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Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) announced that the 2021 PPEF scholarship program is now taking applications for the 2021-2022 school year with $278,750 in scholarships available. Since its inception in 1989, PPEF has awarded more than $2.4 million in financial assistance...

The PPAI board of directors elevated executive vice president Robert (Bob) McLean Jr. to lead PPAI as interim president while the board undertakes an executive search with search firm SearchWide Global to replace outgoing president and CEO Paul Bellantone...

Ennis Inc., Midlothian, Texas, has announced three organizational changes to its manufacturing operations. Wade Brewer has been promoted to the position of director of manufacturing. Brewer has more than 35 years of print industry experience, 10 of those with Ennis...

The PRINTING United Digital Experience wraps up on Jan. 31 after three months of free, invaluable programming which was made available virtually to the global printing community in order to continue to serve industry needs in 2020...

Copresco, Carol Stream, Ill., has installed a Konica-Minolta 6136P digital printing press that combines black-and-white print reproduction with the latest high-speed production technology. “The people at Konica-Minolta were...

Olivia Scott, MAS, is owner and president of Promotional Partners Inc., a distributor based in Apex, N.C. In 2018, she attended a live Power Meeting, our sister brand Promo Marketing's one-on-one business development events that match distributors and suppliers to create partnerships and build relationships. When Scott saw...

Toddy Gear, Chicago, announced that the company's vice president, Jason Emery, was promoted to president, effective Jan. 1. In his new role, Emery will continue to focus on the development of new products while managing company operations...

U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern reported the agency’s FY 2020 financial results. Overall, the agency lost $14.3 million on $915.9 million in revenue. For the 24th consecutive year, GPO earned an unmodified, or clean, opinion, on its audited...

HPG, Braintree, Mass., announced the promotion of Jason Lucash to chief development officer, the promotion of Trina Bicknell to chief revenue officer, and the onboarding of Antonio “Tony” Gaston as HPG’s chief operating officer...

Koozie Group (previously BIC Graphic North America), a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, has announced the completion of the acquisition of IMAGEN Brands with the support of H.I.G. IMAGEN Brands, whose companies include Vitronic and Crown, is a...