Ampad Awarded Staples' Highest Honor

BOSTON, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- American Pad & Paper (Ampad) is pleased to announce that Staples has awarded Ampad the Tom Stemberg Supplier Award. This is the highest single award Staples can present to any supplier and, although not awarded annually, it is given in recognition of the supplier's excellence within the industry and their dedication to making Staples the world's best office products company.

"Ampad would like to thank Staples for this tremendous recognition. We are proud of our relationship with Staples and have been a valued partner for over 17 years," said Don Meltzer, Ampad President and CEO. "We are very honored to receive this prestigious award for our continuing commitment and contribution to Staples."

The Tom Stemberg Supplier Award is named for the entrepreneur that founded Staples and invented the office superstore category.

About Ampad

Based in Richardson, Texas, American Pad & Paper has been a premier manufacturer and distributor of writing pads, filing supplies, retail envelopes and specialty papers that serves many of the largest and fastest growing office products retailers and distributors in North America for over 122 years. Ampad's brands include Gold Fibre(R), Evidence(R), Envirotec(R), efficiency(R), and Embassy(R).

Additional information on Ampad can be found at http://www.ampad.com.

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