CANNON SOLUTIONS
15100 Business Parkway
Rosemount, MN 55068
Tel. 888-867-9217
Year Founded: 1972
Number of Employees: 1,050
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $274,000,000
Cannon Solutions provides a vast range of products and services throughout the retail distribution supply chain. Cannon Equipment, Display Technologies, DCI Marketing and Artform are the primary business units within Cannon Solutions. Cannon’s services include the design, engineering and manufacturing of POP displays, retail fixtures, front-end merchandisers, end caps and shelf management systems. Its resources include more than one million square feet of manufacturing and warehousing space in 14 facilities throughout the U.S.
Offices: Minneapolis, New York, Milwaukee, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle, Little Rock, Detroit, Saddle Brook, NJ, Chattanooga, TN, and Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.
Chief Officers: Alan LaFreniere, President, Cannon Solutions and DCI Marketing, Richard Jay, President Display Technologies, Jim Deters, President, Cannon Equipment, David Martin, President, Artform.
DIAM INTERNATIONAL
26-45 BQE West
Woodside, NY 11377
Tel. 718-278-4300
Year Founded: 1953
Number of Employees 2,500
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $220,000,000
Diam International is a retail merchandising solutions provider with global capabilities. Diam is a single source supplier of permanent and semi-permanent custom displays for point of purchase. In-house services include strategic analysis, design, engineering, prototyping, tool making, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, installation, maintenance and customer service. Through its ISM (Innovative Space Management) group, Diam provides a variety of stock retail shelving solutions. Field Flex, also part of Diam, handles installations. With over 1.3 million sq. ft. of space worldwide, Diam is vertically integrated with control over every step of the process and the expertise to solve complex logistical problems. Clients include: Casio, Champs, Chanel, Christian Dior, Clarins, Cobra, CVS, Disney, Elizabeth Arden, Estee Lauder, Fada watches, Kerastase, Lancome, Laura Mercier, L'Oreal, Matrix, Max Faxtor, Maybelline, Microsoft, MontBlanc, Nina Ricci, Nintendo, Oakley, Procter and Gamble, Redken, Samsung, Skechers, Staples, SVG, Tom's of Maine, Trans World Entertainment, Verizon, Wal-Mart and Yves St. Laurent.
Offices: Woodside, NY, El Segundo, CA, Les Mureaux Cedex, France, Leicestershire, UK, Hamburg, Deutshland, Regional Offices throughout US, Europe and Asia
Chief Officers: William Ecker, CEO Diam International, David Tolly, CFO, John Kramer, EVP Strategic Planning and Finance.
RTC INDUSTRIES
2800 Golf Road
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Tel. 847-640-2400
Year Founded: 1950
Number of Employees: 885
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $118,500,000
RTC provides a comprehensive range of services and products that help brand marketers like Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Nike and Timberland, and retailers like Albertson's, Kroger, Walgreens and Walmart - leverage the retail medium in more than 20 countries: Retail Planning & Design services focus on translating marketing strategies into actionable retail strategies, conceptualization of new-to-the world retail design ideas and development of design ideas for expandability. Manufacturing is geared to flexibility, accommodation of new and innovative combinations of materials, speed, quality and cost efficiency. Store Ready Solutions is the firm’s line of retail merchandising solutions including shelf management systems like Profit Pusher, the leading spring load shelf organizing system at retail.
Offices: 18 offices in the U.S., U.K., Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Hong Kong, Korea, P.R. China, Thailand, Saudi Arabia. World Headquarters: Rolling Meadows, IL; RTC Latin America: San Jose, Costa Rica; RTC Europe: Kent, United Kingdom, RTC Asia: Hong Kong,
Chief Officers: Walter Nathan, Richard Nathan, Howard Topping, Gary Cohen.
EVERBRITE, LLC
4949 S. 110th St., P.O. Box 20020
Greenfield, WI 53220-0020
Tel. 414-529-3500, Fax 414-529-7191
Year Founded: 1927
Number of Employees 885
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $106,000,000
Everbrite creates signs and displays with the power to stop traffic and generate sales. Everbrite is a leader in image and identity management with extensive in-house design, engineering and manufacturing resources.
Offices: Headquarters: Greenfield, WI; Garden Grove, CA, Atlanta, GA, Mt. Vernon, IL, Chanute, KS, Buena Vista, VA, Elkhorn, WI, LaCrosse, WI, Pardeeville, WI, South Milwaukee, WI. London, England, Dublin, Ireland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Chief Officers: Judith Wamser, Chairperson and Owner, William J. Fritz, President
ARRAY MARKETING GROUP
555 W. 5th St., 30th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Tel. 866-452-1200
Year Founded: 1950
Number of Employees 700
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $95,000,000
Array has been serving the world's leading brand manufacturers and retailers for over 50 years. Array manages the full range of custom displays and store fixtures including design, engineering, production, installation and maintenance. With one million sq. ft. of manufacturing and warehousing space, Array produces wood, wire, metal, corrugate, injection molding, vacuum forming, acrylic, and signage.
Offices: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; White Plains, NY; Milwaukee, WI; Chattanooga, TN; Toronto, ON; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX.
Chief Officers: Rick DeHerder - CEO, Matt Tullio - Sr. V.P.Sales
MENASHA DISPLAY GROUP
1645 Bergstrom Road
Neenah, WI 54957-0367
Tel. 888-390-2643
Year Founded: 1849
Number of Employees: Over 500
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $87,000,000
Menasha Display Group is a division of Menasha Packaging Co., LLC, subsidiary of Menasha Corporation. Menasha Corporation is the third oldest privately held manufacturing company in the U.S. Menasha is recognized as one of the premier, high-end P.O.P. display manufacturers in the industry.Experienced designers provide award-winning, innovative structural and graphic solutions for our clients' merchandising needs- from displays to packaging. From the initial concept to production top-quality service is offered through the entire process. Clients include Hershey, Norelco, Titleist, Beiersdorf, Kraft Foods, Infogrames, Random House, Sony-Columbia Tri-Star, General Mills, 3M, Acco Brands (Wilson Jones), Rayovac, Kimberly-Clark.
Offices: Mequon, WI, Philadelphia, New York, NY.
Chief Officers: Mike Waite, President, Mensha Packaging Co., LLC
MARKSON ROSENTHAL & CO.
301 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Tel. 201-569-8811
Fax: 201-569-9669
Year Founded: 1952
Number of Employees: 273 Permanent Employees; over 350
Temporary Laborers Daily
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $70,000,000
Markson Rosenthal, is a display and plant services provider to leading global consumer products marketers. Markson is a turnkey provider of design and creative services and a supplier of permanent, mid and low cost, product launch, high-end and promotional displays. Plant services include contract and promotional packaging, product packouts and fulfillment, mounting, diecutting and display assembly. In addition, Markson manages four pack to order programs in customer distribution centers in the USA and Canada. Clients include: Gillette, L'Oreal, Wyeth, Braun, US Tobacco, Panasonic, Cadbury Adams, Oral-B and Coly.
Offices: Headquarters, Design & Sales Center - Englewood Cliffs, NJ Sales & Design Center, Maynard, MA, Manufacturing Facilities: Piscataway, NJ, Fairfield, OH, Woodridge, IL, Pack-TO-Order Facilities: Devens, MA, Romeoville, IL Ontario, Ca, Oakville, Ontario Canada.
Chief Officers: Richard Markson, Pres.; Michael Rosenthal, Exec. V.P.
MEYERS
7277 Boone Avenue N.
Minneapolis, MN 55428
Tel. 763-533-9730
Year Founded: 1949
Number of Employees: 350
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $65,000,000
Meyers is one of the nations leading producers of retail promotional signage, temporary and permanent displays and promotional label products.
Meyers handles every phase of the Point Of Purchase process, including design, prototypes large format printing, mounting, laminating, kit packing and fulfillment. It is all done from Meyers’ state of the art 183,000 sq. ft. facility in Minneapolis. The firm has sales offices in Denver, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee and Raleigh. Clients include Target, Starbucks, Hormel, Best Buy, Blockbuster, Columbia Sportswear, M&M Mars, and The Body Shop.
Offices: Minneapolis, Denver, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Raleigh
Chief Officers: David Dillon, CEO, Chris Dillon, President
FELBRO, INC.
3666 E. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90023
Tel. 323-263-8686
Web Site: www.felbro-inc.com
Year Founded: 1945
Number of Employees: 225
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $50,000,000+
As a full service designer, fabricator and direct manufacturer of custom P-O-P displays and fixtures, Felbro has a 57 year history of providing temporary, semi-permanent and permanent solutions in all available materials. Whether it is food, snacks, beverage, spirits, toy, HBA, hardware/tool, entertainment, electronic, stationery, confection, flooring, publishing, home, garden, sporting/recreation, automotive, gift, footwear, apparel, pet, optical, …Felbro does it all.
Offices: Los Angeles - San Francisco
Chief Officers: Norman Feldner, Pres./CEO, Scott Meherin, V.P. Marketing & Sales, Howard Feldner, V.P. Opps., Jeff Feldner, V.P. Mfg.
HENSCHEL-STEINAU
300 Grand Avenue
Englewood, NJ 07631
Tel. 201-567-7100
Web Site: www.hspop.com
Year Founded: 1960
Number of Employees: 58
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $44,000,000
A full service provider of P.O.P. & supply chain services. Cooperative resource mfg. capabilities in vacuum formed, injection molding, corrugated, off-set print, wire & wood-contract packaging facilities located in N.J., N.C., Arkansas & California.
Offices: Englewood, NJ, Scottsdale, AZ, Rogers, Arkansas.
Chief Officers: H. Aaron Henschel.
ARCHBOLD CONTAINER CORP
800 West Barre Road - P.O. Box 10
Archbold, OH 43502-0010
Tel. 800-446-2520; Fax 419-446-2529
Web Site: www.archboldcontainer.com
Year Founded: 1968
Number of Employees: 150
2003 P.O.P Volume: $37,800,000
ACC is a leading independent producer of graphic retail packaging and POP displays. With graphic capabilities that include 8-color flexo with UV coating and digital printing along with full and spot labeling. ACC's services include conceptual graphic and structural design, full color display and package mock-ups, in house pre-press preparation, ink blending with color management and complete packaging and fulfillment services. ACC recently introduced its expanded Display Advantage program, which offers stock displays designed around the major retailer specifications. ACC's accounts include Spangler Candy, Libbey Glass, Makers Mark, J M Smucker's, T Marzetti, Playmobil and Sauder Woodworking.
Chief Officer: Lynn Aschliman.
TRION INDUSTRIES INC.
297 Laird Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Tel. 800-444-4665, 570-824-1000
Web Site: www.triononline.com
Year Founded: 1965
Number of Employees: 360
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $34,500,000
Trion is the world's leading manufacturer of display hooks. The company's 300,000 sq. ft. computerized production facilities feature the greatest number of automated wire forming machines of any factory complex in the industry. Trion's products include display and scanning hooks, shelf management systems, store fixtures, sign holders, shelf edge labeling systems, stock and custom wire/metal forms and display components.
Chief Officers: David R. Thalenfeld, CEO, John S. Thalenfeld, President.
ADAMS MCCLURE
1245 South Inca
Denver, CO 80223
Tel. 303-777-1984
Year Founded: 1994
Number of Employees: 155
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $33,000,000
Adams McClure specializes in the complete, in-house production of temporary P.O.P. It provides pre-press, CTP, litho on paper, litho on plastic, screen print, die cut and finishing, custom kit packaging and drop shipping. Customers include, Coors, 7-Eleven, Sonic, Burger King, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper.
Offices: Denver, (Home Office) Dallas, Oklahoma City.
Chief Officers: Steve Oldani, Randy McClure
JUSTMAN PACKAGING & DISPLAY
5819 Telegraph Road
Los Angeles, CA 90040
Tel. 323-728-8888
Year Founded: 1989
Number of Employees: 55
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $30,000,000
Justman Packaging & Display was founded in 1989. We are a $30,000,000+ company staffed with over 55 employees. We specialize in p.o.p. displays that are both temporary and permanent, as well as in custom corrugated packaging (that includes litho-laminated boxes and folding cartons). Given our extensive nationwide clientele and our background in a variety of industries (that range from stationery to entertainment, toys, cosmetics, electronics, sporting goods, footwear, optical and food companies). Justman Packaging & Display offers the kind of creativity, knowledge and experience that will solve clients’ packaging and display needs with efficiency and expedience.
Chief Officers: Morley Justman, President, Russell Justman, V.P.
UNITED DISPLAYCRAFT
333 East Touhy Avenue
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Tel. 847-375-3800
Web Site: www.uniteddisplaycraft.com
Year Founded: 1953
Number of Employees: 250
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $27,000,000
A designer and manufacturer of custom POP displays for more than 50 years, specializing in wire, sheet metal, tubing, plastics and wood. Automatic wire grid welding, robotic mig and press welding, multi slide and 4-slide wire forming, wire bending equipment, CNC brake presses, mandrel tube bending and a newly installed laser cutting have expanded in-plant capabilities. Fully automated in-line powder coating operation and assembly complete the manufacturing process. Warehousing and drop shipping available. Unique illuminated signage, gondolas and spinners comprise the stock lines.
Offices: Dallas, Louisville.
Chief Officers: Sandy Carrigan, Chris Carrigan, Rich Carrigan Bob Sheaffer, Pete Emery.
MIRAMAR DESIGNS INC
3341 E. Loop 820 South
Fort Worth, TX 76119
Tel. 817-457-4981
Year Founded: 2001
Number of Employees: 75
2003 P.O.P Volume: $25,000,000
Miramar Designs is a total retail solutions company providing fixtures, displays, signs and store environments for national retailers and brand marketers across the nation. Clients include: The Home Depot, Michael's Arts & Crafts Stores, GE, JCPenney, Skeckers, and more.
Offices: Headquarters: Fort Worth, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia.
Chief Officers: Robert Howard, President, Clay Bibb Sr. VP. Operations, Rick Sherwood, SR. V.P. Sales & Marketing.
VISUAL MARKETING INC.
154 West Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Tel. 312-664-9177
Web Site: www.vmichicago.com
Year Founded: 1972
Number of Employees: 28
2003 P.O.P. Volume $24,000,000
Visual Marketing Inc., (VMI), is an employee owned company dedicated to being a preferred marketing partner to its customers. VMI's employees are career professionals in creative, engineering, production and sales of retail displays, merchandisers and signage. Products range from shelf material to shop within a shop concepts. Client relationships exist within the tobacco, office supply, computer, electronics, health aid, brewery, spirits, food and D.I.Y. industries. Retail Merchandising.
Chief Officers: Rich Gausselin V.P. Marketing.
NASHVILLE DISPLAY MANUFACTURING CO.
1415 Elm Hill Pike
Nashville, TN 37210
Tel. 615-743-2900, 800-251-1150
Web Site: www.nashvillewire.com
Year Founded: 1932
Number of Employees: 160
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $22,000,000
Nashville Display has produced distinctive P.O.P. merchandising systems and store fixtures for 70 years. It offers a total marketing approach that combines planning, research, creative design, engineering and manufacturing, all in house. Nashville Display offers a qualified, experienced management team supported by 3 facilities consisting of 2 plants and an additional warehousing/office location that encompasses over 310,000 sq. ft. Its manufacturing arsenal includes robotic welders, turret presses, laser equipment to cut metal, plastic and wood and CNC wire benders. Displays are produced from metal, wire, tubing, plastic, wood, and hardboard or a combination of these materials. A variety of finishes are available including powder and chrome. Nashville's capabilities also include a silk screening operation to provide 4-color process graphics, 6-color digital printed signs, die cutting and laminating. The company has an excellent reputation in the industry for outstanding service, delivering high quality displays and signs at a value and on time .Its collection of POPAI Awards is evidence of design expertise and merchandising excellence. Nashville services many prestigious companies including Bridgestone-Firestone, Whirlpool, Walt Disney Co., Lorillard Tobacco, Wal-Mart, Safeway, Dollar General, Auto Zone, Meadwestvaco, Masterfinds USA.
Offices: 3 Facilities: Nashville TN, Dover TN, Lebanon TN.
Chief Officers: Kent Rollins, V.P.-Division Manager, Richard Hornsby: Director of Sales & Marketing.
MDI
38271 W. Twelve Mile Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48331
Tel. 248-553-1900
Fax: 248-488-5700
Year Founded: 1965
Number of Employees: 200
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $21,000,000
MDI is one of the world's leading turnkey designers, engineers and manufacturers of images-enhancing display fixture and promotional signage system solutions, with over 100 patents. Proprietary products include: the changeable message PosterGrip® front-loading poster system and WindMaster® outdoor curb sign holder. Industries served include major mass retail, petroleum, fast food (QSR), and convenience store. Signage systems include illuminated and nonilluminated poster frames (and lightboxes), floorstands, banner track, menu boards and curb signs. Fixtures range from POP product displays to architectural branding elements, such as petroleum dispenser décor and canopy column cladding.
Offices: Headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI; Corporate Sales Representatives and Manufacturers Representatives Located Throughout U.S.
Chief Officers: Robert Sarkisian, Chairman.
PERFORMANCE COMPANIES
2929 Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75247
Tel. 214-665-1000
Web Site: www.performanceprinting.net
Year Founded: 1981
Number of Employees: 160
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $20,000,000
Performance Companies, made up of Performance Printing, Performance Display, Optigraphics and Performance Card Solutions, is a single-source supplier of P-O-P and promotional marketing materials, offering capabilities in offset, screen lenticular and digital printing, P-O-P displays and fulfillment. Clients include Frito-Lay, Anheuser-Busch, Coors, Jack In The Box, Federated Stores, Kellogg's, Bacardi Martini and TGIF Friday's.
Offices: Corporate Office and Two Manufacturing Plants - All in Dallas.
Chief Officers: Chris Pumpelly, Chairman, John White, President
E-B DISPLAY COMPANY, INC.
1369 Sanders Ave. SW, P.O. Box 650
Massillon, OH 44647
Tel. 330-833-4101; 800-321-9869
Fax: 330-833-9844
Web Site: www.ebdisplay.com
Year Founded: 1952
Number of Employees: 185
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $18,000,000
Established in 1952, E-B Display Co., Inc., together with its E-B WireWorks and Stor-Rite divisions, includes 200,000+ sq. ft. of production and warehousing space. E-B capabilities include Design, Prototype, Manufacturing, Assembly, Warehousing and Drop Shipping of all manner of POP displays and POS materials. E-B' Graphics division produces both digital and screen printed items. Construction materials include plastic, wood, wire, tubing, metal and corrugated.
Offices: Massillon, OH, Richmond, VA, and Mooresville, NC.
Chief Officers: Mike Rotolo, President and CEO, Rick Catazaro, CFO, Rick Philyaw, VP-Sales.
EASTERN DISPLAY GROUP
498 Kinsley Avenue
Providence, RI 02909
Tel. 401-861-1350
Web Site: www.easterndisplaygroup.com
Year Founded: 1956
Number of employees: 125
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $18,000,000
Eastern Display Group has been serving our industry for over 48 years, creating POP displays and fixtures. Eastern has 160,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and warehousing capability with three separate divisions. Eastern Wire is a wire and metal fabricator with in-house automated powder coating. Impulse Display Makers creates acrylic displays and components. Crystal Craft Fixturing creates store fixturing of wood, glass and metals.
Offices: Providence, RI, New York, NY, Tustin, CA, Minneapolis, MN, Cincinnati, OH, Delran, NJ.
Chief Officers: Rick Granoff, Pres., John Lafleur, SR, V.P., Burt Weiser, V.P. Marketing, Jeff Freeman, V.P. Sales.
STERLING PROMOTIONAL,
CORP.
3010 Westchester Avenue
Purchase, NY 10577
Tel. 914-694-6500
Fax: 914-694-2070
Web Site: www.sterlingpromo.com
Year Founded: 1977
Number of Employees: 16
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $16,500,000
Sterling Promotional Corp. is a developer and manufacturer of custom premium items and inflatables from around the world. It owns its factories which have recently been certified with highest certification available. Sterling has a full time creative and engineering department, model shop, with prototype turnaround within 3 weeks. It specializes in the beverage, toy, cosmetic, entertainment and packaging goods industries. Sterling has full warehousing and drop shipment facilities.
Offices: Purchase, New York, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada.
Chief Officer: Steve G. Linder
PALMER PROMOTIONAL
PRODUCTS
23001 W. Industrial Drive
St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
Tel. 586-772-4225
Web Site: www.palmerpromos.com
Year Founded: 1970
Number of Employees: 110
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $16,000,000
Designer and producer of a wide array of Point-Of-Purchase Displays including light boxes, menu boards, pub signs, acrylic menu holders, screen printing services, film output, clocks, banners, acrylic fabrication, warehousing and fulfillment, plus metal tables and custom retail floor merchandisers Palmer serves the beverage, Tobacco, Food Service and Telecom Industries.
Chief Officers: James Palmer, Pres.
LINPAC DISPLAYS INC.
810 S. Washington Street
Tullahoma, TN 37388
Tel. 931-455-9585
Year Founded: 1984
Number of Employees: 92
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $15,000,000 +
LINPAC Displays is a full service Point of Purchase display manufacturer. LINPAC provides complete structural and graphic Design, manufacturing and fulfillment in one convenient location. It offers custom design to meet its clients exacting needs while also providing graphics support to boost the branding and marketing campaigns. LINPAC's clients include: Sanford Corp., Perfetti/Van Melle, Coca-Cola, Blockbuster, Thomas Nelson Publishing, Mechtronics.
Offices: Main Office - Tullahoma, TN; Design Center - Bentonville, AR; additional Sales Office: Columbus, OH; St. Louis, MO; Nashville, TN.
Chief Officer: General Manager, Greg Moore; Lisa Mitchell; Controller - Rick Short, Plant; Production Manager - Kevin Dodson; Support Service Manager - Jana Rivet.
MILFORD ENTERPRISES, INC.
450 Commerce Blvd.
Quakertown, PA 18951
Tel. 215-538-2778
Web Site: www.milfordenterprisesinc.com
Year Founded: 1983
Number of Employees: 95
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $15,000,000
Milford Enterprises is a leading designer/manufacturer of Retail Kiosks, P.O.P. Displays and Fixtures. From initial design through fabrication and distribution, it provides client-partners with innovative merchandising solutions. Customers include: Jacuzzi, Kohler, American Standard, Karastan, Mohawk Industries, Russell Stover, Lutron, Zale Corp. and Ralph Lauren spanning a wide range of distribution channels such as: Lowe's, Home Depot, K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Target, CVS, Walgreens May Co., Marshall Fields, Staples and Office Max.
Offices: Quakertown and Pittsburgh, PA, Cincinnati, Ohio and New York.
Chief Officers: Gary Fetterman, President, Jeffrey Adkins, V.P. Sales & Marketing
HANKSCRAFT/AJS
300 Wengel Drive
Reedsburg, WI 53959
Tel. 608-524-4341
Year Founded: 1949
Number of Employees: 150
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $14,000,000
Hankscraft/AJS is a blended operation of two companies representing over 50 years of quality manufacturer capabilities in the P.O.P. industry. With multiple manufacturing facilities, Hankscraft/AJS produces micro AC, DC and solar motors, electronics, wooden, molded urethane, and acrylic tap handles, as well as custom metal and wood fabrication. Hankscraft/AJS also manufactures and imports complete displays including Neon Clocks and Lenticular Displays and Animated Audio.
Offices: Reedsburg, WI, Random Lake, WI, Suzhou, China.
Chief Officers: Dan Braun-President, Joe Fish-VP Product Development.
JOHN STARK PRINTING
COMPANY, INC.
12969 Manchester Road
St. Louis, MO 63131
Tel. 314-966-6800
Web Site: www.jsprint.com
Year Founded: 1898
Number of Employees: 67
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $12,886,272
Specializing in large format, sheet-fed, full color lithography, focusing on P.O.P. and packaging materials. Our range of presses, from 28-1/2" thru 60", in six and eight colors. Print conventional, hybrid, UV inks; In Line UV, aqueous, varnish coating on 51" 8/C press. Printing on plastic materials, and on thick stocks, from 60# to 40 pt. plastic and board are unique features. In House services: Complete EPP, CREO very large format CTP, CAD die-making, die-cutting services, folder-gluing, kitting, fulfillment, warehousing.
Offices: St. Louis, MO, (headquarters), Atlanta, Chicago, Kansas City.
Chief Officers: Cliff Kelley, President, Pat Ryan, Exec, V.P./General Manager, Mark Schmiemeier, CFO
AMD INDUSTRIES, INC.
4620 W. 19th Street
Cicero, IL 60804
Tel. 708-863-8900
Fax: 708-863-2065
Web Site: www.amdpop.com
Year Founded: 1922
Number of Employees: 75
2003 P.O.P Volume: $13,952,000
AMD is a full service designer and manufacturer of permanent Point-of-Purchase displays and merchandisers. The company has 193,000 square feet of manufacturing, assembly, warehousing and office space. It offers in-house prototyping, design and engineering. AMD is experienced in working with all materials.
Offices: Cicero, IL, Ft. Mitchell, KY.
Chief Officers: David E. Allen, President & CEO, Tim Richardson, V.P. Sales & Marketing
THE DISPLAY CONNECTION
131 W. Commercial Avenue
Moonachie, NJ 07074
Tel. 201-438-1000
Year Founded: 1980
Number of Employees: 75
2003 P.O.P Volume: $13,000,000
The Display Connection is a full-service custom design & manufacturing POP Company offering in store marketing solutions in a variety of medium including Paper Boards, Plastics, Wood & Wire.
Chief Officers: Richard Urso, Pres.
CLEARR CORPORATION
6325 Sandburg Road
Minneapolis, MN 55427
Tel. 763-398-52400; 800-548-3269
Web Site: www.clearrcorp.com
Year Founded: 1959
Number of Employees: 85
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $12,000,000
Clearr Corp. offers a comprehensive range of backlit, edgelit, and nonlit graphic display products. Sequential-image, programmable multi-image and Scrolling units are also available. We provide bright, color-correct illumination in our backlit displays, which include such as the Luminaire Ultra E and Luminaire Ultra II lightboxes; programmable multi-image backlit display LiteWall; sequential-image displays like the MovingPix Scroller, and Neon Plus E Economical Simulated Neon Signs. Clearr's non-illuminated graphic display products include the economical StretchFrame, the PrintFrame clasp Frame, the Tension Literature Holders.
Clearr's comprehensive range of prismatic displays feature TriOla, large-format prismatic display with illuminated prisms. Graphic Revolutions (standard model) also has internally-illuminated prisms and provides exceptional visual impact to interior applications. TriAd is available in a wide variety of configurations for interior and exerterior applications.
Offices: Minneapolis, MN, Showroom: New York City.
Chief Officers: Andy Steinfeldt - President, Pete Nelson-V.P.
TRINITY, LLC
159 Liberty Street
Metuchen, NJ 07078
Tel. 732-549-2866
Web Site: www.trinityinstore.com
Year Founded: 2001
Number of Employees: 100
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $12,000,000
TRINITY is a full service retail solutions company specializing in the design and manufacturing of store fixtures, displays and merchandise presentation related components. TRINITY operates a 100,000 sq. ft. facility in Metuchen, NJ, which includes manufacturing, assembly, warehouse/distribution and model making capabilities. The production expertise in focused on multi-material fabrication and plastic. The design expertise is drawn from a collection of professional experiences in engineering, creative design, marketing, and retail that can provide cost-effective, smart and attractive merchandising solutions as well as value engineering alternatives to existing fixtures and displays. Clients include Wal-Mart, Toys R' Us, Kmart, Circuit City, Duane Reade, Hallmark, Davidoff, TimberTech, Thom McAn and American Standard.
Offices: Metuchen, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, Dallas, TX, Philadelphia, PA
Chief Officers: Randy Riley, George Cox, John Farinola, and Bob Carrier
M&M DISPLAYS, INC.
7700 Brewster Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19153
Tel. 215-3655200
Web Site: www.mmdisplays.com
Year Founded: 1939
Number of Employees: 61
2003 P.O.P Volume: $11,210,000
M&M Displays is a leader in the Point of Purchase display and screen printing industries. With over 60 years of experience, M&M has designed and manufactured thousands of unique, custom POP displays. Services include: permanent and temporary POP manufacturing, in-house graphic art, design and engineering, prototyping, large format 4 color process screen printing, digital printing, account management, POP data base management, inventory management, Fulfillment, and complete logistical services.
Chief Officers: Michael Fell, President, Bob Schneider, V.P. Sales/Marketing, Christopher Mace, V.P. Prod.
GREAT NORTHERN CORP. - DISPLAY GROUP
1800 South Street
Racine, WI 53404
Tel. 800-558-4711
Year Founded: 1962
Number of Employees: 30
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $10 - 15,000,000
Great Northern Display Group has produced creative cost effective display and merchandising solutions. since 1967. The Display Group's bundled solution approach includes concept development, graphic and structural design, engineering, prototyping, model building and project management. These services offer single source advantages and field proven results. Customers include: SC Johnson, Barton Beers, Master Lock, Kellogg's, Hickory Farms, Sargento, Walgreens', American Girl and Dayspring.
Offices: Racine, WI, Chicago, IL, Appleton, WI
Chief Officers: John Davis - President, Patrick Graf VP Sales
PROPRINT SERVICES, INC.
5621 Finch Avenue East Unit #5
Toronto, Ontario Canada M1B 2T9
Web Site: pop-online.com
Tel. 888-776-7768
Number of Employees: 50+
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $10,000,000++
Proprint Services is a one Stop P.O.P. shop manufacturing temporary pos and on premise materials for local, regional and national programmes. Everything from pole signs, base wraps, scratch n win, Shelf talkers, cling vinyl, end aisles, counter displays, tent cards, posters, wobblers and standees for large and small clients.
Chief Officers: Marc Salsky, Richard Krakower.
KENT DESIGN & MFG.
3522 Lousma Drive SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49548-2282
Tel. 800-373-4627
Web Site: www.kentdesign.com
Year Founded: 1972
Number of Employees: 55
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $10,000,000
Kent Designs specializes in custom designed P.O.P. displays, fixture and shelving. It offers CAD design, engineering consultation and rapid prototyping. Kent's manufacturing capabilities include manufacturing and quality Control, a state-of-the-art powder-coat paint line, in-house assembly, warehousing and fulfillment. Kent offers displays made of wire, tube and sheet metal as well as those incorporating plastic, wood and acrylic. Clients include Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, Wolverine, Kellogg, Sony and Meijer.
Chief Officers: Larry Miller, President, Nate Spahn, Vice President.
HUNTER DISPLAY
14 Hewlett Avenue
East Patchogue, NY 11772
Tel. 631-475-5900
Fax: 631-475-5950
Web Site: www.hunterdisplays.com
E-mail: sales@hunterdisplays.com
Year Founded: 1951
Number of Employees: 100+
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $9,000,000
Hunter Display is a custom p.o.p. display manufacturer, specializing in permanent displays for the mass merchants. Hunter’s conceptual development is divided into 6 elements: organization, space utilization, design, flexibility, visual presentation and cost effectiveness. Hunter Display offers professional design and development ideas and expertise in mass merchandising. Hunter has done an extensive amount of work for home improvement and retail chains. It is an approved display manufacturer for Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and Home Depot. Its capabilities include: wire, sheet metal, and tubing fabrication, woodworking, plastic fabrication, and automated powder coating. Its in-house designing, prototype and production capabilities are linked to provide cost and lead-time efficiencies.
Offices: East Patchogue, NY, Atlanta GA, Bentonville, AR.
Chief Officers: Sandy Stoll, CEO, Ken Kasper, Exec. VP Operations.
INTERNATIONAL PATTERNS
50 Inez Drive
Bay Shore, NY 11706
Tel.631-952-2000; 800-435-9559
Year Founded: 1968
Number of Employees: 100
2003 P.O.P. Volume $9,000,000
International Patterns specializes in Light Boxes, including transparency illuminators and signs. It also provides menuboards and merchandising aids to the Fast Food Industry. It offers many stock sizes of vacuum formed light boxes and also manufactures in steel and aluminum. It brings engineering expertise to bear on the customer's problems and then uses cellular manufacturing to make it happen on time.
Chief Officers: Paul Kaplan, Pres.
ACRYLIC DESIGNS, INC.
100 River Street
Springfield, Vermont 05156
Tel. 802-885-8570
Year Founded: 1973
Number of Employees: 40
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $7,500,000
Full service permanent P.O.P. serving clients in the distilled spirits and malt beverage industries, sporting goods, chain retailers, and a wide variety of brand marketers.
Chief Officers: Thomas Davidson, F.G.R. Von Roth.
AGI SCHUTZ MERCHANDISING
376 Pine Street Ext.
Forest City, NC 28043
Tel. 800-662-2150
Year Founded: 1960
Number of Employees: 500+
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
AGI Schutz Merchandising, a subsidiary of American Greetings Corp., is one of the largest designers and producers of custom permanent merchandising solutions. AGI Schutz provides Creative Design, and Prototyping services from offices in Forest City, NC and Chicago, IL. Forest City is where AGI Schutz is headquartered and has 500,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and 500,00 sq. ft. of warehousing space. AGI Schutz has capabilities in woodworking, metal fabrication, vacuum forming, silk screening, powder coating, and assembly.
Offices: Forest City, NC: HQ, Full Development Services Office, Manufacturing, Assembly and Warehousing; Chicago, IL: Full Development Service Office; Regional Sales Offices across the U.S.
Chief Officers: Chris Mortenson, President; Steve Dopp - V.P. Sales & Mktg., Mike Bumgardner, V.P. Mfg.
ALPAK MFG. CORP.
181 Boyd Street, P.O. Box 339
Montgomery, NY 12549
Tel. 845-457-9100
Web Site: www.alpak.com
Year Founded: 1955
Number of Employees: 45
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N.A.
Alpak Manufacturing has announced its revolutionary new "P-O-Planogramming™ Program" for the internet (www.alpak.com). This program will allow consumer product manufacturers to instantaneously determine the possible SKU capacity and configuration for their product for every ALPAK Stock Display. Additionally, this Program is being offered for Custom Display use, allowing product marketers to determine the possible SKU configuration and capacity for any of their existing displays, based on new packaging alterations. ALPAK continues to maximize the use of Stock Display theory to allow the most effective means possible for consumer product marketers to bring their product to retail quickly, cost-effectively, and in a strikingly graphic manner, using in-house printing and litho-labeling. Additionally, ALPAK maintains a state-of-the-art Design Studio with complete CAD/CAM ability, allowing for rapid design modifications, Custom Design, multiple sampling, and complete proto-typing. ALPAK offers a turn-key approach to corrugated displays: In-house Customization, Creative Design, Full production capabilities (direct print and litho-labeling), rapid computerized fulfillment/pak-out services, and drop-shipping. Companies such as Sony, Anheuser-Busch, Universal, and Random House have successfully implemented ALPAK Custom-printed Stock Displays.
Chief Officer: Jason Taub.
ART-PHYL CREATIONS
16250 NW 48 Avenue
Miami, FL 33014
Tel. 305-624-2333; 1-800-327-8318
Year Founded: 1957
Number of Employees: 55
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
Manufacturer of stock plastic merchandisers, including J-Hooks, strip merchandisers, shelf extenders, stock P.O.P. display racks, wire & plastic peghooks, literature, garment, sports and implement displayers, literature & garment racks. Owns and operates 14 injection molding presses to 400 ton capacity.
Chief Officers: Art Hochman, Pres, Sam Gwinn Exec. VP.
HERITAGE SIGN AND DISPLAY
344 Industrial Drive, P.O. Box 158
Nesquehoning, PA 18240
Tel. 570-645-8701
Year Founded: 1973
Number of Employees: 50
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
Heritage Sign & Display is a producer of custom P.O.P. sign & displays, including mirrors, lighted signs, polarized motion signs, electro-luminescent displays, clocks, Neo-Neon signs, product glorifiers, Shape-Lites™, Shape-Writes™, and custom molded foam items. Heritage has a state of the art screen printing facility with complete pre-press capability. It maintains in-house facilities for mirror production and beveling, woodworking, mold making, vacuum forming, CNC cutting, and polyurethane foam fabrication. Heritage maintains a diverse client base, including Allied Domecq, Anheuser-Busch, Bonfire Snowboards, Campbell's Soups, Cooper Tires, Coors, Grady White, Head-Tyrolia, Hershey's, Miller, and Swedish Match.
Offices: Nesquehoning, PA, White Plains, NY.
Chief Officer: Jason Amodea, President, Lydia Amodea, Vice President.
IDI, GROUP
20675 Industrial
Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, QC Canada H9X 4B2
Tel. 514-457-6995, 888-426-5748
Year Founded: 1970
Number of Employees: All Divisions 265
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
Founded in 1970, IDI Group designs & manufacturers high quality point-of-purchase merchandising displays for leading retailers, manufacturers and brand marketers. Our team of production specialists is experienced with a wide range of materials, including wire/metal, and plastic & wood. We are skilled with such process as injection molding, vacuum forming, and printing. Some of our clients include: Hershey, Nestle, Atkins, L'Oreal, Sara Lee.
Offices: Montreal, Boston, Columbus, Tampa, Atlanta
Chief Officers: Robert Gervasi
MERCHANDISING INVENTIVES
M.I. PLASTICS, LLC.
1665 South Waukegan Road
Waukegan, IL 60085
Tel. 800-367-5653
Year Founded: 1946
Number of Employees: 50
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
Merchandising Inventives supplies creative P.O.P. solutions along with in-stock display hardware. MII stocks hundreds of P.O.P. products, including mobile kits, banner hangers, ceiling hardware and signage connectors, merchandising strips, shelf display clips and hooks, hang tabs, wobblers, sign and literature holders, stock corrugated displays and accessories, litho poles and display assembly hardware. In 2002 MII introduced a new division specializing in custom plastic fabricated displays. MII’s customers include Disney, Sony, Wal-Mart, Walgreen's, Anheuser Busch, Kraft and Kinko's.
Chief Officers: Ethan Berger, President/CEO, Dan Jezierny, V.P., Operations; Rick Martinez, V.P. of Manufacturing, M.I. Plastics
NEW DIMENSIONS RESEARCH
260 Spagnoli Road
Melville, NY 11747
Tel. 631-694-1356; 800-637-8870
Year Founded: 1963
Number of Employees: 220+
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
NDR Designs and Manufactures award winning displays in plastic, metal and wood. NDR has enjoyed a long reputation of excellent design, quality, and service. NDR maintains over 154,000 sq. ft. with in house injection molding, extruding, wire shop, wood shop, vacuum forming, silk screening and assembly. NDR has been making displays for nearly 40 years and just received "Vendor of the Year" recognition from Gillette.
Chief Officers: Timothy Mason - CEO, Jeff Mason - President.
RAPID DISPLAYS, INC.
4300 West 47th Street
Chicago, IL 60632
Tel. 773-927-5000
Year Founded: 1938
Number of Employees: 427
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
Family owned and operated. Rapid Display consistently demonstrates "Commitment to Excellence" as the leading producer of quality integrated display solutions. For over 65 years, Rapid has been pushing the limits of P.O.P." by designing, fabricating and distributing innovative P-O-P programs that capture attention strengthen brands and generate purchases.
Offices: Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, OR.
Chief Officers: Earl Abramson, CEO, David Abramson, President.
THE ROYAL PROMOTION GROUP
119 West 57th Street, Suite 906
New York, NY 10019
Tel. 212-246-3780
Fax: 212-399-9135
Year Founded: 1991
Number of Employees: 70
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
The Royal Promotion Group has helped some of the world's most celebrated companies carry their distinctive image into the retail setting. It has worked with prominent companies in all aspects of retailing, including: Unilever, L'Oreal USA, M.A.C. Cosmetics and Kiehls. Royal Promotion Group has become highly regarded for its ability to identify the image of a selling environment and a brand. Royal's capabilities include temporary and permanent displays, display collateral, retail environments and store fixtures.
Chief Officer: Bruce E. Teitelbaum, President
SMURFIT-STONE DISPLAY
GROUP
5200 Anthony Road
Sandston, VA 23150
Tel. 888-520-8900
Fax: 804-226-4617
Year Founded: 1998 when Jefferson Smurfit & Stone Container merged
Number of Employees: 1250
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
Smurfit-Stone Display Group's core capabilities include graphic & structural design, manufacturing, assembly and logistics. State-of-the-art manufacturing centers are equipped with mini-flute capabilities to provide dynamic display programs.
Offices: Manufacturing Complexes: Castle Rock, WI, Cincinnati, OH, Latta, SC, Richmond, VA, Williamsport, PA, Toronto, ON. Creative Centers: Adams, WI, Burbank, CA, Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, Cincinnati, OH, Clifton, NJ, Latta, SC, Milwaukee, WI, Richmond, VA, Swedesboro, NJ, Toronto, ON.
Chief Officers: Rick Flamm, VP & Regional Manager
THORCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
1300 E. 12th Street, P.O. Box 110
Lamar, MO 64759
Tel. 417-682-3375
Year Founded: 1899
Number of Employees: 670
2003 P.O.P. Volume: N.A.
Thorco Industries designs and manufactures custom P.O.P. displays and fixtures. Clients include Wal-Mart, Hallmark, and Best Buy.
Offices: Lamar, MO, Manufacturing Locations: Lamar, MO, Cassville, MO, Butler, MO, Nevada, MO.
Chief Officers: Kenneth Howard & Perry Ankerson.
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