Axiom Tops Advertising and Corporate Identity Categories at the Houston Business Marketing Association 2007 Lantern Awards.

HOUSTON -- Axiom's corporate identity and logo work for ION's (NYSE: IO) VectorSeis Ocean, and their advertising programs for ION, Cameron (NYSE: CAM) and Petrosys recently won Lanterns from the Business Marketing Association of Houston (BMA). The firm's increased focus on brand development and marketing communications resulted in a total of 5 Lantern Awards and 18 Excellence Medallions.

Demonstrating the firm's unique position as a marketing communications and advertising hybrid, Axiom received 3 out of the 5 awards given for logo identity -- including the Best of Category, and 7 advertising awards, including 3 out of the 6 Best of Category honors.

"This year's BMA awards to Axiom, and to our clients, showcase our signature integration of creative and strategic marketing communications that is now expected in campaigns and initiatives," said Tom Hair, president of Axiom. "Over the past few years, we've seen our corporate clients like Cameron, ION, Microsoft, Dawson Geophysical and Petrosys focus on and elevate brand development and message marketing, and Axiom has evolved our core capabilities to serve that need."

Axiom won five Lantern Awards for the following client projects:

1. ION FireFly Ad Campaign

2. Petrosys Action Figure Ad Campaign

3. ION VectorSeis Ocean Logo

4. Chrysalis Partners Website

5. Cameron Performance Means Flow Leadership Ad

Additionally, Axiom received 18 Excellence Medallions for print and interactive products including the Global Industries Annual Report, Microsoft's Global Energy Forum Email and Cameron's OTC Multimedia Program.

The 2007 BMA Lantern competition covered 59 categories that awarded outstanding work by marketers and producers of business-to-business marketing communications materials and stakeholder communications.

About Axiom

Established in 1998, Axiom is a hybrid advertising agency/marketing communications firm that fuses conceptual marketing strategy with compelling creative to solve business problems and drive new opportunities for clients worldwide. Based in Houston, Axiom provides corporate/product identity branding strategies, internal communications tools, media planning and placement, and creative development of print and screen-based media for a wide range of industries including energy, technology, national defense, publishing, the arts and more. Call Laura Roach at 713.523.5711 or visit www.axiomdg.com for more information.