Housewares

On Sept. 23, Molenaar LLC, Wilmar, Minn., announced the voluntary recall of 315,000 electroluminescent night lights that the company had manufactured and distributed from 2005 to 2009 throughout the United States. The recall is the result of the same four incidents of minor smoking and property damage reported to the Electrical Safety Authority of Ontario (ESA) that caused the Canadian recall in August, and not because of any new incidents of malfunction in the United States.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based Top Brands Inc., a national marketing group of name brand merchandise for incentives and corporate awards, has added Sunbeam kitchen accessories and utensils to its product offerings.

Victorinox Swiss Army, Monroe, Conn., president and founding family member, Charles Elsener, announced Rene Stutz, former president of German cutlery company Wüsthof-Trident of America Inc., will join the North American team as president, Victorinox Swiss Army Inc.

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On August 24, industry supplier Molenaar LLC, Willmar, Minn., talked with Promo Marketing about a voluntary product recall it had issued the day prior. The recall was for two specific models of electroluminescent night lights that the company had manufactured and distributed from 2005 to 2009.

2010 Promo Marketing Supplier Excellence Award Finalist, Jackson, Wisconsin-based manufacturer, The WOV-IN Group announced it has launched a brand new line called Promopet. Promopet is the industry’s first line focusing solely on pet products.

New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based Leed’s, a member of Polyconcept North America, the fourth largest supplier within the promotional products industry, is launching a line of nine umbrella styles under the StrombergBrand for Leed’s Umbrellas brand.

Much has happened in the real estate market since December 2008—
record foreclosures, record-low mortgage rates and bottomed-out home values to name a few things.

Grand Island, New York-based Starline introduced its Idea Board to promote interactions between distributors and end-users.

Tustin, California-based Logomark, a leading promotional full-line supplier, announced it launched a new promotion that will upgrade order shipping east of the Mississippi to two-day FedEx shipping for free.