TradeNet Publishing (PPAI 113162, Gold) was founded at the Iowa kitchen table of its president and CEO, Tom Mertz, in 1986. In the decades that followed, Mertz relocated TradeNet to Gardner, Kansas, and grew the company into a major national supplier of promotional products, including erasable boards, refrigerator magnets, calendars, bookmarks, door hangers, notepads and other items.
Today, the company employs about 60 team members who play a critical role in TradeNet’s ongoing success.
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