Hub Pen Company

iPROMOTEu, Wayland, Mass., hosted its seventh annual "Thank You" Reception in Las Vegas during The PPAI Expo.

Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., has been named Supplier of The Year by the New England Promotional Products Association (NEPPA).

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Braintree, Massachusetts-based Hub Pen Company has been honored for the sixth consecutive year by Batavia, Ohio-based Kaesar & Blair Incorporated with the Top Ten Supplier Award. The annual award was given earlier this year at the Kaesar & Blair 20th Annual Convention.

Braintree, Massachusetts-based Hub Pen Company has hired Scott Schaefer of Canandaigua, New York-based SS Enterprises, Inc. to represent the company in Upstate New York and Western Pennsylvania. A 12-year industry veteran, Schaefer founded SS Enterprises in 1998.

Braintree, Massachusetts-based Hub Pen Company hired Gary Cuppernull of Great Falls, Virginia-based Cupps Sales Group to represent the company in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington.

Based in Braintree, Mass., seven Hub Pen Company employees teamed up with six staffers from Hanson, Massachusetts-based distributor Walker-Clay to participate in the Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center’s 10th Annual 4k Trail Run. Three employees from Charles Riverboat Company, a Walker-Clay client, completed the 16-person team.

Braintree, Massachusetts-based Hub Pen Company has hired Andy Arruda, MAS, as national sales executive. In this position, he is responsible for hiring and managing a growing multi-line sales rep force, coordinating a growing telemarketing effort and working closely with many key accounts across the country.

Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., has hired Ed Osterman and Ed Timmerman of Tigard, Oregon-based Osterman Sales Associates to represent the company in the Pacific Northwest. Osterman will cover Alaska, Oregon and Washington, while Timmerman’s territory includes Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

2010 Rank 2009 Rank Company 2009 Revenue 2008 Revenue Employees Locations Principal City, State 1 1 Broder Bros. $688,000,000 $903,000,000 - 19 Tom Myers, CEO Trevose, PA 2 2 Ennis $584,029,000 $610,610,000 5,200 40 Keith Walters, chairman/CEO Midlothian, TX 3 4/7 Norwood & BIC $410,000,000 n/a 2,300 7 Quenten Wentworth, Clearwater, FL Graphic North America…