3RD PARTY SHIPMENTS $15.00 (Z) charge per order.
ARTWORK CHARGES If artwork is not camera ready or requires touching-up, re-creation, or any other revision, prices will be quoted at our art department’s discretion. Please call for quote. TYPE SET CHARGE: $20 (Z), RE-CREATING ART WORK: $50 (Z)
ARTWORK FORMAT Artwork must be provided in the following PC or MAC versions:
ILLUSTRATOR: Vector EPS or AI formats (fonts must be converted to outline)
PHOTOSHOP: EPS formats for 4C Process | Multicolor Imprint Only
LOGO PRINTOUTS must be sent at time of e-mail/fax with Purchase Order
Any bitmap/JPEG files will need to have a resolution no lower than 300 dpi; PNG/TIFF files are not acceptable
Email artwork to: artwork@swedausa.com | E-mail order and artwork to: orders@swedausa.com | E-mail 24 HOUR Service order and artwork to: 24hr@swedausa.com
CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 All products shipped by Sweda Company, LLC. into the State of California are subject to Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”) or The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. “Prop 65” was created through the ballot initiative process and was intended to protect California citizens and the State’s drinking water from a State determined list of over 850 chemicals that are “known” by the State to cause cancer, reproductive harm, or birth defects. This list and other information regarding “Prop 65” can be accessed at http://oehha.ca.gov/prop65.html.
Prop 65 requires that a “clear and reasonable warning” be provided by a Person/Company while doing business, who manufactures, produces, assembles, processes, handles, distributes, stores, sells, or otherwise transfers a consumer product which he or she knows to contain a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity to any person to whom the product is sold or transferred.
The lead state agency handling Proposition 65, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA; www.oehha.ca.gov), has established safe harbor levels which include No Significant Risk Levels (NSRLs) for cancer-causing chemicals and Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs) for chemicals causing reproductive toxicity for many of the 850 chemicals listed under Proposition 65. Exposure levels and discharges to drinking water sources that are below the safe harbor levels are exempt from the requirements of Proposition 65. A document that provides the status of OEHHA’s adoption or development of NSRLs and MADLs is available below.
For chemicals that do not have published or established safe harbor levels, the burden is on the defendant to establish an appropriate MADL or NSRL, and to show that the exposures in its products do not exceed these levels. For exposures to consumer products, such as promotional items, the level of exposure to the listed chemical is calculated using the reasonably anticipated rate of intake or exposure for average users of the consumer product.
Companies are becoming increasingly vulnerable to lawsuits for Proposition 65 indiscretions. Proposition 65 may be enforced by the California Attorney General, public enforcers such as district attorneys, and private plaintiffs suing in the public interest (after they have first served a 60-day notice of violation on all public prosecutors and no public prosecutor proceeds to enforce the alleged violation). A plaintiff may seek injunctive relief as well as penalties of $2,500 per violation per day. A more general California statute allows most successful plaintiffs to recover their attorneys’ fees as well. It is important to note the very long reach of Proposition 65 liability. One need not be doing business in California to be in the chain of Proposition 65 litigation. Indeed, you could be a New Jersey distributor of products sold to you by a Massachusetts supplier, and your client could be doing business in New York, with no California affiliation. Should one of the items you sold to your client end up in California, you and your supplier and your client could be named as defendants in a Proposition 65 lawsuit, and the venue would be in California. Sweda Company, LLC is fully committed to providing the highest quality, safest products for our clients and all Sweda products meet applicable federal safety and warning requirements, standards and regulations as enforced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the Federal Communications Commission. While procedures have been established as part of our ongoing Product Safety initiatives throughout our supply chain to insure the purchase and use of raw materials that will meet Prop 65 standards, our efforts have to date been focused on the Third Party testing of our products to insure that they are in compliance with the very stringent regulations set forth by the CPSIA in regards to lead content in substrates and surface coatings of Children’s Products and Toys along with applicable Phthalate content. While lead content has been the focus of litigation in Proposition 65 cases, our current Proposition strategy has been to use our lead testing program to demonstrate that the products that we ship to California meet the Proposition 65 standards for lead.
Because we cannot test every piece of every order that we ship to California for every one of the Proposition 65 listed 850 chemicals, you may continue to have concerns about compliance with Proposition 65. If so, then the safest option is to include a label on each product that may ship to the State of California which we will do free of charge upon request. The label will read as follows and will ensure full compliance with California Proposition 65 requirements:
WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm - www.p65warnings.ca.gov.
For a plain language version of the Proposition 65 regulations, please visit: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/background/p65plain.html.
CANCELLATIONS Orders cancelled during production will be charged for the work completed at the time of cancellation.
CATALOG PHOTOGRAPHY Items not shown at actual size. Please refer to item measurements for actual size dimensions.
COLOR WASH $25.00 (V) per color wash.
COMPLIANCE For all product compliance inquiries please email compliance@swedausa.com.
DANGEROUS/HAZARDOUS GOODS An additional fee of $32.00 (Z) per package will be assessed for items deemed "Dangerous Goods". For more information on what classifies as a "Dangerous Good", please visit here.
DECORATION For all product imprint methods and charges, click here.
DISCLAIMER Due to variances of materials and other circumstances beyond our control, Sweda Company, LLC cannot guarantee continuity of shade, color, size, texture or construction of finished goods from lot to lot. Due to manufacture tolerances, all dimensions have acceptable variations that are dependent on the product. Sweda Company, LLC is not liable for delays due to acts of God, material shortages, shipping or customs interventions.
DROP/SPLIT SHIPMENTS $5.00 (Z) each location plus freight. F.O.B. City of Industry, CA. Please contact customer service for a drop ship specification sheet. Drop ship lists must be prepared according to the specific instructions on a Microsoft Excel Worksheet to avoid additional charges.
HANDLING FEE A handling charge of $15 (Z) per order will be applied to bulky or oversized items, including large padded coolers.
INCORRECT ADDRESSES Incorrect address: For each incorrect address provided, there will be an address correction fee of $17.00 (Z) assessed per package + a one-time $15.00 (Z) net administrative correction fee. NOTE: Address Correction Fee will increase to $18.00 (Z) effective January 2021.
LOGO REPRESENTATION The depiction of any trademarks herein is for illustration purposes only and shall not be construed as any endorsement by the owner of such mark(s) or as an indication that they are a customer of Sweda. All such use is without intended implications of any kind pertinent to the trademarks illustrated.
MAILERS Shipped flat or pre-packed. Insertion is available for an additional charge. Call factory for quotation and special packaging.
OVER/UNDER RUNS Every effort is made to ship the exact quantity ordered. However, for imprinted products, Sweda reserves the right to ship up to 5% over or under the amount of the order and shipment will be billed accordingly. Exact order quantity for Headband, Lanyard, and Shoelace orders are subject to a fee of $31.25 (V).
OVERSEAS SHIPMENTS International shipping form is required for foreign shipments: $25.00 (Z) handling charge per location. Please provide 3rd party shipper number. Please call factory for details.
PACKAGING Most items are individually gift boxed with instructions and warranty unless noted. Pens are shipped bulk pack unless noted. Please call factory for specifics.
PALLET FEE For large orders that require shipments to be palletized, add $15.00 (V) per pallet.
PAPER PROOFS There is no charge for initial paper proof; $10.00 (Z) fee applies for each additional revision.
PMS COLOR MATCH N/C if a PMS number is indicated. $15.00 (Z) if a swatch match is needed.
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PRICING Pricing in this catalog is subject to change without notice. Please visit our website for our most current pricing. Invoices will reflect current website pricing and will not be adjusted to reflect any previously offered pricing. Pricing obtained from third-party website should be verified against our website prior to order submission.
RETURN GOODS Returned merchandise without an authorization from factory will not be accepted. Any non-imprinted merchandise authorized for return by the factory is subject to $25.00 (Z) service charge plus 15% of the net cost of the order. All returns must be freight prepaid within 15 days of shipment. No returns on USB items. 20% restocking fee on all brand items.
SET-UPS/REPEAT SET-UPS See imprint information here for set-ups, decoration, run charge and any other important information.
TIME SET A charge of $.75 (V) per unit for all analog clocks and watches. Digital items may also be set, however due to shifting during shipping, it is not guaranteed.
