Did you ever hear about the APPA ? For sure distributors in Australia and NZ did, but I’m quit sure that Europeans and Americans never did. Here is a small list with the main organisations and associations dealing with promotional products.
Europe
www.psionline.de P.S.I. See our interview with Sabine Gelderman : PSI Show
www.promota.co.uk PROMOTA Trade organisation in England.
BWG bundesverband BWG bundesverband Germany
www.ppp-online.nl Platform promotional products Holland
www.assoprom.it ASSOPROM / Italie
www.promoturk.org PROMOTURK / Turkije
www.bfr.dk BFR / Denemarken
www.eppa.eu.com EPPA / Engeland
www.fyvar.es FYVAR / Spanje
www.sbpr.se SBPR / Zweden
www.bpma.co.uk BPMA / Engeland
www.reklameprodukter.com / NBR Norsk Bransjeforening for Reklameprodukter Norway
North America
www.asicentral.com / A.S.I / USA
www.ppai.org / P.P.A.I / USA
www.promocan.com / PPAC / Canada
www.sageworld.com / SAGE / USA
www.ppam.org PPAM Promotional products association of the Midwest/ USA
www.regionalassociation.com / RAC Regional Association Council / USA
www.mappa-online.com MAPPA Mid-Atlantic Promotional Products Association / USA
www.neppa.com / NEPPA / New england Promotional Products Association
www.sunbeltppa.org / SPPA / Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.
www.azppa.org / AZPPA / Arizona Association
www.oppagroup.com / OPPA / Ohio Association
www.gcppa.org / GCPPA / Gold Coast Assocation
www.cppa.biz / CPPA / Maryland, Northern Virginia, Delaware and Washington DC.
www.ppaw.org / PPAW / Promotional Products Association of Wisconsin
www.mippa.org / MIPPA / Michigan Association
South America
www.ampro.org AMPPRO Asociación Mexicana de Profesionales de la Promoción /Mexico
Australia
www.appa.com.au APPA Australia
Mexico
www.amppro.org AMPPRO Mexico
Asia
PPGA Promotional products and giftware association Singapore
GAS Gifts association Singapore
Hong Kong trade council TDC trade
Thai Gifts & Premiums Club (TGP)Thai Gifts & Premiums Club
To see the list of promotional product trade shows click here.