Purchased for $75.00 in 1926, Midwest Promotional Group has a distinct and storied past! The company initially went by Midwest Calendar Company, a name that referenced the staple of promotional advertising in the late 1920's. Midwest Calendar was located on the South Side of Chicago on Paulina Street and provided advertising counseling to all of the Chicagoland area and Northwest Indiana.

Midwest Calendar's remarkable growth during the next 6 decades was unparalleled. The promotional advertising industry began to diversify by introducing new product lines. With the introduction of these new items, it was a goal of Midwest Calendar to become a "full service" promotional company. Midwest became dedicated trailblazers of new products by introducing the items to their distinguished clientele.

It became apparent by the late 1980's that operations could no longer be housed at the Paulina location due to the continual growth of the company. After 62 years in the city, Midwest Calendar Company expanded its operations to Summit, Illinois. This location would allow for in-house production of the fastest growing segment in the industry—corporate apparel! The innovators at Midwest identified the trend of in-house production literally a decade before the competition and now they had the space and instruments to implement full in-house production of corporate attire! Thus, an apparel division of Midwest Calendar was introduced in the late 80's—Midwest Apparel and Design.

As the year 2000 arrived, Midwest Calendar went through the largest change in their 74 years, a change in name! With great equity in the name, a difficult but justified change to Midwest Promotional Group was made. An all encompassing name for the most comprehensive company in the advertising industry!

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