic uncertainty, global disruptions, rising costs, COVID, supply chain issues, and a world that has changed again and again. But through it all, we kept moving forward.

We grew. We adapted. We stayed committed to serving our customers.

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And now, as we celebrate Independence Day, we are proud to share the next chapter of our story.

We have started building our printing and production capabilities here in California, with a larger vision ahead: bringing more manufacturing back to the United States, including our PET cup production.

For us, this is about more than cups.

It is about creating American jobs. It is about investing in local production. It is about proving that growth, manufacturing, and opportunity can still happen here — even in a place as challenging and expensive as California.

This American flag cup was created to celebrate that spirit: independence, resilience, and the belief that building something here still matters.

To our customers, partners, and everyone who has supported us over the last 10 years: thank you.

Every cup, every order, and every opportunity has helped us take one more step toward the future we are building.

We are proud of where we started.
We are proud of how far we have come.
And we are excited for what comes next.

Happy Independence Day.

— The Fat Penguin Team

Fresh off our California press Printing the flag cup for America’s 250th. Scanned your cup? This is the story behind it.

Made in the USA

From Order to Local
U.S. Fulfillment

Production, packing, and shipping handoff from our Los Angeles facility.

  • Cups and shirts printed in the same facility
  • Packing and U.S. shipping handled in-house
  • No overseas freight — fast domestic turnaround
Design Your Shirt

How it works

From design to delivered.

A design lands at breakfast — a team crest, a café logo, a game mascot. By Friday, your community is wearing it.

  1. The design

    A team crest, a band logo, your game's mascot. Upload artwork in the Designer; cups go to quote review, while shirts and boards continue to checkout.

  2. The print

    DTG on heavyweight cotton, plate prints on clear cups — all in our Los Angeles facility. Made to survive recess, encores, and launch week.

  3. The pack

    Checked, folded, and packed like a gift — because it usually is one.

  4. The wearing

    The merch table, the café counter, game night. One design, out in the world with your community.

Download this story as a PDF deck — for sharing with your team.

Ready to Get Started?

9 Cup SKUs
5 Shirt Options
3 Steps to Order
USA Printed Here

Design your custom products online, then move into artwork review and U.S. production.