AlphaGraphics announces opening of its first printshops in the Dominican Republic and Korea.

TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 1996--AlphaGraphics Inc., the international franchisor of AlphaGraphics Printshops Of The Future design, copy and print stores have recently opened their first franchised business services ships in the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Korea.

"These new country store openings are part of an aggressive international expansion by AlphaGraphics in the Americas, Asia, Europe and other markets where our digital data network provides digital document publishing services to our multinational clients," said Bill Edwards, AlphaGraphics' senior vice president of global development. "South Korea and the Dominican Republic are important markets for us because both Santo Domingo and Seoul have the high concentration of the large national and multinational corporations that constitute a major portion of our customers."

MooRim Paper Mfg. Co. Ltd, Korea's largest producer of cut and board paper, is the exclusive developer of AlphaGraphics Printshops for Korea and recently opened the first store in southern Seoul with plans to open at least 10 additional stores by the year 2001.

AG Dominica, S.A., a group located in the Dominican Republic opened the first AlphaGraphics Printshop in the Caribbean. AlphaGraphics already has stores nearby in Honduras, Mexico and Miami and plans to aggressively penetrate the Puerto Rico market in 1997.

"The new stores in both countries are immediately tied into our global electronic network so that orders can be quoted and placed directly with the stores through our Network website by a customer anywhere in the world," said Edwards.

Thirty-five international stores are scheduled to open during 1997, including the first company locations in Argentina, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan and Poland. The company is negotiating franchises in Africa, Asia and Europe, including South Africa, which will result in its first location on the African continent.

AlphaGraphics is the world's leading chain of high-tech printshops. Headquartered in Tucson, AlphaGraphics now has 340 franchise locations worldwide and forecasts worldwide sales of more than $260 million in 1997.

The company began an aggressive international expansion in the 1990s that has brought its international presence to 75 shops in 24 countries, representing the broadest geographic reach in the industry. The company projects a total of more than 250 locations in 35 countries outside the United States by the end of the decade.

For more information visit AlphaGraphics World Wide Web site at http://www.alphagraphics.com.

CONTACT: AlphaGraphics Inc., Tucson

Marcy Manning, 847/291-8421 ext. 251