DIAM INTERNATIONAL
555 Tuckahoe Road
Yonkers, NY 10710
Tel. 914-771-4200
Year Founded: 1953
Number of Employees 2,800
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $280,000,000
Diam International brings insights and value added benefits to its design and manufacturing of custom permanent and semi-permanent displays. Diam is unique in its years of experience, vertical integration, fulfillment operation and global capabilities. Diam is a complete turnkey operation, controlling the entire process from design through fulfillment. With its 450,000 sq ft in the US and 600,000 sq ft in Europe, Diam is well equipped, staffed and resourced. Diam's sophisticated fulfillment operation enables improved inventory management and quick response time. Its ISM (innovative Space Management) division provides a variety of stock retail shelving solutions. Clients include: Cartier, Casio, Chanel, Clarins, Coty, CVS, Dior, Elizabeth Arden, Estee Lauder, Georgia Pacific, Givenchy, Gaultier, Lancome, L'Oreal, Matrix, Maybelline, Microsoft, MontBlanc, Nina Ricci, Nintendo, Redken, Samsung, Skechers, Staples, Tom's of Main, Wal-Mart, Walgreen & Yves St. Laurent.
Offices: Yonkers, NY, Les Mureaux Cedex, France, Leicestershire, UK, Geislingen, Germany, Regional Offices throughout US, Europe and Asia
Chief Officers: Jean-Andre Rougeot, CEO Diam International, David Tolly, CFO, Diam International, Louis Dupere, Managing Director Diam Europe.
RTC INDUSTRIES
2800 Golf Road
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Tel. 847-640-2400
Year Founded: 1950
Number of Employees: 885
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $125,000,000
RTC helps marketers connect with consumers in the retail medium. We provide a comprehensive range of services and products - retail planning and design, globally integrated manufacturing, program management and global logistics, retail technology and a powerful arsenal of store ready solutions - that help our clients activate their retail presence in more than 100 countries.
Offices: 18: Our globally structured business includes multiple locations in the U.S. and China, plus the United Kingdom, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia.
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: 875
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $120,000,000
For over 75 years, Everbrite has been on forefront of developing cutting-edge visual technology. Today, as a Women's Business Enterprise, Everbrite is recognized as a major designer and manufacturer of superior signs and displays. From our early beginnings of producing illuminated neon signs, to the latest in LED technology, only Everbrite has the experience to deliver visual communications and branding solutions.
Offices: Greenfield - WI Garden Grove, CA - Atlanta, GA - Mt. Vernon, IL - Chanute - KS, Buena Vista, VA - Elkhorn, WI La Crosse, WI-Pardeeville, WI - South Milwaukee, WI - London, England - Dublin, Ireland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Chief Officers: William J. Fritz, Pres.
MENASHA DISPLAY GROUP
1645 Bergstrom Road
Neenah, WI 54957-0367
Tel. 888-390-2643
Year Founded: 1849
Number of Employees: Over 500
2004 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: Philadelphia, NY, Mequon, WI.
Chief Officers: Mike Waite, President
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
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $80,000,000
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.Clients include: Gillette, L'Oreal, Wyeth, Braun, Panasonic, Cadbury Adams, Oral-B, Coly, Procter & Gamble, Reebok., Ralph Lauren, Beiersdorf and Kenra.
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.
Chief Officers: Richard Markson, Pres.; Michael Rosenthal, Exec. V.P.
CONSUMER PROMOTIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
520 South Fulton Avenue
Mount Vernon, NY 10804
Tel. 914-699-2666
Year Founded: 1967
Number of Employees: 550
2004 P.O.P. Volum: $66,000,000
For more than 35 years CPI has been providing our clients with retail display programs that reflect an obsessive attention to detail. As a wholly owned, global organization, CPI has operations in the U.S., U.K., France and the Hong Kong. Our clients include; Estee Lauder, Nokia, New Balance, L'Oreal, Samsung, Sharp Electronics & RJ. Reynolds. Many of our clients rely on us to design and produce global display programs that require several points of manufacture with worldwide coordination and distribution. At CPI, we put the world on display.
Offices: Mount Vernon NY, Paris France, Leicester U.K., Hong Kong.
Chief Officer: Michael Degennaro
MEYERS
7277 Boone Avenue N.
Minneapolis, MN 55428
Tel. 763-533-9730
Year Founded: 1949
Number of Employees: 335
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $63,760,000
Meyers is a leading producer of promotional signage, temporary and permanent displays and promotional label products. Meyers handles every phase of the p.o.p. process, including design, prototypes large format printing, mounting, laminating, kit packing and fulfillment. It is all done from Meyers’ 183,000 sq. ft. facility in Minneapolis. 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: $42,000,000
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.
ADAMS MCCLURE
1245 South Inca
Denver, CO 80223
Tel. 303-777-1984
Year Founded: 1994
Number of Employees: 165
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $40,000,000
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, Arbys, Blockbuster
Offices: Denver, (Home Office) Dallas, Oklahoma City.
Chief Officers: Steve Oldani, Randy McClure
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: 380
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $40,000,000
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.
SOLUTIONS BY DESIGN
DIV. OF ARCHBOLD CONTAINER
800 West Barre Road, P.O. Box 10
Archbold, OH 43502
Tel. 800-446-2520; Fax 419-446-2529
Web Site: www.accsbd.com
Year Founded: 1968
Number of Employees: 150
2004 P.O.P Volume: $38,500,000
Solutions by Design represents the new and expanded products services offered to the POP industry. Our foundation continues to be in the design and production of graphic retail packaging and POP displays produced from corrugated materials. Our expanded services include the design and production of permanent displays (wood, wire, plastic, acrylic and thermoformed materials), digital production of in-store signage and promotional materials, clamshell packaging, fulfillment, contract packaging and EPS foam products. All conceptual, graphic and structural designs are developed and produced by one in-house design group. Solutions by Design accounts include Spangler, T. Marzetti, Makers Mark, Scott Pet Products and Sauder Woodworking.
Chief Officer: Lynn Aschliman Pres./CEO, Mike Sikora - VP Mkting.
JUSTMAN PACKAGING & DISPLAY
5819 Telegraph Road
Los Angeles, CA 90040
Tel. 323-728-8888
Year Founded: 1989
Number of Employees: 61
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $30,000,000
Justman Packaging & Display was founded in 1989. We are a $30,000,000+ company staffed with over 60 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 form stationery to entertainment, toys, cosmetics, electronics, sporting goods, 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
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $27,000,000
Since 1953, United Displaycraft has produced custom displays in a variety of permanent materials including metal, plastic, wood, and graphics. . Utilizing state-of-the-art equipment, facilities, and manufacturing methods we ensure efficient, cost effective production.
Offices: Chicago, Dallas.
Chief Officers: Sandy Carrigan, Rich Carrigan, Chris Carrigan.
HENSCHEL-STEINAU
300 Grand Avenue
Englewood, NJ 07631
Tel. 201-567-7100
Web Site: www.hspop.com
Year Founded: 1960
Number of Employees: 52
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $25,000,000
One of the most respected companies in POP recognized for flawless execution of new product launch, we specialize in multi material permanent and high quality temporary displays for a wide range of industries. Our stock options by Henschel division offers & large selection of pre-tooled components and displays
Chief Officers: H. Aaron Henschel
MIRAMAR DESIGNS INC
3341 E. Loop 820 South
Fort Worth, TX 76119
Tel. 817-457-4981
Year Founded: 2001
Number of Employees: 250
2004 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, Oklahoma City, OK
Chief Officers: Robert Howard, President, Clay Bibb Sr. VP. Operations, Rick Sherwood, SR. V.P. Sales & Marketing.
NASHVILLE DISPLAY MANUFACTURING CO.
306 Hartman Drive
Lebanon, TN 37087
Tel. 615-743-2900, 800-251-1150
Web Site: www.nashvillewire.com
Year Founded: 1932
Number of Employees: 175
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $24,000,000
Nashville Display has produced distinctive P.O.P. merchandising systems and store fixtures for over 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 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 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, Lorillard Tobacco, Wal-Mart, Safeway, Dollar General, Auto Zone, Masterfoods, USA, Target.
Offices: 2 Facilities: 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
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $23,000,000
MDI is a 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.
GAMON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
1601 Lively Blvd.
Elk Grove, IL 60007
Tel. 847-956-7710
Year Founded: 1976
Number of Employees: 20+
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $20,000,000+
The Solutions People at Gamon work with 46 of the top 100 advertisers to bring innovation in-store marketing. Our products can be found in all 50 states and 36 countries. We work with such companies as Kraft Foods, Campbell South Co., Random House, Proctor & Gamble, Pepsi Co., Quaker, to devise unique methods to add advertising space and make the general shopping experience easier for the consumer while decreasing labor and increasing sales for both our customer and the trade.
Chief Officers: Terry Johnson, Travis Johnson
PERFORMANCE COMPANIES
2929 Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75247
Tel. 214-665-1000
Web Site: www.performanceprinting.net
Year Founded: 1981
Number of Employees: 160
2004 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
MILFORD ENTERPRISES, INC.
450 Commerce Blvd.
Quakertown, PA 18951
Tel. 215-538-2778
Web Site: www.milfordenterprisesinc.com
Year Founded: 1983
Number of Employees: 110
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $20,000,000
Milford Enterprises is a leading designer/manufacturer of Retail Kiosks, P.O.P. Displays and Fixtures. 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., Baltimore, MD
Chief Officers: Gary Fetterman, President, Jeffrey Adkins, V.P. Sales & Marketing.
GREAT NORTHERN CORP.
1800 South Street
Racine, WI 53404
Tel. 800-558-4711
Year Founded: 1962
Number of Employees: 40
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $17 - 20,000,000
Great Northern Corporation is a leading producer of creative, cost effective, award winning display and merchandising solutions. With the addition in late 2004 of Kell Specialty Products in Chippewa Falls, WI to our display group, our bundled solution approach now offers even greater advantages to our customers. We offer full concept development, graphic and structural design, prototyping, project management, and packing and fulfillment services. Our multiple manufacturing locations, which allow us to offer both flexo and offset manufacturing processes, give our customers more capabilities in house, and the opportunity to single source all of their display needs. We strive to be our customers "First Call" for all of their graphic packaging and display solutions. Our current customer base includes SC Johnson, Hickory Farms, American Girl, Masterlock, Nintendo of America, and 3M.
Offices: Manufacturing in Racine, WI, Chippewa Falls, WI, Appleton, WI, Additional Sales offices in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Los Altos, CA Newtown PA, Seattle, WA, Somerville, NJ, St. Louis, MO, Tampa, FL.
Chief Officers: John Davis, President, Mike Schliesmann, SR VP Business Unit Manger, Pat Graf - VP Sales
EASTERN DISPLAY GROUP
498 Kinsley Avenue
Providence, RI 02909
Tel. 401-861-1350
Year Founded: 1956
Number of employees: 125
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $18,000,000
Eastern Display Group has been serving the 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, Bentonville, AR, Anna, TX
Chief Officers: Rick Granoff, Pres., Jay Moniz, CFO, Burt Weiser, V.P. Marketing, Jeff Freeman, V.P. Sales.
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: 23
2004 P.O.P. Volume $18,000,000
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.
MAY ADVERTISING INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
1200 Forum Way South
Fort Worth, TX 76140
Tel. 800-800-4629
Year Founded: 1946
Number of Employees: 110
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $17,300,000
Since 1946, May Advertising International Ltd. has been committed to producing the finest quality products. Its point of purchase product line includes aluminum signage, curb signs, L.E.D. and illuminated signs, decals, snap-lock frames and various other P.O.P. products. Some of the Company's specialties include screen printing, digital printing, embossing, die cutting, roll forming, and vacuum forming. The substrates available to clients are virtually limitless. Clients include: Anheuser Busch, Citicorp, Coors, Costco HEB, E*Trade, Fossil, Frito-Lay, Interstate Batteries, Lorillard Tobacco, Madden Services, Miller Brewing Company, Pepsi Co, Inc., Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds, RJR International, Sam's Club, Texas Lottery, The Integer Group, U.S. Tobacco and Wal-Mart.
Chief Officers: Deborah Horn, President, Allan Meyer, V.P. & Phillip Meyer, V.P. Operations.
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
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $17,010,000
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
LINPAC DISPLAYS INC.
810 S. Washington Street
Tullahoma, TN 37388
Tel. 931-455-9585
Year Founded: 1984
Number of Employees: 90
2004 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 while also providing graphics support to boost the branding and marketing campaigns. LINPAC makes the entire experience "hands free" by offering its customers fulfillment and drop-shipment options. LINPAC also provides inventory management of customers' products. LINPAC Displays is AIB and ISO 9001-2000 certified. LINPAC's major client listing includes: Sanford Corp., Perfetti/Van Melle, Coca-Cola, Blockbuster, Thomas Nelson Publishing, and Saatchi & Saatchi X.
Number of Offices: Main office - Tullahoma, TN; Design Center - Bentonville, AR; Additional Sales Offices: Columbus, OH; St. Louis, MO; Nashville, TN.
Chief Officers: General Manager - Greg Moore; Director of Sales - Lisa Mitchell; Support Services Manager - Jana Rivet.
TRINITY, LLC
159 Liberty Street
Metuchen, NJ 07078
Tel. 732-549-2866
Fax: 732-549-5521
Web Site: www.trinitystore.com
Year Founded: 2001
Number of Employees: 100
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $15,000,000
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. Clients include Wal-Mart, CVS, Toys R' Us, Circuit City, Golfsmith, West Marine, Kmart, Hallmark, American Standard , and Thom McAn Footwear & Accessories.
Offices: Metuchen, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, Dallas, TX, Philadelphia, PA, and Pittsburgh, PA.
Chief Officers: Randy Riley, George Cox, John Farinola, and Bob Carrier
HANKSCRAFT/AJS
300 Wengel Drive
Reedsburg, WI 53959
Tel. 608-524-4341
Year Founded: 1949
Number of Employees: 150
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $15,000,000
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.
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
2004 P.O.P Volume: $14,453,000
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, Jerry Dohse, V.P. Sales
THE DISPLAY CONNECTION
131 W. Commercial Avenue
Moonachie, NJ 07074
Tel. 201-438-1000
Year Founded: 1980
Number of Employees: 75
2004 P.O.P Volume: $14,000,000
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. Clients include: Fortune 500, Beverage, Foods, Publishing and Cosmetics Clients.
Number Of Offices: Moonachie, NJ.
Chief Officers: Deian Urso, Pres.
CLEARR CORPORATION
6325 Sandburg Road
Minneapolis, MN 55427
Tel. 763-398-5400; 800-548-3269
Year Founded: 1959
Number of Employees: 85
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $13,500,000
Clearr Corp. offers a comprehensive range of backlit, edgelit, nonlit, and motion display products. We provide bright, color-correct illumination in our backlit displays, which include the narrow-profile LUMINAIRE ULTRA® II and our economical metal backlit display LUMINAIRE ULTRA® E. We also offer PANORAMA™ convex-faced backlit displays. Economical backlit displays include LUMINAIRE®
Clearr's non-illuminated graphic display products include the PRINTFRAME™ clasp frame, TENSION™ and EUROSTAND™ literature holders, and the economical STRETCHFRAME™.
Clearr's motion displays include the world's widest and finest selection of prismatic displays, as well as scrolling backlit displays. Our prismatic displays range from miniature, small-, and medium-format TRIAD® models to our internally-illuminated GRAPHIC REVOLUTIONS®, to our large-format TRIOLA™ displays. MOVINGPX™, our scrolling-backlit display, comes in a variety of sizes and holds up to 19 images.
Offices: Minneapolis, MN, New York, Sao Paulo, Cologne, Govaix, France.
Chief Officers: Andy Steinfeldt - President, Pete Nelson-V.P.
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+
2004 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 programs. 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.
INTERNATIONAL PATTERNS
50 Inez Drive
Bay Shore, NY 11706
Tel.631-952-2000; 800-435-9559
Year Founded: 1968
Number of Employees: 100
2004 P.O.P. Volume $10,000,000
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.
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
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $9,650,000
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.
LINGO MANUFACTURING
7400 Industrial Road
Florence, KY 41042
Tel. 800-354-9771
Year Founded: 1927
Number of Employees: 50
2004 P.O.P. Volume: $8,000,000
Since 1927, LINGO has been an industry leader in the design, production and distribution of award-winning, custom, permanent P.O.P. displays Complete in-house design, estimating, prototyping, manufacturing, finishing, assembly, packaging, warehousing and bulk & drop shipping enables LINGO to be one of the top full-service P.O.P. manufacturers in the country.
Lingo uses combinations of sheet metal, wire, and tubing as core components in conjunction with plastics, woods, lighting, custom finishes and signage to create the "look" you need in today's competitive marketplace.
Chief Officers: Mark Lingo, President, Jeff Carroll, Vice President.
HUNTER DISPLAY
14 Hewlett Avenue
East Patchogue, NY 11772
Tel. 631-475-5900
Fax: 631-475-5950
Web Site: www.hunterdisplays.com
Year Founded: 1951
Number of Employees: 80
2003 P.O.P. Volume: $7,500,000
Hunter Display is a custom p.o.p. display manufacturer, specializing in permanent displays. Hunter offers professional design and development ideas and expertise in mass merchandising. 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 time efficiencies.
Chief Officers: Sandy Stoll, CEO, Ken Kasper, Exec. VP Operations.
ACI PLASTICS, INC.
3945 West Pine Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
Tel. 314 534-6503
Year Founded 1967
Number of Employees 40
2004 POP Volume $7,000,000.
Since 1967, ACI Plastics has been the “go to” source for plastic supply and fabrication in display fixtures, p.o.p., signage, promotional items and signholders. Clients include the May Co., Anheuser Busch and Brown Shoe.
Offices: Little Rock, AR; St. Louis, MO; Peoria, Il
Chief Officer: Michael J. Conway
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: $7,000,000
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.
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
2004 P.O.P. Volume: N.A.
Alpak, a full service corrugated display manufacturer, has just completed work on 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 single ALPAK Stock Display. Additionally, this Program is being offered for Customer Display use, allowing consumer product marketers to determine the possible SKU configuration and capacity for any of their existing displays, based on new product packaging alterations. 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 P.O.P. displays: In-house Customization, Creative Design, Full production capabilities (direct print and litho-labeling), computerized fulfillment/pack-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.
ARROW DISPLAY, DIVISION OF MANNKRAFT CORPORATION
100 Frontage Road
Newark, NJ 07114
Tel. 800-752-5444
Fax: 973-465-5290
Year Founded: 1945
Number of Employees: 200
2004 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
Mannkraft Corporation is a leading independent corrugated packaging company. The Arrow Display Division is a full-service designer and manufacture of temporary instant POP-UP displays. The company holds nearly 30 patents for its unique and proprietary technology including the Autoshelf® pop-up and Magic Shelve® prepack displays. The company maintains a diverse client base including many of the world's most prominent brand marketers and retail companies.
Offices: Newark, NJ, LighthousePoint, FL, New York, NY
Chief Officers: Dennis Mehiel, Pres.
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
2004 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.
ARTISAN COMPLETE
100 Bentley Street
Markham, Ontario Canada L3R 3J7
Tel. 905-475-2860
Year Founded: 1971
Number of Employees: 140
2004 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
For more than 30 years, Artisan Complete has been the partner of choice for clients looking to make bold, results driven Point of Purchase statements. From signage to display, category management to transit, our campus is a single source provider, inventing every last detail of your P.O.P. initiative. Seeking a specific components of the printing, finishing and fulfillment process! Artisan Complete has you covered with a crossroads of category expertise, pioneering technology and well-established processes that yield legendary quality and production.
Chief Officers: Peter Balzer, Pres.
COUNTERPOINT®
6355 Sunset Corporate Drive
Las Vegas, NV 87120
Tel. 800-270-3538
Year Founded: 2001
Number of Employees: 200
2004 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
CounterPoint is a leading manufacturer of durable Point-of-Purchase counter mats. All mats are printed and converted in-house in our state-of-the-art Las Vegas facility to ensure complete control in the quality and service of our product. CounterPoint offers six standard sizes with a variety of surface and base material options to suit any budge or project requirement. Choose from an extensive line of Hard Surface, Ultra-Thin, Lenticular, Window or Fabric counter mats. Custom shapes and sizes are our specialty. Clients include SOBE, Dunkin Donuts, MERCK, Shell Oil, Visa, Seagram's, Mitsubishi, NAPA, Hallmark, 3M, Monroe Auto Parts, Phillip Morris, DHL, Purina, Dixie Chopper Mowers, Subway, & FTD.
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
2004 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, Diageo, Anheuser-Busch, Bacardi, Miller, Coors, Campbell's Soups, Cooper Tires, and Muck Boots.
Offices: Nesquehoning, PA, White Plains, NY.
Chief Officer: Jason Amodea, President, Lydia Amodea, Vice President
MERCHANDISING INVENTIVES M.I. PLASTICS, LLC.
1665 South Waukegan Road
Waukegan, IL 60085
Tel. 800-367-5653
Year Founded: 1946
Number of Employees: 50
2004 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. 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.
NEW DIMENSIONS RESEARCH
260 Spagnoli Road
Melville, NY 11747
Tel. 631-694-1356; 800-637-8870
Year Founded: 1963
Number of Employees: 220+
2004 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: 435+
2004 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.
RETAIL SOLUTION CENTER
75 Hanse Avenue
Freeport, NY 11520
Tel. 516-771-7000
Year Founded: 2002
Number of Employees: 26
2004 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
Retail Solution Center creates custom merchandising systems for some of the most famous Fortune 500 names in retailing. We manufacture bold, innovative presentations, backed by rigorous R&D, along with decades of merchandising and display experience. We conceive, design, test and manfacture your project in our own Retail Lab Facility. Our team of experts utilize our Science of Selling developmental process to create intelligent design solutions which lead to economical production methods. Utilizing state-of-the-art production methods, we manufacture to world-class standards and give you not just a display but a complete Retail Solution.
Chief Officers: Deborah Leo, CEO; Stephen Leo, 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: 100
2004 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
5200 Anthony Road
Sandston, VA 23150
Tel. 888-520-8900
Fax: 804-226-4617
Year Founded: 1998
Number of Employees: 1500
2004 P.O.P. Volume: N/A
Smurfit-Stone Display Group specializes in supply chain management. Core Capabilities include graphic & structural design, manufacturing, assembly and logistics. Smurfit-Stone Display Group provides brand-building solutions from creative centers supported by the latest technology. 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
THORCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
1300 E. 12th Street, P.O. Box 110
Lamar, MO 64759
Tel. 417-682-3375
Year Founded: 1899
Number of Employees: 650
2004 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.
THE W/M DISPLAY GROUP
1040-1050 West 40th Street
Chicago, IL 60609-2503
Tel. 773-254-3700 X10
Fax: 773-254-3188
2004 P.O.P. Volume: N./A.
The W/M Display Group offers clients a creative team of seasoned retail marketers, accomplished designers and engineers, and in-house manufacturing to provide innovative, cost effective merchandising solutions. Clients include Home Depot, McDonalds and Wrigley's Gum.
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