Supplier News

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Control Printing Group, a leading Midwest provider of custom branded print and promotional products, and product fulfillment services, has changed its name to Control Group, effective Oct. 8, 2012.

Lakewood, New Jersey-based Astor Chocolate has hired Charles G. Duggan II, MAS, as national accounts manager – corporate sales division. In this new role, Duggan will be responsible for growing revenue through wider distribution of Astor chocolate gifts and giveaway items through the company’s distributor partners.

Print+Promo's offices are closed today, Tuesday, Oct. 30 as a result of Hurricane Sandy. Offices are expected to be open tomorrow.

Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast on Friday evening, bringing with it winds and flooding across the most populated corridor in the United States. Estimates of the damage are still coming in as millions in the U.S. have been left without power. As of noon Tuesday, at least 21 are reported dead in the U.S., bringing the total death toll to 67.

St. Paul, Minnesota-based Deluxe Corporation announced its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012.

Revenue and diluted EPS exceeded the high end of the range in the prior outlook due primarily to better than expected check and forms performance in Small Business Services and Financial Services and lower discretionary spend.

Lenexa, Kansas-based Gill Studios announced that Debra Hoerl has been promoted to vice president of customer services and Carl Gerlach has been promoted to vice president of marketing.

The Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry’s only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has awarded QCA Accreditation to Baltimore, Maryland-based Towel Specialties.

Butler, Wisconsin-based Western States Envelope & Label is a proud supporter of the new Print Apply iPhone app, which means it’s free through a special link.

Pro Towels Etc., a leading towel supplier located in Pittsburgh, announced that it is changing its name to Pro Towels.