20th August 2020

Innovation Line Named 2020 Counselor Top 40 Supplier

Innovation Line is excited to announce that they have been included in the ASI Supplier Top 40 for a second consecutive year after reaching sales of $61.8M in 2019. The company broke into the top 25 after moving up 6 places from their 2019...Read more
6th January 2020

Innovation Specialties Opens New Offices & Expands TURBO24 Hour RUSH Program

Family owned Innovation Specialties is excited to announce a dynamic reimagining of their West Coast campus in “Silicon Beach” California. Through these renovations, Innovation has increased their overall square footage while at the same time...Read more
23th August 2019

Innovation Line Welcomes Products and Purchasing Specialist Josephine Chu to The Team

Josephine will help Innovation Line launch new products by working with overseas vendors and travelling to Asia with the existing team...Read more
25th July 2019

Innovation Line Names Adri Magallanez Assistant Inside Sales Supervisor

Innovation Line is pleased to announce that Adri Magallanez is being promoted to the role of Assistant Inside Sales Supervisor...Read more
12th March 2019

Innovation Launches Premium Sticker Product Category

Innovation Line has launched a new line of premium stickers to complement their promotional products business. This product category is a great way for distributors to target younger audiences.Stickers have low per unit costs and are creative and colorful. Innovation Line’s full-color...Read more
5th October 2018

Eddie Blau Named to ASI Power 50

Eddie Blau, CEO of The Innovation Group, has debuted on the ASI Power 50. This list ranks the most influential managers in the promo products industry. Innovation Line's 2017 sales topped $51 Million under the management of Mr. Blau. This is his 25th year in the industry. His path to the industry is very unique....Read more
10th August 2018

Innovation Line Debuts at #27 on ASI Counselor Top 40 for 2018

Innovation Line has been recognized as one of the Counselor's fastest-growing suppliers for the past five year’s in-a-row. 2018 marks the year that they jumped into the Top 40, landing in the 27th spot. Founded in 1980, this family-owned company has grown dramatically to include a multi-campus factory and is constantly expanding their product...Read more
04th July 2018

New Roles for Familiar Faces

Culver City, CA. Lara Burgess is thrilled to announce that Mia Soares has a new role in the VIP department and Ceilina Munoz is moving to the Inside Sales Department!
Mia's new job responsibilities will include assisting Letty and Cristina with our VIP customers. As the primary contact for the entire VIP order process, she ...Read more
26th June 2018

Elizabeth Gonzalez Promotion

Culver City, CA. Elizabeth Gonzalez has been promoted to Customer Service Manager! She is a hard working and devoted employee and has done a great job in our inside sales department. In her new role, she will focus on the following key performance...Read more
22nd June 2018

The Northwest Expansion

Culver City, CA. Innovation Line is pleased to welcome Mark Shinn MAS, MASI, of Incentives West, a multiline company that will help represent Innovation Line in the Pacific Northwest. Mark is based in Seattle. He has over 25 years of experience in the Promotional Product industry and is well known to distributors...Read more
04th June 2018

Innovation Line Promotes New Creative Designer

Culver City, CA. June 4th 2018. Broenyn was recently promoted to Creative Designer at Innovation Line.

Broenyn graduated from Bradley University in Illinois with a degree in Interactive Media and has experience in illustration, web design, video editing, and a particular passion for animation, a talent...Read more
22nd May 2018

Innovation Line Inducted into Prestigious Legacy Group

The Legacy Group includes some of the largest, most established distributors in the industry. "We are excited to be a part of this dynamic group of distributor companies and look forward to moving to the next level." Says Chris Hodge the Senior Vice President of Sales for Innovation Line. Innovation Line, who was awarded the Counselor's Fastest...Read more
5th April 2018

Innovation Line Debuts New Digital Technology

Innovation Line has debuted an additional feature on their already interactive website, called Instant Virtual. This tool can be accessed under resources on each item page.

Customers will be able to upload their own artwork and get instant Virtual Samples on most Innovation Line products...Read more
1st April 2018

Innovation Line Family Grows

Innovation Line is pleased to welcome two key hires to their growing team; Valerie Spiller and Ceilina Munoz.

Valerie will be responsible for sales in Illinois, north of Springfield. This territory is one of the largest markets for promotional product distributor sales in the country...Read more
19th March 2018

The Innovation Line Announces Executive Promotion of Chris Hodge to Senior Vice President

Culver City, CA. Please join Innovation Line in congratulating Chris Hodge on his recent promotion to Senior Vice President.

Chris Hodge will become Innovation Line’s Senior Vice President of Sales. Chris has 25 years of leadership experience in Promotional Products with a focus on sales and marketing...Read more
8th March 2018

David Kagel Promoted to President of Innovation Line

Culver City, CA. Please join Innovation Line in congratulating David Kagel on his recent promotion to Division President.

David will now be responsible for managing all aspects of the Promotional Products operation. He has been with the company since 2014 when he was hired after retiring as President of California based supplier, Perfect Promotional Products...Read more
1st March 2018

The Innovation Group Announces New Operating Structure

March 1st, 2018. Culver City, CA. Innovation Specialties, Inc. has announced a new operating structure to better serve its customers, positioning itself for continued growth and in order to better execute its acquisition and operational strategy. The company has grown substantially since it was founded in 1979. Effective immediately, Innovation Specialties, Inc. will become The Innovation Group...Read more
15th January 2018

Innovation Line Debuts New Logo at PPAI Expo 2018

January 15th, 2018. Las Vegas, NV. Innovation Line, a 2017 Counselor Fastest-Growing Supplier four years in a row, recently unveiled a new logo to bolster their brand identity. The logo is featured on all digital and print communications from the company...Read more
8th January 2018

Innovation Line Passes Disney MCS Audit

Innovation Line is excited to announce that it successfully met the Disney Minimum Compliance Standard (MCS). This rigorous audit allows them to produce Disney branded products for distributors who have also met the MCS. The audit covers the following areas of investigation: child labor, involuntary labor, coercion and harassment, discrimination, serious ...Read more
16th August 2017

Innovation Line is on ASI's list of Fastest Growing Suppliers for an unprecedented 4 years in a row.

Innovation Line has been recognized as one of ASI’s Fastest Growing suppliers for the 4th year in a row, according to Counselor Magazine. Having won this award in 2013, 2014, 2015 and again in 2016, Innovation Line is the only active supplier to have achieved this distinction. The Company features an extensive line of products in 50 product categories including Awards, Electronics, First Aid, Bags, Pens, Personal Care, Safety/Security, Tech. Accessories, Textiles, and much, much more!...Read more
15th June 2017

Fastest Growing Suppliers award

Innovation Line is recognized as one of ASI’s “Fastest Growing” suppliers for the 4th year in a row! Having won this award in 2013, 2014, 2015 and again in 2016, Innovation Line is the only active supplier to have achieved this distinction while featuring such an extensive line of products in 50 product categories...Read more
13th September 2016

Counselor's Fastest Growing Suppliers award

It is with great pride that Innovation Line is pleased to announce that we have once again been awarded Counselor’s Fastest Growing Suppliers award. This is a 3-peat for Innovation Line (2013 Winner, 2014 Winner, and 2015 Winner). Very few companies have won this in the history of the Promotional Products industry...Read more
19th August 2016

Welcome Back

Innovation Line is pleased to welcome back, Stephanie Schroeder, as the new VIP & Acrylic Sales Department Manager reporting to David Kagel, COO. This department handles order entry, sales and all aspects of the customer experience for strategic accounts and VIP accounts which will be expanded over the coming months...Read more
15th July 2016

Supplier Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 - Eddie Blau

On the morning of September 19, 2015, Eddie Blau was exercising in his backyard when he received a life-changing phone call. The building that housed his supplier firm, Innovation Line (asi/62660), was set ablaze. “It was chaos,” says Blau, who spent the next three days setting up 50 employees in the basement of a nearby DoubleTree Hotel and another 50 in three other offices. Workers salvaged the remaining inventory, filling...Read more
14th March 2016

Innovation Line Canada Expansion

Innovation Line(asi/62660) is posted to grow its business north of the border. The Los Angeles-based supplier has announced a new alliance with Penpal group, a Canadian marketing and consulting firm that represents promotional product suppliers in Canada. The partnership will facilitiate Innovation Line's entry into the Canadian advertising specialty market, a move the quickly growing company expects to stimulate sales growth...Read more
11th March 2016

Counselor Article(HOT 25)

Eddie Blau is no stranger to challenges. when he left his job as corporate attroney two dacades ago to join Innovation Line (asi/62660), the supplier was just a small family business. Today, the company has grown immensely, increasing sales by 73% between 2012 and 2014 alone under Blau, who is now CEO. In September, Blau led Innovation Line as it faced another challenge...Read more