# American Litho, Inc.

> American Litho is a privately held print communications and direct marketing company in Carol Stream, Illinois. It combines audience data, campaign planning, personalized offset and digital printing, finishing, postal logistics, packaging and fulfillment for business customers. Its pitch is coordinated execution across the whole campaign rather than printing alone.

- **Founded:** 1994
- **Headquarters:** Carol Stream, United States
- **Founders:** Mike Fontana (Co-founder and President), Chris Joyaux (Co-founder and Chief Operations / Co-owner)
- **Products:** Amerlytics, Direct mail strategy and testing, Commercial and personalized printing, Postal logistics, Packaging and merchandising
- **Notable:** Kao Collins case study reports approximately $1 million in first-year avoided refurbishment costs following X-BAR upgrades., The same supplier case reports a 40-50% reduction in ink consumption on the upgraded setup., A February 2016 company case study reports $3.3 million in annual savings and halved cycle times for an unnamed Fortune 100 catalog customer.

## Products & services

- **Amerlytics** — Proprietary analytics suite supporting predictive modeling, audience targeting, personalization, retargeting, addressable geofencing and triggered mail.
- **Direct mail strategy and testing** — Campaign consulting, creative and format testing using short-run digital production before larger campaigns.
- **Commercial and personalized printing** — Web offset, sheet-fed, digital, wide-format and variable digital imprinting, plus bindery, finishing and lettershop work.
- **Postal logistics** — Data cleansing, presorting, commingling, co-mailing, co-palletization and freight coordination; on-site USPS Detached Mail Unit.
- **Packaging and merchandising** — Custom packaging, structural design, die cutting, folding, gluing, displays and retail merchandising support. Expansion into packaging documented in 2017.
- **Fulfillment and distribution** — Warehousing, kitting, pick-and-pack and distribution services.
- **American Litho University** — Published two-day client education program covering print planning, production, data, formats and postal logistics; advertised as free for serious clients.

## Achievements

- Kao Collins case study reports approximately $1 million in first-year avoided refurbishment costs following X-BAR upgrades.
- The same supplier case reports a 40-50% reduction in ink consumption on the upgraded setup.
- A February 2016 company case study reports $3.3 million in annual savings and halved cycle times for an unnamed Fortune 100 catalog customer.
- Mike Fontana named to the Printing Impressions industry Hall of Fame in 2019.
- Company announced completion of annual SOC 2 Type 2 audit in August 2026, covering April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Announced annual SOC 2 Type 2 audit completed by KirkpatrickPrice, LLC for April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026.
- **2026-07** — Published an MTAC summer meeting recap on postal financial pressures and 2027 rate signals.
- **2025-03** — Published a production overview describing HP T490 HD capabilities and announcing an HP T4250 HDR expected in April 2025; the announcement alone does not confirm installation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.alitho.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-litho
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/AmericanLitho
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanLithoInc

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Last updated: 2026-10-16