New Photo Album Company Launches

Market Wire, November, 2005

Splash Creations today announced the launch of a new company dedicated to providing well-designed, low-cost photo storage products to mass market retailers. Founded by photo album industry innovator Glenn Thompson, formerly of Thompson Products, Inc., Splash Creations offers a unique mix of distinctive, high-quality products for its customers that reflect the latest styles and trends while remaining competitively priced.

A Design-Driven Approach

Splash Creations is committed to bringing unique and compelling designs and styles to its photo storage solutions. The company's award-winning design team travels the world to identify emerging trends, and translates them into designs with broad appeal and a high rate of retail success. With their extensive design background and engagement with the global design community, Splash Creations' designers create products that reflect contemporary cultural influences and are fresh and always saleable.

Innovative Manufacturing Process

Splash Creations combines its design-driven approach with a unique manufacturing model to ensure that its products are competitively priced and deliver high margins. Building on lessons learned from previous experiences in manufacturing and logistics, Splash Creations has created a highly efficient, economical, customer-driven manufacturing process capable of quick turnarounds, consistent high quality and on-time delivery.

To serve its global base of customers, Splash Creations operates two manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and China. The company's 240,000-square-foot facility in Guangdong, China, produces the company's photo albums, journals, stationery products and gift sets. Its U.S. manufacturing facility, located in Johnston, R.I., produces photo storage boxes.

Using the most advanced technology and equipment, Splash Creations has structured its supply chain to be fully automated and integrated so that customers have complete visibility throughout the order process, and to ensure that products are produced and delivered accurately and on time. Splash Creations' multipoint international distribution network allows the company to meet its customers' delivery requirements quickly and efficiently.

The Splash Creations Team

Splash Creations is composed of former Thompson Products, Inc. executives and other industry professionals who have years of retail marketplace experience. Members of the Splash Creations team have a long, successful history of pioneering in the areas of design, manufacturing and retail marketing.

"Splash Creations sets the standard for quality, innovation, service and price in the photo album industry," said Glenn Thompson, president of Splash Creations. "Our design focus and manufacturing expertise set us apart. We bring experience and a unique understanding of our customers, and a deep commitment to delivering what they need to succeed."

About Splash Creations

Splash Creations is a leading photo album manufacturer serving a global base of customers with offices and manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Asia. Headquartered in Providence, R.I., and led by a team of seasoned industry experts, Splash Creations combines a design-driven approach with a unique manufacturing model to produce high-value, high-margin photo storage products with broad appeal for the world's largest retailers. For more information, visit www.splashcreationsinc.com.

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