Consolidated Graphics Customers to Gain Access to Impresse.com Print Procurement Services.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000

Impresse Rolls Out Print Procurement Service at 63 Consolidated

Graphics Locations in the United States 

Impresse, the leading provider of business-to-business electronic collaboration and commerce services for the creation and procurement of commercially printed materials, today announced that Consolidated Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:CGX) has signed an agreement with impresse.com to enable its companies to provide the impresse.com service to customers at all 63 Consolidated Graphics locations across the United States. Consolidated Graphics, the largest sheet-fed commercial printing company in the U.S., is implementing the impresse.com service due to the growing demand from its Global 2000 clients.

Consolidated Graphics owns and acquires printing firms nationwide, serving over 10,000 customers. The company provides financial and operational resources, management support and technological advantages associated with a larger organization. With the impresse.com service, Consolidated Graphics plans to service national accounts in multiple locations whose print buyers desire to streamline communications, improve access to information across business practices, and standardize print procurement utilizing Internet technology. In addition, the impresse.com service can increase productivity and maintain brand consistency while simultaneously monitoring projects from creation through print and distribution.

"Consolidated Graphics is one of the most well-known and respected printing companies in the United States," said Nimish Mehta, president and CEO of Impresse. "Through this association with Consolidated Graphics, the impresse.com service will be made available to the company's network of customers. As a result, both the print buyers and printers will benefit from the streamlined process and improved communications which result from use of the impresse.com service."

About Impresse

Impresse, headquartered in Sunnyvale, is the leading provider of business-to-business (B2B) electronic collaboration and commerce services for the creation and procurement of commercially printed materials. Impresse.com is the leading Internet service for buyers and their printers to negotiate and manage commercial print projects, reduce cycle times, eliminate errors, and cut production costs. For more information, contact Impresse at 408/530-2000 or at www.impresse.com.

About Consolidated Graphics

Consolidated Graphics operates printing companies in 25 states with annualized revenues in excess of $660 million. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.consolidatedgraphics.com.

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