Norwood Promotional Products

Join Promo Marketing next week to learn about the latest changes in pens and pencils in "Writing Instrument Trends," the next free webinar in the Norwood & BIC Graphic Selling Series.

Norwood & BIC Graphic North America was honored to host a recent BIC Group Board of Directors Meeting April 23-25, 2013. The board meeting was held in Minneapolis, Minn. and included in-depth tours of the Norwood & BIC Graphic facilities in nearby Red Wing and Sleepy Eye.

BIC Group, parent company to BIC Advertising & Promotional Products, reported its 2013 first quarter results this week. The group as a whole reported sales of approximately $561 million, down 3.7 percent from same period in 2012. The BIC APP division saw net sales decreased 11.9 percent in that period.

Norwood & BIC Graphic North America's Tampa facilities were one of 13 outstanding companies recognized for sustainable business practices at the Fifth Annual Earth Charter US (ECUS) Sustainable Business Awards.

Beverage insulators, coolers, travel mugs: three seemingly different products that actually appeal to similar markets—people on the go. Here are nine ways to use them for everyone from construction workers to office employees.

Crown Products, a promotional products supplier located in Mobile, Ala., announced the addition of a Richard Cordaro as factory sales representative. He will be responsible for sales in Florida and Puerto Rico.

However you feel about golf, though, there's one thing everyone can agree on: The maybe-or-maybe-not-sport is teeming with promotional product sales opportunities. Want in on the action? Get in the game with the sales tips below.

Newton Manufacturing Company, the distributor based in Newton, Iowa, named the company's top 10 suppliers from 2012 this week.

The Quality Certification Alliance, the promotional product industry's only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has granted QCA Accreditation to Clearwater, Florida-based Norwood & BIC Graphic North America.

Marla Tracy Pak, regional manager for Norwood & BIC Graphic North America, passed away at the age of 41 in her home in Everett, Wash. on July 16, 2012 after an 11 month battle with glioblastoma multiforme, a stage 4 brain tumor..