Gill Line Names New Vice President of Sales

Gill Line, Lenexa, Kan., has appointed Mike Malinowski, CAS, to be its vice president of sales, effective May 11, 2018. Malinowski began his career at Gill in 1984 as an estimator in the pricing department. He was promoted to pricing manager in 1991. In 1993, he moved to the…

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PPAI Kicks Off Promotional Products Work! Week

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, and Promotional Products Association Of The Mid-South (PPAMS), Nashville, kicked off Promotional Products Work! Week on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Shelbyville, Tenn., also known as “The Pencil City.” Billed as the official kickoff for the national awareness event, happening this week, the event is organized by PPAMS, PPAI…

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Landway International Announces New Regional Sales Representatives

Landway International, San Francisco ,announced the addition of new regional sales representatives. Scott Lange of Lange Marketing will represent Landway’s premium apparel and outerwear line in the Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio markets. With 22 years of experience in the promotional products industry, Lange has become well known for successfully organizing mid-market trade shows in…

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Polyconcept North America Adds to Sales Staff

Polyconcept North America (PCNA), Pittsburgh, announced the addition of three new hard goods field sales managers. These newly-created positions will allow the company to more effectively support customers in Texas and throughout the Southeast U.S. Katie Crnkovich has three years of experience in the promotional products industry and 12 years of experience in the incentive-and-recognition…

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QCA and ZOOMcatalog Announce Strategic ‘Brand Safety’ Partnership

Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), Chicago, and ZOOMcatalog have partnered to help industry distributors easily search catalogs from suppliers with verified responsible sourcing best practices. ZOOMcatalog has created a page that allows distributors to refine their search results to only show catalogs from those suppliers that currently hold QCA accreditation. As a bonus, distributors will be…

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Prime Line Launches New Primeline.com Site That Includes All Jetline Items

Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., launched a new, expanded Primeline.com website where visitors can find all Prime Line and Jetline items, and utilize functionality such as check order status, real-time inventory lookup, social media sharing, and a freight estimator for U.S. and Canada. The site also features rapid loading speed, improved navigation and filtering, Canadian and…

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AIA Corporation Announces New Vice President of Operations

AIA Corporation (AIA), Neenah, Wisc., announced today the appointment of Antony “Tony” West as the company’s new vice president of operations. In this new role for AIA, West will lead all aspects of customer experience for AIA owners and OfficeZilla dealers (a subsidiary of AIA Corporation). He will also…

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Hanesbrands Inc. Announces First Quarter 2018 Results

Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., announced first-quarter 2018 results that exceeded company guidance for net sales, organic sales and EPS. For the quarter ended March 31, 2018, the company reported net sales growth of 7 percent to $1.47 billion versus a guidance range of $1.42 billion to $1.44 billion. GAAP diluted earnings per share for continuing…

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