USB Company

You can request a personalised quote by sending your logo, memory capacity, quantity and required delivery date, and you get a visual of the product carrying your logo before anything goes into production. If your logo is not in a vector format, the company says it will help prepare the artwork. You can also ask about Pantone colour matching, packaging and data preloading, and for short deadlines it keeps selected models in stock for express delivery in 2 to 5 days nationwide.

USB Company is a Hemel Hempstead supplier of branded USB sticks and related promotional products. It says it has supplied branded USB sticks to UK businesses since 2006, offering models printed or engraved with a company logo for exhibitions, conferences, training and customer gifts. Its contact page also lists an Oslo office trading as USB Kompaniet Norway.

Products and range

Its website groups its tech and USB range into these lines:

• Bespoke USB sticks shaped around a logo, mascot or campaign idea, in plastic, rubber or silicone
• Classic and premium models, including USB-C designs such as the Alu Twist USB C
• Eco friendly and wooden USB sticks, such as the Eco Light Bar, Bamboo Light Bar and Wooden Crystal
• Metal USBs, including the Luxe Metal USB Stick and Metal USB Credit Card
• Power banks, chargers and accessories such as lanyards and data blockers

Bespoke models come in USB 2.0 capacities from 64Mb to 4Gb and USB 3.0 capacities from 8Gb to 256Gb. Its eco-friendly gifts page goes beyond USB sticks, listing sustainable merchandise such as a recycled tote bag, recycled cotton backpack, recycled PET umbrella and a bamboo wireless charging pad, so it also appears among suppliers of recycled products. Our guide to checking eco-friendly product claims covers these lines, and the guide to exhibition giveaways people keep suits buyers ordering for events.

Trade accounts and ordering

The process the company describes is to choose a product, send logo artwork, approve a visual and pay, after which production starts. It says production takes 5 to 10 days plus shipping, with a longer turnaround for custom-made packaging. Artwork should be supplied as Adobe Illustrator (.AI) or Photoshop (.EPS) vector files, and in that format it says a proof can follow within 1 to 2 business days.

For bespoke shapes it publishes a minimum order of 300 units, a lead time of 21 to 28 days and prices from £3.49 per unit. Orders come with tray packaging as standard, and custom packaging is offered on orders of 500 units and above. Prices exclude VAT and shipping, orders are paid in full before production unless otherwise agreed, and the listed payment method is bank transfer. Our guide to briefing a merchandise supplier sets out what to include in a first enquiry.

Source: usbcompany.co.uk, usbcompany.co.uk/contact, usbcompany.co.uk/custom-shaped-usb/usb-bespoke