Canadian News

Canadian Promo Market News – September/October 2017

Starline Industries (asi/89213) welcomes Alex Jovetic as the company’s new vice president of sales – Canada. In his new position, Jovetic will manage the Canadian sales team based in Concord, ON. Jim Bull, vice president of sales – USA, will continue to lead the U.S. sales team in Grand Island, NY. Contact ajovetic@starline.com.

Starline USA (asi/89320) has hired Sodji Tossah as the inside sales representative for IL, IN and southern WI. For the past nine years, Tossah was a bilingual customer care representative for Starline and part of the Canadian Inside Sales team. Contact stossah@starline.com.

DML Creation (asi/48031) has appointed Marty Quincey and Rodney MacDonald of Imsports Sales Agency as its representation for the GTA. Quincey and MacDonald will represent DML Creation and Division Caps in the GTA as well as Cap America (asi/43792) in 2018. Contact Marty Quincey at mcquincey@gmail.com and Rodney MacDonald at rodney@rodneymacdonald.com.

Ferstar, parent company of the James Harvest Sportswear, Bags First (asi/37974), Sagaform (asi/84538), D-Vice and PROJOB brands, welcomes Calgary-based Chris Marcil as the company’s Alberta sales representative for James Harvest, Bags First, Sagaform and D-Vice. In addition, Ferstar has appointed Chris Broderick and Dennis Cranston as sales reps for the PROJOB Workwear brand in Alberta. Broderick, based in Calgary, is responsible for Alberta North, and Cranston, based in Edmonton, for Alberta South. Contact Chris Marcil at chris@ferstar.com, Chris Broderick at chris@sequencescm.com and Dennis Cranston at dennis@aidem.ca.

Proforma (asi/300094) has appointed Alan Chippindale, former president of BrandAlliance (asi/145177), as senior vice president of business development. He will help launch distributor services provided for new Proforma owners with sales between $5 and $50 million annually.

Hub Pen (asi/61966) and Beacon Promotions (asi/39250) have appointed Michael Sacco as the company’s manufacturing and quality engineer. Contact msacco@hubpen.com.

AJM International (asi/30271) welcomes Mark Post as its in-house representative for the Toronto-GTA region. Contact markp@ajmintl.com.

promocatalyst (asi/302159) has appointed Bobby Ramjist as the company’s director of operations and business development.