Automotive Product Consultants, Inc. Selects KPC as Marketing Partner

ST. LOUIS, April 19 -- Automotive Product Consultants, Inc. (APC), an automotive extended service provider, has selected Kupper Parker Communications, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: KPCG) to create a comprehensive marketing communications plan to help market its custom-designed vehicle service contracts.

KPC will provide APC with creative marketing services, which include website design, direct marketing and collateral, to increase brand awareness as well as contract sales.

"We are excited to work with such a dedicated, experienced company," said Bruce Kupper, president and chief executive officer of KPC. "I am confident that our partnership will produce results and help APC achieve its communications and business goals."

Headquartered in Chesterfield, Mo., APC is a privately held corporation whose primary goal is to custom design vehicle service contracts specific to the customers driving habits and budget. APC's extended service plan offers top-of-the-line coverage by trained professionals and is backed by an A+ Superior rated United States Property and Casualty Insurance Company -- Virginia Surety Company, Inc., a subsidiary of AON Corporation. The company's administrator, Virginia Surety Company, Inc., has administered more than 15 million automobile extended service plans, written in 50 states.

Headquartered in St. Louis, KPC provides a full range of marketing communications services domestically and internationally through its offices and affiliates in 14 markets in the United States and Europe. KPC's U.S. markets include: Boston; Chicago; Kansas City, Mo.; Louisville, Ky.; Memphis, Tenn.; Melville, NY; Pensacola, Fl.; and St. Louis. KPC extends its services in Europe through an ownership interest in Communications in Business, headquartered in London with offices in Brussels, Dusseldorf, Milan, Paris and Madrid.

KPC ranks in the top 25 independent agency brands in the U.S. according to AdWeek, and in the top 25 independent PR firms according to PRWeek.

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