FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Audra Lehnert
Phone: 800-544-1131
Email: marketing@crystal-d.com
Crystal D, Leading Supplier of Corporate Awards and Plaques, Nominated for Three Product Design Awards from PPAI
September 14, 2010 – St. Paul, Minn. – Crystal D, leading supplier of corporate awards and plaques, has been nominated for three product design awards from the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI). The following award designs will be eligible for industry-wide recognition by PPAI in January 2011 at the PPAI Expo:
• Teamwork Award for Customized Non-Catalog Product
• Fantasy Award for Etching-Engraving
• Multi-Color Apogee Pyramid for Combination of Processes that Create a New Imprint Process
Images of each award are attached.
All PPAI members are eligible to participate in the award design competition. Crystal D has participated in this competition for three years. One winner in each category will be announced at The PPAI Expo in Las Vegas in January 2011.
“Our design team is so grateful to be honored with recognition by PPAI!” says John Nelson, chief product designer, “I think that these award designs symbolize “The WOW Effect”® really well. Each one shows how versatile crystal is as a product substrate. We couldn’t be happier with the results!”
About PPAI
PPAI—the promotional products industry’s only international not-for-profit trade association—offers education, tradeshows, business products and services, mentoring, technology and legislative support to its more than 7,500 global members. Promotional products are a $15.6 billion dollar industry and include wearables, writing instruments, calendars, drinkware and many other items, usually imprinted with a company's name, logo or message. PPAI created and maintains UPIC (Universal Promotional Identification Code), the industry's only free identification system and universal company database.
About Crystal D
Crystal D (www.crystal-d.com) has been a leading supplier of corporate awards to the promotional products industry for more than 15 years. The company offers a total of 1,000+ awards and plaques, seven imprint processes and eight substrates. Crystal D maximizes technology to communicate with promotional product consultants via a highly functional website and an online order tracking system.
