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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.