PPAI 100 is an exclusive, research-backed ranking of the 50 leading distributors and the 50 leading suppliers in the promotional products industry. Companies are scored based on a variety of metrics.
Vantage Apparel (PPAI 113235, S10) is reportedly the largest manufacturer/decorator in the promotional industry offering a single-source solution for customized logo apparel.

The Avenel, New Jersey-based company has excelled to earn a place in this list’s top 20, owing its growth to private label programs, overseas sourcing and custom manufacturing services, plus 12 in-house decoration techniques, including embroidery, screen printing, heat transfers, laser applique and laser etching.

Vantage Apparel also offers the proprietary apparel labels, Vantage and Vansport, and is the exclusive corporate supplier for Greg Norman Collection and Polo Ralph Lauren brands in the promo industry. It also maintains embroidery facilities in Santa Ana, California and St. Louis.

The company recently debuted a new digital series, Behind the Logo, to share real-life stories about how companies use logoed apparel to build their brands.

PPAI 100 is an exclusive, research-backed ranking of the 50 leading distributors and the 50 leading suppliers in the promotional products industry. Companies are scored based on a variety of metrics.

Montreal, Canada-based Spector & Co. (PPAI 168328, S10) has been working to grow its U.S. presence and, last December, it opened a new 100,000-square-foot facility in Las Vegas.

The expansion allows the company to double its capacity to support distributor growth while jointly improving services to both American and Canadian customers. Spector also maintains offices in Dongguan, China, and throughout North America, and employs more than 300 people worldwide.

In recent months, it also enhanced its sales team with the hiring of industry veteran Rena Ashfeld as sales director, Ginny Lee as customer liaison, Hayley Chipchase as its Florida multi-line rep and Katie Meenan as key accounts manager.

PPAI 100 is an exclusive, research-backed ranking of the 50 leading distributors and the 50 leading suppliers in the promotional products industry. Companies are scored based on a variety of metrics.
According to new Chief Revenue Officer Brian Porter, who was promoted to the role in January, Starline (PPAI 112719, S10) is on track to double its sales. Porter had been senior vice president of sales and marketing since joining the company in 2018.

Over the past year, Starline has been expanding its sales and marketing team to meet the rising demand, recently adding six new salespeople to cover territories across the U.S. and Canada.

Starline started as a Canadian-based company and opened its New York facilities in 1992. It currently has operations in Vaughan, Ontario, and Grand Isle, New York.