Floor Mat Firm Ships with Pressure Sensitive Labels A manufacturer of automobile floor mats needed new labels for its polybags and shipping containers. The adhesive on its old labels was failing, and labels often peeled off during transit. Glen Hogenkamp, account manager at PPI Graphics, Canton, Ohio, suggested the manufacturer switch to pressure sensitive labels. "We considered tags, but they were knocked off when the containers were loaded on the truck," he says. Hogenkamp worked with his client to design the label and research the proper adhesive. Then he called on Trebnick Systems Inc., a manufacturer in Springboro, Ohio, to supply 4 x 21/2-inch labels for the polybags and 4 x 13-inch labels for the containers. The container labels included a perforation in the middle so they could wrap around corrugated material. The client thermally imprints specific contents of each shipment onto the labels. "This particular order involved a specialty adhesive and stock," Hogenkamp says. "Trebnick deals in synthetic and specialty fibers primarily, so it seemed a good fit." Hogenkamp first learned of Trebnick Systems through an advertisement, and he was attracted to the firm's specialization in synthetic films and its Ohio location. Hogenkamp discussed label-making with CEO Gregg Trebnick before working on their first joint project. "After talking with us for a year and a half, Glen had confidence in our shipping department, our customer service and the quality of our special materials," Trebnick says. Kevin Smith, owner and president of PPI Graphics, says his sales associates' experience and the distributorship's use of technology are its most powerful assets. Part of that technology includes a password-protected web site that enables clients to request orders and check on job statuses online. Trebnick says technology is key in any market, including labels. "My job is to help distributors compete against direct sales," he says. "By using great equipment, I can produce an order more efficiently, more economically and with a higher quality than other presses."