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• JULY 2015
INNOVATE
2015 PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS WORK! WEEK
ADVANCE CORPORATION
Supplier Advance Corporation welcomed staff
members from distributor Quality Resource Group
(QRG) to its Cottage Grove, Minnesota, facility for
a factory tour and luncheon. Organized in collabo-
ration with UMAPP, Rena Ashfeld, Advance
Corporation national sales manager and UMAPP
board president, and Devin Martin, key accounts
manager, gave an all access tour through the
company’s manufacturing plant. The tour included
education on various materials, and in-house
manufacturing and imprinting processes.
CHOCOLATE INN/TAYLOR & GRANT
Supplier Chocolate Inn/ Taylor & Grant in Freeport, New York,
collaborated with SAAGNY to bring nearly 25 distributors to its factory
and give them an up-close look at its operations. Distributors saw
how custom chocolates were created from start to finish, from the
tempering of the chocolate to the molding, cooling, wrapping and
packaging of each piece. They also got a look at the other decorating
techniques employed within the factory, watched as mint tins were
printed, filled and sealed, witnessed how smaller candies are indi-
vidually wrapped, and learned the steps in place to ensure orders
are produced in strict compliance with SQF Food Manufacturing and
Handling Regulations.
Chocolate Inn’s VP of Sales, Jeff DePalma, says, “It is always a
pleasure to invite distributors into our factory. Not only is it an enjoy-
able experience but also a significantly educational one. The breadth
and depth of our product line along with the creativity our category
offers always creates opportunities on both sides of the table.”
HALO BRANDED SOLUTIONS
Distributor HALO Branded Solutions gathered
together employees at its Sterling, Illinois, corporate
offices for a presentation on PPW!W and the power of
promotional products, and encouraged its staff to
spread the word within the community and to share the
information with HALO account executives. The company
provided every staff member with a HALO-imprinted
beach ball donated by Galaxy Balloon and posed for a
group photo.