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#PennPeople – Congratulations to Salvador Ramirez, Penn Emblem’s New Manufacturing Engineer

Penn Emblem Company’s #PennPeople blogs spotlight exceptional employees and their achievements.

Penn Emblem would like to congratulate Salvador Ramirez on being promoted from Junior Engineer to Manufacturing Engineer. Ramirez has been with Penn Emblem Company for 3 years and has been utilizing his expertise to create a more productive work environment.

Ramirez looks forward to using his talent to expand his department and streamline Penn Emblem’s processes. He has already had his hand in several projects increasing the efficiency of production. Having mapped out the entire 1,000+ step Direct Embroidery Process and reduced to under 100 steps, Ramirez continues to find ways to make it easier to get custom embroidery out to customers to maintain Penn Emblem’s fast turnaround times.

Ramirez has also worked on projects to increase the amount of embroidery machines in Penn Emblem’s Mira Loma, CA plant and to change the plant layout taking a more systematic approach and making it easier to get product to the shipping department.

Ramirez’s favorite part about Penn Emblem Company is the culture. He is surrounded with supportive and hardworking people who constantly treat each other fairly.  “Penn looks for ways for you to grow in the company and finds ways to get you there.” He states, talking about how the company fosters the growth of its employees.

We look forward to seeing what Salvador will be able to bring to his new position and would like to congratulate him on his promotion!

Penn Emblem Company is the leading provider of emblems, labels, transfers and various other decoration solutions. Want to work for Penn Emblem? Start your career by checking out our career page for opportunities to join the Penn Emblem Company team.

Penn Emblem Company Has Moved Its Corporate Office Location

Effective August 16^th, 2018 Philadelphia-based Penn Emblem Company has relocated its corporate offices from 10909 Dutton Road in Philadelphia, PA. A leader in the branding and decorating solutions market, the 71-year-old company’s new corporate headquarters are located at:

Penn Emblem Company
2577 Interplex Drive
Suite A
Trevose, PA 19053

All contact numbers, email addresses and this website address (www.pennemblem.com) will remain the same. In addition to Penn Emblem’s new corporate headquarters, the custom embellishment company maintains manufacturing facilities in Mira Loma, California and Santa Ana, Mexico. Both facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art automated technologies.

Penn Emblem Company serves a diverse global customer base from the rental-workwear market to sports, promotional and apparel sectors. “Image and identification span many industries. At Penn Emblem, we strive to provide the most innovative, diverse array of emblematic, labeling and customization solutions to meet every type of client need,” says Randi Blumenthal-Joseph, President of Penn Emblem Company.

Penn Emblem’s relocation is a culmination of the company’s 70th anniversary in 2017, during which giving back to the community through fundraisers and volunteering for causes such as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund took centerstage. These programs reflect the company’s customer service and production philosophy to always “Do The Right Thing,” ensuring that every emblem, patch and label is made of the highest quality and every employee and customer is treated with care.

Call (800) 793-7366 or email ssales@pennemblem.com with any questions regarding the move or how Penn Emblem can meet today’s evolving emblematic needs.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Penn Emblem Company is having an entire a month of “Dress Down Days”. Employees are able to pay a small fee each day to wear jeans and sneakers into the office. The money collected from this event will be donated to the Fox Chase Cancer Research Center in Philadelphia, PA, which supports breast cancer awareness research.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month bringing attention to the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. Penn Emblem is a woman owned business, feeling a social responsibility to give to an important cause. The company has several employees who have had Breast Cancer or had family members with the disease.

Penn Emblem has provided many companies and organizations with high quality, innovative decoration solutions for three generations, and continues to uphold its products and employees to the highest standard every day.

Nina Espinoza has been a critical member of the Penn Emblem Company team for a total of 14 years. A woman of many hats, Espinoza was originally hired solely as a digitizer, but was given the opportunity to expand her responsibilities.

Espinoza has accomplished many things during her time at Penn Emblem, but one of her recent accomplishments is the reactivation of the “Employee of the Month Award” at Penn Emblem’s Mexico location. She assisted in bringing the project back after its short break and assisted in creating new guidelines to improve the selection of winners and ultimately growing Employee Morale. “Having this award has been a huge motivation for many of my hardworking colleagues at Penn Mexico,” Espinoza states.

A team player, Espinoza always takes the opportunity to learn from other departments. She prides herself on her contributions to Penn including the improvement of the Company’s work processes and overall work environment.

“Everything we do in life has to be done with passion,” Espinoza sates, “Otherwise we would just be passing by instead of enjoying the ride through life.”

Penn Emblem Company is the leading provider of emblems, labels, transfers and various other decoration solutions. Want to work for Penn Emblem? Start your career by checking out our career page for opportunities to join the Penn Emblem Company team.

Penn Emblem Company would like to welcome its new Sales Associate, Joseph Lea, to the team. Coming to Penn Emblem with three years sales experience, 14 years of customer service experience and 10 years of administrative support experience, Lea is the newest addition the Direct Sales team.

Originally from England, Lea moved to the United States to coach soccer in the summer of 2012 at a summer camp. After 10 years of coaching soccer in both America and the United Kingdom, teaching in elementary schools and numerous other part-time jobs and volunteer work, he moved to the United States permanently in 2016. His first full time position was with Parts Authority, an Aftermarket Automotive Parts supplier in New Jersey.

Lea’s greatest accomplishment was running in the London Marathon in 2015 and raising over $2,500 for the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) aligning him with Penn Emblem’s “Do the right thing. Do things right.” core values.

Lea looks forward to getting on the road and showing off Penn Emblem’s various products to new customers and ultimately growing the business. “I’m really relishing the challenge of finding and generating new opportunities that can take Penn Emblem to the next level,” he says.

We welcome Joseph Lea to the Penn Emblem team and are excited to see what the future brings!

Penn Emblem Company is the leading provider of emblems, labels, transfers and various other decoration solutions. Start your career by checking out our career page for opportunities to join the Penn Emblem Company team.

Penn Emblem Company is now offering an exclusive line of Breast Cancer Awareness accessories to raise money for the Fox Chase Cancer Center. Products for sale include embroidered patches, interchangeable hats, mugs, keychains, and more. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month bringing attention to the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. Penn Emblem is a woman owned business, feeling a social responsibility to give to an important cause. Items will be on sale from now through the month of October. Customers can browse the full product collection, here.

Penn Emblem has provided many companies and organizations with high quality, innovative decoration solutions for three generations, and continues to uphold its products and employees to the highest standards every day.

Tis the season to start getting ready for corporate holiday parties and events. Company branded apparel is a classic corporate gift that keeps on giving the whole year. Decorated corporate gifts and branded apparel gives employees a sense of belonging and fosters team spirit, all while being a free promotional item outside of the office. There are numerous apparel options to decorate with your brand for holiday gifts, here are a few of our favorites and some embellishment options to pair with them.

Outerwear

With the weather drop, outerwear is a great holiday gift to keep employees warm during the cold seasons. PennFlex™, Penn Emblem’s newest branding solution, is a high-resolution three-dimensional embellishment that recreates logos and artwork in full color. These kinds of patches have roots (rephrase?) in the sports and retail industries, giving garments a stylish and eye-catching look. PennFlex™ patches can be heat sealed to outerwear within seconds.

Decorated Blankets

Another warm weather staple and a more economical gift option is decorated blankets. Blankets can come in a variety of different colors and styles and are a very popular gift for the holidays. Put your customer’s logo on the corner of the blanket with Direct Embroidery for a very classy and prestigious gift option. Direct Embroidery is classic embellishment option that has been around for years and adds a perceived higher value to a garment or accessory.

Hats

Decorated hats will always be a fashion staple and are an easy and affordable corporate gift for all of your customer’s employees. In the past, Direct Embroidery has been a traditional embellishment choice for a lot of hat wearers, but as a more economical alternative, embroidered appliques can simulate the same look.

Mugs

As the weather gets cooler, beverages get hotter. Decorated mugs of all styles make great corporate gifts and are something that can be used all year long. Domed embellishments paired with mugs add dimension to catch the eye. These patches can come with a pressure sensitive backing that makes it easy to stick them permanently onto a variety of surfaces including mugs.

Backpacks

Backpacks make great holiday gifts, making it easy to fill them with other fun gifts especially for employees on the go. Patches made of flock materials are very durable and will hold up through whatever adventures the backpack might trek on. They print logos in full photo-realistic detail, so they work especially well for companies with complex logos and artwork.

Penn Emblem Company is the leader in cutting edge apparel branding solutions. Learn more about how to decorate your customer’s corporate gifts in time for the holidays with Penn Emblem Company. Contact our customer support team by email at ssales@pennemblem.com or by phone at (800) 793-7366 to get started today.

Every year, all Penn Emblem locations participate in the Blumenthal Service Awards, highlighting the years of service each employee has given to our company. The Penn Emblem Service Awards in the Mira Loma, California location recognized employees with milestones with the company, awarding them with gifts and certificates. We want to thank each and every Penn employee for their time and expertise and look forward to continue to grow with them moving forward.

Alejandra Bonilla – 3 years

Sagrario Gondinez-20 years

Maria Olvera – 3 years

Sandra Vargas – 3 years

Cathy Pinedo – 20 years

Belen Alfaro – 3 years

Amelia Rodriguez – 20 years

Alexis Elias – 3 years

Gilberto Rodriguez – 25 years

Viviana Ramos – 3 years

Saturday December 1^st Penn Emblem’s Mira Loma location celebrated the holidays with a Holiday Party at the Sheraton Ontario Airport Hotel. With approximately 160 of our employees attending, the event was buzzing with holiday cheer. Gina Ramirez, the Plant Manager, thanked all the employees in attendance for their hard work throughout the year. Everyone who attended the party had a great time, taking photos in the photo booth and partying on the dance floor.

We look forward to the new year and all it will bring, and wish good health and happiness moving into the new year!

Tuesday December 11th, Penn Emblem’s Philadelphia Corporate Facility celebrated the holidays with a holiday party at the Radisson Hotel in Trevose, Pennsylvania. At the party there was a buffet with a variety of different food and employees were able to enjoy a nice lunch together.

Afterwards, the party continued with a speech from President Randi Blumenthal-Joseph presenting Customer Support Manager Debbie Martinenza and Division Sales and Service Director Mike Costello with the Penn Award, a prestigious honor given to exemplary employees who have gone above and beyond in their positions.

The party concluded with a raffle and a game. Fun was had by all.

A Penn Emblem employee for 9 years, Amelia Valenzuela is Penn Emblem’s Mexico location Plant Shipping Manager. Having held several positions within the company before, Valenzuela has experience in Final Operations and the Design Department to do administrative work. In her current role as Shipping Manager, Valenzuela holds a variety of responsibilities to ensure that Penn Mexico shipping operations go smoothly. Every day, Valenzuela manually posts all stock items and is responsible for all adjustments of stock items to ensure that they are available when ordered. Valenzuela also manages daily reports and works with customs to export the embellishments to the states.

In order to be successful at Penn Emblem, one must thrive in a fast-paced and exciting work environment. Valenzuela is proud of her ability to multi task and get things done. “I feel proud of being able to work on several activities,” Valenzuela states, “in both the Production floor (manual merrow, hand cut, inspection) and office work.”

Valenzuela enjoys working with all the hardworking and unique Penn Emblem employees every day across all of Penn’s diverse locations and departments. Valenzuela thanks all her co-workers for their trust and support throughout the years. We look forward to seeing how she continues to grow with Penn Emblem!

Penn Emblem Company is the leading provider of emblems, labels, transfers and various other decoration solutions. Want to work for Penn Emblem? Start your career by checking out our career page for opportunities to join the Penn Emblem Company team.

Starting as Regional Sales Manager, but having his title changed to Director of Sales and Service to better fit his role, Mike Costello has served at Penn Emblem Company for 23 years. Costello goes into work expecting something new every day, maintaining contact with Penn Emblem’s current customer base to sell new accounts, increase sales within existing accounts, and address any customer services issues in the Central Division. The Central Division consists of 14 states and approximately 320 customers of all different sales volumes and service needs.

Costello prides himself on being able to assist these customers with any service troubleshooting for ID label printers or Penn Emblem’s other embellishment services and products. Costello also finds himself speaking to customers and establishing service levels, creating new product sales within existing accounts, or meeting potential new customers. With the help of his teammates at Penn Emblem, Costello can provide his customers what they need quickly and efficiently.

“There are a lot of different service or sales opportunities that are challenges,” says Costello, “but I have a great support staff of Technical Support Managers, Customer Service Representatives, Manufacturing Penn Partners, Marketing Specialists, and Upper Management to help me provide answers and solutions to our customer needs.”

Many Penn Emblem team members have a lot of experience and Costello finds himself able to ask their advice to resolve and issues.

In addition to increasing the Central Division Sales a reasonable amount since he started his career at Penn Emblem in November of 1995, Costello has also retained most of the company’s original customer base within that area. Within that time, he has been able to develop relationships with his customers that go even beyond business and he enjoys seeing these customers grow within their careers at their respective companies. Costello is a three time winner of the prestigious Penn Award, given to only a handful of employees at each Penn Emblem location every year the most recent being awarded in 2018.

Costello attributes his successful career to his team.  “Any success I had at Penn Emblem these past 23 years was never just me, but one or more of my Penn partners to help our customers and myself.” We look forward to seeing what he can do next!

Penn Emblem Company is the leading provider of emblems, labels, transfers and various other decoration solutions. Want to work for Penn Emblem? Start your career by checking out our career page for opportunities to join the Penn Emblem Company team.