Multi-Color Corporation Expands Print Capabilities


New Combination Press will be the First of its Kind in United States

SHARONVILLE, Ohio, July 26 -- Multi-Color Corporation recently announced that it has purchased a new Combination Flexographic/Rotogravure Press to expand its printing capabilities and provide added flexibility to meet their customers' increasing desire for customized decorating solutions.

This Combination Press, manufactured by Omet of Italy, will be the first of its kind in the United States. This wide-format press is custom-configured with flexographic, gravure, screen, and foil platforms, setting new industry standards for both print quality and productivity.

According to Don Kneir, President of the Decorating Solutions Division, "With the new press we will continue to lead the marketplace with innovative decorating solutions. This new technology addresses one of the market's top issues; to deliver complex and intricate graphic designs in a timely and cost effective manner."

Jack Mackert, Vice President of Operations, added, "This press can produce the tighter registrations that will enable us to print labels with the highest reproduction requirements. In fact, this press was specifically designed to enhance the decorating options we have to offer our customers."

Based in Sharonville, Ohio, Multi-Color Corporation (NASDAQ:LABL) is a premier global resource of innovative decorating solutions and packaging services to consumer product, and food and beverage companies, national retailers and container manufacturers worldwide. Multi-Color is one of the world's largest producers of in-mold labels (IML's) and heat transfer labels (HTL's), and a major manufacturer of high quality, cut-and-stack and pressure sensitive labels and shrink sleeves. Multi-Color has eight manufacturing locations in the United States. Its products are shipped to more than 650 customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America. For more information please visit www.multicolorcorp.com.

Source: Multi-Color Corporation

CONTACT: L. Elise Kaplan of Multi-Color Corporation, +1-513-345-5354, ekaplan@mcclabel.com

Web site: www.multicolorcorp.com/

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