Company: Leed's

New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based Leed’s, a member of Polyconcept North America and the second largest supplier within the promotional products industry, announced the addition of Duracell Lighting to its portfolio of retail brand partners. Since the 1980s, Duracell has been making high-quality flashlights, which will now be offered to the promotional products industry exclusively through Leed’s. The initial offering consists of five premium flashlights and includes the new Duracell DayLite which was unveiled on Aug. 19, 2008. Developed with patented TrueBeam technology, the DayLite captures, focuses and delivers more light, providing best-in-class performance. “With the addition of Duracell Lighting, Leed’s now offers a premium tier

Pittsburgh-based Leed’s, a member of Polyconcept North America, the second largest supplier within the promotional products industry, recently earned acclaim from Geiger, Proforma, Caliendo Savio Enterprises, Jack Nadel, Identity Marketing, Promo Marketing and Adventures In Advertising. At the Geiger Galleria Awards Dinner in July, Geiger proclaimed Leed’s to be their production partner of the year and named Jennifer Markulin as their customer service associate of the year. In early August, Proforma also selected Leed’s as their Gold Hard Goods Supplier. Caliendo Savio Enterprises acknowledged Heather Newingham as their customer service rep of the year. Steve Kaplan was honored by Jack Nadel as their outside

Pittsburgh-based Leed’s, a member of Polyconcept North America, the second largest supplier within the promotional products industry, hired a director of product development and a business development representative to further enhance its product development process, customer service and sales teams. The company believes the added roles will elevate existing efforts to maintain and grow Leed’s position as a product innovator and service-oriented industry leader. By filling the role of director of product development, Michele Petruccelli became the newest member of the Leed’s senior leadership team. Petruccelli joined Leed’s on May 5 and is responsible for the strategic direction of product development and design, coordinating

Leed’s, a member of Polyconcept North America, the second largest supplier within the promotional products industry, announced the addition of Peter Healy to the Leed’s senior leadership team in the role of vice president, supply chain. This position will be responsible for overseas sourcing and logistics, coordinating with product development, working with planning and forecasting and handling the logistics of importing to the company’s warehouses. Sharon Willochell, chief operating officer of the New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based company explained, “Leed’s is known for the quality and value of our products, and adding Peter to the team will allow us to continue our focus on our

Pittsburgh-based Leed’s, a member of Polyconcept North America, the second largest supplier within the promotional products industry, unveiled its final phase of completely revamping its collateral approach: a mid-year catalog. For the past several years, Leed’s has been one of the only suppliers to launch new products on a rolling basis throughout the year. Now, in an effort to keep the full-line catalog as comprehensive as possible, the “2008 Catalog Reloaded,” includes all of the new products that have been rolled out during the first part of the year, plus a large sampling of products that will be new in Leed’s “Wrap it Up”

In honor of Earth Day, Pittsburgh-based Leed’s, a Polyconcept North America company, announced it has donated one tree for each full-time employee. This effort builds upon the company’s EcoSmart platform launched in November 2007, where a tree is planted through American Forests—a nonprofit tree planting organization based in Washington—for every EcoSmart imprint order placed. Leed’s donations have been earmarked for planting projects in North America. Between the trees planted on behalf of Leed’s employees and those generated from EcoSmart orders, there have been a total of 2,407 trees planted since November 2007. “Not only do we feel good about manufacturing recycled products,

Pittsburgh-based Leed’s, a member of Polyconcept North America, the second largest supplier within the promotional products industry, responded to a slowing economy by unveiling Gusto!, a product line designed to help distributors provide products that fit end-users’ shrinking promotional budgets. According to Jeff Brown, vice president of product development and marketing, “We wanted to introduce products that are inexpensive, not ‘cheap.’ Each Gusto! item has bang for its buck with clever designs and Leed’s level of quality.” Created with unexpected features that offer unexpected performance, the gadgets span a variety of uses from self-mailers that come in a ready-to-mail envelope to computer-compatible desk accessories.

Pittsburgh-based Leed’s, a member of Polyconcept North America and the second-largest supplier within the promotional products industry, hired Frank Weissert as the business development representative handling Texas, Okla. and Ark. Weissert has more than five years experience in direct consultation sales and more than 10 years in general sales. Previously an inside sales representative with Davison, a Pittsburgh-based design house for corporate and individual’s product ideas, he is familiar with new product development efforts and has worked extensively with corporate clients. Weissert looks forward to applying his sales knowledge to the promotional products industry and is excited to work with Leed’s midwest customers. As