American Business Products, Inc., Atlanta, has formed a new subsidiary, Alternative Packaging Solutions, which will address the packaging needs of the catalog and e-commerce fulfillment marketplace. The new business unit will be headquartered in Chicago. Michael A. Marks has been named general manager.
In addition to its current $100 million, five-year contract with the United States Postal Service for Priority Mail, the company has signed additional five-year contracts valued at approximately $35 million. Its customers include Nordstrom, the Home Shopping Network, and Eddie Bauer.
ABP’s subsidiaries include: Jen-Coat, Inc., an extrusion coating and laminating of packaging and other products; International Envelope Company, a converter of Tyvek mailers and other soft packages; and Discount Labels, Inc., a short-run custom label producer. ABP’s printed office products business, Curtis 1000 Inc., provides direct-to-user custom-printed envelopes and labels, digital document services and business forms.
