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Refill Colours For Promotional Pens - Changing Trends in Personalised Pens
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
There was a time when virtually every promotional pen was supplied with blue refills as standard. That preference has changed gradually over the last ten years and now the refill colour of choice is either ...
Printing Promotional Pens - An Overview on the Inks Used to Print These Important Promotional Items
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
Virtually all types of promotional pens carry an advertising message or promotional logo but the printing inks used on them can vary enormously, depending upon the material the pen is made from and the printing ...
10 Popular Gadget Promotional Pens - A Close Look at These Unconventional Promotional Items
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
We are all very familiar with conventional promotional pens and what they can offer in terms of advertising opportunities but there is a vast range of, often overlooked, unconventional promotional items available to today's marketer ...
Top 10 Promotional Pens and Pencils by Category - Promotional Gifts With a Difference
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
There is an almost limitless array of promotional business gifts available in the marketplace today. We are bombarded with catalogues, emails and advertising promoting them. It can be a bewildering task making the right decision ...
How Refills Are Made For Promotional Pens - Detailed Look at This Important Promotional Item
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
Pens are amongst the most popular gifts for special occasions and we like to think the more expensive the pen we choose, the better it will perform and consequently the more it will be appreciated. ...
Why Promotional Pens Are the Best Business Gifts - Top 10 Reasons
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
With so many promotional gifts to choose from, it is usually a consumer's nightmare in choosing an appropriate medium to display their advertising message. Having worked within the promotional merchandise business for the last thirty ...
Promotional Gifts and Promotional Pens Suppliers and Relevancy of Industry Software
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
When running a company based in the Promotional Merchandise sector, you must be mindful of what software you choose to run in order to maintain a level of efficiency in processing orders, and having reliable ...
REACH Regulations Regarding Promotional Pens - Latest Legislation on Important Promotional Items
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
Summary Importers of large-volume promotional pens or promotional products of any description containing ink need to be aware of this piece of new legislation. E.E.C Regulation 1907/2006 came into force on 1st June 2008 and ...
How Promotional Pens and Printed Pens Manufacturing Techniques Traveled to China
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
The specialist skills required to manufacture promotional pens and promotional products in general has developed very slowly in the west since the early twentieth century. How then have the Chinese managed to master these skills ...
Pen Caps and End Closures Requirements For Promotional Pens (BS7272)
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
BS7272 is the International Standard for Pen Caps and End Closures of Writing and Marking instruments, and is the only published safety standard for end closures. The first standard concerning the "Safety of End Closures" ...
The Problems Associated with Supplying Inks Used on Promotional Pens and Printed Pens
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
Ink, as everyone knows has been around for thousands of years and early versions of black ink were made from not much more than soot and water. With the advent of new printing technologies, the ...
The Importance of FSC Certification For Wooden Promotional Pencils
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
In the constantly changing world of promotional products Environmentally Friendly items are becoming more and more in demand. Whilst there are many different products that fall into this bracket, there are few which can be ...
Personalised Pens - How EcoAllene Is Stimulating Sales
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
Personalised pens have always been a firm favourite amongst promotional gift buyers but never moreso than at the moment. There are two main reasons for this: 1. Recessionary pressures have driven down prices across the ...
Personalised Pens & Promotional Pens - How To Photograph Plastic Versions
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
Photography, as a hobby is one of the most rewarding pastimes you could possibly imagine because you photograph exactly what you want when you want. That is not always the case for a professional photographer ...
How to Print Plastic Promotional Pens - The Most Important of All Promotional Items
By Neil Cleere · 13 years ago
We see them everywhere with company logos and advertising messages, but how are promotional pens actually printed? Here we give you a brief overview of the various stages required in printing the average plastic promotional ...