PPB August 2020

$20,000,001 - $35,000,000 Award of Merit Beacon Promotions, Inc. New Ulm, Minnesota Service and dependability are at the top of Beacon’s core values, with a tagline that reads: “On Time. Done Right.” Beacon Promotions offers a wide selection of products in more than 20 brand names, from high-tech to personal care including name badges, table covers, calendars and planners, and premium leather executive gifts and incentive products. Brett Olsen, vice president, says being part of HPG is definitely an advantage that helps the company with resources for new technologies, including printing. “I don’t want to share too much of the secret sauce, but I will tell you that being part of the HPG family of companies has allowed us to share information across North America, in a huge variety of categories, which allows us to gather intel quickly and leverage the resources across the organization to react faster to trends, pricing, marketing and supply chain challenges,” he adds. $35,000,001 - $50,000,000 Award of Merit SnugZ USA West Jordan, Utah From its humble beginnings in a Utah attic in 1989, SnugZ USA has grown from five to more than 500 employees and is a leader in the manufacturing of lanyards, health and beauty products and corporate gifts. The company’s mission is, “Do what is right, think big, work like crazy and care passionately.” “This has been our mission and will always be our core of what makes us tick every single day,” says President Brandon Mackay, MAS, adding that it’s through this mission that the company consistently delivers top-quality products and service. “It’s what we believe in. We want the end user to get exactly what they expected and our distributor partner to have a pain-free experience with SnugZ. We’re not always perfect but I can tell you firsthand that when we fail, we take it very seriously and look for ways to learn from it and incorporate a solution. So, I guess we’re always looking for ways to get better.” $35,000,001 - $50,000,000 Supplier Star Gold Bond, Inc. Hixson, Tennessee Gold Bond started in 1947 as a small pencil company and has grown into a top supplier, operating on two continents with the U.S. office centrally located in Tennessee. Gold Bond says it’s large enough to handle demanding orders, but small enough to be flexible in accommodating customers’ requests. Britney Godsey, chief marketing and sales officer, asks, “If you’re standing at a crossroads between customer service or quality, which would you choose? Imagine a partner that believed there could be both. At Gold Bond that is our mission. In that same mission, we constantly strive for new ways to bring brands to life through innovative item selections and imprinting methods. We perpetually prowl for ways to be industry-leading and give our customers more than they expect through elevated customer service, strategic partnerships and creative solutions much like our gift with purchase and loyalty reward points program.” Godsey says that people are the passion within the leadership team, and the company takes great pride in its family atmosphere environment. “The climate we collaborate in allows us to truly look at how to service our clients in the best way possible without sacrificing quality. We try to instill a specific mindset for all things that we do: do everything to the best of your ability the way that you would if the customer was standing right next to you. If you keep that philosophy, you will always be extraordinary,” she says. FEATURE | PPAI Supplier Stars 20 | AUGUST 2020 |