Prime Line Announces Prime Madness Contest

Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., announced its “Prime Madness” sales contest, which offers distributors prizes, such as Final Four tickets, Samsung TVs, Apple products and Amazon gift cards, for each order of $7,500 or more. The contest runs Jan. 1 through Feb. 29, 2016, and is open to U.S. and Canadian distributors. Prize options and contest…

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Cintas Corporation Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Results

Cintas Corporation, Cincinnati, reported results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2016 ended Nov. 30, 2015. Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 was $1.22 billion, an increase of 8.5 percent over the prior year period. Organic growth, which adjusts for the impacts of acquisitions and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, was…

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Hirsch Gift Inc. Hires Five Multi-line Representatives

Hirsch Gift Inc., Houston, Texas, has hired five new multi-line representatives to join the supplier’s outside sales team in January 2016. Scott Blankenship of Blankenship Marketing Group will represent Hirsch Gift Inc. in Arkansas, Oklahoma and North Texas; Sharon Wohlleber of The Integrity Sales Group will cover Louisiana and South Texas; Anne Piotter of Cannon…

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Sterling Cut Glass Adds Western Territory Sales Manager

Sterling Cut Glass, Erlanger, Ky., announced the addition of Tessa Trumble as Western territory sales manager. Trumble, who was was recognized as a PPAI Rising Star in 2014, will focus on developing new relationships with key distributors and managing Sterling Cut…

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Hub Pen Company Hires Sales Executive Ian Brudenell

Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., announced the addition of industry veteran Ian Brudenell to its team of inside sales executives. Brudenell will represent Hub Pen on the West Coast. “As our product offerings and services continue to expand, the addition of talented sales…

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Drum-Line Expands Production Facility

Drum-Line, Stuttgart, Ark., has completed construction on a building expansion. The facility added an additional 10,000 square feet, bringing the production facility to 85,000 square feet. The company primarily will use the additional space for calendar production. Drum-Line has seen growth in this category over the last five years. The increased space allows for more…

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Windswept Marketing Offers Indirect Embroidery Option

Arden, North Carolina-based Windswept Marketing offers Indirect Embroidery, which bonds logos to almost any kind of apparel, in any place—like the bill of a hat, jean pockets, shirt pockets and collars, bags, portfolios, neoprene, and other areas that cannot be “hooped” by standard embroidery. Because Indirect Embroidery adheres to the outside of an item (as opposed…

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American Solutions for Business Names IT Senior Director

American Solutions for Business (ASB), Glenwood, Minn., named Eric Gorghuber information technology senior director, effective Dec. 21. After joining the company in 2011, Gorghuber has held a key role in bringing the PeopleSoft application to a stable and reliable state for…

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Performance Awards Center to Distribute Pet Bowl

Performance Awards Center (PAC), a Carrollton, Texas-based distributor, forged an agreement with New Zealand-based Heyrex to distribute its Torus pet bowl in the U.S. Launched in March, the self-dispensing water bowl previously was only available in the U.S. via Amazon.com. Torus provides both dogs and cats with clean, fresh,…

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Proforma Employees to Receive Toms this Holiday Season

As a show of employee appreciation and charitable giving, Cleveland-based Proforma will give every Proforma support center staff member a Toms gift card this holiday season. With every product purchased from Toms, a retailer of shoes, sunglasses, apparel and more, it will help a person in need. “We wanted to not only thank our support team…

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