Sonoma Promotional Solutions, based in Sonoma, Calif., is proud to announce that the Hillary campaign pin designed by company president, Bernard L. Friedman, has been sighted on quite the famous lapel. Former President (and potential future first husband) Bill Clinton has been spotted on television wearing the Hillary ’08 pin on many important occasions. In fact, the former president is seen wearing the pin during the recent campaign trip to South Carolina with daughter Chelsea. This elegant pin is made from the finest hard enamel cloisonné with 22K gold accents and features patriotic U.S. flag colors of red, white and blue
Read MoreWood Added As National Sales Manager of MAC Specialties
Oceanside, New York-based, MAC Specialties, Ltd makers of the Sport Products Line announced the addition of Scott Wood as national sales manager. Previously, Wood spent 17 years as the national sales manager for Time Products in Chicago. “I am thrilled at the high level of professionalism that Mr. Wood brings to us. MAC Specialties will be rolling out the most ambitious new product expansion that we have ever undertaken in late 2007 with an official launch in January 2008. We are all very excited by the response we are receiving from select distributors that Mr. Wood has already shown a sneak
Read MoreHPC Global Enters Health and Beauty Aid Lines
HPC Global announced it will be adding nine new personal hygiene items to its product line effective January 2008. These items are comprised of an arrangement of mini keychain sprayers, writing pocket sprayers, and anti-microbial hand gels and classic sprayers. “When we researched and saw that Health and Beauty product category was growing at such incredible rates it really caught our attention,” said Ken Cecco, national sales manager at HPC. “We were successful in securing the confidence we needed in our supply chain and it was an easy decision once we had aligned all the pieces together.” Cecco further added that there
Read MoreApple Imprints Apparel Opens New Manufacturing Location
Apple Imprints Apparel, Inc in its 27th year, is pleased to announce it has added a new location for the manufacturing of printed apparel. Tampa, Fla. is the site of the newest acquisition for their contract silk-screen services. Its adding additional automatic press services as well as a manual print division. Having both Florida and New York operations will allow Apple Imprints Apparel to service up to 30 states with one- to two- day ground shipping—allowing their clients to be more competitive with increased time and cost savings on shipped goods. For more information on Apple Imprints Apparel, visit www.appleimprints.com or
Read MoreChocolate Inn Wins Supplier Awards
Chocolate Inn announced they had received several awards during the PPAI 2008 show in Las Vegas. Chocolate Inn has been in the promotional product industry since 1979 and was the first chocolate manufacturer in this industry. They are known for excellent service and providing any custom chocolate shape and size in premium Swiss chocolate. On January 15, 2008 Chocolate Inn was presented with the Peernet David Cardin Award which is given to the Premier Partner of the Year. This award is given to the supplier that best represents excellence in service to the group of peernet distributors. This is the
Read MoreShasta Visions Celebrate 20 Years
Celebrating 20 years in the green business, their Global Gifts corporate gift line, which uses recycled glass, has created globes, marbles, keytags, jewelry and awards. Its natural earth spheres and marbles represent high-quality sphere-printing technology. Hundreds of rivers and islands, lakes, white icecaps, yellow and red deserts, green rainforests, and shadow relief mountain ranges appear in amazing detail on their globes. These features are permanently hand-fired into the globe and will last indefinitely. The company feels the extreme detail and accuracy show how truly small our world is! “We expect another very strong year for our recycled glass globes and awards,” said Richard Lucas,
Read MoreWorkflowOne’s Charlotte Facility Earns ISO Certifications
WorkflowOne, a leading provider of print, promotional products and supply chain services based in Dayton, Ohio, today announced that its Charlotte, N.C., plant has become the company’s second manufacturing facility to earn certifications from International Standards Organization (ISO) and International Automotive Task Force (IATF)—with both the ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 16949:2002 quality management process certifications. The certifications are based on independent audits conducted in 2007 that resulted in very high scores for the Charlotte facility. Workflow’s Charlotte plant produces a wide range of printed products, including short-run digital to long-run jumbo rolls, a full complement of pressure-sensitive labels, continuous and cut-sheet forms as well
Read MoreNeely Manufacturing Ramps Up Domestic Capabilities
Neely Manufacturing, of Croydon Iowa, made the decision this year to return their domestic manufacturing capabilities back into full swing. Until 10 years ago, Neely’s products had been primarily made in the U.S. for decades, before the company entered into relationships with overseas partners. But, even with the new partnerships, the company continued domestic sewing and even began taking over the domestic sewing for other suppliers who were getting out of manufacturing in their own facilities. Recently, though, due to customer concerns for the problems with product quality from Chinese-manufactured products and the presence of chemicals and lead in products, Neely recognized they
Read MoreNorwood Announces New Catalog Organization With Norwood Edge
Norwood Promotional Products, based in Indianapolis, announced the launch of the Norwood Edge, a new service offering that will make their distributors’ business easier and more profitable. The Norwood Edge is a set of solutions focusing on simplifying distributors’ day-to-day business with Norwood, it gives distributors reduced extra charges, expanded customer-service hours and a new organization for the company’s most powerful sales tool, its print catalogs. The reorganization of the company’s catalogs is the most significant piece of the Norwood Edge. Previously, Norwood’s print catalogs were organized by their popular industry brands. For example, Norwood RCC Koozie had its own catalog, Norwood Souvenir had
Read MoreNorwood Shows Support For Industry With Platinum Donation To PPEF
Irving, Texas-based Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) announced that Norwood Promotional Products of Indianapolis has committed to join the PPEF Tomorrow Fund at the platinum level with a $120,000 donation to be paid over the next 12 years. “Our platinum level donation to the PPEF Tomorrow Fund sends the message that we are investing in and are committed to the promotional products industry, and we value higher education,” said Paul Lage, MAS, president of Norwood Promotional Products. “Because education has been a centerpiece for the Association and the industry, Norwood, as one of the largest industry suppliers, has the responsibility to be a leader
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