Norwood Promotional Products

Norwood Announces Exclusive Agreement with Cleveland Golf
February 10, 2009

Norwood Promotional Products, based in Indianapolis announced they have entered into an agreement with Cleveland Golf for the 2009 selling year. Norwood will feature Cleveland hard goods and accessories and will be the exclusive supplier of the Cleveland Custom Logo Wedge line—a line that provides laser-engraved a corporate logos on wedge heads.

Norwood Provides Educational Solution To New PhRMA Code
October 7, 2008

Indianapolis-based Norwood Promotional Products announced the company’s calendar products, as branded, customizable, educational materials would fall within the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) guidelines. The newly revised PhRMA code reaffirms that interactions between company representatives and health-care professionals “should be focused on informing the healthcare professionals about products, providing scientific and education information, and supporting medical research and education.” Among the specifics, the revised code prohibits distribution of noneducational “reminder” items such as pens, mugs, and other objects that might have previously been imprinted with the pharmaceutical company’s logo. Norwood believes custom calendars, planners and diaries offer educational real estate that can

Norwood To Relocate Flood-Ravaged Souvenir Writing Instruments Division
September 30, 2008

Indianapolis-based Norwood Promotional Products announced the company will relocate its Souvenir Writing Instruments operation to its Red Wing, Minn. facility. The Souvenir Writing Instruments facility was catastrophically impacted by the June flood of the Cedar River and has been operating out of the Red Wing site since that time. “Since it was quickly apparent that returning to the Souvenir facility would be a risk—both to the business and the safety of our employees,” explained Paul Lage, president and CEO of Norwood, “we [had] been temporarily operating Souvenir out of Red Wing.” During that time, Norwood conducted an evaluation of available production sites

Safety Dance
September 23, 2008

If one thing became clear this year regarding product responsibility, it’s there will never be a time when suppliers can sit back and sigh in relief that they’ve finally mastered the safety jive everyone’s been talking about. The reason is simple: just when a company feels it’s got its groove down pat, a few new moves get thrown in, the music falls out of time and toes are inevitably squashed. But the beat goes on. Product-safety education is an ever-evolving quagmire of state and federal legislation, new studies uncovering the next potentially dangerous chemical and pending product recalls. This article is a comprehensive overview

Norwood Makes Major Price Announcement
August 11, 2008

Indianapolis-based Norwood Promotional Products announced it will demonstrate its ongoing commitment to distributor partnerships by holding prices for the remainder of 2008. Though many suppliers are raising prices due to rising costs of raw materials, freight, fuel and the declining value of the U.S. dollar, Norwood said it is committed to its current pricing and continues to offer customers more services to help boost sales during these challenging economic times. “We understand that distributors have made their own commitments to customers regarding pricing for the year and Norwood is doing what it can to support them during these tough economic times,” said Jim Simone,

Souvenir Writing Instruments’ Cedar Rapids, Iowa Flood Status Update
August 5, 2008

Due to severe flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Norwood has been unable to operate out of its Souvenir Writing Instruments facility since Wednesday, June 11. The company has temporarily transferred production to its Red Wing, Minn., facility as it repairs the Souvenir facility and its equipment. As of Friday, August 1, the company was excited to announce it has been able to reduce its production lead times to 10 days and will now be able to offer two-color imprints on select products. For more information on Norwood and its flood recovery efforts, visit http://www.norwood.com/files/press_room/Release-CR_Update_08-01.pdf

Norwood’s Souvenir Cedar Rapids, Iowa Factory Update
July 28, 2008

Due to severe flooding Norwood’s Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Souvenir writing instruments plant has been unable to operate out of the company’s facility since Wednesday, June 11. The company has temporarily transferred production to its Red Wing, Minn. facility as repairs are made to the Souvenir facility and its equipment. As of Monday, July 28, the company was excited to announce it is able to take orders on 112 writing instruments and further are also reducing production lead times to 12 days on all of the products. Norwood thanks all customers for patience and continued support as they are working around the

Norwood’s Souvenir Plant Begins to Rebuild
July 21, 2008

As reported in June, Norwood’s Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Souvenir writing instruments facility experienced severe flooding resulting in extensive damage to the plant and tremendous impact on the lives of our employees and the community at large. The company is pleased to announce salvage and clean-up is complete and on July 14 received the necessary building permits to begin reconstruction. Norwood’s Souvenir facility is in one of the areas worst hit, with 10 feet of river water flooding the plant and requiring the entire facility to be completely gutted. While the plant’s infrastructure was destroyed, the company was able to salvage some of the

Souvenir Writing Instruments Announces 84 Items Back in Production
July 15, 2008

Due to severe flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Souvenir Writing Instruments has not been able to operate out of its facility since June 11. The company temporarily transferred production to its Red Wing, Minn facility as it worked to repair flood-caused damage to the facility and equipment. As of Monday, July 14, the company was excited to announce it is able to take orders on 84 writing instruments—asking customers to allow 15 days for production on all of these products. The company thanks all its customers for their patience and continued support as they work hard to make repairs and meet customer

Norwood Launches Searchable Safety Report Library
July 8, 2008

Indianapolis-based Norwood Promotional Products announces the launch of Safety Search, Norwood’s exclusive online repository of product safety test reports for more than 2,000 Norwood products. These reports are available for download on the distributor portion of its Web site, www.norwood.com. “Product safety is the biggest issue we face as an industry,” said Paul M. Lage, MAS, CEO and president of Norwood. “At Norwood, we have made product safety our number-one priority and are in the process of testing every imprint ink and product we sell. These reports provide promotional products distributors with the information and peace of mind they need to sell our products