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Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, has announced the candidates for PPAI Board of Directors Class of 2022 election. One candidate from each category will be elected by the membership, and will begin their four-year board terms immediately following The PPAI Expo 2018. The PPAI board election will take place from Sept. 8 through Sept. 29, with results available in early October...

Industry veteran John H. West passed away on July 9 at the age of 90. In West’s business career as a sales executive, he became the president and owner of Von Senden Company, a Pittsburgh-based promotional products distributorship...

The American Forest & Paper Association has released its June 2017 Printing-Writing Paper Report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 5 percent in June compared to June 2016. All four printing-writing grades posted year-over-year shipment...

While the print and promotional industry isn’t the only one to let the rules of a “good ol’ boys club” creep into workplace culture, it has, over the years, earned a reputation of “suits and ties need only apply.” Meet the women who are changing this perception and paving the way for a new generation of female executives…

Zebra Technologies Corporation, a Lincolnshire, Illinois-based market leader in rugged mobile computers, barcode scanners and barcode printers enhanced with software and services to enable real-time enterprise visibility, introduced the new...

RR Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD), Chicago, announced a new agreement with Vizient, the nation’s largest member-owned health care company. Effective July 2017, the new three-year agreement will enable Vizient member hospitals to take advantage of RRD’s extensive end-to-end communications offerings for forms, commercial and promotional print initiatives...

NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, Reston, Va., is pushing hard for pro-growth tax reform in 2017. In a statement filed with the House Ways and Means Committee, NPES advises tax reform is essential to fuel a more robust economy and promote sustained economic security...

While the print and promotional industry isn’t the only one to let the rules of a “good ol’ boys club” creep into workplace culture, it has, over the years, earned a reputation of “suits and ties need only apply.” Meet the women who are changing this perception and paving the way for a new generation of female executives…

Monique Gregoire has been named vice president of finance for American Solutions for Business (ASB), Glenwood, Minn. Initially hired as controller in 2015, Gregoire moved quickly into the role of executive director of finance...

Moving further into e-commerce—and in time for the approaching holiday sales cycle—DFS, Groton, Mass., announced the creation of free, fully personalized, easy-to-use holiday card websites for its dealers. According to DFS President Fred Collins, the online stores are specially designed to minimize dealer...