Magazine ranks top places to work

Published 8:26 am Monday, June 12, 2017

Sixty industry companies have earned a spot on this year’s list of PPB Magazine’s Greatest Companies To Work For, among them was Stevensville-based CE Competitive Edge LLC.

Over the past six years, the program has been one of PPB’s most popular editorial recognition programs drawing nominations from PPAI Publication member companies in all categories and sizes.

This year, the program was reworked to use employee ratings as the primary selection criteria. Specifically, full-time employees at each nominated company were required to complete a confidential 13-question online survey in which they rated their company in key areas including engagement, effectiveness, leadership, ethics, pay, benefits, training and work/life balance.

More than 100 companies were nominated in this year’s competition. Of those with winning scores, 19 are suppliers, 39 are distributors and two are business services companies.

The size of the winning companies, categorized by number of employees, was diverse, ranging from five to more than 600 and company history was varied, too.

The oldest company was founded in 1878. The newest company is just four years old. Learn more about these workplaces and see what their employees say about working there in the June issue of PPB available later this month.

All companies are listed in alphabetical order by size category.

Top Micro Companies

(Less than 10 employees)

• Ads On Magnets, LLC

• Brandito

• Elevate Brand Marketing

• Identify Yourself

• MARCO Ideas Unlimited, Inc.

• Plan-It Promotions

• PromoMonster, Inc.

• PromoPros

• Promo Impact/Green Giftz

• Red Promotions

• Sock 101

• Stowebridge Promotion Group

Top Small Companies

(10-25 employees)

• A+ Wine Designs

• Brand Fuel, Inc.

• Brandinc US, Inc.

• Bullpen Marketing

• CE Competitive Edge LLC

• Commonsku

• Concepts & Associates, Inc.

• DistributorCentral, LLC

• DRI DUCK Traders

• F&E Sportswear

• Goldstar

• HandStands

• Icon Blue, Inc.

• LogoSpeed

• Outstanding Branding LLC

• Powerstick.com

• Tic Toc

• US Flash & Technologies

• Zipline

Top Midsize Companies

(26-75 employees)

• Attachmentville/IRIS Ltd.

• Axis Promotions

• Champion Awards, Inc.

• Club Colors Buyer, LLC

• Greater China Industries, Inc.

• Hirsch Gift, Inc.

• I-Mark

• Image Source, Inc.

• NewClients Promotional Marketing

• Pacesetter Awards Co.

• Pinnacle Designs

• Talbot Marketing

• Tangerine Promotions

• Toddy Gear

Top Large Companies

(More than 75 employees)

• American Solutions For Business

• Ariel Premium, Inc.

• BAMKO

• Boundless

• BrandVia Alliance, Inc.

• Concord Marketing Solutions

• Geiger

• Indoff, Inc.

• Myron Corporation

• Peerless Umbrella

• Picnic Time, Inc.

• Pro Towels, Inc.

• PromoShop, Inc.

• Quality Resource Group, Inc.

• Sunrise Identity