Company: R.S. Owens & Co.

Chicago-based R.S. Owens announced expanded in-house art glass design and manufacturing to offer stock and custom awards in a fast and growing art glass award segment. “Glass, particularly art glass, is one of the strongest growing trends we have observed in the awards industry,” said Larry Maloney, vice president of marketing and sales. “There are a number of reasons for this. First, art glass awards are some of the most beautiful awards our industry has even seen. They come in a virtually unlimited variety of shapes and colors, they capture light and have an elegant vibrancy,” he continued. “Second, because they are an

Chicago-based R.S. Owens announced company president Scott Siegel, MAS, was invited to serve on a panel at the 2008 New York Incentives, Rewards and Recognition Show. Siegel will present his thoughts on the power of recognition, and how recognition award programs can have strong, measurable benefits to any organization. “I have worked in the awards industry most of my life,” said Siegel, “and I have always had an appreciation for the power of recognition, how it can motivate, reward and drive excellent behavior.” “We have been honored to make the Gallup Great Workplace Award for a couple years now,” continued Siegel, “and this

With more than 21 years of customer service expertise, Austine Bridgeford recently joined Chicago-based R. S. Owens’ customer service team. In her new role, Bridgeford will be responsible for servicing R.S. Owens’ interests in the Southeastern United States. “This is an instrumental position for us to fill with a professional of Austine’s skill and background,” said Jacqueline Duda, customer service manager. “With such a broad variety of distributors to handle, we definitely have a need to enhance our position in this region. The addition of Austine to our team will greatly improve our ability to service customer requests and orders in a very timely