Wilson Helmet contract goes to Kalamazoo’s Impact Label

Decals made by a Kalamazoo company are emblazoned on the batting helmets Little Leaguers are wearing at their World Series. The Little League World Series continues through Aug. 29 in South Williamsport, Pa.

The Gazette reports that Impact Label Corp. officials hope the Kalamazoo company’s new contract with Wilson Sporting Goods Co. will lead to further sales growth in coming years. The new work is especially rewarding because Wilson originally gave the contract to an overseas company that couldn’t meet its specifications for the decals.

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After a challenging 2009 in which the company saw its sales decline, Matt Berry, Impact Label’s manager of customer service, said they’ve been “busting at the seams with work” in the last six months.

Berry, whose grandfather started Impact Label in 1964, declined to release sales figures for the private, family owned firm on South Burdick Street in Kalamazoo.

“Definitely last year it was tough,” Berry said. But the company survived the recession because it had no debt and was able to cut costs by consolidating operations in Florida, Tennessee and Chicago to Kalamazoo.

For details on the contract with Wilson, read the rest of the story.

Source: Kalamazoo Gazette