High Caliber Line (PPAI 205801, Gold), PPAI 100’s No. 25 supplier, has announced the newest addition to its sales team – Ray Jimenez, a seasoned promotional products professional with over 25 years of industry experience.

A former PPAI Rising Star, Jimenez started on the supplier side in 1998 before successfully transitioning to the distributor side in 2021.

“I always try to put myself in my clients’ shoes,” Ray says. “The goal is to deliver something that’s valuable, cool, and something I’d personally use.”

What drew him to High Caliber? “The history, the leadership and the culture,” he says. “And I’m excited to be surrounded by seasoned veterans and learn from the best.”

Starline (PPAI 112719, Gold), PPAI 100’s No. 27 supplier, has announced a major expansion of its On Demand Program, more than doubling the number of available products.

Distributors can now choose from over 100 items.

“Distributors need flexibility and speed to keep up with their clients,” says Brian Porter, Starline’s CRO. “By expanding our On Demand Program to more than 100 items, we’re giving them more options to deliver the right product at the right moment – whether it’s for employee recognition, event kits, client gifts or one-off shipments.”

Calverley (PPAI 752653, Standard-Base) has become a partner of SKROSS, a Switzerland-based provider of travel adapters.

The company will supply a selection of the most popular SKROSS world travel adapters to the U.S. and Canadian promotional products industry. SKROSS adapters comply with the highest international safety standards, certified by Electrosuisse according to IEC norms, Calverley says.