By Jordan Parker I nitially known as Jym Line Products, the company was created on a brisk November day in 1969, nothing more than husband-wife venture. By 1972, the couple were out of their living room and into a rented office space in north end Halifax, on the storied Agricola Street. By the time young Tom Adams began officially working for his parents at 18, they were on Agricola Street. “I started working here in 1987. It was like a life sentence,” laughs Adams, who has been working with glassware for more than 30 days. “You have your good days, your ups and your downs.” From the old site of the Agricola liquor store to a production facility in the mid-1970’s and a 1997 relocation to Bedford, Tom has seen it all.
They started printing promotional products, including wearables, glassware crests, pins and t-shirts, and moved to specializing in decorated glassware in the mid-1980’s. “We bought our decorated glassware from Ontario at first, but the product quality was poor, and delivery was slow,” said Adams. “So, my dad taught himself how to do it using library books. As markets changed, things became more competitive in the textile and promotional markets, my dad decided to focus on glassware and ceramics.” “You have your good days, your ups and your downs.” When they expanded and moved to Bedford, two more semi-automatic screen printers were bought, and in 2000, Jim and Lynda retired and left Tom in charge, which also came a name change to better
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