The Novelty Advertising Company was established in 1895 and incorporated in Ohio in 1899. The company has been consistently manufacturing and selling promotional products since the industry was founded in Coshocton, Ohio in the 1890's. The current company leadership is the 4th generation to own and operate the business. 


Novelty Advertisng Today

Today The Novelty Advertising Company/Kenyon Company is one of the oldest and most respected names in the Promotional Products business. A founding member of the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) and a subscriber to the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI), NAC/Kenyon has an outstanding reputation with both their clients and suppliers. Our goal is to serve our salespeople and their clients with better products, ideas and services.

How we operate

Our organization operates as a calendar manufacturer and maintains a distributor sales force of independent contractors. The Hour Glass calendar line is sold through Promotional Products distributors nationwide. Under the names The Novelty Advertising Company and Kenyon Company, independent contractor salespeople in ten states help their customers promote their businesses with a huge variety of imprinted products. 

What We offer

Our company has available all major Promotional Product lines for use in promoting our client’s businesses, motivating employees, introducing new products and services, etc. These include well known retail lines such as Ogio, Bic, and Barlow and respected industry lines including Souvenir, Vitronic, Four Seasons, Radio Cap, Cross, Teraco, Morco, and many more. In fact, we have access to products from over 1200 companies, imprinting literally thousands of different products to help a company achieve it's goals through advertising goods and services or motivating and rewarding employees and customers.