American's story began in Glenwood, Minnesota, the small hometown of founder and CEO, Larry Zavadil. Since its humble establishment in 1981, American has flourished into one of the largest distributors in the industry, providing our customers with print, promotional products, marketing collateral, fulfillment and more. Throughout our growth in technology, resources and sales, we maintain our grass-roots attitude by operating as the only employee-owned distributorship in the industry. This results in a team of personally-invested employees to care for your branding, spend and creative reach to help you achieve your goals.