Ellis Building – S-One Holdings Corporation

S-One Celebrates 25 Years

Shellie Terry — Mon, 13 May 2019 14:27:52 +0000

On May 2, employees at S-One Holdings Corporation’s Sarasota headquarters celebrated the company’s 25 years with a rooftop soirée. Employees marked the occasion by creating a walk of fame featuring each of their names in stars on the fourth floor rooftop patio of Downtown Sarasota’s Ellis Building on Main Street.

The event featured S-One founders Ron Simkins and Art Lambert, pictured above, who started their first company, LexJet, in Sarasota in 1994. In 2012, the duo officially combined several other companies, Utopia Digital Technologies, Brand Management Group and ABAQA to form S-One Holdings Corporation. Last year, the S-One team launched its newest company, S-One Labels & Packaging.

S-One kicked off its 25th anniversary year by publishing its 2019 Culture Book, which features customer and employee stories, a look back at how S-One companies have impacted the printing industry, and how S-One has touched its local communities.

In Sarasota, S-One ramped up its fundraising efforts to benefit Sticks for Soldiers and Alex’s Lemonade Stand. The company and its employees have raised $7,500 so far in 2019, with more special events planned throughout the year.

The company was thrilled this year to win two Stevie Awards from the American Business Awards. The winners were determined by the average scores of more than 200 professionals worldwide in the two-month judging process. S-One was honored in two categories:

Company Book: Silver Stevie Award for the S-One 2019 Culture Book
Innovation of the Year: Bronze Stevie Award for the launch of HP Recycled Satin Canvas

“To think we’ve made it to 25 years is just astounding,” says Lambert. “It’s been quite a ride, and we couldn’t have done it without all of our dedicated employees who show up every day and give it their all. They’ve not only created a excellent company, but an extended family, as well. Ron and I couldn’t be more proud.”

About S-One: S-One Holdings Corporation is a global holding company headquartered in Sarasota, Fla., that oversees a number of subsidiary companies: ABAQA, Avatrex, Brand Management Group, LexJet, Utopia Digital Technologies and S-One Labels & Packaging. Through its subsidiary companies, S-One has strategic alliances with Michelman, Toray America, Protect-all, Marabu Coatings, Vescom America, Fredrix Canvas, HP and KODAK.

Media Contact: Shellie Terry, shellie.terry@sone.com, 941-256-7915

S-One Announces Commitment to Donate $1 per Order for Rock for a Cause

Shellie Terry — Wed, 18 May 2016 20:42:50 +0000

SARASOTA, FL — S-One Holdings Corporation, the founding sponsor of Rock for a Cause, announced that it will donate $1 per order each day for the two months leading up to this year’s battle-of-the-bands community event, which will take place on Nov. 12, 2016 on Main Street in Sarasota. The money raised from the S-One donation and sponsorship from other local businesses will be used to send students of the Del Couch Music Education Foundation to the Berklee College of Music Summer Programs.

“Our goal is to send five students to the Berklee Summer Programs,” says Angie Lane, a member of S-One’s Leadership Team. “By donating $1 per order for two months, S-One is ensuring that one of those five students will definitely go. We’re counting on our generous sponsor partners to help us reach our goal.”

S-One and Del Couch made this announcement at the Rock for a Cause Kick-off Party on May 12 on the fourth floor rooftop patio of the S-One headquarters, located on Main Street. During the party, students and alumni from the Foundation performed for attendees. They included 2015 Rock for a Cause winner Paige Merriman, iTunes chart-topping Matt Walden and 2014 American Idol contestant Sam Woolf, all of whom have been mentored by Del Couch and the Foundation.

“Partnering with S-One offers us an incredible opportunity to provide more for the students,” says Del Couch. “With the Berklee Summer Program, kids can stay from three days to five weeks at the most prestigious music college in the world. In fact, Sam Woof attended the five-week course, which led to him appearing on American Idol. It can truly start somebody’s career.”

To stay up-to-date on upcoming Rock for a Cause announcements and events, please follow the event on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. See photos from the Rock for a Cause Kick-Off Party in the gallery below:

ABOUT S-ONE: S-One Holdings Corporation is a global holding company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida that oversees a number of subsidiary companies: ABAQA, Avatrex, Brand Management Group, LexJet and Utopia Digital Technologies. S-One owns the brand names of Avatrex, Craft Attitude®, and LexJet®. S-One’s subsidiaries and brands are known throughout the graphics and media industries for the research, development, manufacturing, sale and distribution of products for imaging and design professionals worldwide. Through its subsidiary companies, S-One is the exclusive distributor of Tara Materials’ Fredrix line of wide-format inkjet canvas, and is the exclusive business partner for HP large format print media, and has the exclusive trademark licensing agreement for KODAK wide-format inkjet media and KODAK PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Media.

ABOUT DEL COUCH MUSIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: The Del Couch Music Education Foundation is a non-profit organization formed to provide our youth with the opportunities to create and learn the art of music, to record and listen to their musical creations and to provide a platform at which they can enhance their musical, cultural, academic and life opportunities. The Foundation’s missing is focusing on underprivileged and disadvantaged youth, but available to all, we are working with local schools and civic organizations to provide services that have been drastically reduced over the years or are no longer available in our schools. To provide musically inclined kids with these opportunities, we have arrangements with organizations such as The Boys & Girls Clubs, The YMCA and the Palmetto Youth Center. Virtually every day we come in contact with music. Music has a powerful force that creates deep emotions in humans. Music has the power to enrich our communities, in that music inspires and cultivates creativity, critical thinking and self expression.

Media contact: Shellie Terry Benson, shellie.benson@sone.com

S-One’s Food Drive Delivers a Harvest of Good Will

Shellie Terry — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:45:39 +0000

In its second annual holiday food drive, S-One Holdings Corp. employees teamed up to donate more than 2,400 pounds of food and compete in a good-natured “can-struction”-style building tournament on Nov. 17, 2014 to benefit All Faiths Food Bank.

Throughout the fourth and fifth floors of the Ellis Building in downtown Sarasota, which houses S-One’s headquarters, the teams built a variety of structures including a sushi platter, a pumpkin pie, a mouse in a maze, an interactive advent calendar, a basketball hoop, a Christmas tree and to finish it off, a Thanksgiving Day parade featuring Tom the Turkey and Santa Claus himself. “Our team’s creativity never ceases to amaze me,” said Art Lambert, co-founder of S-One.

Laura Coyle, director of marketing for All Faiths, was on hand to help the S-One leadership team judge the competition. “The food came to just over 2,400 pounds — enough food for 2,000 meals,” Coyle said. “Thank you again for the generosity, and I had so much fun!”

S-One is proud to have helped All Faiths, which feeds 41,000 individuals annually, and we wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!