Headquartered in Clearwater, Fla, BIC Graphic USA announced the celebration of BIC Ecolutions Day. “This day was dedicated to celebrating our company’s new green product line for 2008, called BIC Ecolutions,” said BIC group graphic president Jack Teague. “This launch further illustrates our continued commitment to sustainable development.” As part of BIC Ecolutions Day, both Progress Energy of Raleigh, N.C., and Pinellas County Recycling of St. Pete, Fla. visited BIC Graphic USA’s headquarters to educate employees on the different types of actions they can put in place at home in order to conserve energy and improve recycling methods. BIC is offering the
Read MoreS&S Activewear Carries Exclusive Styles from Bella
S&S Activewear of Bolingbrook Ill. announced its 2008 collection features 18 exclusive items from bella, one of the industry’s best-known brands for fashion-forward styles. The “bella Exclusives” line features styles for women in today’s popular silhouettes for T-shirts, tank tops and casual dresses. All items are made from premium and custom fabrics like gauze jersey, burnout jersey and poly rayon. Margaret Crow, marketing director for S&S, says that the company has carried a full range of Bella products for many years, and that the Exclusives line fulfills a growing demand for younger, retail-inspired styles. “Bella is one of the leading brands in the
Read MoreSanMar hires Shelley Pasicznyk as General Merchandise Manager
Seattle-based SanMar Corporation, a supplier of imprintable apparel and accessories, hired Shelley Pasicznyk as the new general merchandise manager. Pasicznyk comes to SanMar with more than 16 years of experience in the apparel industry and was most recently the senior merchandising manager at Nike Golf. “I’m looking forward to contributing to SanMar’s product development,” said Pasicznyk. “I’m very impressed with SanMar’s focus on the customer. It’s also exciting to join in a company that has such a depth of product – from trend apparel and performance fabric pieces to sportswear and industrial uniforms.” Pasiczynk’s new role is to direct the product creation
Read MoreEnnis Expands Variable Imaging Capabilities
Ennis Tag & Label, based in Midlothia, Texas, announced the recent installation of a new UV inkjet printing system. The six-head custom design will allow for a printing width of up to 14 1/4” and includes its own prepress station for designing bar codes and importing variable imaging files. This addition will allow Ennis to expand its variable imprint capabilities and strengthen its ION Deposition Printing and crash-imprint numbering system. It is also the first machine in the Ennis line that can print UV ink. Chuck Hester, general manager of the Wolfe City, Texas facility, said the system “will literally more than
Read MoreNine Distributors Affiliate with iPROMOTEu in November 2007
Wayland, Massachusetts-based iPROMOTEu announced nine promotional products distributors have affiliated with the company this November. Each of these new iPROMOTEu affiliates is an experienced industry sales professional, either having been an existing independent distributor or a successful salesperson working for another distributor. During the first eleven months of 2007, a total of 147 promotional products distributors have affiliated with iPROMOTEu—surpassing last year’s total of 114 new affiliates. The annual sales volume represented by these 147 new iPROMOTEu Affiliates is approximately $30,000,000. Presently, 347 distributors from 42 states (Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia as well) are affiliated with iPROMOTEu.
Read MoreDesignLab Catalog To Launch December 12
Florence, Alabama-based design lab announced the release of its 2008 catalog will be on December 12 of this year. The catalog includes lines with lower minimum quantities and quicker production times, as well as lower prices on several items such as pan handler, diffuser and wide opener. For more information on Design Labs, visit www.designlabpromotions.com or call (888) 375-4999. ext. 108.
Read MorePrime Line Wins Web Awards
Bridgeport, Connecticut-based Prime Line proudly announced it has been selected as a winner of the 2008 PPAI Web Award for the category of Functionality/Usability. The award recognized PPAI distributor and supplier members in five categories for creative and effective promotional products Web sites. “We are very pleased to be recognized for the improvements we’ve made on our Web site recently,” said Jeff Lederer, executive vice president. “Some new features we’ve added include live inventory check, instant order-status look up and shipment tracking, as well as fast-and-easy product searches,” he added. Prime Line will be honored at The PPAI Expo 2008 awards presentation
Read MoreShades of Green
There is one thing I’ll promise you—never in this blog will I quote a certain amphibian—shaped puppet on the difficulties of going through life having skin of a certain hue. Firstly, because it is an over-used quote, and secondly because it isn’t true.
It’s pretty easy being green. Maybe not all-out, put up a windmill and solar panels, drink rainwater, take yourself off the grid, Al Gore-green, but achieving a nice seafoam, even Granny-Smith apple kind of green doesn’t really take much work. Currently, I’m that kind of green. I do what I can, but honestly, it’s just the bare minimum and some
Read MoreS & S Activewear Turns 20 in 2008
Founded in 1988, S & S Activewear of Bolingbrook, Illinois is poised to complete 20 years of business in early 2008. The company plans to celebrate at its annual open house on April 25, 2008, and with a series of special promotions throughout the year. In addition, it is the 10th anniversary for S &S Activewear’s Open House event. From its early days of supplying the local market with core basics, the company has grown to be a leading national distributor with more than 1,400 styles from 58 brands in its 2008 product collection. S & S Activewear’s co-owner Jeff Adams
Read MoreBag Makers Inc. Introduces Eco-Friendly Bag Line
Bag Makers Inc., of Union, Ill., announced the launch of a collection of eco-friendly bags. Addressing the growing trend toward more environmentally conscious products, the collection includes a paper shopper made from 100 percent recycled paper and consists of not less than 95 percent recycled post consumer content. The collection also includes a plastic die-cut handle bag that contains up to 40 percent recycled content and 20 percent calcium filler, which can reduce the use of petroleum-based resins by as much as 60 percent. In addition, Bag Makers has been working to make its entire collection of non-woven polypropylene bags even more environmentally friendly.
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