Archive for March, 2009

Americans as a whole spend more time playing video games than they do watching the CW television network. And video games — the real “5th Network” — may even be closing in on NBC.

Challenge: To find an employee appreciation gift meeting the approval of a board selection committee and within a set budget.

Some companies respond to tough economic times by reigning in spending on morale-boosting employee pleasures like holiday parties and employee appreciation gifts. Others, however, like the leading global investment bank Deutsche Bank, believe that morale is at its lowest during times of economic turmoil—and thus when morale-boosting pleasures are needed most.

That’s why, despite an uneasy economy, Deutsche Bank Florida pushed forward with plans for its annual holiday party. Of roughly 78,000 employees in 76 countries, nearly 20 percent of Deutsche Bank’s people work in Florida, where the banking giant offers account-keeping, cash and securities investment-advisory and asset-management services to private clients, as well as payment processing and initial-public-offering and mergers and acquisitions support to corporate and institutional clients.

The Deutsche Bank team connected with ePromos Account Executive Caren Aardema, whose goal is to make the process of selecting and purchasing corporate gifts as easy as possible. Presented with the project overview and budget, Caren drew on her promotional products expertise to develop recommendations for employee appreciation gifts she thought might work; gifts she knew would be attractive to individuals from the lowest levels to the executive suites. Because a Board committee had to approve the selected product, the Deutsche Bank team returned to Caren several times with budget changes and requests for new product ideas that might satisfy everyone’s needs and desires—a difficult task but, she knew from experience, entirely feasible.

Solution: A roomy, branded coil duffel bag with zippers and pockets galore.

Caren was right. It was not long before the committee and the Deutsche Bank team agreed on the perfect employee appreciation gift—the Coil Duffel Bag in royal blue with the Deutsche Bank logo prominently screen-printed on the front pocket. This tough 19 x 13 x 14-inch poly-canvas duffel has loads of room, with a large, zippered main compartment, a zippered front pocket, zippered end pockets and a right-side pouch. And with a bottom board for support and structure, and a detachable, adjustable padded shoulder-strap and haul-handles, it’s a gift favored by travelers, picnickers, gym enthusiasts and even on-the-go working moms and dads.

Result: Duffels do double duty as holiday party centerpiece and employee appreciation gifts.

The team was pleased with Caren’s work, which made what could have been a difficult process very easy. On the day of the party, held at Deutsche Bank Florida, employees enjoyed a catered dessert, inspirational words from Deutsche Bank managers—and their new, branded duffels, which beforehand the team had arranged in an attractive, eye-pleasing table display. Today, Deutsche Bank staffers are often seen carrying their bags on travels between New York and Germany, where the firm is headquartered. Others remarked on both the huge size of the bag and its quality, while others report keeping the bag in their cars with a change of clothes for trips to the gym or impromptu, after-work socials. The end result, says team Deutsche Bank, is improved morale and, therefore, a successful employee appreciation promotion.

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AUBURN, Maine — An Adhesive Remover Swab is being released today by KICTeam. This Swab is combined with an adhesive remover solution to ease the removal of sticky adhesive residue from hard surfaces. The product will come enclosed in a foil pouch and the swab will be saturated with the adhesive remover solution. The swab was designed especially for use on thermal printers which incur adhesive build up from regular use during label printing. The increase of linerless labels has heightened the demand for an efficient adhesive remover product. This new Adhesive Remover Swab has been tested and demonstrated to be more effective than current methods and products.

“We are seeing more linerless labels in a number of industries. When these labels pass over a hot thermal printer, some residue is transferred to the print head. The removal of this adhesive residue is essential to maintaining a clear and crisp print on thermal printers in any industry. At KICTeam we pride ourselves on the solving of problems like these for our OEM partners,” said Debra Ross, Product Manager of KICTeam. “The Adhesive Removal Swab is a quick and efficient means of removing adhesives and maintaining print integrity. When you combine this new product with our IPA cleaning card, pen or wipe, you have a complete and effective means of maintaining your thermal printers.”

Today more and more industries such as retail, specialty shops and food services are using linerless labels. Additionally, the shipping industry prints millions of labels daily on similar equipment using traditional labels. All of these printers need an effective means of removing adhesive residue. This Adhesive Remover Swab along with a cleaning card, pen or wipe will be essential to properly maintaining the equipment.

About KICTeam

KICTeam is the world leader in the development and manufacture of cleaning cards including Waffletechnology™-based (patent pending) products. Our growth in the last 20 years is driven by the close cooperation with OEM’s in the development of proprietary cleaning solutions. Our headquarters are in Auburn, Maine, with a worldwide presence through strategic partners.

For more information, please visit www.cleaningcards.com or www.kicteam.com.