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Quality Assurance Specialist Cecelia Calderon
measures to ensure Imprint Plus
products meet strict tolerances. Each plate, lens cover and insert sheet is
100-percent guaranteed
to snap together seamlessly.
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About
Imprint
Plus
Founding date
1982
Principals
Marla Kott, CEO
Kristin MacMillan, President
Ellen Flanders, Founder
Size of production facility
18,000-square-foot factory with
additional warehouse and
office space in Toronto; Blaine,
Washington and the UK
Number of employees
65-70
Number of orders filled
per year
Approximately 50,000
Notable accomplishments
• Kott, Flanders and MacMillan
were ranked No. 42 in Profit
W100 Canada’s Top Women
Entrepreneurs (2015 marks
the 10th consecutive year
the team has been listed)
• Specialty Graphic Imaging
Association Awards recipi-
ents (2013-2015)
TOP THREE PRODUCTS
At Imprint Plus
• Name badge kits that include software, insert sheets to customize and personalize, plates, lens covers
and a magnetic backing.
• Standing sign kits that include software, insert sheets to customize and personalize, the one-piece
sign and a lens cover.
• Contemporary desk plate kit that includes software, bright white insert sheets to customize and per-
sonalize, the holder, stand and cover, which fit together by pressure alone.
Imprint Plus utilizes
lean manufacturing practices
in every aspect of business. (Left to right)
HeeJun Moon, opera-
tions support
;
Bonnie Wall, operations manager
; and
Bryan Freitag, logistics coordinator
, collaborate on a project
using Lean Kaizen principles.
FACTORY
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