Founded in 1996 and based out of a 250,000-square-foot facility in Michigan, Mercury Promotions & Fulfillment (PPAI 261357, D10) lands itself on the inaugural PPAI 100 list as a company with tremendous recent growth and core mission that focuses on responsible decision making.

As part of a corporate diversity initiative, the distributor created a First Tier Program to expand its ability to support diversity and broaden the economic and growth prospects for minorities and women.

G&G Outfitters, headquartered in Middletown, Delaware, was founded several years ago by two sophomores at the University of Maryland looking to create lacrosse t-shirts. Doug Gardner and Rich Gergar’s idea took off, and now the company has more than 300 employees and works with numerous high-profile clients, including Burger King, Hyundai and NASCAR.

Gardner and Gergar, still with the company as president and executive vice president, respectively, have established a firm that has also earned the trust of its promo industry peers, per the PPAI 100 review.

Geiger (PPAI 105182, D12), a family-owned distributorship headquartered in Maine, has been in business for almost 150 years. Founded by two brothers, Geiger family members still hold executive positions, and the company has grown from local to international. Geiger embraces multiple sustainability initiatives, most notably installing the largest privately owned solar panel system in the state of Maine in 2018. The array eliminates about 320,000 pounds of carbon pollution from fossil fuel power plants every year, according to the company. “Our building is 100% powered by the sun, and since put into service, it has prevented 1.3 million pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere,” says Chris McKee, senior vice president and chief revenue officer.

Massachusetts-based iPROMOTEu (PPAI 218870, D12) is a network of more than 1,100 independent distributor affiliates and salespeople across the United States and Canada. The company provides extensive support to its affiliates, from back office support and secure tech tools to ongoing education and suggestions on how to reduce environmental impact. The company and its affiliates have earned PPAI Pyramid Awards annually since 2010, and in 2023, iPROMOTEu ranked among PPAI’s #Online18 for its posts full of useful stats, resources and story links. Since 2008, the company also brings the industry together online each March with DunkFest, a friendly competition open to anyone working in the promotional products industry.