Although not many companies easily recognize American Paper Optics, they do recognize its product, like the one incorporated into Sports Illustrated (SI) Magazine’s wildly anticipated swimsuit edition which features a 15-page section of swimsuit models. American Paper Optics helped the publication deliver the Maui photo session in vivid eye-popping 3D. SI chose to enhance the section with 6,500,000 paper 3D glasses inserts – equivalent to 3 and a half (40-ft.) truckloads of paper eye glasses.
John Jerit, owner of American Paper Optics, was rewarded with the colossal Sports Illustrated order after years of pursuing the deal. American Paper Optics has cornered the 3D marketplace by capturing multi-million piece orders from many high-profile customers including heavyweights such as Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, TV Guide, and VH-1 to name a few. With nearly one billion 3D glasses produced since 1990, American Paper Optics manufactures paper 3D eye glasses and specialty optics in a 13,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Bartlett, Tenn.
In one of the most significant orders, American Paper Optics landed a 17-million piece 3D glasses order with toy and game giant Mattel for worldwide in-pack distribution of a “Barbie” DVD in 3D. National Geographic Kids magazine brought American Paper Optics on board to manufacture 1.5 million 3D viewer inserts for its September 2005 edition slated for both U.S. and international publication. In 1998, Jerit worked with National Geographic to pioneer the 3D promotions craze with 20 million 3D bind-in viewers inserted into 10 million issues of the magazine featuring 3D imagery from Mars Rover expeditions and the Titanic wreckage.
Additionally, music video channel VH-1 distributed 2 million 3D glasses for viewing popular series “I Love the 80s.” For another Hollywood venture, Jerit teamed up with NBC Television and TV Guide magazine to produce 7 million 3D glasses. TV Guide distributed the glasses in its new larger format magazine to promote the 3D broadcast of Medium starring Emmy winner Patricia Arquette. The special 3D episode aired on NBC in 2005 and was later released in 3D for DVD format in 2006.
To meet the SI tight manufacturing deadline, American Paper Optics ran production 16 hours a day over
a 40-day period.
Jerit’s 3D “vision” has changed the way millions of people view the world-one pair of 3D glasses at a time. Since 1990, American Paper Optics has become the world’s leading supplier of paper 3D glasses. With entrepreneurial fervor, Jerit transformed a disposable, paper novelty business into a 3D-eyeglass empire with revenues jumping from $125,000 in 1990 to sales in excess of 10 million dollars in 2005. Jerit and his staff have produced nearly 900 million paper eyeglasses-sold and distributed worldwide-for 3D-oriented promotions, events and retail sale.
For more information about John Jerit and American Paper Optics, please contact:
Jason Lewin – Marketing Director
American Paper Optics, LLC
2995 Appling Road, Suite 106
Bartlett, TN 38133
Phone: 1-800-767-8427
Fax: 901-381-1517
email: Jason@3dglassesonline.com
