American Iron helps young entrepreneur
(American Metal Market Magazine, March 2001 issue)

New York, March 2, 2001 --- American Iron and Metal Co. Inc., Montreal, decided to take a chance on a brand-new supplier who offered such corporate gifts as jackets, golf caddies and mahogany desk sets - and the scrap company's purchases helped launch a successful venture.

Erica Mintz, 25 year old daughter of Gary Mintz, one of the company's executive scrap traders, used the initial order and her business acumen acquired at McGill University to parlay an out-of-the-home enterprise into a rapidly growing company of her own.

She told a Montreal newspaper that her Unique Corporate Gifts had done so well, particularly with Internet sales, that annual revenue stood at $500,000 and showed promises of reaching $5 million to $10 million a year. She has rented office space and opened a small showroom.

"I like to think outside the box, come up with innovative ways to help companies with promotional products," she said in the newspaper interview.

Her product orders are sent to several hundred suppliers, mostly in Canada.

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