$9M contract takes company to next rung

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Landing a $9 million, multi-year deal to provide promotional items to National City Corp. could lift a Grand Rapids company to new heights nationally.

The single contract represents the largest account ever landed and a 40 percent increase in business for Marketing Tools Inc., a sister company to ad agency J.W. Messner Inc.

"It really puts us in a different league. It proves we can handle some very large accounts nationally," Kauramaki said. "In the long run, I hope it's the spark to ignite some major growth."

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