ASI® Named Supplier of the Year by AlphaGraphics®

TREVOSE, PA – September 2, 2008 – Advertising Specialty Institute®, the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, announced today that AlphaGraphics, Inc. has named ASI its “Supplier of the Year” for 2008.

The “Supplier of the Year” award recognizes a supplier that provides outstanding service and responsiveness to the 230 U.S. business centers in the AlphaGraphics system.  ASI was one of three suppliers recognized by the AlphaGraphics system, taking home the top honor.

“AlphaGraphics is very glad to be working with ASI,” said Kevin K. Cushing, chief executive officer of AlphaGraphics, Inc.  “The products and services provided by ASI complement our centers’ business extremely well, and the company’s quality and customer service exemplify the standards we uphold at AlphaGraphics.  We look forward to continuing our partnership in the future.”

“Congratulations to our entire team at ASI,” said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI.  “The ‘Supplier of the Year’ award signifies that ASI provides the resources and services that help AlphaGraphics and all of our members improve their businesses and increase sales everyday.”

“This is a very nice honor,” said Rob Spike, vice president of distributor services for ASI.  “It is a privilege and pleasure to have the opportunity to work with the talented franchise owners at AlphaGraphics locations locally and across the United States.”

The “Supplier of the Year” award was presented during the recent AlphaGraphics Annual International Conference in Montréal, Canada.

For more information about the “Supplier of the Year” award presented to ASI, contact Rob Spike, vice president of distributor services for ASI, at [email protected].   

About ASI
Advertising Specialty Institute is the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, with a membership of over 25,000 distributor firms (sellers) and supplier firms (manufacturers) of advertising specialties.  Supplier firms use ASI print and electronic resources to market products to over 21,000 ASI distributor firms.  Distributor firms use ASI print and electronic resources, which contain nearly every product in the industry from more than 3,500 reputable suppliers, to locate supplier firms and to market services to buyers.  ASI provides catalogs, information directories, newsletters, magazines, websites and databases, and offers e-commerce, marketing and selling tools.  Visit www.asicentral.com.