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Bridgeport, Connecticut-based Prime Line thanks dedicated customers and employees and in an open letter:

New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based Polyconcept North America, the fourth largest supplier within the promotional products industry, announced all three supplier brands--Leed’s, JournalBooks and Bullet--were included among the ranks of Identity Marketing’s Readers Choice awards.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, is encouraging people to travel green while on the road this summer, and choosing hotels that have earned EPA’s Energy Star is a great place to start. Energy Star labeled hotels are independently verified to meet strict energy efficiency performance levels set by EPA.

Season after season, celebrities define fashion trends -- and since they have VIP-access to styles long before the average consumer, it makes sense that they are dubbed trend-setters. Fortunately, celebs are embracing apparel and accessories designed by green fashion designers, and therefore influencing the buying habits of their fans.

Indianapolis-based Norwood Promotional Products and Clearwater, Florida-based BIC Graphic USA announced regional sales associate positions for various regions of the U.S. Announcements include:

City of Industry, California-based Sweda Company it will debut its new catalog LifeSTYLES that features sections based on exercise and wellness; comfort and convenience; education and youth; and an eco-affordable section. The 64-page LifeSTYLES catalog will also highlight the company's new alliance with 3M Post-it Brand products. “LifeSTYLES introduces a new spin on how we…

BIC Advertising & Promotional Products, Clearwater, Fla., is pleased to announce that Quenten Wentworth has joined the organization as vice president and general manager responsible for sales, trade marketing and customer relations for Norwood and BIC Graphic North America effective April 12, 2010.  Wentworth brings Norwood and BIC more than 20 years of leadership experience, most recently serving as general manager and vice president of the Convenience and Gas Channel at Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.

Atlanta-based UPS announced its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles expanded with the deployment of 200 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks in eight U.S. cities.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, is proposing to add 16 chemicals to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) list of reportable chemicals, the first expansion of the program in more than a decade. Established as part of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA), TRI is a publicly available EPA database…

The egg packaging for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll has been made from Washington-based Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) chain-of-custody certified paperboard. This is the second consecutive year in which SFI products have been used.