Chicago, Illinois

Aaron Thomas Company, Inc., a leading provider of contract packaging services, announced today the opening of an 87,000 square foot manufacturing, packaging and warehousing facility in Bolingbrook, Illinois.

July 2, 2005—The new packaging facility in Chicago, Illinois brings the total number of Aaron Thomas Company locations to three. Already with locations in Los Angeles and Memphis, the new Chicagoland location completes a strategic triad of contract packaging facilities.

“Our client’s products are now within a day’s travel of 80% of the population,” says Thomas Bacon, President of Aaron Thomas Company. “This is crucial in these days of high transportation costs and just-in-time packaging planning.”

Located just 30 minutes from downtown Chicago, the Bolingbrook, Illinois (zip code 60440) packaging facility will provide packaging services to manufacturers of the upper Midwest. “We are bringing our 32 years of packaging experience, machine technology and customer service to the area,” says Bacon. “We wouldn’t be here if there wasn’t a need.”

The expansion of service centers in key economic and distribution hubs is one of the strategic priorities for Aaron Thomas Company top management and is essential to providing packaging solutions for national and international clients.

For more information, please contact:

Aaron Thomas Company, Inc.
485 W. Crossroads Parkway
Bolingbrook, IL 60440

About Aaron Thomas Company, Inc.

Aaron Thomas Company provides outsourced contract packaging services and packaging solutions for national and international corporations. With facilities in Garden Grove, California, Memphis, Tennessee and Bolingbrook, Illinois, their three locations are strategically located to service all of North America for national product roll-outs. Since 1973, Aaron Thomas has improved the bottom lines of Fortune 500 companies and small businesses alike.