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Andy Johnson Named Executive Vice President of Print Services RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cadmus Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:CDMS) announced today that it has hired Andy Johnson as Executive Vice President of Print Services for Cadmus' Publisher Services Group. In this role, Mr. Johnson will have responsibility for all of the Company's five publication print locations in North America as well as the Company's affiliate print operations in China, Singapore, and Malaysia. Prior to joining Cadmus, Mr. Johnson was a Vice President & General Manager at Banta Corporation, where during his 14-year tenure he held a number of site and group manufacturing leadership positions. Mr. Johnson will report to Peter Hanson, Chief Operating Officer of Cadmus' Publisher Services Group, and will operate out of the Company's Columbia, Maryland facility. In recent months, Cadmus has worked aggressively to strengthen the management team within its $350 million Publisher Services Group. Since January, Cadmus has hired (i) Peter Hanson, who serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Publisher Services Group and formerly was President of Banta's Publication Division, (ii) John Miller, who serves as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Publisher Services Group and formerly held senior sales leadership roles at both Banta and RR Donnelley, and (iii) Larry Brandes, who serves as Director of Procurement of the Publisher Services Group and formerly held a similar position at Banta's Publication Division. Commenting on these additions and this new leadership, Bruce Thomas, Cadmus President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Peter has brought a high level of operational experience and expertise to Cadmus. In addition, he is rapidly building a team with the depth of knowledge and experience necessary to help us obtain maximum benefit from our full service capabilities and our new and now much more efficient manufacturing capabilities." Peter Hanson, Chief Operating Officer of the Publisher Services Group added, "I am very pleased to have an individual with Andy's capabilities join our team. Andy is an energetic and experienced leader with a deep knowledge of the printing industry. Moreover, Andy and John Miller have worked together previously and delivered exceptional results for me and for the operations I led. I expect them to have a similarly positive impact at Cadmus." "Cadmus ... Serving Education, Science, Health" Cadmus Communications Corporation provides end-to-end, integrated graphic communications services to professional publishers, not-for-profit societies and corporations. Cadmus is the world's largest provider of content management and production services to scientific, technical and medical journal publishers, the fifth largest periodicals printer in North America, and a leading provider of specialty packaging and promotional printing services. Additional information about Cadmus is available at http://www.cadmus.com/. Statements contained in this release relating to Cadmus' future prospects and performance are "forward-looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from management's expectations include but are not limited to: (1) the overall economic environment, (2) the equity market performance and interest rate environment, which can impact our pension liability, (3) the impact of price increases for energy and other materials and services affected by higher oil and fuel prices, (4) our ability to grow revenue and market share in the educational and government services markets, (5) significant price pressure in the markets in which we compete, (6) the loss of significant customers or the decrease in demand from customers, (7) our ability to continue to obtain improved efficiencies and lower production costs, (8) the financial condition and ability to pay of certain customers, (9) our ability to implement and realize the expected benefits associated with our equipment replacement and consolidation plan, including our ability to successfully complete certain consolidation initiatives and effect other restructuring actions, (10) our ability to operate effectively in markets outside of North America, (11) our ability to realize the tax benefits associated with certain transactions, and (12) our ability to implement and realize the expected benefits associated with your increased operations in Asia and the business opportunities available to the PeriscopeCadmus(TM) joint venture. Other risk factors are detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The information provided in this release is provided only as of the date of this release, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made herein. DATASOURCE: Cadmus Communications Corporation CONTACT: Paul K. Suijk, Senior Vice President and CFO of Cadmus Communications Corporation, +1-804-287-5694 Web site: http://www.cadmus.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/115581.html

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