Barker Specialty Company (asi/132690) received two awards at the Annual SAAGNY Awards Dinner on Dec. 11. Barker Specialty was chosen as the Distributor of the Year and Alex D. Bowen, account manager at the company, was given the Rising Star award.

Geiger (asi/202900) celebrated Giving Tuesday by donating to local nonprofits in the community. The company donated 1,165 pairs of new socks and 753 pairs of new underwear as part of the Toasty Toes & Tushies clothing drive.

Geiger (asi/202900) has elevated iClick (asi/62124) to the elite classification of Platinum Star Production Partner for 2020.

Penn Emblem (asi/77120) has awarded its Mira Loma, CA-based plant with the 2018-2019 Safety Award.

Orbus Exhibit & Display Group (asi/75209) has announced that Orbus Las Vegas has expanded to a total of 93,000 square feet of operating space to be used for offices, manufacturing and exhibit/asset storage to accommodate its growing business on the West Coast.

Beacon Promotions (asi/39250) recently donated excess inventory and discontinued items, such as winter clothing and cooking utensils, to charities in New Ulm, MN.

All Star Incentive Marketing (asi/117110) has named Richard Devejian of Gemline (asi/56070) the 2019 Sales Rep of the Year.

BIC Graphic North America’s (asi/40480) Barbie Winterbottom, chief people officer, has been selected as an honoree for the 2019 People First Awards by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. 

Blink Marketing (asi/141424) has applied to participate in the QCA Distributor Certification Program developed by Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), a coalition dedicated to ensuring accountability and independent validation of corporate responsibility throughout the promotional products industry’s supply chain.

Polyconcept North America (asi/78897) donated four school buses of toys during the annual 96.1 KISS FM Stuff-A-Bus event, which benefits the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots program. Twenty-five PCNA employees, including Polyconcept CEO Neil Ringel, delivered more than 1,000 toys on 13 pallets.

Proforma Professional Business Solutions (asi/300094) owner Bethany Brevard has published her first children’s book – The Mouse in the Hammock, A Christmas Tale – on Amazon Kindle. Since its September debut, the book has sold thousands of copies and raised more than $1,000 for the Maison des Enfant de Dieu orphanage in Haiti.

BIC Graphic North America (asi/40480) recently invited students to work at the company’s storefront at Stavros Institute’s Enterprise Village, a self-contained economic education program that provides hands-on learning experiences.

Orbus Exhibit & Display Group (asi/75209) announced that it has achieved 20 years of ISO Certification as of December 2019.

Charles River Apparel (asi/44620) and National Design, LLC dba Goldstar (asi/73295) have joined Reciprocity Road as preferred supplier partners. Reciprocity Road is comprised of eight distributors representing over $200 million in buying power, focused on transparency, giving back, collaboration and sharing.

Ideas Unlimited (asi/229780) has received the Robert R. Church Sr. Award for Scalable Minority/Woman-Owned Business Enterprise of the Year from the Mid-South Minority Business Council (MMBC) Continuum.