Lowe-Martin Acquires The Barcam Group

Strategy to grow GTA operations continues

Mississauga, Ontario, June 13, 2003 - The Lowe-Martin Group today announced that it has acquired Barcam Group Inc., a full-service Print and Fulfillment company based in Mississauga, Ontario.

The Barcam Group is a full-service print and fulfillment company providing up-to-the-minute innovations in print, promotional and warehouse management services. Barcam's services include prepress, quality offset and digital printing, sophisticated bindery and finishing capabilities, warehousing and fulfillment services, customized shipping and inventory management systems, an extensive line of promotional items and "Barcam Online" - an exclusive online review and ordering system. The Mississauga company employs 39 people and serves a high-end and diversified clientele including financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturing and services companies in the Greater Toronto Area.

"The Barcam Group is known for their focus on customer service and providing their customers with value added solutions, this fits very well with our business strategy", said Ward Griffin, President of The Lowe-Martin Group. "I look forward to working closely with Barcam's experienced team in continuing to build on the strong customer relationships already in place. We are very confident that Lowe-Martin's larger press capacity and leading edge technologies, especially in the areas of full-colour variable printing and one-to-one marketing will bring tremendous value to our new customers".

This acquisition is in line with Lowe-Martin's strategy to grow their operations in the Southern Ontario marketplace and will contribute significantly to the achievement of growth objectives related to the company's business plan.

"This is a very positive step for the company to continue to provide the most up-to-date and cost-saving solutions for our clients in a very competitive market" said Graham Ford, President, Barcam Group Inc. "I'm amazed to see how eager and excited everyone is at the opportunity to grow with the Lowe-Martin Group; their extensive resources in equipment and technology is a dream come true for me and our sales staff . . . I can't wait to tap these resources and introduce the additional digital print options we can now offer existing and prospective clients alike".

With this acquisition, The Lowe-Martin Group will more than double the size of its Toronto operation. The privately held organization now employs over 300 people with revenue projections for 2003 of over $50 million.

Founded in 1908, with operations in Ottawa, Toronto and Galway, Ireland, Lowe-Martin is a leading printing and document services company that takes pride in their full-service, integrated capabilities that span both the print and digital domains. Using any combination of their service options including electronic prepress, high-quality offset printing, digital and print-on-demand, full-colour variable print, materials management and e-business solutions, Lowe-Martin's consultative approach delivers communications with a maximum impact and return on investment.

For more information, contact:

Patrick Coyne
Director, Marketing
The Lowe-Martin Group
(905) 696-9493
patrickc@lmgroup.com

Barcam is currently involved in HP Canada's e-commerce pilot project. Through business provider Allienté (a HP Subsidiary) Barcam has posted a catalogue of items for review and purchase by HP employees. This relationship has also offered Barcam access to the Ariba Commerce Services Network - the world's largest B2B procurement marketplace This network makes supplier content, such as Barcam's, readily available to buying organizations and seamlessly routes transactions between buyers and suppliers. Barcam anticipates this relationship will be extremely rewarding, for both of us, as the e-commerce marketplace continues to evolve.

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