ASI Honors Distributor Choice Winners

The Advertising Specialty Institute honored the winners of the 2006 Counselor Distributor Choice Awards last week at Hard Rock Live at Universal Studios CityWalk, as a part of the ASI Show held in Orlando.

The awards recognize top-performing supplier firms, based upon the ASI Supplier Performance Ratings and as voted for by distributors.

To qualify, supplier finalists had to:

• Achieve a minimum rating of four stars from the ASI Supplier Performance Ratings
• Have a minimum of 40 distributors report on them in the past year
• Have at least 5% of their business fall into the product category being considered for

This year was the first for the Supplier of the Year award, which recognizes an outstanding supplier member firm. The award went to SNUGZ/USA.

Winners of the 2006 Counselor Distributor Choice Awards were:
Awards—Jaffa
Badges & Buttons—Express-A-Button, Inc.
Business Accessories—Leed's
Calendars—Triumph Calendars
Clocks & Watches—Sweda Company LLC
Computer Accessories—Digispec
Decals, Labels & Bumper Stickers—Gill Studios, Inc.
Drinkware: Glass & Ceramic—Moderne Glass Company, Inc.
Drinkware: Plastic & Other—Bullet Line, Inc
Electronic Products—Prime Resources Corp.
Flashlights—Adva-Lite, Inc.
Food Gifts—Maple Ridge Farms, Inc.
Golf Accessories—Gold Bond, Inc.
Housewares & Tools—Bullet Line, Inc.
Inflatables—Pioneer Balloon Co.
Jewelry—Avaline
Key Tags & Luggage Tags—Quikey Mfg. Co., Inc.
Lanyards—SNUGZ/USA
Luggage & Bags—Leed's
Magnets—Magnet, LLC
Office & Desk Items—Leed's
Pencils & Erasers—Shelbyville Pencil
Pens—BIC Graphic USA
Shopping Bags—Bag Makers, Inc.
Stress Relievers—Ariel Premium Supply, Inc.
Towels & Robes—Professional Towel Mills
Wearables: Caps & Hats—SanMar
Wearables: General—SanMar
Wearables: Shirts—SanMar