About Us
Our Company
Conveniently located on Interstate 20/59 in west central Alabama, our company efficiently serves both the procurement offices and the production facilities of our blue chip clients. This, along with a reputation for quality workmanship and personalized service, makes Prystup an appealing source for paper packaging.
In 1991, Prystup Packaging Products was certified as a Native American Minority Business Enterprise and became a certified Women’s Business Enterprise in 2015. Our unwavering dedication to quality and service, however, makes our company competitive both inside and out of the diversified procurement arena. In recognition of Prystup’s ability to serve national and international accounts, the National Minority Supplier Development Council awarded PPP its prestigious Corporate Plus designation in 1998.
After more than thirty-eight years in business, our company’s successes can be credited to a devoted team of managers and technicians who share a passion for refining the family business model so that it continues to serve the global community while always retaining the small town values on which it was built.
Our Company
Conveniently located on Interstate 20/59 in west central Alabama, our company efficiently serves both the procurement offices and the production facilities of our blue chip clients. This, along with a reputation for quality workmanship and personalized service, makes Prystup an appealing source for paper packaging.
In 1991, Prystup Packaging Products was certified as a Native American Minority Business Enterprise and became a certified Women’s Business Enterprise in 2015. Our unwavering dedication to quality and service, however, makes our company competitive both inside and out of the diversified procurement arena. In recognition of Prystup’s ability to serve national and international accounts, the National Minority Supplier Development Council awarded PPP its prestigious Corporate Plus designation in 1998.
After more than thirty-eight years in business, our company’s successes can be credited to a devoted team of managers and technicians who share a passion for refining the family business model so that it continues to serve the global community while always retaining the small town values on which it was built.
2018
Named “Sumter County Chamber of Commerce Member of the Year”
2015
Best of Demopolis Award in Boxes and Containers
2014
Named ‘Medium Manufacturer of the Year’ by BCA and ATN
2013
Received “Excellence in Partnership” award from General Mills
2013
Named “Supplier Diversity Million Dollar Club Member” by Kellogg’s
Our History
Early in 1980, Les and Kathryn Prystup were making plans for a leisurely retirement after thirty years in the folding carton industry. By spring, however, they had gathered twenty family members and long-time friends in the industry to form a privately owned, independent folding carton company in Sumter County, Alabama. Prystup Packaging Products was incorporated on June 1st and production began almost immediately, on July 1st. At that point, any notion of retirement was long forgotten.
With $2,000,000 of sales in their “pocket,” the corporate family started operations with used Bobst AutoVariable web-fed 6/color presses, a Staude Master gluer and an ancient International right-angle gluer. Fiscal 1981 was a profitable year and the fledgling company had made a favorable first impression in the fast food and bakery markets.
Relying on an experienced management team, Prystup Packaging weathered external challenges including skyrocketing interest rates and repeated economic recessions while steadily lengthening our client list and upgrading our process capabilities. A reputation for consistent quality and unparalleled customer service led to opportunities in the electronics and consumer goods markets.
After completely upgrading our first production line, the Prystup team expanded operations to a second plant in Demopolis, Alabama in 1993. We marked the new millennium—and our twentieth anniversary—with the purchase of a larger building to house the corporate headquarters and Livingston production lines. Prystup added a fourth facility, located on our Livingston campus, in 2014. Such strategic growth has allowed the Prystup team to maintain its hands-on approach for nearly four decades.
Years of willing sacrifice, carefully planned growth, and dogged determination to succeed have earned Prystup Packaging Products the loyalty and trust of buyers as well as suppliers. As the third generation begins to assume leadership responsibility, they are still guided by the Prystups’ founding principals: family, integrity, and excellence.
Core Values
Family | Integrity | Excellence
Prystup strives to maintain the highest standards for employees, product quality, and service.
Get in touch with us
Location
101 Prystup Drive, Livingston, AL
Phone
205-652-9583
Location
101 Prystup Drive, Livingston, AL
Phone
205-652-9583