Promotional Products — Broadening Portfolios

But the roots of promotional products are also grounded in the printing industry, when a small Ohio newspaper owner utilized his printing press between editions to print burlap schoolbook bags with simple advertising messages for a local merchant. It was later that this printer started his own promotional products company to sell specialty items. Driven by competition from another news paper printer, he was soon creating advertisements on anything that could receive printing, from aprons and calendars to buggy whips.