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NEW
MEMBER
SPOTLIGHT
FASTSIGNS
PPAI# 677056 UPIC: F677056
FASTSIGNS
PPAI# 679047 UPIC: F679047
FASTSIGNS
PPAI# 679298 UPIC: F679298
FASTSIGNS OF BLOOMINGTON
PPAI# 676150 UPIC: F676150
Firebrand Apparel Group
PPAI# 681372 UPIC: F681372
Fusion Graphix, Inc.
PPAI# 577768 UPIC: F577768
Galloway Lazer and Print
PPAI# 669240 UPIC: G669240
Gavina Graphics
PPAI# 484665 UPIC: G484665
GB Productions
PPAI# 669612 UPIC: G669612
Gee Jay Enterprises, Inc.
PPAI# 154234 UPIC: GEEJ0001
Geiger
PPAI# 689322 UPIC: G689322
Geiger
PPAI# 678815 UPIC: G678815
Geiger
PPAI# 679043 UPIC: G679043
Gift Selection
PPAI# 225703 UPIC: GiftS225
Gifts & Gadgets Galore
PPAI# 649406 UPIC: G649406
Go Pop Promotions
PPAI# 677121 UPIC: G677121
Gone Surfing Trading Company
PPAI# 678763 UPIC: G678763
Grafyka, Inc.
PPAI# 678829 UPIC: G678829
H5 Promotions
PPAI# 678890 UPIC: H678890
Hamor Printing & Graphics, Inc.
PPAI# 281005 UPIC: HAMOP001
Handsome Prints
PPAI# 679049 UPIC: H679049
HAS Partners
PPAI# 667049 UPIC: H667049
Heritage Promotions Company
PPAI# 281118 UPIC: HERIP007
HOOSIER JIFFY PRINT
PPAI# 618181 UPIC: H618181
i sell swag
PPAI# 668551 UPIC: ISELSWAG
id Screen Print, LLC
PPAI# 681283 UPIC: I681283
Ideavation
PPAI# 355415 UPIC: IDEAVTN
Image One
PPAI# 353536 UPIC: image-1
Information Packaging Solutions, Inc.
PPAI# 281544 UPIC: INFOP006
Innovative Branding Concepts
PPAI# 678588 UPIC: IBC25
Insty-Prints / Brainerd
PPAI# 681406 UPIC: I681406
Insty-Prints / Pleasant Prairie
PPAI# 676899 UPIC: I676899
iPROMOTEu – Impact! Apparel &
Promotions, LLC
PPAI# 679244 UPIC: I679244
Ipromoteu/Platinum Group
PPAI# 336553 UPIC: PPG
Items Etc.
PPAI# 281704 UPIC: ITEMP001
J&B Trophy
PPAI# 675661 UPIC: J675661
JackRabbit Graphic
PPAI# 681324 UPIC: J681324
JEB Designs, Inc.
PPAI# 288133 UPIC: JEBDP001
JMS Apparel and Promotions
PPAI# 678841 UPIC: J678841
JPT GRAPHICS, INC.
PPAI# 421167 UPIC: JPT212
JUST RIGHT PRINTING
PPAI# 682245 UPIC: J682245
Just Right Promotions
PPAI# 682186 UPIC: J682186
Kaeser & Blair – Father & Son
Imprints, Inc.
PPAI# 683297 UPIC: K683297
KCD Graphics
PPAI# 682331 UPIC: K682331
Keltner Productions, LLC
PPAI# 682259 UPIC: K682259
Kingsbury Uniform
PPAI# 605310 UPIC: KINGSuni
KM Media Group
PPAI# 679317 UPIC: K679317
KV & Associates, LLC
PPAI# 287786 UPIC: KV&ASSOC
Lemonade Creative Marketing, LLC
PPAI# 468267 UPIC: Lemonade
Les Promotions Virage
PPAI# 681312 UPIC: L681312
How did your
company get its
start?
We started
this company in 2009. We moved into
promotional products after some things I saw
while traveling stuck in my head. I went to
China with a friend and got a look at the laser
engraving industry there. I had done some
custom laser engraving work before so I was
familiar with it. I also drove through Arizona
and Utah and saw that every gas station had
flashlights for sale.
We had equipment designed for
industrial cutting—we cut a lot of plastic
for display and signage purposes—and we
used that in our work with the promotional
products industry.
We like it that we are smaller rather than
bigger in terms of SKUs. People get that you
can specialize in your niche and be really
good at what you do.
What led your company to enter the
promotional products market?
The person
I went with to China was in the industry so
I was aware of it and saw an opportunity. I
wanted to apply the same model with past
businesses to this industry. I started small
and believe in doing as much as I can by
yourself. We don’t charge any setup fees.
My background is in business development
and I believe in differentiating yourself as a
company and not just on a product level.
Along with the right products, you need the
right service.
What’s your favorite thing about being in the
promotional products industry?
A couple of
months ago one of our clients called us. Their
car had broken down in the dark and the
flashlight that we’d given them as a sample
was of great help. Flashlights, multi-tools,
they have a lot of functionality and use. That
reflects well on an advertiser.
Why did you join PPAI?
We are going to The
PPAI Expo in Las Vegas and we became a
member in order to exhibit. I should have
done it before.
Dan Engel
Simplex Promo
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