HISTORY
It’s no accident that Sunflower Marketing has been around for 30 years. From our humble beginnings in the back of a sporting goods store, to our current 425 dedicated associates and Top 50 Promotional Products Distributor rating, we’ve seen a lot of changes.
In 1979 Sunflower Graphics was born. After a successful seven years, M-C Industries, Inc. purchased Sunflower Graphics and a slight name change was made – from then on we have been known as Sunflower Marketing.
Over the next five years we grew so much that in 1991, a new 65,000 sq. ft. distribution center was built in Geneva, NE to accommodate the growth and planned future growth. This state of the art distribution center is where all the action happens! The Sunflower Marketing product line is housed here along with our identification capabilities, packaging operation, and warehouse. The best way to describe all that goes on at the distribution center and its technology is WOW!
Sunflower Marketing’s corporate offices are located in “The Capital City”, Topeka, KS. Our passionate and dedicated team of experts market our products and services to corporate America, elementary, high school and college/university markets. We are proud of our mid-western work ethic, and we are committed to the communities in which we operate.
COMMUNITY
One of the great joys of life is giving back, and Sunflower Marketing is committed to giving back to the communities in which we operate. Through our Corporate Contributions Committee, a group of employee volunteers, we distributed $47,000 of our corporate earnings to local and national charities and organizations in 2008. Here are some of the worthy recipients:
The American Heart Association
Capper Foundation
CASA
Community Blood Center
Family Service & Guidance Center
Great Overland Station
Helping Hands Humane Society
Let’s Help
Marian Clinic
Meals on Wheels
Midland Hospice
Race Against Breast Cancer
Salvation Army
Sheltered Living
Special Olympics
Stormont Vail NICU Unit
Topeka Association of Retarded Citizens
Topeka Symphony
Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy
Topeka Rescue Mission
Topeka Zoo
Washburn University
We also encourage our associates to become part of their communities and participate in community support events. Some of the community projects our associates are currently involved in include:
Heart Walk
Meals on Wheels
Junior Achievement
Cub Scouts
Holiday Adopt-A-Family
OUR ENVIRONMENT
Sunflower Marketing’s Environmental Policy
In order to preserve Earth’s natural riches and wonders for tomorrow, it is essential that the companies of today be good environmental stewards. Sunflower Marketing recognizes its responsibility to the environment and the benefits of sound environmental practices to both its business and the communities in which it participates. Some of these measures include:
Meeting or exceeding all applicable environmental laws and regulations in our day-to-day operations
Recycling programs at its plant and corporate office
Landscaping at all facilities to help reduce erosion and energy consumption
Energy audits
Using biodegradable and environmentally-friendly “green” materials and energy-efficient equipment wherever possible
In addition, all of Sunflower Marketing’s employees are continually encouraged to participate in all resource-saving measures and to recommend ways to reduce the company’s environmental impacts even further.
