Tag Archives: Americanna

Americanna EZ grip jar openers

2 Dec

Introduction price places the circle EZ grip at $0.38

Americanna is called Americanna for a reason, and although we often talk about their made in the USA recycled, retread line of products, it is important to remember that most of the Americanna line is indeed made in America.

For example the new line of EZ grip jar openers from Americanna. The EZ grip is inexpensive (circles are currently $0.38), comes in tons of colors, and over 100 stock shapes. They are super strong, super durable, and provide a huge imprint to cost ratio for your message, at 19 to 25 sq.in based on shape.

Think about that. Maybe 10 times the message area that you would get on a similarly priced pen, and the EZ grip never runs out of ink, and is always working to display your message, in the home in most cases, the exact place you want your brand to be.

Sure they’re not made from old tires like the World Famous Retread Recycled Jar Openers, but they do share all their other attributes, a very large imprint area for very small price, on an item that is reusable and lasts a very, very long time. Plus of course, they are made in USA.

So as the name suggests, if you are looking for sustainable items, or made in America items, or made in America sustainable items, Americanna is a company worth looking at.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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Green Biker Motorcycle Rest

29 Mar

King Size Circle Recycled Tire Bike Puck (5")

With the motorcycle moving from the street to the art salon as this classic of American folklore continues to expand with ever more elaborate custom cycles, you have to ask yourself, will my $45,000 custom chopper scratch my new reclaimed hardwood floors?

Seriously,  how often do we get to pair up green and motor grease? When most people think eco they do not then jump right to custom cycles.

However given the same ingredients, the folks at Americanna – home of the World Famous Circle Retread Jar Opener – thought, hey let’s beef this puppy up to 3 millimeters and make it into a chopper kick-stand stop.

And there you have it, the 3 millimeter, 100% recycled tire, King Size Circle Recycled Tire Bike Puck from Americanna. Designed at 5in wide and custom printable on both sides, it is “Rugged, inexpensive & indestructible!”, just like the riders it serves.

Ok, this is a great promo item for bike clubs and bike dealers, also for rally races and other summer bike events. Why? At EQP $0.41 the King Size Circle Recycled Tire Bike Puck gives a huge imprint area to cost ratio, it is a practical item people will use, and it really is pretty much indestructible, so if a client likes it, they will carry your brand, and your marketing message all the way down the road.

They are also mailable – hello bike shops with targeted mailer programs – and they do double duty as a really fine beer coaster, assuming your bikers drink beer.

The King Size Circle Recycled Tire Bike Puck is a seriously fun idea.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in the FLAT TIRE™ PDA Holder to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.


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World Famous RETREAD© Jar Openers

18 Jun

The Retread™ Recycled Rubber Jar Openers from Americanna are a great promotional item for any business looking to add a little green to thier branding. They are light, cheap, practical, and have a large print area for your message. Best of all they are made from 100% recycled tires. Truly a presidential idea.

Americanna continues to improved on the Retread™ Recycled Rubber Jar Openers by adding new shapes to the line and now three new imprint colors, adding blue, orange, and gold, to the white and green already on offer.

In addition Americanna has expended the 100% recycled Retread™ line to include the Flat Tire™ Car Coaster, the Flat Tire™ Coaster, and the Tire Tag™ Key Fob. All great giveaways for businesses focusing on the auto industry, recycling or waste management solutions.

The Flat Tire™ Coasters, like the jar openers, come in a large variety of shapes – bag pictured –  well over 100. They also come in two general sizes 4″ x 4″ and 5″ x 5″. EQP starts at $0.54 for a 4″ model.

Made from 100% post-consumer recycled tires, the coaster weight in a whooping 1/8″ thick – sure to protect any surface – and are available with a 2nd side imprint. Rugged, inexpensive and indestructible, what more do you want in a great non-skid coaster.

The Flat Tire™ Car Coaster comes in one size and shape, a 2.625″ x 2.5″ circle. The product is made to be placed in a car’s cup holder to keep all that grime and dirt from building up in the car.

I love this idea because a recipient would see the promotional piece each time they got in their car. Really a great idea for car dealers focusing on hybrid models and green energy cars. EQP is $0.35.

Then there is the new Tire Tag™ Key Fob which comes in three shapes, the barrel (1.5″ x 2.125″), the rectangle (1.625″ x 2.5″), and the circle (2.25″ Diameter). These units come with a 1 1/8″ steel key ring and are also 1/8″ thick. Available with a 2nd side imprint EQP pricing on the fobs is $0.60.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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Videos From ASI Dallas

18 Feb

ASI is the Advertising Specialty Institute, the trade organization for the promotional products industry. This year at ASI DALLAS (one of several yearly ASI trade shows) I was joined by Brady Anderton of FUELED FILMS (http://fueldfilms.com/). Brady is working on a project related to the greening of the promotional products industry, so similar in topic to my writings here at ecopreneurist.com.

Since Brady is a film guy he didn’t take notes so much as have his team film me while we talked. What we ended up with was a kind of rambling dialogue about industry changes for 2010 and the evolution of green in promo.

I figured we would edit some of these conversations into more manageable bits and post some of the footage here. For more visit http://www.youtube.com/ProformaGreen.

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If you are an ASI distributor talk to the vendors directly about these new items. Items seen are from AMERICANNA, ASH CITY, NUMO, LEEDS, QUICKPOINT, SHEPENCO. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items distributor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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Flat Tire™ Recycled Coasters Seen On THE LAZY ENVIRONMENTALIST

3 Aug

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Simonetta Freelance, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see proformagreen.com). John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.

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Check out this clip from the TV show THE LAZY ENVIRONMENTALIST. In the program – which airs on the Sundance Channel Tuesdays at 9 p.m. – host Josh Dorfman is talking to the Lovin’ Cup in New York about an eco-friendly overhaul to their operations.

From the website  “In the Sundance Channel original series THE LAZY ENVIRONMENTALIST, entrepreneur and author Josh Dorfman meets with environmental skeptics — experts in fields as diverse as food, architecture and business — to prove that there are innovative, cost-effective, ecologically sound alternatives that also meet high professional standards”. I encourage all Ecopreneurists to try and catch this program if they can.

In this clip Tonia Guffey is talking to the owners of the Lovin’ Cup in New York about ways to incorporate local fresh flavors into their drinks menu. Actually it is very interesting. At the very end of this clip Josh has a surprise gift for the bar – Flat Tire™ Recycled Rubber Coasters from Americanna.

Here is a link to the clip (sorry I could not figure out how to embed the clip).

For more information on the green credentials of the Flat Tire™ Recycled Rubber Coasters from Americanna contact Michelle Stiles. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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Americanna’s ReTread Line Branching Out

14 Apr

As we have written before, the Retread™ Recycled Rubber Jar Openers from Americanna are a great promotional item for any Ecopreneurist. They are light, cheap, practical, and have a large print area for your message. Best of all they are made from 100% recycled tires. Truly a presidential idea.

In 2009 Americanna has improved on the Retread™ Recycled Rubber Jar Openers by adding new shapes to the line and two new imprint colors, blue and gold, to the white and green already on offer.

In addition Americanna has expended the 100% recycled Retread™ line to include the Flat Tire™ Car Coaster, the Flat Tire™ Coaster, and the Tire Tag™ Key Fob. All great giveaways for any Ecopreneurist focusing on the auto industry, recycling or waste management solutions.

The Flat Tire™ Coasters, like the jar openers, come in a large variety of shapes – bag pictured –  well over 100. They also come in two general sizes 4″ x 4″ and 5″ x 5″. EQP starts at $0.54 for a 4″ model.

Made from 100% post-consumer recycled tires, the coaster weight in a whooping 1/8″ thick – sure to protect any surface – and are available with a 2nd side imprint. Rugged, inexpensive and indestructible, what more do you want in a great non-skid coaster.

The Flat Tire™ Car Coaster comes in one size and shape, a 2.625″ x 2.5″ circle. The product is made to be placed in a car’s cup holder to keep all that grime and dirt from building up in the car.

I love this idea because a recipient would see the promotional piece each time they got in their car. Really a great idea for car dealers focusing on hybrid models and green energy cars. EQP is $0.35.

Then there is the new Tire Tag™ Key Fob which comes in three shapes, the barrel (1.5″ x 2.125″), the rectangle (1.625″ x 2.5″), and the circle (2.25″ Diameter). These units come with a 1 1/8″ steel key ring and are also 1/8″ thick. Available with a 2nd side imprint EQP pricing on the fobs is $0.60.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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World Famous Retread Jar Opener Goes to Presidential Inauguration

19 Jan

I have written before how I think we all need to remember the entrepreneur aspect of the the moniker Ecopreneurist.

As entrepreneurs we need to keep ourselves in front of our target audiences and often need to do this on not a huge budget.

On January 20 the United States will be swearing-in a new president, indeed perhaps our first green president as President Elect Obama has made many references to growing the green economy and ideas for a more green energy policy.

Well our friends at Americanna noted the references. They also noted that presidential memorabilia is a big deal and that it is even a bigger deal when the country feels that a history making change is at hand.

So Americanna is headed to the inauguration, well at least their World Famous RETREAD Jar Openers are headed to the inauguration. Proforma Green Marketing will be handing out a few thousand of these shield shaped Inaugural World Famous RETREAD Jar Openers made from recycled tires to the millions of attendees currently pouring into Washington, D.C. for the event.

The openers have inauguration commemoration information on one side and information about the green-friendly World Famous RETREAD Jar Openers on the other.

These items are a way to tie Americanna and Proforma Green Marketing in a very small way to this very large event. And who knows maybe in 50 years these openers will become collector items.

So as green entrepreneur, what is your business doing to commemorate the election of our first green president? Think about it.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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